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Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Sources of Information (KAPS) toward COVID-19 during the second wave pandemic among university population in Qatar: A cross-sectional study
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Many efforts were performed to contain the virus worldwide. People's knowledge and attitude should be directed toward strict ... -
Koopman Operator Approximation Under Negative Imaginary Constraints
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Article)Nonlinear Negative Imaginary (NI) systems arise in various engineering applications, such as controlling flexible structures and air vehicles. However, unlike linear NI systems, their theory is not well-developed. In this ... -
Kuwait Islamists: From Institutionalized to Informal Opposition
( ministry of research, science and technology , 2019 , Article)This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites and Sunnis since the independence of Kuwait in 1962 to the last legislative elections which was held in 2016. It tries to ... -
Kuwait's Mediation in the Gulf Crisis: Dynamics of Kuwait's Foreign Policy Approaches
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)This study examines Kuwaiti mediation in the 2017 Gulf crisis from the perspective of the disputants-mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar-and the mediator-Kuwait. While using qualitative research method ... -
Kuwait’s Islamist Proto-parties and the Arab Uprisings: Between Opposition, Pragmatism and the Pursuit of Cross-Ideological Cooperation
( edinburgh university press , 2018 , Book chapter)Exploring the evolution of Islamist proto-parties in Kuwait, this chapter revealed that in the aft ermath of the Arab uprisings their behaviour was guided mostly by pragmatism, albeit with diff erent outcomes. As we have ... -
KYNU, a novel potential target that underpins CD44-promoted breast tumour cell invasion
( Blackwell Publishing Inc. , 2021 , Article Review)Using a validated tetracycline-off-inducible CD44 expression system in mouse model, we have previously demonstrated that the hyaluronan (HA) receptor CD44 promotes breast cancer (BC) metastasis to the liver. To unravel the ... -
Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase gene associated with Nicotine initiation and addiction: Analysis of novel regulatory features at 5' and 3'-Regions
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2018 , Article)© 2018 Aziz, Abdel-Salam, Al-Obaide, Alobydi and Al-Humaish. Tobacco smoking is widespread behavior in Qatar and worldwide and is considered one of the major preventable causes of ill health and death. Nicotine is part of ... -
L'OTAN et le Maghreb
( L'Harmattan , 2014 , Book)Le Maghreb n’a jamais eu de place majeure dans les politiques et les stratégies de l’OTAN. Pourtant, après la chute de l’Union Soviétique, des approches visant à intégrer dans un dispositif coopératif simplifié les États ... -
l-Proline-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction of 4-Chloro-3-formylcoumarin, Sodium Sulfide, and α-Halo Ketones: A Direct Approach to Thieno[3,2- c ]coumarins
( Georg Thieme Verlag KG , 2023 , Other)A new protocol for the synthesis of thieno[3,2-c]coumarins is disclosed. In this method, a 3-formyl-2-oxo-2H-chromene-4-thiolate anion is generated in situ by treatment of 4-chloro-3-formylcoumarin with sodium sulfide. ... -
La Convivencia: The Spirit of Co-existence in Islam
( Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad , 2009 , Article)The tremendous inter-dependence of our era underlines the importance of successfully removing racial, cultural and religious barriers in a manner that nurtures understanding, togetherness, and acceptance. To do so, would ... -
La República Islámica de Irán en perspectiva
( Fundación Dialnet , 2019 , Article)En febrero de 2019 la República Islámica de Irán acaba de cumplir cuarenta años de edad. Lejos queda la imagen del ayatollah Ruhollah Jomeiní regresando a Teherán desde su exilio en Neauphle le Châteaux, recibido en clamor ... -
Labels of origin and terroir: the case of the certified wine label ‘Québec Certified Wines’ and the protected geographical indication ‘Ice wine Québec’
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Today, agriculture and agri-food are at the heart of the changes affecting contemporary economies with the tension between globalization and return to the territories. Consequently the food industry provides a good ... -
Laboring to communicate: Use of migrant languages in COVID-19 awareness campaign in Qatar
( De Gruyter , 2021 , Article)This study examines the communication strategies employed by Qatar's government in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The study contributes to a growing body of work on the sociolinguistics of crisis communication. We ... -
Language And Revolution: A Linguistic Analysis Of Manipulation In George Orwell's Works
( كلية الآداب و اللغات - جامعة محمد بوضياف-المسيلة , 2022 , Article)This article tackles how language fails revolutions. It studies the linguistic techniques of manipulation that have been in Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ to control the community aftermath of a revolution. The article extends its ... -
Language Learning Strategy Use by Arabic Speaking Students Learning English through Content areas
( TESOL Arabia International Conference and Exhibition , 2009 , Book chapter & Conference Proceedings)The success of learning in any language is usually dependent upon the kinds of learning strategies adopted by the language learner. Research into language learning strategies has thus assumed great importance as more and ... -
Language policies in education in Qatar between 2003 and 2012: from local to global then back to local
( Springer Netherlands , 2019 , Article)The State of Qatar, in cooperation with the RAND Corporation, launched in 2002 an ambitious educational reform and development plan, Education for a New Era, which included, among other things, the instating of English as ... -
Lanthanide oxide modified H-Mordenites: Deactivation of external acid sites in the isopropylation of naphthalene
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)The external surface of the H-Mordenite (MOR) was modified with lanthanide oxides such as CeO2, La2O3, Pr2O3, Sm2O3, Dy2O3, and Yb2O3, to investigate the deactivation of external acid sites. It is confirmed that the ... -
Large dugong (Dugong dugon) aggregations persist in coastal Qatar
( Blackwell Publishing Inc. , 2018 , Other)[No abstract available] -
Large sample and bootstrap intervals for the gamma scale parameter based on grouped data
( Wayne State University , 2006 , Article)Interval estimation of the scale parameter of the gamma distribution using grouped data is considered in this article. Exact intervals do not exist and approximate intervals are needed Recently, Chen and Mi (2001) proposed ... -
Large-scale global optimization based on hybrid swarm intelligence algorithm
( IOS Press , 2020 , Article)There are numerous large-scale global optimization problems encountered in real-world applications including engineering, manufacturing, economics, networking fields. Over the last two decades different varieties of swarm ...