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Bridging a gulf between environmental attitudes and behavior: Assessment of motivating factors for the youth in Qatar
( HBKU Press , 2016 , Conference Paper)To this day, there is a dearth of published research on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviour in the Arabian Gulf, and there is no systematic data regarding the value people place on the environment. Understanding ... -
Bridging Disciplines and History: A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving in Moroccan Cybersecurity Engineering Education
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)This article outlines a case study conducted within the Moroccan cybersecurity engineering program at ENSA engineering school, aiming to demonstrate the integration of interdisciplinary problem-solving, principles of social ... -
Bridging the Ages: Muslim Innovations and the Resurrection of Europe
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)This paper challenges the conventional Western narrative of Europe as the sole civilizing force, proposing an alternative perspective that credits Muslim innovations with the modernization and civilization of Europe. The ... -
Bridging the Energy-Water Gap in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Conference Paper)Industrial development and demographic growth come at a cost to the climate, not least on its impact on the water resources. The high demand on water usage and the associated production of wastewater requires stringent ... -
Bringing Coordination Languages Back to the Future Using Blockchain Smart Contracts
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2021 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a blockchain extension of the run-time Sensing as a Service SOA (3SOA) approach presented in [5]. 3SOA defines a practical approach for implementing service-oriented Internet of Things (IoT) using ... -
Broadening microwave absorption via a multi-domain structure
( American Institute of Physics Inc. , 2017 , Article)Materials with a high saturation magnetization have gained increasing attention in the field of microwave absorption; therefore, the magnetization value depends on the magnetic configuration inside them. However, the ... -
Bryophyte cover and richness decline after 18 years of experimental warming in alpine Sweden.
( Oxford University Press , 2020 , Article)Climate change is expected to affect alpine and Arctic tundra communities. Most previous long-term studies have focused on impacts on vascular plants, this study examined impacts of long-term warming on bryophyte communities. ... -
BTEX, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and ozone concentrations at traffic influenced and background urban sites in an arid environment
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Spatial distribution of key air pollutants were studied in Doha, Qatar, over the course of two monitoring campaigns in early spring, 2016. Time-weighted averages of BTEX components (benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, ... -
Building a Lasting Legacy: Beyond Qatar 2022
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)Doha, the capital city of Qatar, was a tiny, sleepy urban settlement with an economy based on fishing and pearling until the 1970s, when the discovery of oil and natural gas triggered unprecedented and rapid urbanization. ... -
Building a Local Sport Identity: The World Cup and its implications on community sports in Qatar and Saudi Arabia
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has resulted in more engagement in Qatar to promote local and domestic sport on different levels. Driven by the overarching goal to enhance and improve physical activities among the Qatari ... -
Building Bridges: Connecting Investors to Companies in Developing Countries
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)Many developing countries have businesses with big potential. However, they often struggle to attract investors. Our study aims to find ways to bridge this gap. From our research, we found two key problems. First, new ... -
Burden and disease pathogenesis of influenza and other respiratory viruses in diabetic patients
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)Over the past two decades, diabetes mellitus (DM) has been receiving increasing attention among autoimmune diseases. The prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes has increased rapidly and has become one of the leading ... -
Burrowing crabs in arid mangrove forests on the southwestern Arabian Gulf: Ecological and biogeographical considerations
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Many species of mangrove crabs are essential in the formation of mangrove ecosystems, and the bioturbation resulting from the excavation of their underground chambers is directly correlated with substrate oxygenation and ... -
Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This study aimed to explore the processes of business networking which lays the foundation for business legacy outcomes initiated by the award of a mega event in a region. Building on the work of Spilling (1996) on mega ... -
Business models innovation in investment banks: a resilience perspective
( Springer , 2020 , Article)Firms frequently change their business models in order to respond to internal and external challenges. This study aims to explore how investments banks adjust their business models in response to internal and external ... -
Business-Driven Ecological Innovations in Green Growth Strategies
( Springer Nature , 2019 , Book chapter)Eco-innovations are inventions or developments of new and optimised technology or processes that lead to environmental and economic benefits. Such innovations are closely interlinked with sustainability and green growth ... -
Cadmium Toxicity: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Tissue Injury
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2019 , Article Review)Cadmium is a known environmental pollutant targeting various organs. Often implicated in cadmium toxicology is the formation of reactive oxygen species, overwhelming the free radical scavenging mechanisms and inducing ... -
Cadmium-induced endothelial dysfunction mediated by asymmetric dimethylarginine.
( Springer , 2020 , Article)Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring toxic heavy metal with no known essential biological functions. Exposure to Cd increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by disrupting vascular homeostasis at the endothelium. The ... -
Cadmium: An Emerging Role in Adipose Tissue Dysfunction
( Springer , 2021 , Article Review)Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal that is widespread in the environment due to the substantial anthropogenic inputs from the agriculture and industrial sectors. The toxic impact of Cd adversely affects human health and ... -
Calcined hydrotalcites of varying Mg/Al ratios supported Rh catalysts: highly active mesoporous and stable catalysts toward catalytic partial oxidation of methane
( Springer Nature , 2021 , Article)Catalytic partial oxidation of methane to produce syngas were studied over calcined hydrotalcites of varying Mg/Al ratios supported Rh catalysts. Hydrotalcites of varying Mg/Al ratios were prepared using their hydroxide ...