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Unveiling and Brightening the Dark Side of Crowdfunding
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 21-0 , Article)Crowdfunding is a promising way for individuals and start-ups to raise funding from a large number of people, using an online platform to turn their dreams into reality. It is an alternative to conventional options such ... -
Industrial dumping impact on oxygen and nitrogen fluxes in Abu Qir Bay, Southeastern Mediterranean Sea
( Elsevier , 1997 , Article)An input/output flux model was used for the technical assessment of the effects of the present as well as the proposed reduction in the discharge of a major wastewater (industrial and sewage) dumping site on the dissolved ... -
A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar
( Academic Press , 1999 , Article)The present investigation quantifies the biodiversity of the Brachyura and fish living within the natural mangrove Avicennia marina, salt marsh find replanted mangal, and compares relevant features of the abiotic and biotic ... -
المرأة و التنمية في المجتمع القطري : دراسة تحليلية لفرص التنمية البشرية المتاحة للمرأة القطرية
( مجلس النشر العلمي – جامعة الكويت , 1999 , Article)تعتبر التنمية البشرية أحد البرامج الإنمائية الأساسية التي تهيئ الظروف المناسبة للإنسان للمشاركة في بناء مجتمعه ، على اعتبار أن الإنسان هو هدف التنمية ووسيلتها في نفس الوقت . وأن المجتمعات تتقدم من خلال جهود أبنائها ومشاركتهم ... -
إشكالية التحيز و أحكام القيمة في علم الاجتماع
( Al-Batraa University, Jordan , 2000 , Article)هذه الدراسة نظرية تقدم تحليلا لدور الموضوعية في البحوث الاجتماعية واهميتها -
Accumulation of Trace Metals, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Copepods from the Arabian Gulf
( Springer Verlag New York Inc , 2001 , Article)In this study, zooplankton samples were collected from the coastal waters of Qatar during winter and summer 1998 to assess the impact of growing industrialization on the bioaccumulation of trace metals, total petroleum ... -
An Equatorial Pacific rain event: influence on the distribution of iron and hydrogen peroxide in surface waters
( Elsevier , 2001 , Article)The wet deposition of iron and peroxides was monitored during an intense rain squall in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Iron and hydrogen peroxide were determined at sea using adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (ACSV) ... -
ارتفاع معدلات الخصوبة و تأثيره في عملية التنمية مع تحليل لأوضاع المرأة العربية
( مجلس النشر العلمي - جامعة الكويت , 2004 , Article)أصبحت العلاقة بين الأبنية الاجتماعية والأبنية السكانية, أحد المؤشرات التي تقاس بوساطتها عمليات التغير الاجتماعي والاقتصادي, بل إنها تعد وسيلة لقياس مستويات التنمية- ويتناول هذا البحث ظاهرة الخصوبة لدى المرأة بوصفها أحد ... -
اتجاهات الشباب و المراهقين نحو العمل الفني الصناعي في المجتمع القطري
( مجلس النشر العلمي – جامعة الكويت , 2004 , Article)إن الكشف عن دور العوامل الاجتماعية والثقافية في تشكيل الاتجاهات نحو العمل ، وبالذات العمل في مهن معينة أصبح عملية ضرورية وبخاصة أن مجتمعات الخليج تواجه مشكلات عزوف قوة العمل الوطنية عن العمل في مجالات معينة ، ولاسيما العمل ... -
Phytoplankton-zooplankton relations in three inland seas along the Qatari coast (Arabian Gulf)
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2005 , Article)Phyloplankton and zooplankton community structures and abundance were studied in three inland seas around Qatar, two along the eastern coast and one along the northwestern coast. Despite some irregularities, the direct ... -
A Novel Mutation (Q694X) in the ITGB3 Gene Causing Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia from the Sultanate of Oman
( The American Society of Hematology , 2008 , Article)Background: Glanzmann Thrombasthenia (GT) results from mutations in the genes ITGA2B and ITGB3, located on chromosome 17q21–23 which encodes the platelet glycoprotein αIIbβ3 complex, namely GPIIb (αIIb) and GPIIIa (β3), ... -
Peace Education in Canada:Teacher Perceptions of the Cultivating Peace Education Program
( University of Alberta , 2009 , Article)Many Muslims, Arabs, and other minority communities in Canada experienced the backlash of the September 11, 2001 events. Although these groups were discriminated against in a number of institutions, Muslim children in ... -
Violence against women in Qatari Society
( Duke University Press , 2009 , Article)This study is the first of its kind using field and documentary research sources. While official sources on the subject have proven the limitations of such data, the study uses a field survey of a sample of 2,787 women ... -
Maternal and child health in the occupied Palestinian territory
( Elsevier , 2009 , Article)The Countdown to 2015 intervention coverage indicators in the occupied Palestinian territory are similar to those of other Arab countries, although there are gaps in continuity and quality of services across the continuum ... -
Feeding on intertidal microbial mats by postlarval tiger shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan
( Springer Berlin / Heidelberg , 2009 , Article)A series of experiments investigated the potential role of microbial mats in nutrition of the early settlement stages of Penaeus semisulcatus. From 3 days post-metamorphosis, the microbial mat supported high growth and ... -
Dolomite: Perspectives on a perplexing mineral
( research qate , 2009 , Article Review)Dolomite is a metastable mineral that can precipitate directly from solutions containing magnesium, calcium and carbonate to form cement or unlithified sediment. It can be categorized into two classes such as penecontemporaneous ... -
Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey
( Elsevier , 2009 , Article)Objective Against the backdrop of a rise in cesarean section deliveries from 6.0% in 1996 to 14.8% in 2006, the objective of this study was to investigate socio-demographic, clinical and service-related factors associated ... -
Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of stunting, underweight, and overweight among Palestinian school adolescents (13-15 years) in two major governorates in the West Bank
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2009 , Article)There is little information about height and weight status of Palestinian adolescents. The objective of this paper was to assess the prevalence of stunting, underweight, and overweight/obesity among Palestinian school ... -
Microstructural investigation of gamma-irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in nitrogen atmosphere
( Trans Tech Publications , 2010 , Conference Paper)In this paper the results of structural changes in ultra high molecular polyethylene (UHMWPE) upon gamma irradiation and storage in nitrogen environment are reported. Based on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide ... -
Effect of gamma irradiation on the microstructure and morphology of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol blends
( Trans Tech Publications , 2010 , Conference Paper)Thin films of a blend of 90, 75, 50 (wt/wt%) percentage of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol were synthesized and irradiated with 5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 kGy. The presence of PVA leads to diffusion controlled mechanism ...
