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Sleep quality and obesity in young subjects: a meta-analysis
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
To assess the effect of poor sleep quality on Overweight/Obesity (Ow/Ob) in young subjects, and explore if this association is independent of sleep duration. Pubmed, EMBASE, and MEDLINE databases were searched for papers ...
Sense of Community in Gated Communities in Doha: The Case of Al-Ein Compound in Ein Khaled Neighborhood
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Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
Neighborhoods are designed to contribute towards establishing and maintaining community bonds. Gated communities, a recognizable form of housing developments in the Gulf Region, have an impact on neighborhoods and cities’ ...
Mendelian inheritance of trimodal CpG methylation sites suggests distal cis-acting genetic effects.
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
Environmentally influenced phenotypes, such as obesity and insulin resistance, can be transmitted over multiple generations. Epigenetic modifications, such as methylation of DNA cytosine-guanine (CpG) pairs, may be carriers ...
The McGill Brisbane Symptom Score in relation to survival in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a validation study
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Springer
, 2016 , Article)
The McGill Brisbane Symptom Score (MBSS) is a clinical score for pancreatic cancer patients upon initial presentation that takes into account four variables (weight loss, abdominal pain, jaundice, and history of smoking) ...
Urban Design and Livability: The Regeneration of the Corniche in Doha
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Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
The 1940s discovery of oil in Qatar caused a change from fishing and pearling based to a multifaceted economy. Through past few decades Qatar has experienced a rapid growth, which has radically influenced the country’s ...
Electrodeposition of flower-like platinum on electrophoretically grown nitrogen-doped graphene as a highly sensitive electrochemical non-enzymatic biosensor for hydrogen peroxide detection
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
An efficient non-enzymatic biosensor electrode consisting of nitrogen-doped graphene (N-graphene) and platinum nanoflower (Pt NF) with different N-graphene loadings were fabricated on indium tin oxide (ITO) glass using a ...
The biogeochemical iron cycle and astrobiology
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
Biogeochemistry investigates chemical cycles which influence or are influenced by biological activity. Astrobiology studies the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. The biogeochemical Fe cycle has ...
Location privacy preservation in secure crowdsourcing-based cooperative spectrum sensing
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
Spectrum sensing is one of the most essential components of cognitive radio since it detects whether the spectrum is available or not. However, spectrum sensing accuracy is often degraded due to path loss, interference, ...
Sparsity-aware multiple relay selection in large multi-hop decode-and-forward relay networks
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
In this paper, we propose and investigate two novel techniques to perform multiple relay selection in large multi-hop decode-and-forward relay networks. The two proposed techniques exploit sparse signal recovery theory to ...
Portable Automated Oxygen Administration System for hypoxaemic patients
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SpringerOpen
, 2016 , Article)
Oxygen is a lifesaving medication that should be offered with an administration to a patient who suffers from oxygen deficiency to avoid toxic effects of excessive oxygen supplement as well as to minimize the exposure to ...