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Prevalence of At-Risk Marriages among Couples Attending Premarital Screening (PMS) Programs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020 , Master Thesis)Introduction/Background: Hemoglobinopathies are among the most common inherited genetic diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that at least 5% of the world’s population are carriers for hemoglobinopathies ... -
PREVALENCE OF BREASTFEEDING INDICATORS IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES: A META-ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEYS (2010- 2020)
(2022 , Master Thesis)Introduction: Breastfeeding is the clinical gold standard for an infant's nourishment. Worldwide, less than one in two newly born infants are breastfed within the first hour of birth and only 44% of infants are exclusively ... -
Prevalence of Early Opioid Prescribing for Non-Specific Low Back Pain and Disability Duration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2021 , Master Thesis)Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a major public health issue, which affects most people at some point in their lives. LBP poses huge burden on the society in terms of economic burden because of workdays lost due to ... -
Prevalence of Healthcare Associated Infections in Adults Recipients of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Qatar
(2017 , Master Thesis)Objective To analyze the prevalence and characteristics of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) in patients with hematologic malignancies who underwent Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT) at the ... -
PREVALENCE OF POLYPHARMACY AND INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN QATAR
(06-2 , Master Thesis)Background: Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) are global issues that are associated with morbidity and mortality, especially in the elderly. Polypharmacy and PIP are highly prevalent in patients ... -
PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS STEM EDUCATION IN QATAR AND CHALLENGES OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION
(2022 , Master Thesis)Understanding teachers' perceptions of STEM education is crucial to ensure the quality of teaching and learning provided for the students in the classrooms. This study aimed at investigating science teachers’ perceptions ... -
Primary Teachers’ Burnout in Qatar Independent Schools
(2017 , Master Thesis)The present research aims at investigating the burnout levels among primary teachers in independent (government) schools in Qatar. It also intends to investigate if there are significant differences in the level of burnout ... -
PRIORITIZING STRESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR KAHRAMAA CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT: ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS AND SUPERMATRIX APPROACHt
(2020 , Master Thesis)Stress is a ubiquitous phenomenon that has several fiscal and practical consequences on both the employees and the employers. Implementing stress management strategy in the workplace is a critical issue for leaders and ... -
Privacy-preserving data aggregation in smart power grid systems
(2021 , Master Thesis)Smart Meters (SMs) are IoT end devices used to collect user utility consumption withlimited processing power on the edge of the smart grid (SG). While SMs have significantapplications in providing data analysis to the ... -
PRIVACY-PRESERVING DECENTRALIZED INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IOT DEVICES USING DEEP LEARNING
(2022 , Dissertation)The convergence of advanced networking, breakthrough distributed systems technologies, and smart services has rapidly expanded the threat landscape for IoT devices. Researchers have been looking into lightweight and ... -
PRODUCTION OF LETROZOLE-LOADED MONODISPERSE POLYMERIC-BASED MICROPARTICLES FOR BREAST CANCER THERAPY
(2017 , Master Thesis)Letrozole (LTZ) is effective for the treatment of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women. However, due to its adverse effects this study was designed to investigate the feasibility of producing ... -
PROFILE OF LONG NON-CODING RNA IN RESPONSE TO SULFORAPHANE ANTI-OBESITY TREATMENT IN SKELETAL MUSCLES OF DIET INDUCED OBESITY MICE
(2023 , Master Thesis)Background: World Health Organization data reveal a rapid growth in obesity worldwide, making it a major public health concern. Obesity has been studied extensively in recent decades; however, it is still challenging due ... -
Profiling of Chronic Myeloid Neoplasms through RNA Sequencing Analysis
(2018 , Master Thesis)Background: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder resulting from the neoplastic transformation of hematopoietic stem cells. A higher number of (54%) CML patients in Qatar failed to respond ... -
Profiling of the Differentially Expressed Genes of Inflammation and Angiogenesis of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Evoked by Cell Injury In-Vitro to Mimic Acute Ischemic Stroke-Like Conditions
(2020 , Master Thesis)Ischemic stroke (IS) is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. IS arises from a blocked artery in the brain that causes a lack of oxygen and nutrient supply to other brain cells, causing cell injury and neuronal ... -
Profiling The Salivary Microbiome In The Qatari Population
(2019 , Master Thesis)Humans are living ecosystems composed of human cells and microbes. The microbiome is the collection of microbes and their genes. Recent breakthrough in the high throughput sequencing technologies made it possible for us ... -
Properties and thermal stabilization of Nanocrystalline copper via solute additions of niobium
(2017 , Master Thesis)Nanocrystalline materials, those with grain size <100 nm, were found to have superior mechanical properties compared to their coarse-grained (CG) counterparts. However, these materials are not thermally stable because of ... -
Property Assessment in Qatar (Case Study the Pearl Residential Apartments)
(2017 , Professional Masters Project)The Gulf countries have been maintained as Tax Free heavens due to their strong revenue from their natural resources like Oil. However, by the end of 2014, the oil prices has dropped in the world resulting in the gulf ... -
PROPORTION OF EMERGENCY VISITS WITH PROLONGED LENGTH OF STAY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN AL WAKRA HOSPITAL: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
(2021 , Master Thesis)Background: Length of stay (LOS) in emergency department (ED) defined as "the time from patient's registration in ED to discharge" is a key healthcare quality measure in ED. Prolonged LOS has been linked with adverse health ... -
Proportional Hazard Regression Model Under Partly Interval-Censoring Assumption with Application to Prison Data
(2020 , Master Thesis)In this thesis the analysis of well-known model in survival study that is Cox proportional hazard regression model via prison Partly Interval Censored (PIC) data is used. The maximum likelihood estimate was considered ... -
Prospects Of Amino Acids And Ionic Liquids As Natural Gas Hydrate Inhibitors For Offshore Flow Assurance
(2018 , Dissertation)Gas hydrates are ice-like compounds that are formed when small gas molecules get trapped within the water molecules at high pressure and low-temperature conditions. The formation of gas hydrates in the offshore subsea lines ...