QU Forum Proceedings: Recent submissions

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    • Serum Magnesium and Cognitive Function Among Qatari Adult 

      Al ghazali, Kateba; El Tayeb, Sana; Musleh, Ayesha; Shi, Zumin ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Background: Previous studies found that low levels of magnesium can increase the risk of several diseases including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension which are associated with cognitive dysfunction. ...

    • The expression of bile acid Receptor TGR5 in Adipose Tissue in Diet-induced obesity mice 

      Ahmed, Sumaya; Rizk, Nasser ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Bile acids are significant physiological factors for digestion, solubilization, absorption, toxic metabolites and xenobiotics. In addition, bile acids are responsible of signal transduction as well as metabolic regulation ...

    • The McGurk Effect in Qatari Arabic: Influences of Lexicality and Consonant Position 

      AlAnsari, Noora Essa; Idrissi, Ali; Grosvald, Michael ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      The McGurk effect is a psycholinguistic phenomenon where an illusion is made by dubbing an auditory element of one sound on a visual element of another sound, which leads to hearing a third sound. The phenomenon demonstrates ...

    • Virtual Reality Module Depicting Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection as Educational Tool to Reduce Antibiotic Resistant Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Infections 

      Mekki, Yosra M; Mekki, Mohamed M; Hamammi, Mohamed; Zughaier, Susu ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Introduction: Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are used as simulation models in student-patient interactive medical education and shown to enhance learning outcomes. The rise in global burden of infectious ...

    • How to Attack a Disconnected Computer 

      Fezooni, Abdulhady younes; Ghannoum, Ehab Ahmad; Ayesh, Malek Ahmad; Malluhi, Qutaibah ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      This poster presents how a disconnected computer, that has no network access, can be attacked to retrieve data. Air-gapped devices are thought to be an impenetrable setup because the device is disconnected from the network ...

    • Investigating the use of a lecture capture system within pharmacy education: Lessons from an internationally accredited undergraduate pharmacy program 

      Hussain, Farhat Naz; Al-Mannai, Reem; Diab, Mohammad Issam; Agouni, Abdelali ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Introduction: Video lecture capture has been introduced to support students learning and assist with grasping difficult concepts. A variety of benefits is offered through the Echo360 system introduced at our institution ...

    • Improved Road Safety at Work Zones Using Advanced Traveler Information Systems 

      Almallah, Mustafa Suhail; Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M; Brijs, Tom ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Work zones are road sections where road construction or maintenance activities take place. These work zones usually have different alignment and furniture than the original road and thus temporary lower speeds are adopted ...

    • RF Based Anti-Drone System 

      Abunada, Abdulrahman Hasan; Osman, Ahmed Yousif ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      The anti-drone system blocks drones from entering a protected area. This aim of this project is to design a drone detection mechanism using the RF control signal exchanged between the drone and its remote controller. The ...

    • IEEE 802.11 based Medium Access Design for Wireless IoT-Blockchain Networks 

      Zamanyzadeh Abyaneh, Arezou; Zorba, Nizar ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Communication is a very basic essence of the blockchain network and must be carefully planned while integrating with IoT, where an extremely large number of devices are interconnected. In this work, blockchain nodes are ...

    • Impact of Countdown ground LED lights on traffic flow efficiency at signalized intersections: a driving simulator study 

      Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M.; Brijs, Kris; Pirdavani, Ali; Brijs, Tom ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Unnecessary stopping at signalized intersections during yellow interval reduces traffic flow efficiency. The aim of this driving simulator study was to investigate the impact of an advanced countdown system on traffic flow ...

    • The Use of Artificial Intelligence for The Detection Covert Channels Attacks in New Generation Internet Protocol IPv6 

      AlSenaid, Felwa Rashed ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Being instrumental to the Qatar national vision 2030 activities and following up with "Achieving Security, stability and maintaining public safety" objectives, the present paper aims to safeguard the information and monitor ...

    • Submarine Cables, the Internet Backbone, and the Trade in Services 

      El-Sahli, Zouheir ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Submarine cables are undersea digital bridges that allow ideas and information to move across space. Submarine cables are expensive infrastructure investments and their high costs raise the question about their economic ...

    • SafeDrive: A Reliable and Secure Distributed Cloud Storage 

      Mansour, Watheq Ahmad; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      SafeDrive is an efficient, reliable, and secure multi-cloudfile storage system that keeps data safe and accessible even if you do not fully trust the service provider, whose systems can be compromised or become unavailable. ...

    • AI-powered Motion Interaction for 3D Cultural Heritage 

      Belhi, Abdelhak; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Museums and cultural institutions, in general, are in a constant challenge of adding more value to their collections. The attractiveness of assets is practically tightly related to their value obeying the offer and demand ...

    • NMR Spectroscopy Database and Searching System 

      Su, Haw-Lih; Teng, Huei-Wen Winsome; Lee, Jeff Cheng-Lung; Shkoor, Mohammed; Ibrahim, Mohammad Ibrahim Ahmad; ... more authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      NMR spectroscopy is the most important analytical technology for organic compounds and plays the key role for the chemical characterizations and identifications in chemistry, pharmacy, materials science, environments, ...

    • Mega Events and Crowd Evacuation at Tourist Attractions: A Case Study of Souq Waqif using Pedestride Crowd Simulation Tool 

      Abdelaal, Ali; Dias, Charitha; Sarvi, Majid; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Tarlochan, Faris ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Evacuating individuals at large gathering places can be achieved safely and efficiently through the detailed understanding of crowd dynamics within a certain location. Souq Waqif is a major tourist attraction in Qatar that ...

    • Drones for Agriculture 

      Ellithy, Noor Khaled; Balaawi, Orob Kifah; Alnakeeb, Alaa Khaled ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Taking measurements for agriculture purposes is a challenge that this project tackles. A UAV and some sensors are being used to monitor a big field. The target of this project is to design a fully autonomous system that ...

    • Face recognition and summarization for surveillance video sequences 

      maadeed, Somaya; AlMaadeed, Noor; elharrouss, omar ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Face recognition and video summarization represent chal- lenging tasks for several computer vision applications including video surveil- lance, criminal investigations, and sports applications'. For long videos, it is ...

    • Effectiveness of the pedestrian detection strategies and pavement markings: A driving simulator study 

      Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M.; Pirdavani, Ali; Brijs, Kris; Shaaban, Khaled; ... more authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Pedestrians are the most vulnerable group in the traffic and accounts for about 40,000 deaths each year worldwide. One of the main reasons is that drivers usually do not yield to pedestrian which creates serious conflicts ...

    • Private Function Evaluation Using Intel's SGX 

      Abdurahiman, Nihal; Qadeib alban, Ahmad; shikfa, abdullatif; Malluhi, Qutaibah ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Private Function Evaluation (PFE) is the problem of evalu- ating one party's private data using a private function owned by another party. Several techniques were presented to tackle PFE by running universal circuits in ...