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The Quality of Urban Life (QOUL) of New-Salata Neighborhood in Qatar
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Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
During the second half of the 20th century Qatar has beheld its first urbanization period, which was caused by the increase of oil’s production. At present, national development strategies have led to an extensive urban ...
The Urban Regeneration of al Nasser street in Doha (Qatar): Enhancing the Spatial Form and User’ Social Interactions
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Gotam Singh
, 2017 , Article)
Al Nasser Street is one of the most commercially populated streets in Al Mirqab District, in Doha, Qatar. Over the past few years, many commercial developments have overtaken urban spaces, leaving no place for green areas ...
Katara Cultural Village’ in Qatar: Public Art and Urban Space
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Gotam Singh
, 2017 , Article)
This research study discusses the role of public art in influencing urban environments in Qatar, namely within Katara Cultural Village. It will explore how this approach can increase local communities’ environmental awareness ...
Earth-abundant oxygen evolution catalysts coupled onto ZnO nanowire arrays for efficient photoelectrochemical water cleavage
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Wiley-VCH Verlag
, 2014 , Article)
ZnO has long been considered as a model UV-driven photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting, but its performance has been limited by fast charge-carrier recombination, extremely poor stability in aqueous solution, ...
A microbial fuel cell configured for the remediation of recalcitrant pollutants in soil environment
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2019 , Article)
A pristine soil environment supports a healthy soil biodiversity, which is often polluted with recalcitrant compounds. The bioelectrochemical remediation of the contaminated soils using bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) ...
Carbon nanotube effect on the ductility, flexural strength, and permeability of concrete
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
Recently, remarkable types of carbon nanofilaments called carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have raised the interest of many concrete and cementitious composite researchers due to their significant mechanical, electrical, thermal, ...
Synthesis, characterization and physicochemical studies of copolymers of aniline and 3-nitroaniline
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Polyaniline (PA), the versatile conducting polymer, owing to its tunable optoelectronic properties, facile preparation methodology and reversible redox behavior, has elicited much interest among current researchers, ...
Head Impact Severity Measures for Small Social Robots Thrown During Meltdown in Autism
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
Social robots have gained a lot of attention recently as they have been reported to be effective in supporting therapeutic services for children with autism. However, children with autism may exhibit a multitude of challenging ...
A holistic overview of Qatar's (Built) cultural heritage; Towards an integrated sustainable conservation strategy
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Historic urban cores are the backbone of a city's cultural identity. Maintaining and preserving the socio-cultural, environmental and economic characteristics of the built heritage is vital for cultural identity survival. ...
Production of flexible nanocomposite membranes for x-ray detectors
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Flexible membranes of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer and CuO nanoparticles for x-ray detection applications are reported in this work. PVA represents a polymer matrix for nanoparticles, and its flexibility and electrical ...