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Improving Livability in Doha: The Role of Neighborhood Microclimates, Land Use, and Materials in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Recent evidence suggests that some densely populated areas of the world will be uninhabitable in the coming century due to extreme climate events (e.g. heat waves, atmospheric pollution, and drought) and due to shifts in ...
Biocompatible Graphene Oxide With Anchored Zwitterionic Moiety - Synthesis, Characterization And Application
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Biocompatible Graphene Oxide with Anchored Zwitterionic Moiety - Synthesis, Characterization and Application Markéta Ilčíková1, Zuzana Kroneková2, Anna Záhoranová2 and Peter Kasák1* 1 Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar ...
The PiP model and progress in ground vibration from railways
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Australian Acoustical Society
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
Vibration in the ground causes problems. At large amplitude vibration causes damage, the most obvious example being earthquake damage. But the ground motion in a damaging earthquake is typically low-frequency (below 1Hz) ...
Infection Rates And Phylogenetic Analysis Of Hepatitis G Virus (hgv)/gb Virus C (gbv-c) Among Qatari Blood Donors
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Background: A new immerging nonpathogenic single stranded human RNA virus known as GBV-C/HGV was discovered in 1995. Both GBV-C virus and HCV have similar genome, but they replicate in different cell types. The incidence ...
Environmental contamination in mangrove crustaceans inhabiting Qatari waters
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The increasing level of pollutants in the marine environment is a major concern in all countries, in particular where the main diet is seafood. The major goal of this project was to assess the level of pollution and their ...
First Hybrid 1gbps/0.1 Gbps Free-space Optical /rf System Deployment And Testing In The State Of Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
I.BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Owing to its high-bandwidth, robustness to EMI, and operation in unregulated spectrum, free-space optical communication (FSO) is uniquely qualified as a promising alternative or complementary ...
Human Olfactory Bulb Neural Stem Cell Based Therapy for CNS Traumatic and Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Neural stem cells (NSC) have self-renewal and multipotent properties and may serve as an ideal cell source for transplantation to treat neurodegenerative insults such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and spinal cord injury ...
Qatari Media Roles in Maximizing the Qatari Soft Power and Overcoming the Glocal Social Challenges of Hosting World Cup 2022
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
From the moment in 2010 when the World Cup was awarded to the tiny oil-rich nation with little soccer history, the event had been shrouded in controversy. Allegations of corruption abounded and investigations commissioned. ...
Levels of Airborne Bacteria in a School Classroom Environment in Doha Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Airborne bacteria represent a potential risk to human health upon inhalation in both outdoor and indoor environments. Outdoors, bacteria may be derived from a variety of sources including soils, vegetation and animals, ...
Facebook: A potential educational tool in higher education
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: Facebook is the most frequently visited social media networking site worldwide (Ryan & Xenos 2011). Mason and Rennie (2007: 199) reasoned, "shared community spaces and inter-group communications are a massive ...