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    • Atmospheric Corrosion Behavior of Al 6xxx Alloys in Qatar State 

      Sliem, Mostafa Hussien ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Al 6000 series [Al-Mg-Si-Cu] are widely used in oil field for frames, tanks, pipelines and machinery applications. They showed a relatively high corrosion resistant, thermal and electrical conductivity and low cost. ...

    • Attenuation of wave energy due to mangrove vegetation off Mumbai, India 

      Samiksha S.V.; Vethamony P.; Bhaskaran P.K.; Pednekar P.; Jishad M.; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)
      Coastal regions of India are prone to sea level rise, cyclones, storm surges, and human-induced activities, resulting in flood, erosion, and inundation, and some of these impacts could be attributed to climate change. ...

    • Attitudes and beliefs regarding the use of herbs and supplementary medications with COVID-19: A systematic review 

      Abderrezzaq, Soltani; Jaam, Myriam; Nazar, Zachariah; Stewart, Derek; Shaito, Abdullah ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Background and aimThere is growing interest in using herbs and supplementary medications to treat and/or prevent COVID-19, evidenced by multiple reports exploring their effectiveness and safety. From a health psychology ...

    • The Attitudes of Qatari Nationals and White-Collar Resident Workers Towards the New Traffic Law in Qatar 

      Elawad, Elmogiera (2012 , Conference Paper)
      In 2007 the government of Qatar enacted a new traffic law with the objectives of improving the traffic flow and reducing the road traffic-related death and accident rates in the country through policy interventions, mass ...

    • Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar 

      Al-Emadi, Ahmed; Theodorakis, Nicholas; Pastore, Donna; Sellami, Abdellatif; Diop, Abdulaye ( Human Kinetics , 2018 , Article)
      The present study aimed to develop a scale for measuring Qataris’ attitudes toward coaching and their intentions towards this profession. The survey target population included Qataris who were 18 years or older and who ...

    • Attitudes towards Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar 

      Lari, Noora; Gengler, Justin; Al Thani, Maryam F.; لاري, نورة; جنغلر, جاستن; ال ثاني, مريم فهد... more authors ( Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) , 2020 , Report)
      This brief summarizes the results of a national survey of public attitudes toward female labor force participation (FLFP) – women working outside the home – in Qatar. The data come from a representative telephone poll ...

    • Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Tessler, Mark; Trung Le, Kien; Al-Emadi, Darwish; Howell, David ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2012 , Article)
      With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for their society; despite the absence ...

    • Attitudes towards road safety among pre-drivers: The case of Qatar 

      Mohammed S.O.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Alhajyaseen W.K.M.; Abounada S.A.; Ahmed M.H. ( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      A preliminary study involving school students aged 12-18 years attempted to test whether there is difference in attitudes towards road safety between Arab and non-Arab respondents. The sampled participants were categorized ...

    • Attitudes towards road safety among pre-drivers: The case of Qatar 

      Mohammed S.O.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Alhajyaseen W.K.M.; Abounada S.A.; Ahmed M.H. ( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      A preliminary study involving school students aged 12-18 years attempted to test whether there is difference in attitudes towards road safety between Arab and non-Arab respondents. The sampled participants were categorized ...

    • Attracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go? 

      Ewers, Michael C; Shockley, Bethany ( Wiley , 2017 , Article)
      How do foreign workers navigate competing pressures when deciding to remain in a place or leave for a new destination? Here, we explore migration decision‐making across a diverse set of migrant nationalities using an ...

    • Author Correction: Mosaic nanoparticle display of diverse influenza virus hemagglutinins elicits broad B cell responses. 

      Kanekiyo, Masaru; Joyce, M Gordon; Gillespie, Rebecca A; Gallagher, John R; Andrews, Sarah F; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      In the version of this article initially published, the labels (50 Å) above the scale bars in Fig. 1b were incorrect. The correct size is 50 nm. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

    • Autism-friendly public bus transport: A personal experience–based perspective 

      Dirix, Hélène; Ross, Veerle; Brijs, Kris; Bertels, Laura; Alhajyaseen, Wael; ... more authors ( SAGE , 2022 , Article)
      Community participation and the formation of social networks are crucial for a qualitative life. To this end, transportation plays an essential role. Many autistic people rely on public transportation for their mobility ...

    • Autoimmune Diseases of the GI Tract Part I: Etiology and Pathophysiology 

      Al-Ruweidi, Mahmoud Khatib A.A.; Khater, Nada; Alkaabi, Haya Rashid; Hasan, Maram; Yalcin, Huseyin C. ( IntechOpen , 2022 , Book chapter)
      Autoimmune diseases have emerged as a pandemic in our modern societies, especially after World War II. There are currently more than 80 autoimmune diseases that compromise the lives of millions of patients around the world. ...

    • Autoimmune Diseases of the GI Tract Part II: Emergence of Diagnostic Tools and Treatments 

      Al-Ruweidi, Mahmoud Khatib A.A.; Khater, Nada; Alkaabi, Haya Rashid; Hasan, Maram; Murtaza, Mohammed; ... more authors ( IntechOpen , 2022 , Book chapter)
      Autoimmune diseases (AD) have emerged as a pandemic in our modern societies, especially after the World War II. In part I, we have reviewed five main diseases and shed light on different aspects from introducing the concept ...

    • Automated layer-wise solution for ensemble deep randomized feed-forward neural network 

      Hu, Minghui; Gao, Ruobin; Suganthan, Ponnuthurai N.; Tanveer, M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)
      The randomized feed-forward neural network is a single hidden layer feed-forward neural network that enables efficient learning by optimizing only the output weights. The ensemble deep learning framework significantly ...

    • Automatic generation of optimized workflow for distributed computations on large-scale matrices 

      Sabry, Farida; Erradi, Abdelkarim; Nassar, Mohamed; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Efficient evaluation of distributed computation on large-scale data is prominent in modern scientific computation; especially analysis of big data, image processing and data mining applications. This problem is particularly ...

    • Automatic variable reduction 

      Song, Aijuan; Wu, Guohua; Suganthan, P. N.; Pedrycz, Witold ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)
      A variable reduction strategy (VRS) is an effective method to accelerate the optimization process of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) by simplifying the corresponding optimization problems. Unfortunately, the VRS is manually ...

    • Autonomous Delivery Robots: A Literature Review 

      Hossain, Mokter ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2023 , Article)
      Autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) are a recent advent in delivery services. While studies on the technical aspects of ADRs are growing rapidly from technical perspectives, studies of ADRs from the business perspective are ...

    • Autonomous Drones: A Game Changer in Lightweight Delivery Services 

      Hossain, Mokter ( UC Regents , 2022 , Other)
      Imagine, you placed an order online and received it in minutes. This is the future of drone delivery services. Customers can track the drone during its delivery trip via apps like Uber car. Some cities and even rural areas ...

    • Autonomous electric vehicles can reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in cities 

      Tolga, Ercan; Onat, Nuri C.; Keya, Nowreen; Tatari, Omer; Eluru, Naveen; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Heavy dependence on personal vehicle usage made the transportation sector a major contributor to global climate change and air pollution in cities. In this study, we analyzed autonomous electric vehicles and compared their ...