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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Preterm and Early Term Births: A Population-Based Register Study
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Preterm birth (PTB) and early term birth (ETB) are associated with high risks of perinatal mortality and morbidity. While extreme to very PTBs have been extensively studied, studies on infants born at later stages of ...
Prevalence, Risk Factors, Harm Perception, and Attitudes Toward E-cigarette Use Among University Students in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Frontiers Media
, 2021 , Article)
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is becoming more popular worldwide, especially among youth. Studies report that university students have inadequate knowledge as well as misconceptions about the health risks of ...
Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing ‘Projects’ in the Middle East
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SETA Foundation
, 2020 , Article)
This article deconstructs the stated reasons behind the quartet’s blockade on Qatar, including i) Iranian-relations; ii) funding ‘terror;’ iii) supporting ‘political Islam’ –Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc.; and iv) ...
Broadcasting and national identity construction in Qatar: The case of Al-Rayyan TV
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Intellect Publishers of Original Thinking
, 2021 , Article)
This research sought to study the contents of Al-Rayyan TV programmes and their relationship to the construction of national identity in Qatar, a task this channel has taken as an editorial line since its inception in 2012. ...
Backyard Urban Agriculture in Qatar: Challenges & Recommendations
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Global Waste Cleaning Network
, 2021 , Article)
The last decade witnessed a return to traditional ways of farming that were, for decades, braced by technological advancement. Along with many countries around the world, Qatar manifests an interest in urban farming, ...
Investigating the incidence, nature, severity and potential causality of medication errors in hospital settings in Qatar
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, The Author(s). Background Medication errors are a major public health concern that negatively impact patient safety and health outcomes. Effective and efficient medication error reporting systems and practices are ...
Feminist Discourse Strategies of Estrangement and Transcendence in the Modern Qatari Story
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كلية الآداب واللغات: جامعة محمد الشريف مساعدية - سوق أهراس الجزائر
, 2021 , Article)
This study aims to examine the feminine narrative discourse (short story) in Qatar by employing the concept of discourse as a cultural practice. These stories aim to reflect female perspectives parallelly in numerous ...
Prevalence and Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Healthy Young Females in Qatar
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
The state of Qatar suffers from diabetes epidemic due to obesity-associated metabolic syndrome. However, the prevalence of insulin resistance prior to obesity, which could play an important role in the high prevalence of ...
Aberrant DNA methylation of PTPRG as one possible mechanism of its under-expression in CML patients in the State of Qatar
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Wiley Open Access
, 2020 , Article)
Several studies showed that aberrant DNA methylation is involved in leukemia and cancer pathogenesis. Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor gamma (PTPRG) expression is a natural inhibitory mechanism that is downregulated ...
The Reproductive Agency Scale (RAS-17): Development and validation in a cross-sectional study of pregnant Qatari and non-Qatari Arab Women
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 prioritizes women's empowerment and gender equality, alone and as drivers of other SDGs. Efforts to validate universal measures of women's empowerment ...