How does varying the number of personas affect user perceptions and behavior? Challenging the ‘small personas’ hypothesis! by Joni Salminen (7434770)

“…Using the interactive persona system, users adjusted their information processing style by spending less time on each persona when presented with fifteen personas, while still absorbing a similar amount of information than with five personas, implying that more efficient information processing strategies are applied with more personas. …”

Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning by Siddiqi, U.F.

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IMPROVING BER PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES BASED ON INTERMEDIATE DECODING RESULTS by Alghonaim, Esa

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Image coding using entropy-constrained reflected residual vector quantization by Khan, M.A.U.

“…Since the RVQ scheme is able to implement very large dimensional vector quantization designs like 16/spl times/16 and 32/spl times/32 VQs, it is found highly successful in extracting linear and non-linear correlation among image pixels. …”
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Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad Alsamara (17823668)

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. …”

Introducing Library Users to the History and Heritage of Qatar by Maryam Ali Al-Thani (10115689)

“…This is done by focusing on the three aspects to increase exposure to the country’s culture and traditions. …”

Greening Existing Buildings in the United Arab Emirates by Al Madani, Eman Mohammad

“…It is expected that in the next few decades, CO2 production in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will increase up to 138.4 million metric tonnes annually as a result of increasing the consumption of building resources, like energy and water (Radhi. 2009, p.2462). …”
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Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. …”
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The Effect of Daylight on Visual Comfort: The Case of the Dome as a Classical Architectural Element. by Oussadou, Nesrine

“…Visual comfort is a subjective response to the amount and light quality within the workplace at a certain time. The idea behind visual comfort revolves around person’s capability to regulate the light levels surrounding him. …”
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Roadside observational surveys of restraint use by young children in Qatar: Initial results and recommendations by Shahnaz Malik (19774584)

“…This is the first observational study in Qatar that measures child restraint rates in children younger than 5. Less than half of these children are traveling safely. …”

A review on the solid–liquid–vapor phase equilibria of acid gases in methane by Hani Ababneh (9218272)

“…<p></p><div> <p>In spite of the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and their impact on the environment, the demand for natural/biogas will increase significantly in the coming few decades. …”

Structural and Durability Performance of 3D Concrete Printing by Ghoneim, Abdalla

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Effect of acute and chronic moderate alcohol consumption on fasted and postprandial lipemia in the rat by Daher, Costantine F.

“…Unlike the acute study, an alcohol–fat load in animals put on chronic alcohol intake results in increased HDL cholesterol concentrations and less pronounced postprandial hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia but not hyperchylomicronemia. …”
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Production and investigation of flexible nanofibers of sPEEK/PVP loaded with RuO2 nanoparticles by Mariem Chamakh (14150481)

“…The results illustrated the increase in resistivity as well as the activation energy with the increase of nanoparticle concentration due to the reduction in the free SO₃H groups because of the strong ionic crosslinking. …”

Heat Integration and Controllability Analysis of Heat Exchanger Networks by Masoud, Ibrahim Tamer

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Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles by Ahmad K., Sleiti

“…On the other hand, the increase of the TIT improves the cycle efficiency (by 8.6%) but also increases the consumed fuel by (57%).…”
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Adopting Geophysical Testing Techniques in Geotechnical Investigation and Shallow Foundation Design by Amer, Mohammad

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An approach to redesign for testability at the RT level using bist techniques. (c1997) by Harfouche, Salam S.

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Urtica dioica extract and its impact on blood lipids, glycemia & inflammation in the rat model. (c2005) by Baroudy, Karmen George

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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…Our results suggest that an increase in director excess compensation decreases the likelihood of CEO turnover, reduces the turnover-performance sensitivity, and increases managerial entrenchment. …”
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