Browsing by Publisher "Cambridge University Press"
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A brief history of psychopharmacology
( Cambridge University Press , 2020 , Book chapter)The Oxford English Dictionary defines psychopharmacology as 'the scientific study of the effect of drugs on the mind and behaviour' (Oxford English Dictionary Online, 2018). The earliest reference to the term was in 1548 ... -
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Readiness to Practice Regarding Disaster Medicine and Preparedness among University Health Students
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge (K), attitude (A), and readiness to practice (rP) levels regarding disaster medicine and preparedness among health profession students at Qatar University. ... -
Association between egg consumption and cognitive function among Chinese adults: long-term effect and interaction effect of iron intake.
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)The association between egg consumption and cognitive function is inclusive. We aimed to assess the association between egg consumption and cognitive function in Chinese adults and tested the interaction between egg ... -
Association between food intake patterns and serum vitamin D concentrations in US adults.
( Cambridge University Press , 2022 , Article)The objective of this study was to investigate the association between food patterns and serum vitamin D concentrations in US adults. Data from two cycles of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2003-2004 and ... -
Association between selenium intake, diabetes, and mortality in adults: Findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2014
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)Selenium (Se) is a trace mineral that has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study aimed to investigate the association between Se intake, diabetes, all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a representative ... -
Associations between inflammation-related dietary patterns and obesity: A cohort study among Tibetan adults
( Cambridge University Press , 2025 , Article)Substantial changes resulting from the interaction of environmental and dietary factors contribute to an increased risk of obesity, while their specific associations with obesity remain unclear. Identify inflammation-related ... -
Carbon black dispersions in surfactant-based microemulsion
( Cambridge University Press , 2018 , Article)In an attempt to introduce a novel approach to formulate carbon black (ketjen black) suspension with enhanced colloidal stability, improved flowability, and higher conductivity, ketjen black was dispersed in microemulsion ... -
Coastal Development and Climate Risk Reduction in the Persian/Arabian Gulf: The case of Qatar
( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Book chapter)limate change consideration in coastal developments in the GCC regions are neither adequately studied nor incorporated into specific policies. The rapid pace of coastal development seeks to accommodate short-term to mid-term ... -
Descriptive epidemiology of intestinal helminth parasites from stray cat populations in Qatar
( Cambridge University Press , 2008 , Article)A total of 488 stray cats, 212 adult and 29 juvenile females plus 235 adult and 12 juvenile males, were examined post-mortem during the winter and summer months of 2006 from five sites in the vicinity of Doha and its ... -
Dietary patterns and glycaemic control among Qatari adults with type 2 diabetes.
( Cambridge University Press , 2020 , Article)To assess the association between dietary patterns and glycaemic control among Qatari adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Cross-sectional analysis using data from the Qatar Biobank Study. Poor glycaemic control was defined ... -
Edges, Interfaces, and Nexus: New Paradigms for Blue Urban Landscapes in the Gulf
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Effect of dietary selenium intake on CVD: A retrospective cohort study based on China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data
( Cambridge University Press , 2024 , Article)Objective: We aimed to examine the association between dietary Se intake and CVD risk in Chinese adults. Design: This prospective cohort study included adults above 20 years old in the China Health and Nutrition Survey ... -
Effect of emphasis spread on VOT in coronal stops in Qatari Arabic
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)Emphasis (contrastive pharyngealization of coronals) in Arabic spreads from an emphatic consonant to neighboring segments. Previous research suggests that in addition to changing spectral characteristics of adjacent segments, ... -
Effectiveness of locally produced ready-to-use supplementary foods on the prevention of stunting in children aged 6-23 months: A community-based trial from Pakistan
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)Undernutrition is a major public health problem in developing countries. Around 40·2 % of children are stunted in Pakistan. This longitudinal study aimed to assess the effectiveness of locally produced ready-to-use ... -
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and genital herpes in Australia and New Zealand: Systematic review, meta-analyses and meta-regressions
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection is a lifelong infection that is acquired primarily orally and during childhood. We aimed to characterise HSV-1 epidemiology in Australia and New Zealand. HSV-1-related data as ... -
Erratum: Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross-sectional analysis of 11 445 individuals (Epidemiology and Infection (2021) 149 (E193) DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821001515)
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)The original version of this article was published with a mistake in one of the authors’ names. “Abdallah Musa Abdallah” is the correct full name but this was initially published as just “Abdallah Musa”. This has now been ... -
'Excavating' pruitt-igoe using space syntax
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article Review)Pruitt-Igoe, in St Louis, Missouri, United States, was one of the most notorious social housing projects of the twentieth century. Charles Jencks argued opening his book The Language of Post-Modern Architecture, ‘Modern ... -
First jellyfish records for Qatar and further notes on Scyphomedusae species from the Arabian Gulf (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)This study focused on a jellyfish monitoring and sampling programme along the eastern Qatar seawaters and reports the first jellyfish records for the Qatar pelagic ecosystem and the occurrence of three scyphozoans: the ... -
The fishing behaviour of Metopograpsus messor (Decapoda: Grapsidae) and the use of pneumatophore-borne vibrations for prey-localizing in an arid mangrove setting
( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Article)This study presents the first documented observations of a brachyuran crab's proactive fishing behaviour in conjunction with mangrove pneumatophores which are employed as prey-localization devices. All ecological data were ... -
German metaphysics
( Cambridge University Press , 2018 , Book chapter)Before 1850 Herman Melville was a fairly typical American male, in that he was rebellious and needed to earn money to live. He had left school early, and by the time he began work on Moby-Dick; or, The Whale he had been a ...
