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ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IN DOHA
(Urban Planning & Design, 2017 , Master Thesis)
Well-functioning urban environments are good causes of societies living healthily and happily. The performance of the public realm plays an important role, in this regard, where societies are in direct contact with their ...
Modeling Family Behaviors in Crowd Simulation
(Computing, 2017 , Master Thesis)
Modeling human behavior for a general situation is difficult, if not impossible. Crowd simulation represents one of the approaches most commonly used to model such behavior. It is mainly concerned with modeling the different ...
Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units for Power Systems Using Genetic Algorithm
(Electrical Engineering, 2017 , Master Thesis)
Power grids require monitoring to operate with high efficiency while minimizing the chances of having a failure. However, current monitoring scheme which consists of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), ...
GENDER AND PUBLIC SPACES: INVESTIGATING ACCESS AND PRACTICE OF FEMALES IN PUBLIC PARKS IN DOHA
(Urban Planning & Design, 2017 , Master Thesis)
The definition of a public space promotes free access to all citizens. Unlike men, women had many concerns about feeling free to go out at any time in accessing and being in public spaces. This reduces, rather than enhances, ...
Stakeholder Perception of Service Quality in Qatar Higher Education Institutions: An Application to Qatar University
(Engineering Management, 2017 , Master Thesis)
Managing quality of services offered by institutions of higher education is important in any country due to the inherent aim of producing quality graduates from programs offered in the university. Qatar has made substantial ...
Impact Assessment of Land Use Planning on Travel Behavior in Doha, Qatar
(Urban Planning & Design, 2017 , Master Thesis)
In the last decade Qatar has witnessed a rapid growth in its economic and industrial sector as a result of oil and gas economies. This transformed small port cities to large sprawling metropolitan and increased the population. ...
ICT INDUSTRY INTEGRATED CURRICULA: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY BASED COMPETENCY MODEL
(Computing, 2017 , Master Thesis)
As technology advances rapidly, the ever changing industry needs for skills and competencies keeps changing in efforts to seize the nearest competitive advantage. This creates a great burden on higher education institutions ...
Modeling and Simulation of Bio-pathways using Hybrid Functional Petri Nets
(Computing, 2017 , Master Thesis)
The study of biological systems is growing rapidly, and can be considered as an intrinsic task in biological research and a prerequisite for diagnosing diseases and drug development. The integration of biological studies ...
Transformerless Microinverter with Low Leakage Current Circulation and Low Input Capacitance Requirement for PV Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2017 , Master Thesis)
The inevitable depletion of limited fossil fuels combined with their harmful footprint on the environment led to a global pursuit for alternative energy sources that are clean and inexhaustible. Renewable energies such as ...
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE URBAN CONSERVATION STRATEGY: THE CASE OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOHA, QATAR
(Urban Planning & Design, 2017 , Master Thesis)
Historic districts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, have been deteriorating due to the city’s recent uncontrolled rapid urban growth. Consequently, heritage value inherit in their urban fabric is under threat. Recent ...