Qatar University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions

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    • Qatar’s National Expanded Metabolic Newborn Screening Program: Incidence and Outcomes 

      Jamaleddin, Tala; El-Akouri, Karen; Abiib, Sumaya; Mitri, Rola; Ramaswamy, Mamatha; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2025 , Article)
      Background: Newborn screening is an essential public health strategy that aims to detect a range of conditions, including inborn errors of metabolism, in neonates shortly after birth. The timely identification is crucial ...

    • Unlocking multimodality: E-scooters as first/last mile connectors and multimodal hub exploration in Doha 

      Tsouros, Ioannis; Polydoropoulou, Amalia; Tsirimpa, Athena; Karakikes, Ioannis; Tahmasseby, Shahram; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
      Overcoming Doha's "first/last-mile" gap is critical if its new metro is to win riders in a car-oriented, hot-climate city. We therefore combined over 44,000 anonymised e-scooter GPS traces collected between December 2020 ...

    • Introduction to special issue -Emerging applications of road incidents and driver behaviour data analysis in road safety modelling and evaluation 

      Mehran, Babak; Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M. ( Canadian Science Publishing , 2025 , Article)
      Road safety continues to be a critical global challenge, demanding multifaceted and evidence-based strategies to understand risks and reduce injuries and fatalities. The complexity of modern transportation systems-shaped ...

    • The use of micromobility riding simulators in road safety research: a systematic review 

      Dias, Charitha; Hussain, Qinaat; Abdullah, Muhammad ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article Review)
      Collecting real-world and field data involves numerous challenges due to ethical, privacy, and safety concerns. Consequently, micromobility riding simulators, such as, bicycle and e-scooters simulators, offer valuable means ...

    • Driving Sustainable Business Practices With Carbon Accounting and Reporting: A Holistic Framework and Empirical Analysis 

      Cihat Onat, Nuri Cihat; Mandouri, Jafar; Kucukvar, Murat; Kutty, Adeeb A.; Al-Muftah, Ahmed A. ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2025 , Article)
      The pressing impacts of global climate change and the emergence of stringent carbon disclosure regulations put pressure on organizations to transform and account for their emissions, beyond operational boundaries and ...

    • A mathematical model and heuristic approaches for runway rescheduling 

      Hancerliogullari Koksalmis, Gulsah; Rabadi, Ghaith; Kharbeche, Mohamed Bin Mokhtar; al-Salem, Mohammed ( Cambridge University Press , 2025 , Article)
      This study addresses the Aircraft Reactive Scheduling Problem (ARSP) on multiple parallel runways in response to operational disruptions. We specifically consider three disruptive event types; flight cancelations, delays ...

    • Uncovering the role of sustainable value chain and life cycle management toward sustainable operations in electricity production technologies 

      Al-Kuwari, Ahmad; Kucukvar, Murat; Cihat Onat, Nuri Cihat ( Springer , 2024 , Article)
      Sustainable value chain management (SVCM) incorporates the social, economic, and environmental aspects (known as the triple-bottom-line) of production systems, offering significant potential for sustainable operations. By ...

    • HDL attenuates Ang II–AT1R–EGFR signaling and reverses vascular remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats 

      Al-Jarallah, Aishah; Kalakh, Samah; Akhtar, Saghir; Yousif, Mariam H.M. ( Frontiers , 2025 , Article)
      Background: Angiotensin II (Ang II) signaling via angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) enhances vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and contributes ...

    • Carbon footprint of global Bitcoin mining: emissions beyond borders 

      Cihat Onat, Nuri Cihat; Jabbar, Rateb; Kucukvar, Murat; Wakjira, Tadesse; Kutty, Adeeb A.; ... more authors ( Springer , 2025 , Article)
      Executing a single Bitcoin transaction equates approximately to the greenhouse gas emissions of a moderate-sized electric or gasoline engine sedan vehicle traveling between 1600 and 2600 km. This research undertakes an ...

    • A Markov decision process model for enhancing resilience in food supply chains during natural disasters 

      Chen, Mengfei; Kharbeche, Mohamed; Haouari, Mohamed; Guo, Weihong ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
      Natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods devastate food supply chains and can threaten food security and public health. These disruptions, from production to consumption, lead to shortages, increased ...

