An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Monica Zolezzi (10115698)

“…Many countries worldwide have observed a decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking; however, the smoking rates among people with SMI have declined much less than in those without mental illness. …”

Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy by Fazle Rakib (5768069)

“…Reduction in lipid acyl chains (–CH₂) associated with an increase in methyl (–CH₃) and unsaturated lipids olefin = CH concentrations is observed. Furthermore, there is a decrease in the lipid order (disorder), which leads to an increase in acyl chain fluidity in injured rats. …”

Evaluation of pretreatment and membrane configuration for pressure-retarded osmosis application to produced water from the petroleum industry by Dareen Dardor (17052381)

“…<p>Pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is a promising membrane technology for harnessing the osmotic energy of saline solutions. …”

Factors Affecting the Liquidity of the Qatar Stock Exchange by Salman Haider (4715115)

“…On the other hand, stock returns significantly increase the bid-ask spread and decrease the turnover ratio, decreasing the overall liquidity of Qatar Stock Exchange. …”

Magnesium-reinforced PMMA composite scaffolds: Synthesis, characterization, and 3D printing <i>via</i> stereolithography by Ambreen Afridi (22224310)

“…Notably, pure PMMA exhibited the highest tensile strength, 26.23 ± 0.14 MPa and an elastic modulus of 707.81 MPa, while PMMA resin/1% Mg showed the lowest strength (19.46 ± 0.25 MPa) and modulus (392.88 MPa), indicating a decrease in mechanical integrity with higher Mg content. …”

Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation by Mostafa M., Shibl

“…In this paper, a deep RL-based EVs charging management solution is presented, while considering fast charging, conventional charging and V2G operation, in order to satisfy the requirements of the user and the utility. …”
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Energy Efficiency of UAV-Based Communication Systems Powered via Energy Harvesting Through Trajectory Optimization by Mohammad Abou Arkoub (19953132)

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard and controlled simultaneously by computers remotely. …”

Determinants of Non-Performing Loans in the State of Qatar With Special References to Small and Medium Enterprises by Muhannad Abdullah Almuraikhi (21547001)

“…We selected SMEs from Qatar Development Bank (QDB) portfolio for the borrower-specific factors using a questionnaire to explore the SMEs' causes of NPLs. …”

Competition vs cooperation: An agent based model for sustainable tomatoes’ import system by Sarah Namany (17268922)

“…Conversely, collaboration among exporting countries demonstrates a potential 20% reduction in water usage and a 15% decrease in environmental emissions compared to the competitive scenario, offering enhanced environmental performance albeit at<u> higher economic costs</u>. …”

The impact of water table fluctuation and salinity on LNAPL distribution and geochemical properties in the smear zone under completely anaerobic conditions by Reem Elfatih Ismail (14151663)

“…<p dir="ltr">Climate and groundwater are always in a state of dynamic equilibrium. Subsurface systems contaminated by light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) present a challenge to understand the overall impact of water table dynamics, due to various interacting mechanisms, including volatilization, and LNAPL mobilization/dissolution along the groundwater flow direction and oscillating redox conditions. …”

Theoretical and experimental insights into the C-steel aqueous corrosion inhibition at elevated temperatures in 1.0 M HCl via multi-carbonyl Gemini cationic surfactants by Nasser M. El-Basiony (18021631)

“…</p><p><br></p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2023-0219" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2023-0219</a></p>…”

The role of objectively recorded smartphone usage and personality traits in sleep quality by Aftab Alam (5158601)

“…<h3>Purpose</h3><p dir="ltr">The proliferation of smartphones, accompanied by internet facilities, has contributed to a decrease in sleep quality over the last decades. …”

Clinical and biochemical determinants of length of stay, readmission and recurrence in patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis by Fateen Ata (12217764)

“…Patients with a 6-month DKA recurrence, female gender and T1DM had higher odds of 12-month recurrence, whereas a consult with a diabetes educator at the index admission was associated with decreased odds of recurrence.…”

Phosphate removal from synthetic and treated sewage effluent by carbide derive carbon by Ismail W. Almanassra (14151321)

“…Characterization outcomes of the CDC show a highly microporous material with a point zero of charge (PZC) of 9.9. …”

Effect of Hypoxia on Muscle Activation During Incremental Exercise at Equivalent Relative Intensity by Dania Nazeeh Ibrahim (21547487)

“…In the ramp test, there was a significant decrease in muscle activation for rmsRF% (<i>P</i>= 0.049; d = 0.61) and rmsVM% (<i>P</i> = 0.01; d = 0.84) in peak power output (PPO). …”

Mixed precision iterative refinement with adaptive precision sparse approximate inverse preconditioning by Noaman Khan (19810050)

“…In this work, we develop an adaptive precision sparse approximate inverse preconditioner and demonstrate its use within a five-precision GMRES-based iterative refinement method. …”

Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation by Mostafa M. Shibl (17821382)

“…In this paper, a deep RL-based EVs charging management solution is presented, while considering fast charging, conventional charging and V2G operation, in order to satisfy the requirements of the user and the utility. …”

Constitutive Modeling of the Tensile Behavior of Recycled Polypropylene-Based Composites by Kui Wang (137551)

“…Because the repeated reprocessing leads to thermo-mechanical degradation by chain scission mechanisms, the tensile behavior of the two materials exhibits a continuous decrease of elastic modulus and failure strain with the increasing amount of reprocessing. …”

The Pros and Cons of Use of Handheld Electronic Devices During Ward Rounds and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shireen Suliman (13554986)

“…The COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in the use of HEDs by both faculty [38(64%)] and PGTs [42(60%)].…”

Evaluation of the cementite morphology influence on the hydrogen induced crack nucleation and propagation path in carbon steels by Shabnam Karimi (19457575)

“…A drastic load decrease in the load-displacement (L-D) curve happened under −1550 mV charging for both microstructures accompanied by a straight crack growth path in spheroidite microstruc-ture, independent of grain boundaries or ferrite-cementite interfaces while a competition between the shear crack growth mechanism and the interfacial cracking determines the crack growth path in the lamellar microstructure.…”