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An exploration into the religious and symbolic meanings of gendered spaces in an Arab gulf home
(2011 , Conference Paper)
Houses are rich symbols representative of culture, self and identity (Marcus 1995). The current research provides a comparative perspective on Arab-Islamic (Qatari) and Western values as encoded in the home and use of ...
Identifying contextual properties of software architecture in cloud computing
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IEEE
, 2011 , Conference Paper)
This paper argues that the contextual properties of cloud-enabled software architecture should be identified and understood differently by cloud consumers. The existing architectures are not designed to exploit the contextual ...
Shear strength of geosynthetic composite systems for design of landfill liner and cover slopes
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Elsevier
, 2011 , Article)
Torsional ring shear tests were performed on composite specimens that simulate the field alignment of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill liner and cover system components. Simultaneous shearing was provided to each test ...
A modal logic for information system security
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Australian Computer Society, Inc.
, 2011 , Article)
As a security mechanism, authorization or access control ensures that all accesses to the system resources occur exclusively according to the access polices and rules specified by the systemsecurity agent. Authorization ...
Time-frequency based signal restoration for laser-ultrasound signals with applications in nondestructive testing
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IEEE
, 2011 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, an inspection system has been presented that uses Laser-Ultrasound (LU) technique for Nondestructive testing (NDT) of metallic structures with specific interest in Oil & Gas sector. While the developed ...
Optimal Scheduling of Biodiesel Plants through Property-based Integration with Oil Refineries
(2011 , Book)
This paper addresses the design and scheduling problem of biodiesel plants in conjunction with typical oil refineries via blending of biodiesel and petro-diesel. The feedstocks are often seasonal and their availability and ...
Convergence or Diversity in National Recruitment and Selection Practices:A Case Study of the State of Qatar
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North American Business Press
, 2011 , Article)
This paper examines the convergence and diversity in approaches to national HRM practices in Qatar. The sample of the study consists of 31 human resources managers working for different Qatari companies. Large companies ...
Enhancing a bank’s competitive advantage through the integration of TQM practices, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and organizational culture.
(2011 , Article)
In the current changing business environment, banks, among other organizations, are required not only to create their competitive advantage to lead the trend, but also to be able to sustain and upgrade the created competitive ...
Orchestrating technology enhanced learning: A literature review and a conceptual framework
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2011 , Other)
The notion of 'orchestrating learning' has gained acceptance within the TEL research community in recent years. However, there is little consensus about what 'orchestration' means, and what orchestrating learning in a ...