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Impact of ICTs Diffusion on Environmental Quality in Qatar
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Qatar University
, 2019 , Other)
Climate change, global warming
and environmental degradation
in general have been some of
humanity’s greatest challenges
and there is no doubt about their
threatening effects on human life
quality, health, and the ...
Corruption, lending and bank performance
(
American University of Sharjah
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This paper uses a sample of 7235 banks from 160 countries between 2000 and 2016 to investigate the link between corruption, lending and bank performance. It considers both country- and bank-level corruption. The study finds ...
Examining the Extinction of the Barbary Lion and Its Implications for Felid Conservation
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Public Library of Science
, 2013 , Article)
Estimations of species extinction dates are rarely definitive, yet declarations of extinction or extirpation are important as they define when conservation efforts may cease. Erroneous declarations of extinctions not only ...
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Protoz in Feral Cat Population in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: Doha city has a high feral cat population that is estimated to outnumber its human inhabitants by 2-3:1 with a total population of 2-3 million cats according to Qatar Cat Control Unit (QCCU). Doha had a ...
Environment Degradation and Economic Growth in the Qatar Economy: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Air pollution, global greenhouse gases (GHG), water pollution and water resources degradation are among the most serious environmental concerns that encounter the Qatar country. In nowadays, it is commonly known that the ...
Ionic Liquids as Multi-purpose Inhibitors to avoid Natural Gas Hydrates during Gas Processing
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The issue of hydrate formation during gas processing is a challenging problem for the oil and gas industries. Billions of dollars spent annually to get rid of the blockage of pipelines due to hydrate clogging by applying ...
Corrosion behavior of high strength low alloy HSLA steel in 35 wt% NaCl solution containing diethylenetriamine DETA as corrosion inhibitor
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
High strength low alloy (HSLA) steels demonstrate improved mechanical and anticorrosion properties when compared to plain carbon steels. HSLA steels have succeeded to find their major applications in industries such as ...
Occupant's thermal comfort in Qatari offices - Need for the new adaptive standard
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Qatar's per capita energy consumption is one of the highest in the world, consuming 30.184 TWh as of 2012. Buildings contribute significantly (80%) to this, with air-conditioning taking a lion's share. Qatar does not have ...
Evaluation of Hardware Accelerators for Lattice Boltzmann based Aneurysm Blood Flow Measurement
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Clipping is a potential treatment for ruptured/unruptured brain aneurysm patients. In order to determine the profitable treatment and also clip's location, surgeons need to have the measurements such as velocity and blood ...
Novel Graphene-Zinc Iron Oxide Composite to Enhance Ultrafiltration Membrane Performance for Water Treatment and Desalination
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The main target of membrane technologies such as the Ultrafiltration (UF), Nanofiltration (NF) and Reverse osmosis (RO) is to produce better filtration and separation of organic and inorganic substance from water as well ...