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What Mothers Know About Child Development and Parenting in Qatar: Parenting Cognitions and Practices
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SAGE Publications
, 2014 , Article)
Maternal knowledge is important to parenting behaviors, children’s development and well-being. Mothers’ knowledge of child
development has been shown to have a significant influence on the way mothers interact with their ...
An inventory of diabetes care in Qatar
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2011 , Article)
Diabetes is a global epidemic and the highest prevalence rates in the world are found in Gulf Corporation Council countries, including Qatar. The country's Supreme Council of Health has recognised its significant health ...
Born small, die young: Intrinsic, size-selective mortality in marine larval fish
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2015 , Article)
Mortality during the early stages is a major cause of the natural variations in the size and recruitment strength of marine fish populations. In this study, the relation between the size-at-hatch and early survival was ...
Evidence of the Involvement of E358, A498 and C571 of a New Cry1Ac δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in its High Insecticidal Activity Against Ephestia kuehniella
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Humana Press Inc
, 2010 , Article)
A new cry1Ac-type gene was cloned from Bacillus thuringiensis strain BLB1, sequenced and expressed. The deduced amino acid sequence of the polypeptide has a predicted molecular mass of 132.186 kDa. The amino acid sequence ...
Security and privacy in emerging networks: Part 1 [Guest Editorial]
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IEEE
, 2015 , Article)
With the recent advancements in networking technologies, some new emerging networks are being implemented that have the potential to be deployed broadly and on a large scale in the near future. In the wired domain, these ...
An energy-efficient distributed clustering algorithm for heterogeneous WSNs
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Article)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) were envisaged to become the fabric of our environment and society. However, they are yet unable to surmount many operational challenges such as limited network lifetime, which strangle their ...
A survey on the awareness and attitude of pharmacists and doctors towards the application of pharmacogenomics and its challenges in Qatar
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
Pharmacists are expected to play an important role in applying pharmacogenomics discoveries to patient care. Despite the increased attention to genetic research in Qatar, clinicians' attitudes ...
Asymptotic formulae for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of q-Sturm-Liouville problems
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WILEY-VCH Verlag
, 2011 , Article)
We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues and the eigenfunctions of q-Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems. For this aim we study the asymptotic behavior of q-trigonometric functions as well as fundamental ...
DSC investigation of the gelation kinetics of emulsified PAM/PEI system: Influence of surfactants and retarders
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Springer Netherlands
, 2015 , Article)
Water production in the oilfields has a negative impact on the production and economy. It is highly desired to shut off water paths without affecting the hydrocarbon zones. Polymer gels are frequently used for water control ...
Studies on chemistry, spectroscopy and antioxidant activities of chromium(III)-hydrazide complexes
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2015 , Article)
Acid hydrazides are vital chemical entities due to their biological activities. Upon complexation with certain metal ions, their biological activities are known to be positively enhanced. The present work describes the ...