College of Arts & Sciences: Recent submissions
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The Reliability, Validity and Normative Scores of the Bene-Anthony Family Relations Test for Use With Arab Children
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)Background: The Bene-Anthony Family Relations Test (BAFRT) is one of the most widely used measures of family dynamics seen from a child's perspective. However, the most common issue surrounding this test is the lack of ... -
Genomic and Bioinformatics Approaches for Analysis of Genes Associated With Cancer Risks Following Exposure to Tobacco Smoking
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2018 , Article Review)Cancer is a significant health problem in the Middle East and global population. It is well established that there is a direct link between tobacco smoking and cancer, which will continue to pose a significant threat to ... -
Causes of Undergraduate Students' Underachievement in a Gulf Cooperation Council Country (GCC) University
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2022 , Article)UNESCO reports enrollment in higher education in the Arab and Gulf Cooperation Council region doubled from 5.1 million in 2000 to 10.7 million in 2015. Despite significant budgets and the world's lowest teacher-to-student ... -
An analytical study of employee happiness in service sectors: A pilot study
( Natural Sciences Publishing , 2021 , Article)The present paper aims to investigate happiness levels of employees in services and underpin disparate evidences from existing literature, to any reported differences in the levels of happiness among employees. This paper ... -
SEIRD model for Qatar COVID-19 outbreak: A case study
( Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance , 2021 , Article)The COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 has required many governments to develop mathematical-statistical models of the outbreak for policy and planning purposes. This work provides a tutorial on building a compartmental model using ... -
Using Grades in Core Curriculum Chain Courses as Predictors of Academic Performance in Subsequent Courses: A Study at Qatar University
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)The study aimed to investigate students' final grades in a linked course or chain course to determine any effect on students' academic performance in their next linked course. Courses with high D, F, and W grades were ... -
Estimation of health-related quality of life in the presence of missing Values in EQ-5D
( Hindawi Limited , 2021 , Article)One of the notes worthy problems in analysis of clinical and observational studies is missing data and nonresponse from patients. Turning a blind eye to the missing behavior may provide biased results with overestimated ... -
Assessing spatial confounding in cancer disease mapping using R
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Background: Exploring spatial patterns in the context of cancer disease mapping (DM) is a decisive approach to bring evidence of geographical tendencies in assessing disease status and progression. However, this framework ... -
Semiparametric MEWMA for Phase II profile monitoring
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2021 , Article)A control chart is one of the statistical process techniques that is used to monitor different processes. Some processes are characterized by functions or profiles, and a profile is a functional relationship between the ... -
Optimization of tank engine crank shaft material properties
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2023 , Article)Metals and coating materials, with best material properties are highly desired in the field of engineering to control the stresses and strains, that play important role in design strategies. The crankshaft, an important ... -
On the Investigation of Monthly River Flow Generation Complexity Using the Applicability of Machine Learning Models
( Hindawi Limited , 2021 , Article)Streamflow is associated with several sources on nonstationaries and hence developing machine learning (ML) models is always the motive to provide a reliable methodology to understand the actual mechanism of streamflow. ... -
Dynamical analysis of the delayed immune response to cancer
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)In the antitumor response, cytotoxic CD8 + T cells and the functional organization of CD4 + T cells play an important role. During this research, a mathematical model is built. In this model, the ability of CD4 + T cells, ... -
Novel Bayesian CUSUM and EWMA control charts via various loss functions for monitoring processes
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2023 , Article)In this work, both the cumulative sum (CUSUM) and exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control charts have been reconfigured to monitor processes using a Bayesian approach. Our construction of these charts are ... -
Model robust profile monitoring for the generalized linear mixed model for Phase I analysis
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Conference Paper)The generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) becomes very popular in profile monitoring, especially when the production processes follow nonnormal distribution. In most of the real-life applications in industry, medicine, ... -
Testing statistical assumptions in research
( wiley , 2019 , Book)This book facilitates researchers in checking the assumptions of statistical tests used in their research by focusing on the importance of checking assumptions in using statistical methods, showing them how to check ... -
The date palm microbiome: A review
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a significant crop grown in warm, tropical, and arid regions. The microorganisms associated with plants can have positive and negative effects on the growth and yield of crops. Thus, there ... -
The emergence of new immigrant organisations in the USA: collective engagement
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)Immigrant organisations tend to engage with immigrant communities within a host country and their country of origin through various transnational activities. This study explores the emergence of immigrant organisations ... -
The Threat to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict and Its Dynamic Relationship with Gulf Society
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)Cultural heritage, both material and immaterial, is an important representation of a nation's diverse cultures and vital to national identity. Yet this heritage is increasingly coming under threat from ongoing regional ... -
The Evolvement of Qatar's Environmental Sustainability Policy: The Strategies, Regulations, and Institutions
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)Environmental sustainability has been increasingly present on Qatar's policy agenda since the early 2000s, with the ratification of the Permanent Constitution, the issuance of several environmental laws, and the launch of ... -
Tujjar in the Gulf: Changes in Political Influence
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)Since the oil boom in the 1970s, the Gulf region has witnessed tremendous growth. Today, the GCC countries have an impressive collective 85% urbanization. This paper argues that merchant-ruler relations and the transnational ...
