College of Arts & Sciences: Recent submissions
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Prevalence of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in Arabic coffee (Coffea arabica): Protective role of traditional coffee roasting, brewing and bacterial volatiles
( Public Library of Science , 2021 , Article)Fungal infection and synthesis of mycotoxins in coffee leads to significant economic losses. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of toxigenic fungi, their metabolites, and the effect of traditional roasting and ... -
Hypolithic cyanobacteria colonization of quartz at South Desert
( Science Publications , 2014 , Article)Hypolithic microbial communities (found underneath rocks) were encountered in the southern desert of Qatar where quartz rocks are ubiquitous and are a substrate for hypoliths. These hypoliths thrive where extreme temperature, ... -
Engineering of mutants of Anabaena PCC7120 (cyanobacterium) constructed by DNA-plasmid transfer and UV-radiation resistant to the herbicide Diuron capable of ammonia production
( Elfos Scientiae , Cuba , 2004 , Article)Ten mutants of Anabaena PCC7120 were successfully constructed to express two genetic traits, ammonia production and the resistance to the Diuron herbicide, using transposon induced mutagenesis and UV-radiation. The ranges ... -
A complete sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of a novel Streptomyces coelicolor (AB588124) (QU66c-2002) isolated from the soil of Qatar
( Asian Network for Scientific Information , 2011 , Article)The aim of this study was to determine the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene and thus to conduct the phylogenic position of the naturally occurring wild type strain of Streptomyces QU66C. Here we show conclusively the full ... -
Endophytes and Halophytes to Remediate Industrial Wastewater and Saline Soils: Perspectives from Qatar
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Many halophytes are considered to be salt hyperaccumulators, adopting ion extrusion and inclusion mechanisms. Such plants, with high aboveground biomass, may play crucial roles in saline habitats, including soil desalination ... -
Perspectives of future water sources in Qatar by phytoremediation: biodiversity at ponds and modern approach
( Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. , 2021 , Article Review)Anthropogenic and industrial wastewater (IWW) could be an additional future source of water to support the needs of the people of the State of Qatar. New lagoons have been built using modern technologies to optimize water ... -
Phytoremediation of polluted soils and waters by native Qatari plants: Future perspectives
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)Because pollution is predicted to worsen and sources of quality water for agriculture and other human activities are limited, many countries have been motivated to seek novel water sources. Qatar relies on groundwater and ... -
Investigation of heat-resistant antifungal agents from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis for biocontrol of mycotoxigenic fungi
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Fungal infections of food and feed with toxigenic strains results in the accumulation of harmful metabolites. In this study, the antifungal activity of two indigenous bacterial strains Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus ... -
Isolation, biochemical and molecular characterization of 2-chlorophenol-degrading Bacillus isolates
( Academic Journals , 2007 , Article)Pure cultures of 2-chlorophenol degrading bacteria were isolated from a natural enrichment that may be adapted to chlorophenols in the industrial zone at Umm-Saied city (Qatar). The bacteria were identified by 16S rDNA ... -
Halophytes and associated properties of natural soils in the Doha area, Qatar
( Michigan State University Press , 2007 , Conference)Plant life and the life they support are being eliminated and cannot cope with the construction activities in Doha City. One of the most important reasons behind this study is the fast rate at which many habitats are ... -
Higher order self-adjoint operators with polynomial coefficients
( Texas State University - San Marcos , 2017 , Article)We study algebraic and analytic aspects of self-adjoint operators of order four or higher with polynomial coefficients. As a consequence, a systematic way of constructing such operators is given. The procedure is applied ... -
Acute and chronic toxicity assessments of 17β-estradiol (E2) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) on the calanoid copepod Acartia clausi: Effects on survival, development, sex-ratio and reproduction
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)Estrogens, such as the 17β-estradiol (E2) and the 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), have been regarded as a global threat to aquatic ecosystems due to their pseudo-persistence, their high estrogenic activity and their toxicity ... -
Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean
( National Academy of Sciences , 2020 , Article)Seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios are biogeochemical parameters reflecting the Earth–ocean–atmosphere dynamic exchange of elements. The ratios’ dependence on the environment and organisms’ biology facilitates their application ... -
Mathematical analysis of ferromagnetic fluid embedded in a porous medium
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)This article focuses on the impacts of heat transport phenomenon in a ferrofluid in presence of a magnetic dipole. The flow is caused by stretching of the surface. The analysis is disclosed with porous medium and thermal ... -
Chemically reactive species in the flow of a Maxwell fluid
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)This article presents a research for boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a Maxwell fluid over an exponential stretching surface with thermal stratifications. The effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction are ... -
A novel index based on planktonic copepod reproductive traits as a tool for marine ecotoxicology studies
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Copepods are excellent bioindicators of climate change and ecosystem pollution in anthropized coastal waters. This work reviewed the results of previous studies examining changes in egg production rate (EPR), hatching ... -
Population dynamics and predatory impact of the alien jellyfish Aurelia solida (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the Bizerte Lagoon (southwestern Mediterranean Sea)
( Hellenic Centre for Marine Research , 2020 , Article)Understanding the life cycle strategies and predatory impact of alien jellyfish species is critical to mitigate the impact that these organisms may have on local populations, biodiversity, and ultimately on the functioning ... -
Phytoplankton size changes and diversity loss in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea in relation to long-term hydrographic variability
( Academic Press , 2020 , Article)Structural changes in plankton primary producers have large implications for food web dynamics, energy fluxes and the vertical export of biogenic particulate carbon. Here we examine phytoplankton data spanning the period ... -
Noether symmetries and conservation laws of wave equation on static spherically symmetric spacetimes with higher symmetries
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)In Bokhari et al. (2011), the Noether symmetries of the wave equation on a general spherically symmetric spacetime metric were provided in terms of five functions of the variables t and r subject to certain differential ... -
An alternative proof of Lie’s linearization theorem using a new λ-symmetry criterion
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)An alternative proof of Lie’s approach for the linearization of scalar second-order ordinary differential equations is derived by using the relationship between λ-symmetries and first integrals. This relation further leads ...
