Browsing Foundation Program by Publication Date
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Secure cloud services: Matrix multiplication revisited
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference)This paper revisits the issue of secure outsourcing of services. It proposes a data scrambling approach of transforming private data into public without public key encryption in the cloud computing context. The approach ... -
Empowering users of cloud computing on data confidentiality
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)Cloud networking is an integral part of interconnected data centres operated in cloud environment. Cloud users heavily rely on cloud networking to transmit to and receive data from data centres. In this context, we explore ... -
Data Obfuscation for Privacy and Confidentiality in Cloud Computing
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference)This paper proposes a data obfuscation approach in outsourcing matrix multiplication to cloud computing. It is primarily based on splitting the rows and columns of matrices to alter their actual dimension coupled with ... -
How the experience of assessed collaborative writing impacts on undergraduate students' perceptions of assessed group work
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)A time-series analysis was used to investigate Arabic undergraduate students' (n = 50) perceptions of assessed group work in a major government institution of higher education in Qatar. A longitudinal mixed methods approach ... -
Fidelity to and satisfaction with prescribed curriculum in an Arab educational context: ESL teachers' perspective
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)Educational institutions in the Arab Gulf are requiring rapid changes to enhance English language learning to keep up with globalization and economic growth. This urges the need for investigating policy changes such as ... -
Awareness and learning under incidental learning conditions
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)Recent years have witnessed a strong and increasing interest in the incidental learning of second language grammar. While much of this research has focused on the acquisition of second language word order or noun-determiner ... -
The Spacing Effect and its Relevance to Second Language Acquisition
( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article Review)This commentary discusses some theoretical and methodological issues related to research on the spacing effect in second language acquisition research (SLA). There has been a growing interest in SLA in how the temporal ... -
An extraction method for the parameters of the solar cell single-diode-model
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference)This paper introduces an efficient and simple method for extracting the parameters of a solar cell described by a single diode model. Given the IV curve of the solar cell, the method starts with random parameters and relies ... -
The Alignment of English Language Teacher Association Conference Themes to Research Agendas: An Investigation of TESOL International Association and IATEFL
( Springer, Cham , 2018 , Book chapter)This chapter presents an analysis of the themes English Language Teacher Associations (ELTAs) have used for their annual conferences in the past 5 years (2013–2017) and their alignment with research findings and recommendations ... -
Adapting Teaching Strategies to Arab Student Needs in an EFL Classroom
( FGCU Publishing Inc , 2018 , Article)Despite vast research on differentiated instruction, little has been done on tailoring the instructional strategies for Arab student needs in an EFL classroom. However, language teachers endeavor to implement differentiated ... -
Off-grid solar powered charging station for electric and hydrogen vehicles including fuel cell and hydrogen storage
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper designs an off-grid charging station for electric and hydrogen vehicles. Both the electric and hydrogen vehicles are charged at the same time. They appear as two electrical and hydrogen load demand on the charging ... -
Postcolonial English varieties in the Arab World: a preliminary study
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)The present exploratory study seeks to answer the question of whether English used in the Arab World exhibits distinctive lexico-grammatical features, and hence can be classified as a postcolonial variety of English. The ... -
Language Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
( Qatar University , 2020 , Video)Qatar University’s (QU) Foundation Program (FP) and Deanship of General Studies in collaboration with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) organized a webinar under the title “Language Education during ... -
Closed form solution of nonlinear oscillation of a cantilever beam using λ-symmetry linearization criteria
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)A mechanical system, in general, undergoes vibrational motion when the system is subjected to a tension or an external force. One of the examples of such a system is a cantilever beam when it is exposed to a bending action. ... -
Statistical Analysis of Car Data Using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)
( Springer , 2023 , Conference)Engineering statistics involves data concerning manufacturing processes such as: component dimensions, tolerances, type of material, and fabrication process control. In this work, some statistical analysis was done on a ... -
3-additive linear multi-step methods for diffusion-reaction-advection models
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Some systems of differential equations that model problems in science and engineering have natural splittings of the right-hand side into the sum of three parts, in particular, diffusion, reaction, and advection. ...
