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Socioeconomic, demographic, housing and health conditions of Qatari women by status of marriage and implications for family polices
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Article)
This study addressed the problems and issues facing the Qatari family in the wake of rapid socio-economic development. The study explored housing conditions, health conditions and economic conditions of Qatari women as ...
Impact of HR retention strategies in healthcare: The case of Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Article)
Retention of healthcare workers is an international challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that in two decades, the shortage of healthcare workers will double. This puts a pressure on the policy makers to ...
Energy Demand Estimation and Forecasting in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The economic theory provides a rationale for linking the energy demand to a number of variables that might affect it. Starting from that, the empirical analyses specify a number of alternative specifications of the energy ...
Media Freedom In Qatar Conceptual And Methodological Challenges Of Studying Qatari Journalism
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Qatari Media Overview Qatar General Broadcasting and Television Corporation was established in 1970 and is Government owned. It airs in Arabic language and has two domestic, and one satellite channel.Al-Jazeera was established ...
Adaptive model of thermal comfort for office buildings in GCC
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations top the world in CO2 emissions/ capita. However, plummeting oil prices and increasing energy demands necessitate rethinking on thermal comfort delivery. This region has warm desert ...
The fictitious force method for efficient calculation of vibration from a tunnel embedded in a multi-layered half-space
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
This paper presents an extension of the Pipe-in-Pipe (PiP) model for calculating vibrations from underground railways that allows for the incorporation of a multi-layered half-space geometry. The model is based on the ...
Logic programs with ordered disjunction: First-order semantics and expressiveness
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AAAI Publications
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Logic programs with ordered disjunction (LPODs) (Brewka 2002) generalize normal logic programs by combining alternative and ranked options in the heads of rules. It has been showed that LPODs are useful in a number of areas ...
Inhibition of p90 Ribosomal S6 Kinase Attenuates Cell Migration and Proliferation of the Human Lung Adenocarcinoma through Phospho-GSK-3b and Osteopontin
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Background
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women and it is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Lung cancer can be divided into two broad categories: non-small cell lung cancer ...
Community structure and activity of a highly dynamic and nutrient-limited hypersaline microbial mat in Um Alhool Sabkha, Qatar
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Public Library of Science
, 2014 , Article)
The Um Alhool area in Qatar is a dynamic evaporative ecosystem that receives seawater from below as it is surrounded by sand dunes. We investigated the chemical composition, the microbial activity and biodiversity of the ...
Genome Mining of Secreted Effectors of Fusarium Oxysporum, Fusarium Solani and Rhizectonia Solani
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: Of the various devastating diseases triggered by necrotrophic fungi, the diseases caused by following fungi Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani and Rhizectonia solani are of particular economic significance ...