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“Why not the thoub and the abaya?” An interactional sociolinguistic approach to the interplay between nationality, gender, and professional identity in the Qatari academic workplace
( Edinburgh University Press , 2024 , Article)Although identity is recognized as an important topic in Arabic sociolinguistics, little attention has been paid to how major structural changes impact different forms of identity, especially in professional and workplace ... -
Macro-Structural Change in Relation to Micro-Discursive Storytelling: Qatari Nationality as a Resource for the Construction of Professional Identity
( international network Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines , 2023 , Article)Combining insights from the sociology of education and from discourse-based work on identities within contexts of organizational change, we aim to tease out how top- down structural changes can be related to micro-discursive ... -
Othering the expat majority: Qatari junior academics’ identity work at the interface of migration and institutional reform
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)Qatar’s development is intertwined with migration, resulting in the native population forming a minority. Zooming in on the academic world, which is in the midst of reform processes, we investigate the impact of the expat ... -
Beyond dichotomies: a female Qatari’s negotiation of gender and professional identity
( Equinox Publishing Ltd , 2022 , Article)Most research on gender in the Middle Eastern workplace treats gender identities in relation to the polarity of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’. Although some of these studies take a critical perspective, they largely ignore ... -
From prescription to protection: combating antimicrobial resistance in dental practice.
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Other)Since the discovery of Penicillin in 1928, antimicrobials became an integral part of medicine and saved millions of lives over the years. However, after decades of reliance on antibiotics, we now face a growing public ... -
الكفاءة الذاتية للتعلم عبر الإنترنت لدى طلبة جامعة السلطان قابوس في ظل جائحة كورونا (كوفيد-19)
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)استهدفت الدراسة الحالية قياس مستوى الكفاءة الذاتية للتعلم عبر الإنترنت لدى طلبة جامعة السلطان قابوس في ظل جائحة كورونا (كوفيد-19)، وتمثلت أداة الدراسة في مقياس الكفاءة الذاتية للتعلم عبر الإنترنت (OLSES)، الذي طوَّره ... -
اضطراب ضغط ما بعد الصدمة والأمن النفسي لدى عينة من أهالي ضحايا فايروس كورونا في قطاع غزة
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)هدفت الدراسة إلى استقصاء العلاقة بين اضطراب ضغط ما بعد الصدمة ومستوى الأمن النفسي لدى عينة من أهالي ضحايا فايروس كورونا في قطاع غزة، ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة اتبع الباحثان المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، اختيرت عينة عشوائية من أهالي ... -
فاعلية برنامج إثرائي في تعزيز الوعي الأمني لدى طلبة الصف العاشر الأساسي في سلطنة عمان
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن فاعلية برنامج إثرائي مقترح في ضوء أبعاد الأمن المجتمعي في تعزيز الوعي الأمني لدى طلبة الصف العاشر الأساسي في سلطنة عمان واتجاهاتهم نحوه، وقد استخدم الباحثون المنهج شبه التجريبي، وصمموا البرنامجَ ... -
مدى تضمُّن أبعاد الثقافة العلمية في المشاريع المشاركة في برنامج جلوب البيئي في سلطنة عُمان
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على مدى تضمُّن أبعاد الثقافة العلمية في المشاريع المشاركة في برنامج جلوب البيئي في سلطنة عمان. ولتحقيق هذا الهدف صُممت أداة الدراسة، وهي بطاقة تحليل محتوى المشاريع العلمية في ضوء أبعاد الثقافة ... -
Security of cooperative intelligent transport systems: Standards, threats analysis and cryptographic countermeasures
( MDPI , 2015 , Article)Due to the growing number of vehicles on the roads worldwide, road traffic accidents are currently recognized as a major public safety problem. In this context, connected vehicles are considered as the key enabling technology ... -
QoS-Aware Video Transmission over Hybrid Wireless Network for Connected Vehicles
( IEEE , 2017 , Article)Communication between vehicles enables a wide array of applications and services ranging from road safety to traffic management and infotainment. Each application places distinct quality of service (QoS) constraints on the ... -
Realistic simulation for body area and body-to-body networks
( MDPI , 2016 , Article)In this paper, we present an accurate and realistic simulation for body area networks (BAN) and body-to-body networks (BBN) using deterministic and semi-deterministic approaches. First, in the semi-deterministic approach, ... -
Security in intelligent transport systems for smart cities: From theory to practice
( MDPI , 2016 , Article)Connecting vehicles securely and reliably is pivotal to the implementation of next generation ITS applications of smart cities. With continuously growing security threats, vehicles could be exposed to a number of service ... -
Enhanced IoT-based end-to-end emergency and disaster relief system
( MDPI , 2017 , Article)In this paper, we present a new enhancement for an emergency and disaster relief system called Critical and Rescue Operations using Wearable Wireless sensors networks (CROW2). We address the reliability challenges in setting ... -
Research trends in multi-standard device-to-device communication in wearable wireless networks
( Springer Verlag , 2015 , Conference Paper)Wearable Wireless Networks (WWN) aim to provide attractive alternate for conventional medical care system. It is an effective way of monitoring patients within clinics, hospitals and remotely from home, offices etc. In ... -
Efficient Distributed Admission and Revocation Using Blockchain for Cooperative ITS
( IEEE , 2018 , Conference Paper)Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System (C- ITS) enables inter-networking of vehicles for alerts exchanging in order to improve road safety. While this technology is about to enter the market in the upcoming years, ... -
A novel Cloudlet-based communication framework for resource-constrained devices
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2018 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we present a new emerging technology for building mobility-enhanced and small-scaled mobile to cloud applications called Cloudlet. We address the reliability challenges in affording a powerful computing ... -
Energy-efficient Device-to-Device communications in LTE public safety networks
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)Device-to-Device communications are studied in the framework of LTE public safety networks. We propose a model where devices cooperate on the short range by forming coalitions for the purpose of energy efficiency. In each ... -
Opportunistic cooperation for infrastructure-to-relaying-vehicles over LTE-A networks
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)We extend vehicular cooperation into downlink LTE-A networks in what we call Infrastructure-to-Relaying-Vehicles (I2RV) cooperation. In I2RV, vehicles are used as relaying terminals between eNodeB/BS and a receiving user ... -
An advanced bandwidth adaptation mechanism for LTE systems
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we propose a bandwidth adaptation mechanism for 3GPP LTE which partially releases bearers' resources for admission of a new bearer during congestion periods. Each active bearer may contribute into the ...