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Socio-cultural factors shaping the spatial form of traditional and contemporary housing in Qatar: A comparative analysis based on space syntax
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Beijing JiaoTong University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Socio-cultural factors in the spatial form of Qatari houses seem affected by the forces of globalization during rapid urbanization of its capital, Doha, over the previous three decades whereby the construction of housing ...
Orochi: investigating requirements and expectations for multipurpose daily used supernumerary robotic limbs
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) present many opportunities for daily use. However, their obtrusiveness and limitations in interaction genericity hinder their daily use. To address challenges of daily use, we extracted ...
The elicitation of key performance indicators of e-Government providers: A bottom-up approach
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European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Delivering an adequate e-Government service (e-service) is becoming more of a necessity in today's digital world. In order to improve e-services and increase the engagement of both users' and providers' side, studies on ...
Identifying the key performance challenges to achieve improved export performance for Qatari SMEs
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Small and medium enterprises in Qatar, similar to their counterparts in other emerging countries, face many challenges by entering international markets. This study aims to identify and analyze the key performance challenges ...
Evaluation of traffic noise in the state of qatar
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CRC Press/Balkema
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Mitigating traffic noise is a major concern for transportation departments worldwide. A number of noise mitigation procedures are recognized to control noise emitting from traffic stream. However, noise reduction potential ...
Fatigue characterisation of full-scale pavements using viscoelastic continuum damage approach for qatar
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CRC Press/Balkema
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The population and economy in Qatar have been expanding significantly in the past six years. Accordingly, Qatar is encountering huge development in infrastructure. The existing mix design methods have been developed in the ...
A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children: a prospective cohort study
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Background Weight-management camp interventions for obese children are eff ective for short-term weight loss. However, there is little evidence indicating how gains made with such interventions can be maintained in the ...
Exploring risk factors of diarrheal diseases from male workers’ perspectives in Qatar: A qualitative approach.
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Ministry of Public Health
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Background:
According to WHO, diarrhea is an infection in the intestinal tract, which can be caused by a variety of bacterial, viral and parasitic organisms. The infection spreads through contaminated food or drinking ...
Correlation between climate data and maximum electricity demand in Qatar
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents the analysis of the impact of weather conditions on the maximum electricity demand in Qatar during the whole year 2012. It points out the maximum daily air temperature as the most influential climate ...
Virtual Reality Glove for Falconry
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
This project is a virtual reality based game. Basically it's about hunting pray-using different types of falcons. And the main idea behind this project is to give more knowledge to the player about a cultural game in more ...