Adaptive response for climate change challenges for small and vulnerable coastal area (SVCA) countries: Qatar perspective by Shoukat Alim Khan (14778226)

“…Along with mitigation efforts, adaptive response actions are gaining increasingly urgent importance for many regions to considerably reduce the most severe impacts of climate change on social and physical infrastructure. As the severity and frequency of climate change impacts and consequences grow fast and highly alarming, particularly for small and vulnerable coastal area (SVCA) countries, the urgency and magnitude of the crises call for immediate and more adaptive responses. …”

Unveiling the Nexus Between Land Use, Land Surface Temperature, and Carbon Footprint: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Building Energy Consumption in Arid Urban Areas by Ammar Abulibdeh (15785928)

“…<p dir="ltr">Urbanization and land use changes, especially in arid environments, significantly impact local climate and energy demand. …”

Estimation of Above-Ground Carbon-Stocks for Urban Greeneries in Arid Areas: Case Study for Doha and FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 by Salma Habib (10971426)

Solid waste treatment opportunities in the Palestinian authority areas by Al Khateeb, Nader

“…The results of the survey conducted in 2001–2002 were later reviewed during July–October 2008 to assess if the trend of domestic solid waste generation had changed. Based on the survey and post-assessment, it is found that political and economic conditions have both significantly impacted the trend of generated municipal solid waste and since no improvements in either condition are forthcoming, it is concluded that survey results could be used in a planning study. …”
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Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…Rapid urbanization primarily converts naturally vegetated areas and pervious surfaces into impervious built-up areas, significantly transforming microclimates and ecological dynamics. …”
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Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha Patel (14151027)

“…<p>Rapid urbanization primarily converts naturally vegetated areas and pervious surfaces into impervious built-up areas, significantly transforming microclimates and ecological dynamics. …”

Hydrodynamic Modelling of Sharjah lagoons (UAE) under Climate Changes by Singer, Mohamed Nashaat

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Vegetation communities and identification of indicator species in the riparian areas of Zabarwan mountain range in the Kashmir Himalaya by Shiekh Marifatul Haq (16538978)

“…Diversity indices show significant differences in riparian vegetation between the types of plant communities. …”

Changes in growth patterns due to nutritional adjustment in children of Northeast Brazil by Carlos A Bruno da Silva (19772745)

“…Body mass index increased throughout follow-up. Arm muscle area and tricipital skin fold increased significantly during the follow-up period.…”

Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis by George Nitzburg (18614989)

“…Specifically, symptom queries were first determined to be significantly predictive of subsequent 12-step queries if the probability of querying a medical symptom by those who later sought information about the 12-step program exceeded the probability of that same query being made by a comparison group of all other Bing users in the United States. …”

Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…The thesis concludes on the significance of individuals’ conceptual skills in leading public sector change by presenting a framework of conceptual skills relevant to four areas of leadership: self-regulation, sensemaking, integrative leadership and innovative leadership. …”
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Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems by Feary, David

“…These questions provide guidance for future research on coral reef ecosystems within the Gulf, and enhance the potential for assessment and management of future changes in this globally significant region.…”
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Analyzing hydrodynamic changes in the Dubai Creek: a pre- and post-extension study by Elkersh, Khaled

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Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities by Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

“…Finally, the Pearson correlation was used to verify the potential nexus between flood risk, climate change, and urban growth. Surveying showed that, between 1984 and 2020, urban areas grew by 777%, and bare lands decreased by 54.7%. …”

Project Managers’ Competencies in Managing the People Elements of Change within the United Arab Emirates by Al Falasi, Saoud Saif Ateeq

“…The study also found that managing change projects competencies (MP1, MP2, MP3, MP5 and MP9) is significantly associated with achieving PM objectives. …”
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Pyrolysis of biosolids with waste cardboard: effect of operating parameters, feedstock size and blending ratio by S. Zuhara (17788967)

“…A significant effect with change in blending ratio and a minimal effect by varying particle size was observed on the biochar yield. …”

Review on Late Pleistocene-Holocene relative sea-level changes in Kuwait : New evidence from Failaka island by Pavlopoulos, Kosmas

“…The vertical displacement identified may have induced coastline mobility and significant environmental changes and impacted the human occupation in Failaka and along the coastal areas of Kuwait. …”
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Biomolecular changes and subsequent time-dependent recovery in hippocampal tissue after experimental mild traumatic brain injury by Sebnem Garip Ustaoglu (18460611)

“…A mild form of TBI was induced in 11-week old male Sprague Dawley rats by weight drop. Band area and intensity ratios, band frequency and bandwidth values of specific spectral bands showed that TBI causes significant structural and contextual global changes including decrease in carbonyl content, unsaturated lipid content, lipid acyl chain length, membrane lipid order, total protein content, lipid/protein ratio, besides increase in membrane fluidity with an altered protein secondary structure and metabolic activity in hippocampus 24 h after injury. …”

Eight Weeks of Plyometric Training Improves Ability to Change Direction and Dynamic Postural Control in Female Basketball Players by Yosser Cherni (18174172)

“…The intervention did not change the H/Q ratio at the two speeds tested (60° and 120°.s^–1). …”

Change detection using remote sensing in a reef environment of the UAE during the extreme event of El Niño 2015–2016 by Ben Romdhane, Haifa

“…While sea-surface temperature anomalies of 1°C were reported to significantly damage coral reefs around the world, the live coral habitat was observed to exhibit no-change despite four consecutive months of +2°C to 3°C anomalies reported during the study period. …”
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