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Bringing Coordination Languages Back to the Future Using Blockchain Smart Contracts
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a blockchain extension of the run-time Sensing as a Service SOA (3SOA) approach presented in [5]. 3SOA defines a practical approach for implementing service-oriented Internet of Things (IoT) using ...
A Comparative Study of the Role of the Nation-State Building Process in the Middle East Crises; a Case Study of the Crisis in Bahrain, Iraq and Yemen
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Political stability has always been the most important concern of the states. Political stability is equal with lack of serious threats and challenges that can put country in danger. Due to multiple reasons like; the lack ...
Ambivalent Sexism in the State of Qatar: Gender Roles and Patriarchal Attitudes
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International Sociological Association
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The State of Qatar has undertaken considerable initiatives that prioritize strategies for female empowerment and promote gender equality. This paper investigates whether the effects of these equality initiatives are reflected ...
A Mechanistic Model for Wellbore Cleanout in Horizontal and Inclined Wells
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Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The accumulation of rock cuttings, proppant, and other solid debris in the wellbore caused by inadequate cleanout remarkably impedes field operations. The cuttings removal process becomes a more challenging task as the ...
Experimental analysis of gravity and buoyancy powered energy generation storage systems
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The concept of harnessing energy from buoyancy as well as the ability to have underwater energy storage is an area of research that, compared to other renewable energy generation techniques, is relatively unexplored. This ...
Overview of the CLEF–2021 CheckThat! Lab on Detecting Check-Worthy Claims, Previously Fact-Checked Claims, and Fake News
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
We describe the fourth edition of the CheckThat! Lab, part of the 2021 Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF). The lab evaluates technology supporting tasks related to factuality, and covers Arabic, Bulgarian, ...
SELF-ORGANIZED VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODERS (SELF-VAE) FOR LEARNED IMAGE COMPRESSION
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
In end-to-end optimized learned image compression, it is standard practice to use a convolutional variational autoencoder with generalized divisive normalization (GDN) to transform images into a latent space. Recently, ...
Countering The Growing Cyber Threat To Gulf Security
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The global threat of cyber attacks from hostile international and domestic actors against states, commercial enterprises and private individuals is rising exponentially. Foreign states use cyber operations against governments, ...
Resource Allocation in THz-based Subcarrier Index Modulation Systems for Mobile Users
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Subcarrier Index Modulation (SIM) has recently received a significant research efforts analyzing its different performance aspects. In this paper, performance analysis of SIM over TeraHertz (THz) frequency band is conducted ...
Evaluating the use of visual prompts in online meeting applications for kindergarteners
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The use of online meeting applications for educational purpose, has increased during pandemic. These meeting applications mostly use textual prompts as a way of communicating with the user, which might not be suitable for ...