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Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess macro and micro-nutrient intake among a convenience cohort of healthy adult qataris
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
This study aimed at developing a valid culture-sensitive quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for Qatari adults. A convenient sample of healthy Qataris (n = 107) were recruited from family members of Qatar ...
Soft Power and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Article)
A growing body of literature recognizes the significance of soft power in Qatar's foreign policy. There is, however, limited research on the long-term impact that occurs from the over-dependency on the soft power. The ...
Ideational Factors in Turkey’s Alignment with Qatar and Their Impact on Regional Security
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Routledge
, 2021 , Article)
Turkey and Qatar have developed exceptionally cordial relations and aligned their foreign policies on many regional issues. In the 2017 Gulf crisis, despite the risk of incurring material losses and sacrificing relations ...
Humoristic Translanguaging in Intercultural Communication in Qatar: Merits, Limitations, and Its Potential Contribution to Policy Development
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Springer, Singapore
, 2021 , Book chapter)
This paper deals with the merits and limitations of a pedagogical practice that has been developed in the context of teaching undergraduate sociolinguistics courses in a state tertiary education institute in the State of ...
One Year of SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Characterization of COVID-19 Outbreak in Qatar
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Frontiers
, 2021 , Article)
Qatar, a country with a strong health system and a diverse population consisting mainly of expatriate residents, has experienced two large waves of COVID-19 outbreak. In this study, we report on 2634 SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome ...
Soft Power and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Learning from Experiences of Past Mega-Sporting Event Hosts
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Article)
The experiences of past hosts to mega sporting events like the Olympics, or FIFA World Cup games show that there are numerous ways in which countries can be both empowered or disempowered through their pursuit of soft ...
A psychometric analysis of the child behavior checklist for elementary school children in Qatar
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
The Child Behavior Checklist for children 6 to 18 (CBCL/6-18) is a widely used, standardized parent rating scale. However, few studies have tested the psychometric properties of this instrument in the Arab world despite ...
A structural analysis of the enablers of u-commerce proliferation in a developing economy
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: U-commerce is an emerging paradigm transcending traditional e-commerce boundaries. The purpose of this paper is to highlight those issues that deserve attention in developing successful u-commerce models. ...
Qatar as full island overnight: Psychological and social consequences of blockade as reflected in the social media
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University of Akron
, 2017 , Article)
The GCC crisis in which Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain have closed land, sea and air borders going into and from Qatar imposed a host of psychosocial stressors on both Qatari and non-Qatari citizens. This ongoing crisis ...
Covid-19 in Qatar: Well Versed in Crisis Management
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
As of April 13th 2020, Qatar has 2979 positive cases of Covid-19. Like a number of other countries, Qatar was caught off guard by the novel respiratory virus. Initially assessed as posing a low risk to the country, the ...