A Survey of Deep Learning Approaches for the Monitoring and Classification of Seagrass by Uzma Nawaz (21980708)

“…Deep learning approaches have made significant progress in digital image processing, particularly in object recognition and classification, and are among the most popular computer vision tools. …”

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic social restrictions on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers in the Stateof Qatar: A cross-sectional study by Yasser Saeed Khan (17191735)

“…Out of these, 24 (41 %) reported a clinically significant increase in their care burden. Among caregivers reporting an increase in care burden, two-third were caring for individuals whose behaviour either remained unchanged or improved during social restrictions. …”

Study of the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Changes on local climate in Six Mega Global Cities in the 21st Century by Sabobeh, Lara Ali

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Impact of timing and severity of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy on intrauterine fetal growth- a registry-based study from Doha-Qatar by Fathima Minisha (16475100)

“…<h3>Background</h3> <p>The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted pregnant women, increasing maternal and neonatal morbidity. …”

The impact of switching from fluorescent lights to full-spectrum fluorescent and LED lighting in schools: An experiment in Victoria Int’l School in Sharjah by SEJARI, NOURHAN JAMAL

“…Results of the study indicate that 5000K or higher LED lighting has a significant impact on perceptions of attitudes and behaviors associated with alertness, focus, and performance in a classroom. …”
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The Impact of School Leaders and Teachers in Empowering Students Towards NWEA MAP Assessment Attainment: A Study in a Private School in Dubai by KHUNDUQJI, RULA AREF

“…The findings indicate that transformational leadership fosters high student expectations and participation, while distributed leadership promotes shared decision-making among teachers, significantly influencing and boosting MAP results. Additionally, increased access to technology platforms also played a significant role and improved performance. …”
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Assessing the Built Environment’s Reflectivity, Flexibility, Resourcefulness, and Rapidity Resilience Qualities against Climate Change Impacts from the Perspective of Different Sta... by Mohammed M. Al-Humaiqani (18325554)

Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment by Christos Fountoukis (4722963)

“…The overall forecast error decreased from –51% to 8% for PM2.5 and from –88% to 20% for NOx while a significant improvement was observed in the diurnal profile of predicted ozone. …”

Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression by Lily, O’Hara

“…Body acceptance and appreciation increased significantly after the activity. Qualitative results suggest that these improvements were sustained at follow up. …”
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Association between clinical laboratory indicators and WOMAC scores in Qatar Biobank participants: The impact of testosterone and fibrinogen on pain, stiffness, and functional limi... by Ovelia Masoud (22282864)

“…Multivariate effects of each indicator on the outcomes were assessed, and univariate effects were examined when significant.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Testosterone had a significant impact on all WOMAC subscales (pain, stiffness, and functional limitation) and the total WOMAC score. …”

Characterizing the dynamics of climate and native desert plants in Qatar by Meshal Abdullah (17746950)

“…These findings suggest a continued decrease in vegetation coverage, leading to more drought seasons and impacting water and food security. …”

The Impact of the Multiple Attempted, Online Homework Assignments on Elementary Students’ Learning: A Case Study in a Private School in Sharjah, UAE by ALHURAINI, OLA ZAIDAN

“…The current study has employed a mixed-method research design to investigate the impact of the multiple attempted, online homework assignments (MAOH) on elementary students’ learning outcomes in Math in one private school in Sharjah, UAE. …”
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Students Plugged: The Psychological Impact of Smart Devices Screen Time Exposure on Cognitive Concentration Skills in Primary School Students in Abu Dhabi by Shorouk Sobh

“…While educational content may appear beneficial for cognitive outcomes, it seems unsuitable for cognitive development—there’s a detrimental impact due to insufficient use of screens for entertainment and gaming. …”
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An empirical study of the impact of knowledge management strategies on waste and rework reduction in construction projects during post-contract award stage in UAE by AL JANABI, ALI SAAD

“…The research also incorporates a case study from UAE to understand some of the existing strategies to reduce rework as well as discuss possibilities of improving some of these strategies increasing their impact. Furthermore, the outcomes of the case study combined with further literature review to identify strategies to reduce rework that are applicable to the construction sector in UAE actionable by contractors were identified. …”
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Human Action Recognition: A Taxonomy-Based Survey, Updates, and Opportunities by Md Golam Morshed (19420537)

“…A significant increase in feature learning-based representations for action recognition has emerged in recent years, due to the widespread use of deep learning-based features. …”

A Multi-Channel Convolutional Neural Network approach to automate the citation screening process by Raymon van Dinter (10521952)

“…<p dir="ltr">The systematic literature review (SLR) process is separated into several steps to increase rigor and reproducibility. The selection of primary studies (i.e., citation screening) is an important step in the SLR process. …”

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. …”

Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight by Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

“…Participants reported increased sitting/reclining time (1.94 h/day mean increase), screen times (2.05 h/day mean increase) with p < 0.001, and decreased exercise time (0.11 h/day mean reduction) with p < 0.001. …”

Characteristics of aerosols and planetary boundary layer dynamics during biomass burning season by Muhammad Zeeshaan Shahid (18131689)

“…The results illustrate the key contributors to this haze event and showed the there is significant increases in aerosol components such as sulfate, black carbon, organic carbon, dust and aerosol optical depth (AOD). …”

Deep learning-based modeling of land use/land cover changes impact on land surface temperature in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan (1980–2030) by Khaled F. Alkaraki (22051967)

“…The forecasts for the future showed a continuous increase in LST values in all land cover types. These findings highlight the impact of land surface dynamics and their impact on increasing land surface temperature, which urges the adoption of more sustainable planning policies for more livable and thermally comfortable cities.…”