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Understanding the False Positive of Modified Martensitic Steels in Sweet & Sour Service Conditions Using a Point Defect Model Perspective
(2023 , Conference Paper)Modified 13Cr martensitic stainless steels (UNS S41426) are a class of materials used for operations involving natural gas production in sweet and moderately sour service conditions. Discrepancies between experimental ... -
Understanding the genetics of early onset obesity in a cohort of children from Qatar.
( Oxford University Press , 2023 , Article)Monogenic obesity is a rare form of obesity due to pathogenic variants in genes implicated in the leptin-melanocortin signaling pathway and accounts for around 5% of severe early onset obesity. Mutations in the genes ... -
Understanding the Impact of Emotions on the Quality of Software Artifacts
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)This paper proposes a framework for investigating the impact of emotions on the quality of software artifacts and portrays some observations captured during the development of several software engineering projects. The ... -
Understanding the impact of network structure on propagation dynamics based on mobile big data
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Understanding the propagation dynamics of information/an epidemic on complex networks is very important for discovering and controlling a terrorist attack, and even for predicting a disease outbreak. As an effective method, ... -
Understanding the jurisprudence of the Arab Gulf States national courts on the implementation of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2017 , Article)The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (NY Convention) is a treaty connected with arbitration, the system of dispute resolution used in international trade. In today’s ... -
Understanding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthy Eating among Adolescents in Chongqing, China: An Empirical Study Utilizing Structural Equation Modeling
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)Healthy eating is crucial for optimal growth, development, and the prevention of chronic diseases in adolescents. Our study aimed to develop a comprehensive structural equation model (SEM) to analyze the relationships ... -
Understanding the mechanics of complex topology of the 3D printed Anthill architecture
( Oxford University Press , 2022 , Article)The present work aimed to investigate the deformation behavior of complex ant mound architectures under compression. We have used the cement casting method to extract four different ant nest morphologies. These casted ... -
Understanding the mechanisms mediating cardio-renal benefit of empagliflozin in type 2 diabetes mellitus
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In a recently published, post-hoc analysis of the hallmark EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial, Kramer ¨ et al.1 assessed whether changes in cardiac and haemodynamic markers achieved with empagliflozin in subjects with type 2 diabetes ... -
Understanding the Nature of Capacity Decay and Interface Properties in Li//LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cells by Cycling Aging and Titration Techniques
( American Chemical Society , 2020 , Article)The spinel structure LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 (LNMO) is a propitious cathode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries for fast charge-discharge applications, but its capacity decay mechanism and rate-limiting process are ... -
Understanding the Origin of the Ultrahigh Rate Performance of a SiO2-Modified LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
( American Chemical Society , 2019 , Article)LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 (LNMO) is one of the most promising cathode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries for rapid charging–discharging applications. The surfaces of LNMO samples are coated with different amounts ... -
Understanding the Phytoremediation Mechanisms of Potentially Toxic Elements: A Proteomic Overview of Recent Advances
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article Review)Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), and arsenic (As), polluting the environment, pose a significant risk and cause a wide array of adverse changes in plant physiology. Above ... -
Understanding the progress and challenges in the fields of thermo-catalysis and electro-catalysis for the CO2 conversion to fuels
( Institute for Ionics , 2024 , Article Review)The need to limit anthropogenic CO2 emissions and lower the atmospheric CO2 concentration makes CO2 conversion an imminent requirement. Availability of suitable facilities and prior understanding how electro and thermal ... -
Understanding the role of atmospheric circulations and dispersion of air pollution associated with extreme smog events over South Asian megacity
( Springer , 2022 , Article)The winter fog/haze events in northeastern Pakistan and surrounding regions of India are often mixed with pollutants to form smog, and consequently damage human health and hampers daily life in the form of fatalities through ... -
Understanding the Scales Formation Inhibition Mechanism on C-Steel in a Sour Media
( The Electrochemical Society , 2019 , Conference Paper)Corrosion control in sour environments is a severe challenge for the oil and gas industries with respect to sour media. One of the approaches to mitigate such a problem is to use corrosion inhibitors (CI). The selection ... -
Understanding the structure-function relationship of HPRT1 missense mutations in association with Lesch-Nyhan disease and HPRT1-related gout by in silico mutational analysis.
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)The nucleotide salvage pathway is used to recycle degraded nucleotides (purines and pyrimidines); one of the enzymes that helps to recycle purines is hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase 1 (HGPRT1). Therefore, ... -
Understanding the topologies of BitTorrent networks: A measurement view
(2012 , Conference Paper)BitTorrent (BT) is one of the most popular Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network applications. Most characteristics (except the topology) of BT network have been examined extensively by measurement approaches. In this work, we deploy ... -
Understanding Traffic Accidents among Young Drivers in Qatar
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Young drivers are generally associated with risky driving behaviors that can lead to crash involvement. Many self-report measurement scales are used to assess such risky behaviors. This study is aimed to understand the ... -
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
( Taylor & Francis , 2022 , Article)This paper presents an analysis of a nationally representative (n = 1,002) telephone survey conducted in Qatar on habits, perceptions, and religious attitudes related to water use. Our empirical analysis yields three main ... -
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2022 , Article)This paper presents an analysis of a nationally representative (n = 1,002) telephone survey conducted in Qatar on habits, perceptions, and religious attitudes related to water use. Our empirical analysis yields three main ... -
Understanding Workplace Adoption of Social Networking Sites: Employers’ perspective
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)Studies on social networking sites (SNSs) rarely touched on the acceptance of SNS use in the workplace. This study, in turn, attempts to fill this gap by explaining the acceptance of SNS use in the workplace by proposing ...
