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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOFT DRINK CONSUMPTION AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY AMONG QATARI WOMEN: ANALYSIS OF QATAR BIOBANK DATA
Published 2019“…In the context of the unclear association, we made use of a relatively larger Qatar Bio-Bank (QBB) data to explore the cross-sectional association between soft drink consumption and BMD. …”
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Flight Scheduling in the Airspace
Published 2016“…In this study, we developed a scatter search (SS) to deal with larger instances. …”
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Development of Internally Pressurized Composite/Metallic/Composite Hybrid Pipes
Published 2021“…Finally, the corrosion aspects of composite overwrapped steel pipes were evaluated. The FRP/steel pipes were immersed in a glass container containing the corrosive solutions and monitored for six months and one year. …”
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Mobile Epifauna Associated To Artificial Substrates In Offshore Qatari Waters
Published 2019“…A general trend of total abundance and average number of taxa decreasing with depth was observed, although with some notable exceptions. …”
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Green handover with a hybrid satisfaction mechanism
Published 2013“…Therefore, this paper will present a hybrid handover mechanism where two conflict objectives of load balancing and energy consumption are tackled, where the operator's objective is to balance the data load among its macroand small-cells, while the user equipment objective is to decrease the consumed energy in order to guarantee a larger battery life. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations on axial crushing of square cross-sections tube with vertical wave
Published 2020“…To experimentally create corrugation to validate the numerical results, a set of steel mandrel and matrix along with press machines were used. …”
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Thermally conductive polyethylene/expanded graphite composites as heat transfer surface: Mechanical, thermo-physical and surface behavior
Published 2020“…This enhanced surface wettability was retained over a long time with only a 9% and 18% decrease in RF and corona plasma-treated samples' surface energy after two months. …”
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Phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications in greenhouses: A review
Published 2022“…Greenhouses represent one of the largest energy-demanding sectors, requiring energy for indoor environment control for plant growth and crop yield. …”
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Optimal virtual network function placement in multi-cloud service function chaining architecture
Published 2017“…In addition, we present a novel affinity-based approach (ABA) to solve the problem for larger networks. …”
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Algal-algal bioflocculation enhances the recovery efficiency of Picochlorum sp. QUCCCM130 with low auto-settling capacity
Published 2023“…Results showed that self-settlement capacity increased with cell size and can be indirectly related to a decreased zeta potential of larger cells which enhances the Van der Waals attractive forces. …”
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High temperature thermal stability of innovative nanostructured thin coatings for advanced tooling
Published 2014“…The main problem with steel, isthat itexhibits a relatively low hardness (below 10 GPa) which strongly decreases upon annealing above about 600 K.Thus, the majority of modern tools are nowadays coated with hard coatings that increase the hardness, decrease the coefficient of friction and protect the tools against oxidation. …”
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Shear Behavior of Green Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt FRP Bars and Stirrups.
Published 2020“…The Reinforced concrete structures when exposed to a harsh environment it will be susceptible to the corrosion of steel reinforcement and shall lead to deterioration process. …”
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Mechanical and microstructure characterization of hard nanostructured N-bearing thin coating
Published 2015“…The main problem with steel, is that it exhibits a relatively low hardness (below 10GPa) which strongly decreases upon annealing above about 600K. …”
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DSA-based energy efficient cellular networks: Integration with the smart grid
Published 2016“…We study the performance of the proposed strategy in a dynamic electricity pricing context. …”
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Do labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration
Published 2022“…In particular, positive changes of remittance outflows exert a greater impact on non-oil real GDP per capita than negative changes. A larger increase in remittance outflows would lead to a decrease in the aggregate demand and produce a deflationary pressure. …”
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Effects of covid-19 lockdown on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life in Qatar: A preliminary study
Published 2021“…Life satisfaction decreased, with the score for “I am satisfied with my life” (ηp2 = 0.76, p < 0.001) decreasing from 28.1 ± 4.81 to 14.2 ± 6.41 arbitrary units (AU). …”
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The impact of intermittent fasting during Ramadan on psychomotor and cognitive skills in adolescent athletes
Published 2024“…Results and discussion: The obtained data illustrated that there was a decrease in SRT, CRT, VT, and MRT performances during R1 in comparison to R0 (all p < .001). …”
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Effect of concentration of DOC loaded TiO 2 nanotubes on the corrosion behavior of smart coatings
Published 2019“…Various contents of the encapsulated TiO2 nanotubes (1, 3 and 5 wt%) were thoroughly dispersed into the epoxy matrix and the resulting composites were then applied on a cleaned steel substrate using doctor blade technique to develop smart coatings. …”
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