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Scales of flows: Qatar and the urban legacies of mega events
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Emerald
, 2013 , Article)
In 2022, Qatar will become the first Middle Eastern and Arab country to host such an important Mega-Event as the FIFA World Cup. Global cultural and sporting Mega Events have driven the urban transformation of cities such ...
Does the Visual Attention Span Play a Role in Reading in Arabic?
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
It is unclear whether the association between the visual attention (VA) span and reading differs across languages. Here we studied this relationship in Arabic, where the use of specific reading strategies depends on the ...
Preparation of Nanoparticles via Cellulose-Assisted Combustion Synthesis
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Pleiades Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
Cellulose-assisted combustion synthesis is a simple and effective continuous synthesis method that emerged almost a decade ago and now witnessing exponential growth in research interest and application. The simplicity of ...
Enhancement of the distillate yield of solar still by separate and inbuilt condensers: A mini-Review
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2020 , Article Review)
Drinking water is considered one of the world's most important substances today. The amount of drinking water is also much lower. On the other hand, its use is immense both for the industry and for household duties. Solar ...
Performance Evaluation of Network-Parallel Data Storage
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IEEE
, 2006 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a unique storage architecture that utilizes the multiplicity of storage nodes in LAN and WAN network environments to achieve high reliability, high-performance, scalability, and cost effectiveness. The ...
Structure–activity relationship of piperine and its synthetic amide analogs for therapeutic potential to prevent experimentally induced ER stress in vitro
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Springer Netherlands
, 2017 , Article)
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the key organelle involved in protein folding and maturation. Emerging studies implicate the role of ER stress in the development of chronic kidney disease. Thus, there is an urgent need for ...
High prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight among Qatari children ages 9 through 11
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Emerald
, 2009 , Article)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of the risk of overweight and
overweight in Qatari children ages 9 through 11 and to compare the prevalence using CDC and IOTF
cut-offs.
Design/methodo ...
History of a disaster: A baseline assessment of the Wakashio oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, Indian Ocean
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Oil spills from tanker ships provide adverse and irreversible impacts of a pollutant over coastal and marine environments. Using Sentinel-1 and 2 satellite images, this baseline paper presents the detection, assessment, ...
Performance analysis for truncated ARQ based DSFBC-CO-OFDM communication scheme
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IEEE
, 2011 , Conference Paper)
We develop and analyze an ARQ (Automatic Repeat reQuest) based distributed space-frequency block code-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing protocol for cooperative communications (DSFBC-CO-OFDM). At PHY layer, space ...
Active and reactive power management of photovoltaic-based interline dynamic voltage restorer in low voltage distribution networks
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
A dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) is a series connected device that can support the voltage at existing critical loads during voltage sags. Voltage restoration may need active and/or reactive power injection into the ...