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Mechanical Behavior of a Novel Nanocomposite Polysulphone - Carbon Nanotubes Membrane for Water Treatment
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Nowadays, global fresh water shortage is becoming the most serious problem affecting the economic and social development. Water treatment including seawater desalination and wastewater treatment is the main technology for ...
Durability and Microstructure of Cement Composites Containing Qatar's Municipal Wastes
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Qatar produces more than 2.5 million tons of municipal waste per year with an average waste generation rate of 1.8 kg/day/capita which is one of the highest rates in the world. The rapid growth of municipal solid waste has ...
Polyisobutylene (PIB)-NHC Supported Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Green and Sustainable Protocol
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs): Over the last two decades N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have immensely attracted chemists in nearly all fields of chemistry. N-Heterocyclic carbenes are commonly encountered in coordination ...
Usefulness of In-Situ Synchrotron Study on Scale Formation during CO2 Corrosion of Mild Steel: A Review
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Despite the availability of the detailed knowledge about the chemical, electrochemical and transport processes associated with the formation of ferrous carbonate during CO2- corrosion of mild steel, information available ...
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Qatari Human Rights Perspective
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
For a long time disability was considered a question of social development, outside the responsibilities of official human rights institutions. Over the last three decades this approach has evolved, and disability is now ...
The Indigenous Qatari Marine Copepod, Euterpina Acutifrons: A Promising Marine Invertebrate Model Organism for Aquatic Eco-Toxicological Studies
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
An important objective of aquatic toxicological assessments is to evaluate the effects of water-borne toxic compounds on organisms which play a crucial role in aquatic communities. In marine ecosystems, copepods have a ...
Shedding Light on the Roots of Dissatisfaction with Health Care Services in the State of Qatar: An Exploratory Study
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: Dissatisfaction with health care performance is an important source of information about health care reforms as perceived by the public as it is associated with negative beliefs about health system. Previous ...
Screening of Fresh water and Sea water Microalgae strains from Qatar for feed supplement production
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The worldwide continuous increasing of population provokes an increasing awareness about the food security. Qatar is one of the first countries establishing a Food Security Strategy Program to satisfy the demand of food ...
Mediation of carbonate minerals formation by aerobic bacterial strains isolated from Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasingly released to the environment as a result of the extensive use of various industrial facilities. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (2015), cumulative ...
Helminth Infections Among Long-Term-Residents and Settled Immigrants in Qatar in the Decade from 2005 to 2014: Temporal Trends and Varying Prevalence Among Subjects from Different Regional Origins
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
We analysed the prevalence of helminth infection in a dataset of 31,008 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the Hamad Medical Corporation over the course of a decade (2005 to 2014, inclusive). Overall ...