Browsing Student Thesis & Dissertations by Title
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Using Data Mining Techniques to Predict NOx Emissions Levels in Gas Fired Boilers
(2019 , Professional Masters Project)Natural gas industry becomes one of the largest sectors in the today’s world economy. With the growth of production, pollutants from gas processing plants continue to grow, forcing government and legislative authorities ... -
USING EMBEDDED MACHINE LEARNING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD TO DETECT TOXICITY IN SPOKEN LANGUAGE
(2023 , Master Thesis)Toxicity is a prevalent social behavior that involves the use of hate speech, offensive language, bullying, and abusive speech. While text-based approaches for toxicity detection are common, there is limited research on ... -
USING IOT TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
(06-2 , Master Thesis)The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) has become widely accepted within a variety of industries. Many companies have already adopted and implemented the technology. Construction companies today are striving to achieve ... -
Using Social Media Influencers to Promote Qatar as a Tourist Destination
(2020 , Professional Masters Project)The main objective of this study is to understand the qualities of social media influencers, in the travel and tourism industry, which generate trust in the followers, thereby having an impact on the followers’ intention ... -
USING SOLAR ENERGY IN ELECTRIFICATION: A CASE OF AN OFFICE BUILDING IN QATAR
(2023 , Professional Masters Project)Solar energy is being converted to electricity either for grid transmission or for localized use in houses, offices or in community places. In this project, the availability of solar energy in Qatar in studied and its ... -
Utilizing Steel Slag in the Removal of Suspended Solids from Dewatered Construction Water: A Mechanistic Study
(2018 , Master Thesis)Construction dewatering is an operation used to remove shallow groundwater infiltrated into a construction site; this technique is used in most of the construction projects. After collecting the water from the construction ... -
UV Stabilization and Flame Retardancy of Polyethylene for Piping Applications
(2019 , Master Thesis)This work presented an investigation of the ultra violet (UV) stability and flame retardancy of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and low-density polyethylene manufactured in autoclave process (LDPE-A), that are ... -
VALUE BEHIND SAVING AND REUSING SHOPPING BAGS
(2019 , Master Thesis)The behavior associated with saving and reusing shopping bags has been heavily researched in the context of environmental studies. However, few studies have examined this behavior from the perspective of consumer behavior. ... -
Variability in Genomic Patterns of Bacterial Communities Related to Tarmats and Quantification of Hydrocarbon Present in the Tarmats Deposited along the Qatar Coast
(2020 , Master Thesis)Qatar has undergone a rapid transition from a fishing and small agriculture to an economy focused on oil and gas since 1960. Owing to the comparatively large level of oil and gas production, the region has become severely ... -
VARIOGRAM MODELING FOR SPATIAL CORRELATION IN STRUCTURAL MRI IMAGES
(06-2 , Master Thesis)In recent years neuroimaging techniques growth help us to understand the working of the human brain by using structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Structural MRIs ... -
Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction as the Mechanism for Development of Obesity
(2018 , Master Thesis)Obesity is one of the major public health issues in the world with a rapid increase in its prevalence. According to the last public health report from supreme public health in Qatar in 2012, 71.8 % of the women were ... -
VISUALIZATION OF FACTOR VIII WITH FLOW-CYTOMETRY AS A TOOL FOR NOVEL GENE THERAPY APPROACH IN HEMOPHILIA A
(2019 , Master Thesis)Haemophilia A is a genetic X-linked disorder, characterized by coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency and leading to pathological bleedings. The disease occurs in a rate of 1 in 5000 males’ births. The treatment is the ... -
Vitamin D Immune Modulatory Effect on the Anti-inflammatory potential of HDL Associated Proteins
(2023 , Dissertation)Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in Qatar. Vitamin D exerts immune-modulatory effects leading to reduced inflammation. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased subclinical inflammation. ... -
VOLATILITY ESTIMATION IN MISSING AT RANDOM HIGH-FREQUENCY FINANCIAL TIME SERIES
(2023 , Master Thesis)More than 15 years ago, the capital markets have seen significant development, introducing high-frequency trading and a shift of market towards high-frequency and algorithm trading. It was always believed that high-frequency ... -
Vulnerability of mangroves to sea level rise in Qatar: Assessment and identification of vulnerable mangroves areas
(2015 , Master Thesis)Qatar is one of few countries in Arabian Gulf where mangrove ecosystem exist. They are essential number of ecosystem function; however, this valuable ecosystem is threatened by both anthropogenic and global climatic ... -
Wave Propagation Identification of Viscoelastic and Metallic Mechanical Metamaterials
(2021 , Dissertation)Mechanical Metamaterials (MMs) are artificially engineered composites which have unconventional mechanical properties that stem from their microstructural geometry rather than from their chemical composition. Several studies ... -
WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION BASED ON EDUCATION PARTLY INTERVAL CENSORED DATA
(2018 , Professional Masters Project)The work in this project is concerned with the applying of techniques for the assessment of survival analysis in data that include censored observations. Survival analysis has a lot of achievement in the medical, engineering, ... -
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN TOP MANAGEMENT IN QATAR?
(2018 , Professional Masters Project)This research addresses the following question: “What are the factors that may cause the underrepresentation of women in top management in Qatar”. This phenomenon is present all around the world, but for the means on this ... -
WHAT DO PARENTS WANT? STUDY OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PARENTAL CHOICE OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL IN QATAR
(2018 , Professional Masters Project)This study aims to identify factors that significantly influence parents in Qatar in their preference for private or public schools for their children. Determining the effects of different factors regarding the choice of ... -
Women Empowerment In Qatar
(2018 , Master Thesis)This thesis examines the question of empowerment of Qatari women from multidimensional perspectives and go beyond merely employment and access to economic resources. Qatar is a welfare state that can and does provide its ...