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Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum Volume 2013 Issue 1
- Conference date: 24-25 Nov 2013
- Location: Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha, Qatar
- Volume number: 2013
- Published: 20 November 2013
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Islamic financial options: Design for speculation and risk management
More Lessملخص تتناول الدراسة طبيعة عقود الخيارات المالية (Options Financial) في الأسواق المالية والتجارية العالمية المنظمة، والطريقة التقليدية التي يتم تداول الأصول المالية والحقيقية بها، كما تتناول آراء الباحثين والإقتصاديين الإسلاميين حولها، وهي آراء تتلخص بعدم موافقة الخيارات في واقعها العملي مع أدبيات الإقتصاد الإسلامي، لكن بالنظر إلى وظائف هذه الخيارات وما تقدمه من منافع للدول ومؤسساتها، مثل: (الإستثمار، والمضاربة، والتحوط)، فليس في هذه الوظائف ما يخالف أدبيات الإقتصاد الإسلامي من حيث المبدأ، بل Read More
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Designing productive landscapes in an emerging desert metropolis: The Case of Doha
More LessAs Qatar is preparing to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and submitting a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, the country is pushing forward with large infrastructural developments which include public and private transport, tourism and hospitality venues, as well as a number of cultural spaces and educational institution. While these will respond to the logistical and consumption needs of such Mega Events and the aspirat Read More
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Mining flikr for museum feedback: Case study on the Qatar Islamic Museum of Art
More LessMuseums are increasingly placing digital images of portions of their collections online. Weblogs of visits to these online 'digital museums' can then analysed to give the collection curators a sense of what portions of the digital collections are attracting the greatest degree of interest (as coarsely measured by 'hits' on images). Some sites support commenting by viewers, and these comments also can be useful in gaining insight int Read More
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Effectivness of the use of ATP tournament to improve the city image by Doha and Dubai
More LessBy Wadih IshacBackground: Mega sports events are central stages that not only feature professional athletes representing their country in competing for excellence, but also provide host nations with a universally legitimate way to present and promote their national identities and cultures on a global scale. The members of the GCC, many of them geographically small with developing cities and physical infrastructures, have great finan Read More
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Visualizing life in Qatar through the lens of twitter
More LessBy Ingmar WeberIn this interactive poster (a set of public web demos) we present insights into the socio-cultural activity in Qatar as seen on Twitter. Our starting point is the identification of around 70,000 active Twitter users that are, either permanently or temporarily, based in Qatar. This identification is done using a number of features such as (i) the self-stated location, (ii) the geo-tagged position of tweets from geo-enabled mobile devi Read More
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The effects of a book-based program on literacy development of Arab children learning English as a second language
More LessStudies on effective instructional strategies for developing biliteracy skills have been limited. Investigation of child biliteracy acquisition across cultures and contexts have even a lesser share in the literature. This article reports a study which explored how a shared reading program can develop aspects of children's second language reading. The study focused on the potential gains of sharing big books and modelling rea Read More
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Towards Measures Of Well-Being For Qatar
More LessTraditionally countries looked at measuring well-being in terms of income growth. But size and growth of GDP reflects aggregate economic performance and is not necessarily a good measure of individual or national well-being ― low income groups may not always benefit ― and increasing GDP growth is unsustainable if depleting the natural resource base. International policy focus now shifting to measuring well- Read More
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Achievement oriented beliefs and its relation to academic expectation and school achievement among Qatari students
More LessBy Ramzi NasserBackground: This study explored the relation between motivational goals and future goals and school academic achievement motivational activities. The premise is that motivational goals play a fundamental role in academic values and achievement. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between motivational goals and university intention, school values and school achievement. Method Read More
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Models of bilingual education in majority language contexts: An exploratory study of bilingual programmes in Qatari primary schools
More LessMany regions in the Middle East are currently implementing bilingual-type programmes in their national education. The abundance of initiatives in the region (e.g. Qatar, UAE, and Bahrain) suggest that this represents more than just a quantitative increase of second language provision in schools. This marks a shift from bilingual education being for the elite only towards encapsulating forms of bilingual education within pu Read More
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The problematic decline of the humanities in today's financial markets
More LessBy David LeaThis paper approaches the decline in the study and teaching of the of the humanities within the university context from a financial perspective. As humanities departments are either closed down or have their curriculum attenuated, in the obvious sense we can say that the revenue that was previously present to support such programs has been not been forthcoming. Accordingly, this paper argues that resources that could h Read More
