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    • A first look at whale sharks in Hawaiian waters: Using citizen science to study the world's largest fish, Rhincodon typus 

      Marcoux, Travis M.; Marcoux, Stacia D.; Harvey, Maria; Araujo, Gonzalo ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2023 , Article)
      The world's largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a circum-tropically distributed and globally endangered species, that is widely studied at predictable aggregation sites. The main Hawaiian Islands are not ...

    • First Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth in Lebanon 

      Abi Nader, Patrick; Majed, Lina; Sayegh, Susan; Mattar, Lama; Hadla, Ruba; ... more authors ( Human Kinetics , 2019 , Article)
      Evidence on physical activity (PA) indicators for children and youth at a national level is necessary to improve multilevel support for PA behaviors. Lebanon's first Physical Activity Report Card for children and youth ...

    • First principle investigation of H2Se, H2Te and PH3 sensing based on graphene oxide 

      Ehab, Salih; Ayesh, Ahmad I. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      Detecting toxic gases is of great importance to protect our health and preserve the quality of life. In this work, graphene (G) and graphene oxide with three different modifications (G–O, G–OH, and G–O–OH) have been used ...

    • First principle study of transition metals codoped MoS2 as a gas sensor for the detection of NO and NO2 gases 

      Salih, Ehab; Ayesh, Ahmad I. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Exposure to nitrogen oxides (NOx) has been reported to seriously affect the respiratory systems. More precisely, breathing NOx may lead to the appearance of asthma symptoms, and may also result in the infection with asthma ...

    • First record of microsporedean and myxosporeans (Protozoa) infecting some Arabian Gulf fish off the coasts of Emirates and Qatar with a description Myxobolus arabicus n.sp 

      Kardousha, M.; El-Tantawy, S. ( Arabian Gulf University , 2002 , Article)
      During a comprehensive survey carried out on helminth parasites of Arabian Gulf fishes mainly from the coasts of the Emirates and Qatar, two microsporeans and three myxosporeans Protozoa were reported and described for the ...

    • FIRST RECORD OF SOME AQUATIC FAUNA COLLECTED FROM QATARI INLAND WATERS WITH REFERENCE TO ARABIAN PENINSULA 

      Kardousha, Mahmoud M. ( International Journal of Current Research , 2016 , Article)
      One of the man-made wetland fauna from September 2010 up to June 2013 during random intervals. The investigations have revealed 24 species of macroinvertebrates: one Rotifer, 3 gastropods, one Notostracan, 2 Ostracods, 2 ...

    • First report of some adult mosquitoes captured by CDC gravid traps from North-Eastern Qatar 

      Kardousha, Mahmoud Mohammed ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)
      ObjectiveTo report six species of female mosquitoes caught in CDC gravid traps for the first time in Qatar. MethodsFive traps were installed in Al-Khor community, north-eastern Qatar during the outbreak season between ...

    • First report of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation’s Registry (ICRR) 

      Turk-Adawi, K.; Ghisi, G. L.M.; Tran, C.; Heine, M.; Raidah, F.; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2023 , Article)
      Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation–programs comprehensively delivering outpatient secondary prevention–is under-available and under-studied in the resource-poor settings where it is needed most. This report summarizes the ...

    • First report of Thielaviopsis punctulata causing black scorch disease on date palm in Qatar 

      Al-Naemi, F.A.; Nishad, R.; Ahmed, T.A.; Radwan, O. ( American Phytopathological Society , 2014 , Article)
      Ceratocystis radicicola (anamorph: Thielaviopsis paradoxa) was reported as an economically important pathogen causing serious diseases on date palm such as rhizosis (2) and black scorch (3) or as an associated pathogen ...

    • First sliding Amyand hernia harbouring appendicular schistosomiasis: Case report 

      Toffaha, Ali; El Ansari, Walid; Elaiwy, Orwa; Obaid, Munzir; Al-Yahri, Omer; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      Introduction: Amyand's hernia (AH) is rare, schistosomiasis of the appendix is very uncommon, and both conditions coexisting together is an extremely rare event. Pre-operative diagnosis of each of the two conditions is ...

    • First Study in Qatar to Reveal High Legionella Count in Cooling Towers 

      Aziz, Hassan; Nasrallah, Gheyath; Hussein, Samah; Moussa, Houda Yasmine ( Oxford University Press - ASCP , 2015 , Article)
      Legionella is an intracellular bacterium that can cause a severe communityacquired and nosocomial pneumonia, known as legionnaire disease (LD). The bacterium thrives in freshwater environments, including manmade water ...

    • First study in Qatar to reveal high Legionella counts in cooling towers. 

      AbuOdeh, Raed O; Aziz, Hassan A; Moussa, Houda; Hussien, Samah; Hadwan, Tameem; ... more authors ( World Health Organization (WHO) , 2017 , Other)
      Legionella spp. is transmitted from water to humans by aerosol-generating devices, including cooling towers (CTs). There have not been published reports about Legionella in these systems in Qatar. Ten CTs in Qatar University ...

    • First-line Treatment with Empagliflozin and Metformin Combination Versus Standard Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease in Qatar. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 

      Abushanab, Dina; Al-Badriyeh, Daoud; Liew, Danny; Ademi, Zanfina ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have shown to reduce cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but they are currently not used as first-line therapy in clinical ...

    • First-principle studies on the gas phase OH-initiated oxidation of O-toluidine 

      Abdel-Rahman M.A.; Shibl M.F.; El-Demerdash S.H.; El-Nahas A.M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      In the present work, the gas phase reaction of OH radical initiated O-toluidine (OTOD) oxidation is investigated at ROCBS-QB3. Different pathways for OH radical additions to the benzene ring sites and H-atom abstractions ...

    • Fitted Galerkin spectral method to solve delay partial differential equations 

      Adam, A. M. A.; Bashier, E. B. M.; Hashim, M. H. A.; Patidar, K. C. ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      In this paper, we consider a class of parabolic partial differential equations with a time delay. The first model equation is the mixed problems for scalar generalized diffusion equation with a delay, whereas the second ...

    • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Christopher J L, Murray; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbas, Kaja M; Abbasi, Mohammad; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)
      The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system ...

    • Five Years Later: Why More Gulf Law Schools Should Add an Externship Pedagogy 

      Deehring, Melissa ( Middle East Institute , 2017 , Article)
      Essay: Qatar University College of Law Externship Program

    • Five-level F-type inverter with buck-boost converter-based equalization channels 

      Elserougi, Ahmed A.; Abdelsalam, Ibrahim; Massoud, Ahmed ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)
      Multilevel inverters have been widely used in various applications, as they provide output voltage with better quality, lower dv/dt, and lower Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). Multilevel inverter such as Neutral Point ...

    • Five-Phase Induction Motor Drive System 

      Abu-Rub, Haitham; Iqbal, Atif; Guziński, Jarosław ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2012 , Book chapter)

    • Five-phase permanent magnetic synchronous motor fed by fault tolerant five phase voltage source inverter 

      Kesraoui, Hichem; Echeikh, Hamdi; Iqbal, Atif; Mimouni, Med Faouzi ( Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science , 2016 , Article)
      Multiphase machines have gained attention in numerous fields of pplications such as Aircraft, ship propulsion, petrochemical and automobiles, where high reliability is required. The additional number of phases guarantees ...