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Novice teachers’ challenges and coping strategies in Qatari government schools
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Society for Research and Knowledge Management
, 2020 , Article)
This study examined the challenges novice teachers encountered in Qatari government schools and the coping strategies they adopt. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 15 novice teachers ...
Do EFL Teachers Reduce the Reading Gap in Qatar? A Study of Strategy Instruction in Government Schools
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Society for Research and Knowledge Management
, 2021 , Article)
Teachers' instructional practices are crucial to students' achievement in reading comprehension. Students' low English reading competence in Qatar's government schools raises concerns about not only reading comprehension ...
The reconstruction of academic identity through language policy: a narrative approach
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Routledge
, 2020 , Article)
This article aims to examine how language policy affects the reconstruction of academic identities in a time of rapid and significant changes in contemporary higher education. Through a narrative approach, we explore how ...
Augmented reality flavor: cross-modal mapping across gustation, olfaction, and vision
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Gustatory display research is still in its infancy despite being one of the essential everyday senses that human practice while eating and drinking. Indeed, the most important and frequent tasks that our brain deals with ...
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
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eLife Sciences Publications
, 2021 , Article)
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated ...
Electrodeposited white bronzes on brass: Corrosion in 3.5 % sodium chloride solution
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
White bronzes are electrodeposited coatings applied on brass as surface finishes. We report a comparative study on the corrosion resistance in chloride aqueous environment of two white bronzes, a Zn-bearing and a Zn-free. ...
ArTest: The First Test Collection for Arabic Web Search with Relevance Rationales
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Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The scarcity of Arabic test collections has long hindered information retrieval (IR) research over the Arabic Web. In this work, we present ArTest, the first large-scale test collection designed for the evaluation of ad-hoc ...
HCV cirrhotic patients treated with direct-acting antivirals: Detection of tubular dysfunction and resolution after viral clearance
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2021 , Other)
Bilotti et al's1 recent excellent report on the prevalence of tubular and glomerular dysfunction in patients with HCV infection on direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents, and their evolution following HCV clearance adds to ...
Pavement condition analysis via vehicle mounted accelerometer data
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International Islamic University Malaysia-IIUM
, 2020 , Article)
Road anomalies and irregularities such as potholes and uneven surfaces are a common hazard in South East Asia and developing countries. Such hazards pose a threat to the safety and well-being of both civilians going about ...
Structural equation modeling of public transport use with COVID-19 precautions: An extension of the norm activation model
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study aims to identify the travelers' attitudes and preferences towards the use of public transport during COVID-19 through the Norm-Activation Model (NAM). A questionnaire survey was designed to assess the traveler's ...