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Uncovering responses of zooplankton community to CO2 acidification in Qatar cstal waters
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The combustion of fossil fuels is pushing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) to unprecedented levels. This rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 is causing global changes, with noticeable increases in temperature, ...
Neighborhoods and Social Interactions: The Case of Al-Najada Area in Doha
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Cities provide places for people to live, work, learn and socialize. As urban environments, cities nowadays are typically characterized by urban sprawl in which open public spaces (1) are neglected and/or (2) social ...
Effects of Combined Calcium Hypochlorite and Chlorine Dioxide on Drinking Water Quality in Qatar and Disinfection by Products Formation
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Chlorite, chlorate, bromate and trihalomethane's (THMs) are included in WHO guidelines for drinking water quality. This study examined dosing different chlorine concentrations as calcium hypochlorite (Ca(ClO)2) to water ...
Allelopathic effects of the invasive Prosopis juliflora (sw.) Dc. On seed germination of selected Qatari native plant species
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
P. juliflora is highly recognized for its invasive character and its detrimental effects on different plant species due to the presence of allelochemicals across the world. The purpose of this study is to assess the ...
Qatar 2022 World Cup and its legacies: How to promote sustainable and livable open spaces in the city of Doha through mega sports events?
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
With the aim of diversifying its economy and develop itself as a tourist destination, in recent years, Qatar has hosted many international sports events and will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Doha, Qatar's capital city, ...
Progressive recovery of virtual infrastructure services in optical cloud networks after large disasters
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper studies progressive recovery in optical cloud substrates supporting virtualized infrastructure services. Several resource placement/scheduling schemes are presented to improve post-fault recovery and also evaluated ...
High Level Synthesis Based E-Nose System for Gas Applications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper proposes a hardware/software co-design approach using the Zynq platform for the implementation of an electronic nose (EN) system based on principal component analysis (PCA) as a dimensionality reduction technique ...
Heterogeneous Implementation of ECG Encryption and Identification on the Zynq SoC
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents an innovative and safe connected health solution for human identification. The system consists of the encryption and decryption of ECG signals using the advanced encryption standard (AES) as well as the ...
Human c-MYBPC3 RNA Targeted Therapy, Reversal of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Zebrafish Model
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Qscience.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a serious heart disease and is defined as abnormal left ventricular (LV) wall thickening with diastolic dysfunction. HCM is an autosomal dominant monogenic disease caused by a mutation ...
Crashworthiness of pre-impacted glass/epoxy composite tubes
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Composite materials currently have several uses, including aeronautical, marine, and piping applications. Composites are well-known for their specific strength and stiffness; however, the tolerance of composites to ...