    • When is organisational resizing helpful or harmful for innovation outputs? 

      Boumediene, Ramdani; Guermat, Cherif; Boukrami, Elias ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Research on the effect of changing staffing levels (i.e. resizing) on organisational innovation has generated mixed and often contradictory results. Recent research has attempted to reconcile such inconsistencies by showing ...

    • Diagnostic Precision: Validating the Oral Disease Recognition Scale 

      Ali, Kamran; Zahra, Daniel; Mutahar, Mahdi; Malik, Muhammad Ali; Raja, Mahwish ( Wiley , 2025 , Article)
      Objective: To develop and validate a scale to assess the ability of dentists to recognize the clinical presentation of oral disease encompassing a range of benign, potentially malignant, and malignant conditions. Methods: ...

    • Unveiling the Nexus Between Land Use, Land Surface Temperature, and Carbon Footprint: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Building Energy Consumption in Arid Urban Areas 

      Abulibdeh, Ammar O.; Pirasteh, Saied; Mafi-Gholami, Davood; Kucukvar, Murat; Cihat Onat, Nuri Cihat; ... more authors ( Springer , 2025 , Article)
      Urbanization and land use changes, especially in arid environments, significantly impact local climate and energy demand. This study investigates the relationship between Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) changes, Land Surface ...

    • Enhancing Liquefied Natural Gas supply chain robustness through digital twin-driven machine learning models: A special case of cryogenic heat exchanger 

      Mhiri, Mariem; Mkacher, Hajer; Al-Khatib, Maryam; Kharbeche, Mohamed; AlNouss, Ahmed; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
      The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply chain plays a critical role in the global energy sector but remains vulnerable to technical disruptions that compromise operational stability. Equipment failures pose significant ...

    • Qatar’s success story during FIFA world Cup 2022: Role of travel demand management and impact on travel behavior 

      Mohammed, Anas; Shah, Muhammad Sultan; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Alqaradawi, Mohammed; Edries, Belal; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
      The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (FWC2022) presented transportation challenges for host cities, prompting Qatar to implement extensive Travel Demand Management (TDM) measures. This study evaluates the effectiveness of these ...

    • Exploring Commuter's Preferences and Future Intentions to Use Ride-Sharing: A Case Study From a Developing Country 

      Hussain, Intizar; Hussain, Qinaat; Dias, Charitha; Bargi, Walid Al; Ali, Nazam; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2025 , Article)
      This study investigates transportation choices with a specific focus on ride-sharing practices. The main aim of the study was to understand the current modes of transport, the primary reasons for choosing them, ride-sharing ...

    • Professional vs. non-professional drivers: unveiling the risky driving behaviours on local road in Qatar 

      Almallah, Mustafa; Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M.; Aboeleneen, Khaled; Hussain, Qinaat; Dias, Charitha ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2025 , Article)
      Taxis are one of the key travel modes, particularly for tourists as well as locals, placing professional taxi drivers in a key role in ensuring public safety. This study compares the driving behaviour of professional and ...

    • Government Digital Transformation: A Tailor-Made Digital Maturity Assessment Framework 

      AlFadhli, Muna Salem; Kucukvar, Murat; Cihat Onat, Nuri Cihat; Al-Madeed, Somaya Ali; Abdessadok, Abdelhamid ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2025 , Article)
      Governments seek to implement digital transformation initiatives to improve the effectiveness of their public services. To achieve this, governments need to assess their IT environment and evaluate their digital maturity. ...

    • Comparative performance of ChatGPT, Gemini, and final-year emergency medicine clerkship students in answering multiple-choice questions: implications for the use of AI in medical education 

      Al-Thani, Shaikha Nasser; Anjum, Shahzad; Bhutta, Zain Ali; Bashir, Sarah; Majeed, Muhammad Azhar; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2025 , Article)
      Background: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into medical education has gained significant attention, particularly with the emergence of advanced language models, such as ChatGPT and Gemini. While these tools ...

    • Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 

      Mohsen, Naghavi; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; A, Bhoomadevi; Aalipour, Mohammad Amin; Aalruz, Hasan; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , fla  &   Article)
      BackgroundTimely and comprehensive analyses of causes of death stratified by age, sex, and location are essential for shaping effective health policies aimed at reducing global mortality. The Global Burden of Diseases, ...