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Evidential Reasoning–Based Condition Assessment Model for Offshore Gas Pipelines
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2016 , Article)
Condition assessment of oil and gas pipelines is a significant component in pipeline operations and maintenance. Such assessments are used to ensure better decisions for repair and/or replacement to reduce pipelines’ failure ...
Interprofessional education in the Arabic-speaking Middle East: Perspectives of pharmacy academics
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Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
The current status of interprofessional education (IPE) in Arabic Middle Eastern countries is largely unexamined and there is a need to assess IPE and collaborative practice in these countries. As faculty attitudes towards ...
The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women’s Role Conflict in Qatar
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Social norms in patriarchal countries in the Middle East are changing at differing rates. In Qatar, expectations about education have shifted, and women’s participation in higher education is normative. However, women’s ...
The impact of genetic and non-genetic factors on warfarin dose prediction in MENA region: A systematic review
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Public Library of Science
, 2016 , Article Review)
Background Warfarin is the most commonly used oral anticoagulant for the treatment and prevention of thromboembolic disorders. Pharmacogenomics studies have shown that variants in CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genes are strongly and ...
Qatar's global activism: Pursuing ambition in the midst of domestic and regional transitions
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, Qatar's presence on the global and regional stages has increased immensely, driven, in large part, by a growing sense of ambition among the country's ruling elites. Indicators of ambition are most ...
The first pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic under a collaborative practice agreement in Qatar: clinical and patient-oriented outcomes
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Summary
What is known and objective
Optimal outpatient anticoagulation management requires a systematic and coordinated approach. Extensive evidence regarding the benefits of pharmacist-managed anticoagulation services ...
The link between high performance work practices and organizational performance: Empirically validating the conceptualization of HPWP according to the AMO model
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose � The purpose of this paper is to better understand the relationship between high-performance work practices (HPWP) and organizational performance through a multi-dimensional model of the relationship between HPWP ...
Culture as a driver for the design of social robots for Autism spectrum disorder interventions in the Middle East
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we discuss the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Gulf region. We examine the importance of providing state-of-the-art ASD interventions, and highlight social robots as therapeutic tools ...