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    • Will influenza A(H3N8) cause a major public health threat? 

      Hadi M., Yassine; Smatti, Maria K. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Other)
      The diversity of zoonotic influenza viruses and their ability to cross the species barrier has always been alarming and requires continuous surveillance in both human and animal populations. Avian A(H3N8) influenza viruses ...
    • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems 

      Rixen, Christian; Høye, Toke Thomas; Macek, Petr; Aerts, Rien; Alatalo, Juha; ... more authors ( Canadian Science Publishing , 2022 , Article)
      Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation determines ground temperature, light conditions and moisture availability during winter. It also affects the growing season’s start and ...
    • Wireless Network Slice Assignment with Incremental Random Vector Functional Link Network 

      He, Yu Lin; Ye, Xuan; Cui, Laizhong; Fournier-Viger, Philippe; Luo, Chengwen; ... more authors ( IEEE Computer Society , 2022 , Article)
      This paper presents an artificial intelligence-assisted network slice prediction method, which utilizes a novel incremental random vector functional link (IRVFL) network to deal with the wireless network slice assignment ...
    • Wirelessly controlled mimicing humanoid robot 

      Qidwai, Uvais; Shakir, Mohamed; Hakouz, Wa'ed; Musa, Nour ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Educational humanoid robots have started to find there place in institutions for children with special needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children therapy centers. Most of the humanoid robots are expensive, or come ...
    • Within-Host Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 Patients With Variable Disease Severities. 

      Al Khatib, Hebah A; Benslimane, Fatiha M; Elbashir, Israa E; Coyle, Peter V; Al Maslamani, Muna A; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)
      The ongoing pandemic of SARS-COV-2 has already infected more than eight million people worldwide. The majority of COVID-19 patients either are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Yet, about 15% of the cases experience ...
    • Within-Household Sampling Conditioning on Household Size 

      Le, Kien T.; Brick, J. Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Alemadi, Darwish ( Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association , 2012 , Article)
      We review existing methods for sampling an adult from a household and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these methods with respect to issues relevant for sampling in the Middle East and developing countries. We ...
    • Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up 

      Bethany, Shockley ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)
      Interest in politics is an important ingredient in the formation of civil society, which in turn provides the basis for good governance. Existing research has not clarified drivers of political interest with respect to ...
    • Women's Experiences of Family Law and Family Justice Processes in Qatar - Findings of an Empirical Study 

      Akhtar, Rajnaara ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      This paper will provide an overview of the findings of a DIFI funded study, titled An Empirical Study of Women's Marriage and Divorce Experiences in Qatar, in which 40 women participants were engaged in semi-structured ...
    • Work-Life -Balance in Qatar: Implementing Tows Analysis as a Variant of the Classic Strategic Tool, SWOT 

      El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji ( West East Institute Journals , 2018 , Article)
      Purpose The overall goal of this paper is to explore via Gap and TOWS analysis if organizations are offering innovative benefits from the perspective of married employees that make being a working dad or mom easier ...
    • Workforce Nationalization in the GCC Organizations: Qatarization at Qatar Olympic Committee 

      Elbanna, Said; Al-Hashimi, Khalid; Begum, Fareed ( The Case Centre , 2022 , Other)
      In the State of Qatar, nationals or Qataris comprise less than 15% of the overall population. According to the Qatar Population Policy of 2017-2022, the main objectives include, increasing the number of local population, ...
    • Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Ewers, Michael C. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...
    • Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien T.; Ewers, Michael; Irudaya Rajan., S ( Routledge , 2016 , Book chapter)
      India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: • looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; • ...
    • World Cup In Qatar As A Sport Diplomacy Instrument 

      Ozel, Meltem ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      Qatar has flourishing national image, particularly after its 37atalyst role in the Arab Spring and its conspicuous achievements in the field of infrastructure, media, technology, energy, diplomacy and public diplomacy. ...
    • A world polity view on reorganization and institutional change in natural resources management 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc , 2022 , Book chapter)
      World polity theory as a part of sociological neo-institutionalism provides interesting insights into institutional change and similarities between national organizations. These organizations depend on rules and actor ...
    • WorldView-3 mapping of Tarmat deposits of the Ras Rakan Island, Northern Coast of Qatar: Environmental perspective 

      Sankaran, Rajendran; Al-Khayat, Jassim A.; Veerasingam, S.; Nasir, Sobhi; Vethamony, P.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      This study characterizes the spectral behavior of tarmats and maps the tarmat deposits found along the coast of Ras Rakan Island off Qatar using WorldView-3 (WV-3) sensor data. The laboratory spectra of tar materials showed ...
    • Worldwide venture capital, intellectual property rights, and innovation 

      Safari, Arsalan ( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article)
      This study, based on the historical data of venture capital (VC) investment and patenting for 99 countries and 83 industries, explores the effects of VC investment on firms' innovation in different intellectual property ...
    • Wound healing potential of quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside and myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside isolated from Pistacia lentiscus distilled leaves in rats model 

      Elloumi, Wiem; Mahmoudi, Asma; Ortiz, Sergio; Boutefnouchet, Sabrina; Chamkha, Mohamed; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      The development of bioproducts able to accelerate wound healing is an important topic in biomedicine. In the current study, Pistacia lentiscus distilled leaves (PDL) extract and its two isolated glycosylated flavonoids, ...
    • Wrf-chem simulation for modeling seasonal variations and distributions of aerosol pollutants over the middle east 

      Shahid, Muhammad Zeeshaan; Chishtie, Farrukh; Bilal, Muhammad; Shahid, Imran ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Atmospheric aerosols and dust have become a challenge for urban air quality. The pre-sented study quantified seasonal spatio-temporal variations of aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and dust over the Middle East (ME) for the ...
    • Xeno-free trans-differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells into glial and neuronal cells. 

      Elgamal, Aya; Althani A, Asmaa; Abd-Elmaksoud, Ahmed; Kassab, Mohammed; Farag, Amany; ... more authors ( e-Century Publishing , 2019 , Article)
      Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are undifferentiated cells that have the ability of self-renewal and trans-differentiation into other cell types. They hold out hope for finding a cure for many diseases. Nevertheless, there ...
    • XPC multifaceted roles beyond DNA damage repair: p53-dependent and p53-independent functions of XPC in cell fate decisions 

      Abir, Zebian; El-Dor, Maya; Shaito, Abdullah; Mazurier, Frédéric; Rezvani, Hamid Reza; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein (XPC) acts as a DNA damage recognition factor for bulky adducts and as an initiator of global genome nucleotide excision repair (GG-NER). Novel insights have shown that the role of XPC ...