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Resting Energy Expenditure in a Controlled Group of Young Arab Females: Correlations with Body Composition and Agreement with Prediction Equations
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Scientific Research Publishing
, 2013 , Article)
Objectives: To assess correlates of body compositions measures and resting energy expenditure (REE) in young Arab females, and to compare measured REE values with values calculated from REE predictive equations. Methods: ...
Reasons for unit non-response in household Surveys in the Arab Gulf Countries
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The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University
, 2013 , Poster)
For in-person household surveys, it is fundamental to consider societal customs when choosing appropriate times and interviewer gender. However, even after all these procedures were taken into consideration with an eye to ...
Towards a Distributed Quality of Service Handler for Multimedia Presentations
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OMICS International
, 2013 , Article)
Distributed multimedia presentation, involving different media objects on different servers, must strictly follow its defined temporal scenario. Out of synchronization is a fundamental problem in case of distributed ...
Al-Jazeera, Advocacy and Media Value Determinism Re-conceptualizing the Network's Coverage of the Arab Spring of Revolutions
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
, 2013 , Article)
This article uses a new theoretical perspective developed by an Arab scholar to investigate the news coverage of the Arab spring in Al-Jazeera (Arabic), in search of a style of coverage that may be qualified as socioreligiously ...
Age-Related Differences of the Athlete`s Heart
(2013 , Poster)
Purposes: Analyzing at which age exercise training induces characteristic modifications of heart and which of the characteristics of the athlete’s heart develop in the different ages?
Methods: A systematic literature ...
Body composition, blood pressure and dietary habits among young qatari male adults
(2013 , Poster)
Introduction: Due to a rapidly changing lifestyle in Qatar, determinants of non-communicable diseases and linked levels of risk factors have risen. These facts pose a national challenge (1). Information about Qatari adults` ...
Sociolinguistic Variation in Athenian Suburban Speech
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John Benjamins Publishing
, 2013 , Article)
This article focuses on the description and interpretation of the social meaning of sociolinguistic variation in Athenian suburban speech. A descriptive statistical and a Varbrul analysis of the syntactic variable Verb and ...
The incidence of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Reproductive Females At Qatar University: A Cross-sectional study
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International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is found to be at least 6-10% prevalent all over the world. It is the most common endocrine pathology among females of reproductive age. It is by definition a syndrome having multiple manifestations ...
The evaluation of the investment environment in the industrial activity in Jordan
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Academic Journals
, 2013 , Article)
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the investment environment in Jordan from the perceptions of the
workers in the industrial activity. Data was collected by a questionnaire which depended on five
aspects; namely; ...
Crescent marketing, Muslim geographies and brand Islam: Reflections from the JIMA Senior Advisory Board
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Emerald Publishing
, 2013 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to bring together the thoughts and opinions of key members of the Journal of Islamic Marketing's (JIMA) Editorial Team, regarding the recently branded phenomenon of Islamic marketing ...