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Risk communication with Arab patients with cancer: a qualitative study of nurses and pharmacists
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2015 , Article)Objectives To explore pharmacist and nurse views and experiences in educating patients regarding their treatment safety and tolerability as well as the roles of other professions in this regard. Design In this qualitative ... -
Risk connectedness between energy and stock markets: Evidence from oil importing and exporting countries
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The surmounted environmental and energy challenges have motivated this study to explore the connectedness nexus between oil/renewable energy and stock markets for oil-exporting (importing) countries. We utilize the dynamic ... -
Risk disclosure, income smoothing and firm risk
( Emerald , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Evidence on whether firms with higher risk choose a more transparent or more opaque risk reporting strategy in their annual reports is mixed. A potential explanation is that firms choose an alternative reporting ... -
Risk factors of road accident severity and the development of a new system for prevention: New insights from China
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Road accident fatalities and accident severity costs have become top priorities and concerns for Chinese policymakers. Understanding the principal factors that explain accident severity is considered to be the first step ... -
RISK FACTORS, LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH HABITS OF YOUNG ADULTS IN QATAR
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Background & Objectives The state of Qatar has witnessed significant lifestyle changes due to rapid urbanization, the introduction of labour-saving devices and the availability of high-caloric density food. This has impacted ... -
Risk governance: exploring the role of organisational culture
( Emerald Insight , 2021 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigate the association between organisational culture (OC) and the extent to which risk governance (RG) practices are implemented in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: It relies on the ... -
Risk Management Assessments and Recommendations Among Students, Staffs, and Health Care Workers in Educational Biomedical Laboratories.
(2021 , Article)Safety in laboratories is one of the most crucial topics for all educational institutes. All-hazards need to be identified, evaluated, and controlled whenever possible, following the risk management (RM) process. This study ... -
Risk Management for Qatar Expressway Program
( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)The construction of expressway projects associated with the various main risks such as political risks, legal risks, economic risks, cultural risks, and construction risks are considered critical and essential to be ... -
Risk of Depression and Suicide in Diabetic Patients.
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Although mental disorders in diabetics are more prevalent than in the general population, an increased prevalence of depression, frequently leading to suicide, has been reported in individuals with diabetes mellitus. ... -
The risk of developing major depression among individuals with subthreshold depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies.
( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Article)Studies have consistently shown that subthreshold depression is associated with an increased risk of developing major depression. However, no study has yet calculated a pooled estimate that quantifies the magnitude of this ... -
Risk of Traffic Incident Delay in Routing and Scheduling of Hazardous Materials
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)Unlike normal traffic incidents, incidents involving hazardous material are associated with significant traffic delays. The model of the hazardous material routing and scheduling problem presented in this paper considers ... -
Risk of wheezing and asthma exacerbation in children treated with paracetamol versus ibuprofen: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
( BMC , 2020 , Article)Background Paracetamol and ibuprofen are the most commonly used medications for fever and pain management in children. While the efficacy appears similar with both drugs, there are contradictory findings related to adverse ... -
Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2021 , Article)Introduction: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primary and secondary healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced unprecedented stress, jeopardizing their mental well-being. Aims: To compare risk perception ... -
Risk prediction models for incident type 2 diabetes in Chinese people with intermediate hyperglycemia: a systematic literature review and external validation study
( BMC , 2022 , Article)BACKGROUND: People with intermediate hyperglycemia (IH), including impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance, are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) than those with normoglycemia. We aimed ... -
Risk prediction of early decline in renal function in diabetic kidney disease with algorithm including fractional excretion of glycated amino acids
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Background and aims: Diabetic kidney disease occurs in ca. 40% patients with diabetes. Approximately 1 in 5 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and 1 in 3 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) develop ... -
Risk reporting and earnings smoothing: signaling or managerial opportunism?
( Emerald , 2022 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the association between two reporting mechanisms used by managers to communicate risk information to the capital market: risk disclosure and earnings smoothing. Design/met ... -
Risk spillover from crude oil prices to GCC stock market returns: New evidence during the COVID-19 outbreak
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)In this study, we examine oil price extreme tail risk spillover to individual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets and quantify this spillover's shift before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A dynamic conditional ... -
Risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between major commodities, and Islamic and conventional GCC banks
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper examines the dynamic risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between two important commodity markets (oil and gold) and both the Islamic and conventional bank stock indices for five GCC countries (Bahrain, ... -
Risk-constrained scheduling of solar Stirling engine based industrial continuous heat treatment furnace
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)This paper presents a novel framework for designing and optimal scheduling of an air source heat pump based industrial continuous heat treatment furnace (ICHTF) which is driven by a solar Stirling engine and a wind turbine. ... -
Risk-Management Framework and Information-Security Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): A Meta-Analysis Approach
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)Information-technology (IT) security standards are regularly updated in a rapidly changing technological world to maintain pace with advanced technologies. This study was motivated by the realization that established IT ...
