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Hot and Hypoxic environments inhibit simulated soccer performance and exacerbate performance decrements when combined
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2016 , Article)
The effects of heat and/or hypoxia have been well-documented in match-play data.However,large match-to match variation for key physical performance measures makes environmental inferences difficult to ascertain from soccer ...
Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
In the last decades, the enormous influx of immigrants to industrialized countries has led to outbreaks of parasitic diseases, with enteric infections being amongst the most frequently encountered. In its strategy to control ...
Input forager: A user-driven interaction adaptation approach for head worn displays
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Input Forager is a user-driven adaptation approach that enables users to flexibly borrow different embedded inputs from smartwatches, smartphones and tablets, then map borrowed inputs to interaction-events that effect Head ...
The integration of social media in the delivery of unit materials: A comparative examination of the experience of Macquarie University and Qatar University
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IEEE
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Social media is an important technological and cultural development with which the new generation of students are intimately familiar and use on a daily basis. As a communications tool social media has vast and varied ...
Multivariate multilevel models for attitudes toward statistics: multi-disciplinary settings in Afghanistan
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Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
The present paper focuses on examining students' attitudes and perception of statistics in Afghanistan universities and the factor structure of the statistical anxiety rating scale (STARS). In total, 209 undergraduate ...
The impact of globalisation on society and culture in Qatar
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
, 2016 , Article)
The discovery of oil and the economic development and growth that followed has placed Gulf Countries on the fast path to urbanisation and modernisation, bringing an impact on traditional family relations and functions. In ...
Science and Mathematics Education in the GCC Countries
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Science Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article)
All six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have developed science and mathematics curriculum
standards that focus on the content essential for preparing students to be engaged and productive citizens. A careful ...
A Collaboration Incentive Exploiting the Primary-Secondary Systems' Cross Interference for PHY Security Enhancement
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IEEE
, 2016 , Article)
We investigate the spectrum sharing possibility as an incentive to enhance the physical layer security. The concept behind is that a legitimate source-destination pair, communicating in the presence of a passive eavesdropper, ...
Disinfection by-products of chlorine dioxide (chlorite, chlorate, and trihalomethanes): Occurrence in drinking water in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
The occurrence of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water, namely, chlorite, chlorate, and trihalomethanes (THMs), was investigated. Two-hundred-ninety-four drinking water samples were ...
State and foreign ownership and the value of working capital management
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
In this paper we examine whether state and foreign ownership affect the shape of the value-net working capital (NWC) curve. Using a multinational sample of privatized firms from 54 countries, we provide documentation ...