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Motion-Aware Graph Regularized RPCA for background modeling of complex scenes
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Computing a background model from a given sequence of video frames is a prerequisite for many computer vision applications. Recently, this problem has been posed as learning a low-dimensional subspace from high dimensional ... -
MOTIVATION AND LEARNING: A SURVEY STUDY IN PREPARATORY AND SECONDARY LEVELS IN QATARI SCHOOLS
( Progressive Academic Publishing , 2019 , Article)Many studies have investigated the key role that motivation plays in student performance and academic achievement across different grade levels. Using survey methodology, this study aimed at determining student motivation ... -
Motivation toward Physical Exercise and Subjective Wellbeing: The Mediating Role of Trait Self-Control
( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)Motivation toward physical exercise (MPE) and trait self-control (TSC) were identified as key predictors of subjective well being (SWB). However, there has not been any research designed to examine the mediating role of ... -
Motivation, preference, socioeconomic, and building features: New paradigm of analyzing electricity consumption in residential buildings
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)In strategic energy planning, human-oriented factors are uncertain and lead to unpredictable challenges. Thus, decision-makers must contextualize the target society to address these uncertainties. More precisely, uncertainties ... -
Motivations for using social media: comparative study based on cultural differences between American and Jordanian students
( Inderscience , 2017 , Article)Social network sites (SNSs) have gained popularity over the last decade. Students use SNSs according to their personal differences, which are influenced by cultural and demographic factors. This paper proposed a model that ... -
Motivations To Engage In Different Levels Of eWOM And Their Outcomes: An Application To Instagram Users In Qatar
(2018 , Master Thesis)Electronic word-of-mouth has been a topic of increased interest among marketing researchers. Due to the variety of online settings and variables to consider, the literature on eWOM is largely fragmented with some researchers ... -
Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States"
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ... -
Motives, constraints and social media influence on Spectator's intentions to attend tennis matches
( The 27th European Sport Mangement Conference , 2019 , Conference Paper)This study focuses on investigating and measuring the main antecedents (motives and constraints) related to attending tennis matches and their influence on spectator’s attendance intentions given the moderating role of ... -
Motor Control Exercises Compared to Strengthening Exercises for Upper- And Lower-Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The purpose of this review was to compare the efficacy of motor control exercises (MCEs) to strengthening exercises for adults with upper- or lower-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs). Methods: Electronic searches ... -
Motor Control Exercises Compared to Strengthening Exercises for Upper- And Lower-Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials
( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article Review)The purpose of this review was to compare the efficacy of motor control exercises (MCEs) to strengthening exercises for adults with upper- or lower-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs). Methods: Electronic searches ... -
Motorcyclists’ Safety on Expressways: Subjective and Objective Evaluations
( Springer Berlin Heidelberg , 2019 , Article)This study objectively and subjectively investigates the factors influencing motorcyclists’ safety on expressways. The relationships between motorcyclist stress while driving on expressways and potential influencing factors ... -
MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION AND THE UHI EFFECT IN DOHA: THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ON THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT
(2017 , Master Thesis)Doha is a car-oriented city with rapid urban growth and development; one result of this is the replacement of large areas of the local terrain’s natural surface with asphalt paving and other building materials. Therefore, ... -
Mouthguards should be worn in contact sports
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Moving Object Detection in Complex Scene Using Spatiotemporal Structured-Sparse RPCA
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Article)Moving object detection is a fundamental step in various computer vision applications. Robust principal component analysis (RPCA)-based methods have often been employed for this task. However, the performance of these ... -
Moving object tracking in clinical scenarios: application to cardiac surgery and cerebral aneurysm clipping
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Background and objectives: Surgical procedures such as laparoscopic and robotic surgeries are popular since they are invasive in nature and use miniaturized surgical instruments for small incisions. Tracking of the instruments ... -
Moving towards a standards-based methodological quality assessment scheme for clinical research
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)None -
Mössbauer effect study of Li21+Me4+Fe63+O122−spinels
( Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers , 1986 , Article)Mossbauer effect spectra are obtained for the cubic ferrites Li2 Me Fe6 O12 (where Me4+ is one of the tetravalent elements Ge, Si and Ti) at 78K up to their magnetic transition temperatures. In a rather large temperature ... -
Mössbauer study of ZnxNi5/3−xFe1Sb1/3O4 spinel ferrite
( Springer Verlag , 1985 , Article)The antimony substituted nickel ferrite ZnxNi5/3–xFe1Sb1/3O4 with different values ofx are prepared, checked by x-ray and studied with57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy over a wide temperature range. Characteristic spectra of ... -
MPC-Based Virtual Inertia Control of Islanded Microgrid Load Frequency Control and DoS Attack Vulnerability Analysis
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)The aim of the work is to design a model predictive control (MPC)-based auxiliary (virtual inertia (VI)) controller for the load frequency control (LFC) of a non-linear microgrid under high renewable energy source (RES) ... -
mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants and severe COVID-19 disease in Qatar
(2021 , Article)The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to be a global health concern. The mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine was reported to have an efficacy of 94.1% at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 due to infection with ‘wild-type’ variants in a ...