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Investigation of long-term, basin-scale thermohaline trends in Qatar's marine region in response to environmental and climatic change
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The Arabian Gulf, an economically and geopolitically important marine area, is a semi-enclosed and shallow basin with an average depth 36 m. The Gulf is one of the seasonally warmest (i.e., in summer) and most saline marine ...
Human c-MYBPC3 RNA Targeted Therapy, Reversal of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Zebrafish Model
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Qscience.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a serious heart disease and is defined as abnormal left ventricular (LV) wall thickening with diastolic dysfunction. HCM is an autosomal dominant monogenic disease caused by a mutation ...
Urban morphology and microclimate response - Overview and case study
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this study is to investigate the urban morphological factors that influence urban microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in hot semi-arid climate. It explores the main features that influence the urban climate ...
Why Is That Relevant? Collecting Annotator Rationales for Relevance Judgments
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AAAI Press
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
When collecting subjective human ratings of items, it can be difficult to measure and enforce data quality due to task subjectivity and lack of insight into how judges’ arrive at each rating decision. To address this, we ...
Investigation of Weather Impacts on Pedestrian Volumes
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This study investigates the impacts of temporal and weather characteristics on pedestrian volumes in a hot climate condition. A major neighborhood located in an urban area in Doha, Qatar was chosen as a case study site. ...
Literature Review of Advancements in Adaptive Ramp Metering
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Over a period spanning more than 30 years, several ramp metering algorithms have been developed to improve the operation of freeways. Many of these algorithms were deployed in several regions of the world, and field ...
Time Delay and Cost Overrun in Qatari Public Construction Projects
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper investigated cost overruns and delays in Qatari public construction projects. An extensive review of regional and international publications was conducted to get a better understanding of the problem and the ...