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Impact of first-year seminar on student engagement, awareness, and general attitudes toward higher education
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This study intends to add to the existing body of literature on the impact of a newly implemented first year seminar in the College of Law and Business. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects the ... -
Impact of green manufacturing practices on organisational performance in Indian context: An empirical study
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)This study presents an empirical assessment and guides about measuring impact of GM (green manufacturing) practices on organisational performance in Indian context. The research approach is to extract critical GM factors ... -
The impact of the corrosive environment on the quality of metal joining process
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Conference Paper)Owing to the main attention as regards the metal joining in the automotive industries, many studies have been conducted to achieve this problem by joining metals materials that can provide high efficiency at minimum cost. ... -
Impedance spectroscopy, ionic conductivity and dielectric studies of new Li+ ion conducting polymer blend electrolytes based on biodegradable polymers for solid state battery applications
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)New solid polymer blend electrolyte films based on biodegradable polymer blend comprising of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) doped with different wt% of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) salt have ... -
Improved bounds for hybrid flow shop scheduling with multiprocessor tasks
(2013 , Article)In this paper, we investigate the problem of minimizing makespan in a multistage hybrid flow-shop scheduling with multiprocessor tasks. To generate high-quality approximate solutions to this challenging NP-hard problem, ... -
Improved exosome isolation methods from non-small lung cancer cells (NC1975) and their characterization using morphological and surface protein biomarker methods
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)This study has demonstrated improved methods for isolating exosomes from non-small lung cancer cells, which address the problems characterized by exosome morphological and chemical methods. To improve the isolation methods, ... -
Improved properties of Al-Si3N4 nanocomposites fabricated through a microwave sintering and hot extrusion process
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)In this study, nano-sized Si3N4 (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 vol%)/Al composites were fabricated using a powder metallurgy method involving microwave sintering technique followed by hot extrusion. The influence of Si3N4 content ... -
Improving mechanical, thermal and damping properties of niti (Nitinol) reinforced aluminum nanocomposites
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)In the present study, Ni50Ti50 (NiTi) particle reinforced aluminum nanocomposites were fabricated using microwave sintering and subsequently hot extrusion. The effect of NiTi (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 vol %) content on the ... -
In situ DRIFTS Studies on Cu, Ni and CuNi catalysts for Ethanol Decomposition Reaction
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)Catalyst nanopowders containing copper and nickel were synthesized using solution combustion synthesis method for hydrogen production from ethanol decomposition. Detailed in situ DRIFTS studies were conducted on three ... -
In situ strengthening of thin-wall structures using pressurized foam
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)A simple and effective in situ method for strengthening or healing thin-wall structures is presented. In this method, a liquid-state gap-sealing foam is injected within the enclosed spaces of a structure. After injection ... -
In vitro models and systems for evaluating the dynamics of drug delivery to the healthy and diseased brain
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article Review)The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a crucial role in maintaining brain homeostasis and transport of drugs to the brain. The conventional animal and Transwell BBB models along with emerging microfluidic-based BBB-on-chip ... -
In-depth Analysis of Pedestrian Safety in the State of Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Pedestrian safety is of a serious concern as it includes children and the aged population. From the Global status report on road safety in 2015 by World Health Organization (WHO), it can be seen that pedestrian fatalities ... -
In-plane stress analysis of multiple parallel cracks in an orthotropic FGM medium under time-harmonic loading
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study aimed to investigate the fracture behavior of a cracked orthotropic FGM medium when exposed to an in-plane harmonic load. The mechanical feature of the medium exponentially varied along the y-axis. Using the ... -
Increased complications of COVID-19 in people with cardiovascular disease: Role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) dysregulation
( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2022 , Article)The rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID?19), has had a dramatic negative impact on public health and economies worldwide. Recent studies ... -
INDIRECT PRESSURE MEASUREMENT FOR FUNCTIONALLY INACCESSIBLE VESSELS
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Influence of changing casing groove parameters on the performance of centrifugal compressors near stall condition
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2016 , Article)The casing treatment is an effective method for increasing the stall margin of compressors and enhancing the flow distribution at the blades tip. The present numerical study focuses on making an optimization of the casing ... -
Influence of Critical Success Factors over the Performance of Infrastructure Projects in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)This thesis focuses on developing an understanding of factors that can help in increasing the project performance in Qatar and elsewhere. The understanding leads to focus on factors in the design, development and operation ... -
Influence of CuO nanoparticles and graphene nanoplatelets on the sensing behaviour of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites for the detection of ethanol and propanol vapors
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)Poly(vinyl alcohol)/copper oxide/graphene nanoplatelets (PVA/CuO/Gr-NPls) nanocomposite based chemiresistive alcohol sensors were fabricated using colloidal blending method. The PVA/CuO/Gr-NPls nanocomposite films were ... -
Influence of electrodeposited Cu-Ni layer on interfacial reaction and mechanical properties of laser welded-brazed Mg/Ti lap joints
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)A fiber laser welding-brazing procedure has been developed for joining AZ31B magnesium alloy to Cu-Ni coated Ti-6Al-4V titanium sheet using AZ92D filler wire. The effect of the interlayer arrangements (AZ31B/Ni-Cu/Ti-6Al-4V ... -
Influence of fuel ratio on the performance of combustion synthesized bifunctional cobalt oxide catalysts for fuel cell application
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Solution combustion synthesis was used to prepare cobalt oxide nanoparticles at different fuel ratio (φ = 0.5, 1, and 1.75). The synthesized particles were characterized using XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR and XPS to study the ...