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    • Concentration of pb, cu, zn and cd in the roadside soil of doha: Effect of traffic volume and season 

      Hawari, Alaa H.; Qasem, Moath; Alhajyaseen, Wael ( HARD , 2021 , Article)
      The concentration of copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) in the roadside soil of Doha was evaluated. Three different roads were selected for the study namely, Mesrif street, Salwa road and Cornish street ...

    • Concentration, composition and sources of PAHs in the coastal sediments of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Qatar, Arabian Gulf 

      Soliman, Y.S.; Al Ansari, E.M.S.; Wade, T.L. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)
      Surface sediments were collected from sixteen locations in order to assess levels and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments of Qatar exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Samples were analyzed for 16 ...

    • Concentrations of essential and toxic elements and health risk assessment in brown rice from Qatari market 

      Shraim, Amjad M.; Ahmad, Mohammad I.; Rahman, Mohammad Sulaiman F.; Ng, Jack C. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Twenty-two brown rice varieties available in the Qatari market were analyzed for essential and toxic elements by ICP-MS. Found concentrations (µg/kg) were: As: 171 ± 78 (62–343), Cd: 42 ± 60 (4–253), Cr: 515 ± 69 (401–639), ...

    • Conception, Implementation, and Integration of Heterogenous Information Technology Infrastructures in the Qatar Biobank 

      Fthenou, Eleni; Al Emadi, Ameena; Mahal, Fahad F; Chettupuzhakaran, Leo T; Al Thani, Asma; ... more authors ( Mary Ann Liebert , 2019 , Article)
      The overall goal of the Qatar Biobank (QBB) is to collect, manage, and distribute high-quality human biospecimens with appropriate clinical and/or research annotation and associated phenotypic data, aiming to be an important ...

    • A Conceptual Framework of Customer Value Proposition of CCU-Formic Acid Product 

      Migdadi, Y. K.; Khalifa, A. A.; Al-Swidi, A.; Amhamed, A. I.; El-Naas, M. H. ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)
      This paper aims to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework of the customer value proposition of formic acid as an actual outcome of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) to support clean production and environmental ...

    • Conceptual Process for Designing High- Technology Products: Case Study of a Litter-Collecting Robot 

      Safari, Arsalan ( IGI Global , 2019 , Book chapter)
      In this chapter, a systematic and practical design process and methodology is presented and applied to design a new high- technology product: a litter-collecting robot. Although considerable theoretical and practical models ...

    • Concretizing green growth and sustainable business models in the water sector of Jordan 

      Engelmann, Jan; Al-Saidi, Mohammad; Hamhaber, Johannes ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)
      The green growth paradigm has gained much attention from various governments worldwide as a guiding strategy for national and sectoral growth strategies. There is, however, little knowledge on how to integrate green growth ...

    • Concurrent adsorption of cationic and anionic dyes from environmental water on amine functionalized carbon 

      Ur Rehman M.Z.; Aslam Z.; Shawabkeh R.A.; Hussein I.A.; Mahmood N. ( IWA Publishing , 2020 , Article)
      Amine functionalized carbon (AFC) was synthesized from raw oil fly ash and later utilized it for simultaneous removal of methyl orange (MO) and rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) pollutant dyes from aqueous medium. AFC was analyzed through ...

    • Conducting a state-of-the-art mental health survey in a traditional setting: Challenges and lessons from piloting the World Mental Health Survey in Qatar 

      Khaled, Salma M.; Petcu, Catalina; Bader, Lina; Amro, Iman; Al-Assi, Marwa; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)
      Objectives: A small country in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar experienced rapid economic growth in the last 3 decades accompanied by major socio-demographic shifts towards a younger and more highly educated population. To ...

    • Conducting research on the world's changing mediascape: Principles and practices 

      Pavlik, John V.; Dennis, Everette E.; Mersey, Rachel Davis; Gengler, Justin ( Cogitatio Press , 2019 , Article)
      As digital technology sweeps across the globe, bringing far-reaching changes to the media environment and beyond, international research on the nature and impact of these changes is essential. This commentary situates media ...

    • Conflict resilience of water and energy supply infrastructure: Insights from yemen 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad; Roach, Emma L.; Al-Saeedi, Bilal A. ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      Political instability and conflicts are contemporary problems across the Middle East. They threaten not only basic security, but also infrastructure performance. Supply infrastructure, providing basic services such as water ...

    • Conflicts and security in integrated water resources management 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      Water Resources Management (IWRM) are criticized for not considering context, local realities or legitimacy during the implementation of water sector reforms. Universal remedies of IWRM can thus lead to resistance, conflicts ...

    • CoNi Nanoparticles/CNT Composite as Effective Anode for Direct Urea Fuel Cells 

      Barakat, Nasser; Alajami1, Mohannad; Ghouri, Zafar Khan; Al-Meer, Saeed ( ESG. , 2018 , Article)
      CoNi nanoparticles/CNTs composite is introduced as workable anode in the direct urea fuel cells. The proposed anode was prepared by calcination under argon atmosphere of a dried cobalt acetate/nickel acetate/CNTs/ethanol ...

    • Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity 

      Mikryukov, Vladimir; Dulya, Olesya; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2023 , Article)
      How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples ...

    • Consanguineous marriage in the Arab societies 

      Al-Ghanim, Kaltham Ali ( MedCrave , 2020 , Article Review)
      Endogamous and consanguineous marriage is estimated to comprise 20% of all marriages in the contemporary world. In Arabia, however, it is estimated to characterize approximately half of all marriages. Overall, this is ...

    • Consanguinity and psychiatric disorders: Qatar case study 

      Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelalaim; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham Ali; Eltohami, Ali Ahmed; Eltohami, Ali Ahmed ( MedCrave , 2020 , Report)
      Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the pattern of marriage and tradition among Qatari psychiatric patients attending an outpatient psychiatry clinic in Doha, Qatar. The study also investigates the ...

    • Consequences of marine barriers for genetic diversity of the coral-specialist yellowbar angelfish from the Northwestern Indian Ocean 

      Torquato F.; Range P.; Ben-Hamadou R.; Sigsgaard E.E.; Thomsen P.F.; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      Ocean circulation, geological history, geographic distance, and seascape heterogeneity play an important role in phylogeography of coral‐dependent fishes. Here, we investigate potential genetic population structure within ...

    • Consequences of marine barriers for genetic diversity of the coral-specialist yellowbar angelfish from the Northwestern Indian Ocean 

      Torquato, Felipe; Range, Pedro; Ben-Hamadou, Radhouane; Sigsgaard, Eva E.; Thomsen, Philip F.; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      © 2019 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Ocean circulation, geological history, geographic distance, and seascape heterogeneity play an important role in phylogeography of coral-dependent ...

    • Consideration of a Pedestrian Speed Change Model in the Pedestrian-Vehicle Safety Assessment of Signalized Crosswalks 

      Iryo-Asano M.; Alhajyaseen W. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Conference Paper)
      Pedestrian safety is one of the most challenging issues in the road network. Understanding the pedestrian maneuver is the key to applying countermeasures against traffic crashes. It is known that behaviors of pedestrians ...

    • Considerations for Producing Bioenergy from Halophyte Feedstocks 

      Brown, J. Jed ( Springer International Publishing , 2019 , Book chapter)
      With the growing criticisms of using arable land and edible crops to produce first-generation biofuels instead of food for humans, there is an increasing interest in using marginal lands and water sources to grow biofuel ...