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From vernacular to official language: A case study of language shift in Iran
More LessIn multilingual context of the present Iran, recent years have witnessed a significant tendency among families in indigenous communities to undermine the mother tongue and speak the official language of Persian to young children. Therefore, the present study aimed at finding out the main reasons for language shift from native to official among Dehloran families in Ilam, Iran. A questionnaire consisted of 46 items to id Read More
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Inflation management strategies for Qatar
More LessAlthough a fixed nominal exchange rate regime acts as a nominal anchor it may not achieve domestic price stability. Monetary policy cannot target the exchange rate and domestic prices at the same time they are jointly determined. To manage inflation, the exchange rate has to be floating and price stability can be achieved by either discretion or by adhering to rules. There are a number of rules such as the Taylor rule (Taylor, 1 Read More
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Assessment of the maternal genetic diversity patterns of Chicken in Arabian Peninsula
More LessBy badar aliD-Loop of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is widely used to investigate the chicken populations history, origin, migration or evolution. No previous genetic data is available on the chicken from the Arabian Peninsula. In this study, a 420 bp fragment of D-Loop of Mitochondrial (mtDNA) was used to estimate the genetic diversity and origins of local chickens in Arabian Peninsula (including the isle of Socotra) and Somalia. From 207 Read More
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Adopting Literature in English Language Teaching Curriculum of EFL Students
More LessThis study aimed at investigating the use of poetry in Iranian EFL/ESL classrooms and its contribution to improving the proficiency of the students. Conducting a semi- experimental pre-test/post-test design, 44 Iranian undergraduate students of English language and literature of Ilam University were selected and assigned into experimental and control groups. Two samples of the Nelson English Language Test were used for the p Read More
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Entrepreneurial Learning in a Multigenerational Family Business: Evidence from Nigeria
More LessBy Emeka OgidiEntrepreneurial Learning in a Multi-generational Family Business: Evidence from Nigeria Abstract Although a long-standing phenomenon, family business as an economic and social phenomenon has started to receive greater attention and focus from the academic research body, mainly due to the widespread of this type of businesses worldwide and their impact on economy. The subject of entrepreneurship has long been stu Read More
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The Economics of Vertical Farming: exploring the feasibility
More LessBy Yiming ShaoToday, over 800 million hectares of land is committed to soil-based agriculture in order to support the World's population. Significantly, it is predicted that the World's population will rise to at least 8.6 billion within the next 50 years. This, together with the implications of climate change will inevitably lead to challenges in terms of food shortages if we continue to rely on conventional agricultural methods. As such, vertical Read More
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German University-based Science: From Model to Contemporary Reality?
More LessThis QNRF-funded project features a cross-national investigation of the influence of higher education development and science capacity-building on scientific knowledge production. Measuring science on the basis of published papers in selected STEM disciplines, we identify factors behind national differences and global similarities. How does variation in national models and strategies to develop higher education and resear Read More
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Home-Based Business: A Growing Phenomenon
More LessAuthors: Maryam Al-Subaie, Maryam Al-Thani and Abdulrahman Al-MuftahDuring the last five years there has been an upsurge in the number of home-based businesses in Qatar. This research investigates the reasons behind the sudden surge in home businesses, the support they receive from organizations such as Bedaya, Social Development Center and Roda Center as well as the future of home-based businesses in Qatar. Many young entrepreneurs in the country have noticed an absence in t Read More
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Qatari Colloquial Arabic Quickly Changes Over Time
More LessLanguages are passed down through generations from parents to children by communication. Yet linguists find that languages (and varieties of languages) change over time - but at different rates. This study mainly aims at investigating semantic and word changes that took place in the Qatari colloquial Arabic over a period of thirty years. The research began by interviewing forty Qatari locals. The participants came from Read More
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Volatility Spillover Between Oil And Agricultural Commodity Markets
More LessGlobally, instability in the energy market is quickly reflected in the food market. Therefore, there exists a direct relationship between oil and food. This study adopts variance in causality tests on daily data from 01 January 1986 to 7 June 2012 in order to identify the causality of the food price crisis. The data is divided into three sub-periods: the pre-crisis period (01 January 1986 to 31 December 2005), the crisis period (01 Janu Read More
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