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A Collaboration Incentive Exploiting the Primary-Secondary Systems' Cross Interference for PHY Security Enhancement
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IEEE
, 2016 , Article)
We investigate the spectrum sharing possibility as an incentive to enhance the physical layer security. The concept behind is that a legitimate source-destination pair, communicating in the presence of a passive eavesdropper, ...
Disinfection by-products of chlorine dioxide (chlorite, chlorate, and trihalomethanes): Occurrence in drinking water in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
The occurrence of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water, namely, chlorite, chlorate, and trihalomethanes (THMs), was investigated. Two-hundred-ninety-four drinking water samples were ...
State and foreign ownership and the value of working capital management
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
In this paper we examine whether state and foreign ownership affect the shape of the value-net working capital (NWC) curve. Using a multinational sample of privatized firms from 54 countries, we provide documentation ...
Potential Nutrigenomic Approaches to Reduce the High Incidence of Obesity in Qatar
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Obesity prevalence has been growing exponentially over the last few decades, with a high impact in high-income countries, like Qatar. Several approaches are attempting to understand the causes of this phenomenon however ...
The proportionality principle in telecommunications interception and access law in an environment of heightened security and technological convergence
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2016 , Article)
As nations expand the telecommunications interception and access powers of their law enforcement agencies to address heightened threats to national security and accelerating technological convergence, the proper application ...
مصادر معلومات الشباب الجامعي اليمني أثناء الأزمات- دراسة حالة الحراك الجنوبي
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جامعة العلوم و التكنولوجيا
, 2016 , Article)
This study aims to investigate information sources for Yemeni universities’ students during crises times, case study on Southern Movement. One hundred and fifty two of students were surveyed. The findings show that the ...
Cross-national analysis of estimated narcotic utilization for twelve Arabic speaking countries in the Middle East
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Background: Access to narcotics has been described as suboptimal in the Middle East. The objectives of this study were to characterize estimated narcotic use in twelve Arabic-speaking nations and compare across world ...
أحكام دعوى النفقة في القانون القطري
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مركز الدراسات القانونية والقضائية - وزارة العدل
, 2016 , Article)
يعتبر القانون الإجرائي بمثابة الطريق المؤدي إلى إقرار الحق وتنزيله منزلة التطبيق، فهو الأداة التي توجه صاحب الحق لحماية حقه، وتكون الدعوى القضائية وسيلة حمايته. ويسير طالب الحق في إجراءات الدعاوى على هدى ما تضمنه قانون ...
Validation of an Arabic version of the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Aims: Several instruments evaluate patient-reported outcomes in diabetes mellitus (DM), but almost none are validated for use in Arabic language. The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties and responsiveness ...
Bioactive compounds isolated from apple, tea, and ginger protect against dicarbonyl induced stress in cultured human retinal epithelial cells
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Abstract BackgroundMethylglyoxal (MGO) is known to be a major precursor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) which are linked to diabetes and its related complications. Naturally occurring bioactive compounds could ...