Search
Now showing items 271-280 of 2282
Levels of physical activity and sleep patterns among older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities: A 24-hour snapshot
(
Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
Objectives
To objectively measure over a 24-hour period the daytime and nighttime levels of physical activity and sleep patterns of older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities.
Study design
Nested ...
Use of local discarded materials in concrete
(
Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
Steel slag, a by-product of steel manufacturing, is generated in large quantities in Qatar. In fact, it is estimated that more than 400,000tons of steel slag are generated annually in the country. Gravel, resulting from ...
Sense of Community in Al-Wakrah City: Strategies for the Development of Sustainable Communities in Qatar
(
Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
In the State of Qatar, the intense and rapid urban development based on
hosting upcoming mega events, as envisioned by Qatar‟s National Vision (QNV-
2030), have raised concern about community stability as it faces ...
HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among university students in Northern Nigeria
(
Elsevier, Ltd
, 2014 , Poster)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) constitutes
an important health challenge for young adults worldwide as a
result of high prevalence of risk behaviors. Universities in Sub-
Saharan Africa including Nigeria are faced ...
Sense of Community in Gated Communities in Doha: The Case of Al-Ein Compound in Ein Khaled Neighborhood
(
Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
Neighborhoods are designed to contribute towards establishing and maintaining community bonds. Gated communities, a recognizable form of housing developments in the Gulf Region, have an impact on neighborhoods and cities’ ...
NPRP 4-1303-2- 517- Progress Report Number 5- "Automated Neonatal EEG quality assessment and improvement using artefact filtering and signal segmentation"
(2015 , Report)
This is a progress report for the project NPRP 4 - 1303 - 2 – 517- Progress Report Number 5- "Automated Neonatal EEG quality assessment and improvement using artefact filtering and signal segmentation"
Alpha-glucosidase and carbonic anhydrase inhibition studies of Pd(II)-hydrazide complexes
(
Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
This study focused on the synthesis and characterization of hydrazide ligands and their respective Pd(II) complexes and used high throughput screening to determine their α-glucosidase and carbonic anhydrase II enzyme ...
A Middle Eastern journey of integrating Interprofessional Education into the healthcare curriculum: a SWOC analysis
(
BioMed Central
, 2017 , Article)
Interprofessional education (IPE) is an emerging concept in the Middle East with a number of health professional degree programs continually striving to meet international accreditation requirements to enhance the quality ...
Mendelian inheritance of trimodal CpG methylation sites suggests distal cis-acting genetic effects.
(
BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
Environmentally influenced phenotypes, such as obesity and insulin resistance, can be transmitted over multiple generations. Epigenetic modifications, such as methylation of DNA cytosine-guanine (CpG) pairs, may be carriers ...
Association between Genetic Variants of GC Gene at 4q13.3 and Vitamin D Concentrations in Adult Females
(
Longdom
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Vitamin D binding protein, encoded by the GC gene (on 4q13.3), plays an important role in
transporting vitamin D. Several Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWASs) have established a significant
association ...