Browsing Qatar University Institutional Repository by Type "Book chapter"
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28 Sport communication and the politics of identity in the MENA region
( De Gruyter Mouton , 2021 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the sporting context in the MENA region, and the role of media coverage in mobilizing narratives around sport performance, in the construction of collective imagination framed around national unity, ... -
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-part 1): SAMAS components, leadership, frontier performance growth, and sustainable shared value
( IGI Global , 2017 , Book chapter)In this chapter, the current world's challenges, shortcomings of strategic performance measurement, and management methodologies are analyzed to introduce the new Cognitive Analytics Management (CAM) framework. CAM uses ... -
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-Part 1): SAMAS components, leadership, frontier performance growth, and sustainable shared value
( IGI Global , 2013 , Book chapter)In this chapter, the current world's challenges, shortcomings of strategic performance measurement, and management methodologies are analyzed to introduce the new Cognitive Analytics Management (CAM) framework. CAM uses ... -
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-Part 2): Societal needs, shared-value models, performance indicators, big data, business analytics models and tools
( IGI Global , 2013 , Book chapter)In Chapter 1, The CAM framework focused on the development of innovative social business models through the usage of frontier data envelopment analysis to measure shared value for a sustainable growth of an organization. ... -
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-Part 3): Critical Skills shortage, higher education trends, education value chain framework, government strategy
( IGI Global , 2013 , Book chapter)The main objectives of the chapter are to evaluate the impact of the tsunami of big data, business analytics, and technology on the delivery and diffusion of knowledge around the world through the use of Internet-of-things ... -
A framework for developing innovative problem-solving and creativity skills for engineering undergraduates
( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Book chapter)Background and Purpose Problem-solving and creativity skills are a set of skills that are highly looked for in today's engineers. Globalization and the rapid pace of technology growth, including awareness on sustainability, ... -
A free-slack-based genetic algorithm for the robotic cell problem with controllable processing times
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Book chapter)We present a novel genetic algorithm for the Robotic Cell Problem with controllable processing times. This challenging problem arises in an automated production cell that consists of m consecutive machines as well as a ... -
A game theoretic framework for green hetnets using D2D traffic offload and renewable energy powered base stations
( IGI Global , 2015 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the interplay between cooperative device-to-device (D2D) communications and green communications in LTE heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Two game theoretic concepts are studied and analyzed in ... -
A game theoretic framework for green HetNets using D2D traffic offload and renewable energy powered base stations
( IGI Global , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the interplay between cooperative device-to-device (D2D) communications and green communications in LTE heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Two game theoretic concepts are studied and analyzed in ... -
A Neural Field Theory for Loss of Consciousness: Synaptic Drive Dynamics, System Stability, Attractors, Partial Synchronization, and Hopf Bifurcations Characterizing the Anesthetic Cascade
( Elsevier Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)With the advances in biochemistry, molecular biology, and neurochemistry there has been impressive progress in understanding the molecular properties of anesthetic agents. However, there has been little focus on how the ... -
A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
( Springer Singapore , 2019 , Book chapter)Though transnational labour migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic methodologies or small non-representative sampling ... -
A Reconfigurable Connected Health Platform Using ZYNQ System on Chip
( Springer , 2018 , Book chapter)This paper presents a reconfigurable connected health platform for fall and cardiac disease detection to be used in smart home environments using Shimmer sensing device and ZYNQ System on Chip (SoC) platform. The system ... -
A reconfigurable supporting connected health environment for people with chronic diseases
( IGI Global , 2018 , Book chapter)Digital healthcare is becoming increasingly important as the ageing population and the number of people diagnosed with chronic diseases is increasing. The face of healthcare delivery has changed radically and at its core ... -
A review of bioinformatics tools and web servers in different microarray platforms used in cancer research
( Elsevier , 2022 , Book chapter)Over the past decade, conventional lab work strategies have gradually shifted from being limited to a laboratory setting towards a bioinformatics era to help manage and process the vast amounts of data generated by omics ... -
A Systematic Visual Approach to Ionic Liquid Design for Carbon Dioxide Capture
( Elsevier , 2015 , Book chapter)Ionic liquids (ILs) have been introduced as potential replacement of conventional CO2 capturing solvents, for their negligible vapour pressure and high thermal stability. Besides, through matching cations and anions, ILs ... -
A systemic approach to explore the mechanisms of drug resistance and altered signaling cascades in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Background and aim: The persistence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) continue to pose a significant challenge to the treatment and control of tuberculosis infections worldwide. ... -
Active Power Filter
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2014 , Book chapter)The proliferation of power electronics-based devices and equipment has significantly affected the power quality of the grid, which changes its sinusoidal nature through adding harmonic distortion. Power electronics ... -
Adaptive architecture and principles for securing the iot systems
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)There is an increasing interest in IoT-enabled smart digital systems. However, it is important to address their security concerns. This paper aims to address this need and proposes an adaptive architecture driven approach ... -
Adaptive Sampling
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2015 , Book chapter)Animal populations are often highly grouped. For example, fish can form large, widely scattered schools with few fish in between. Even rare species of animals may form small groups that are hard to find. Applying standard ... -
Adhesion Improvement Between Polyethylene and Aluminum Using Eco-Friendly Plasma Treatment
( John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2015 , Book chapter)