The rapid progression of digital transformation has reshaped urban landscapes globally, fostering the development of smart cities. This thesis investigates the sustainability of digital transformation within the context of smart cities, focusing specifically on Qatar. With its ambitious national visio...

Performance management (PM) has become a crucial HR function used by higher education institutions (HEIs) to assess academic staff’s performance, identify their training needs, and understand their satisfaction and motivation. While many universities use research measurement indicators to assess acade...

Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a GAA repeat expansion within the FXN gene, leading to reduced frataxin levels. This deficiency results in mitochondrial dysregulation, oxidative stress, and progressive cell death. Currently, only one approved treatment&#...

This study investigates fluid injection-induced fault slip under true triaxial stress, focusing on cases where injection boreholes are either hydraulically connected or disconnected from the fault. Through stress and displacement monitoring, acoustic emission analysis, spectral and source mechanism inversi...

This paper applies fractional integration to obtain evidence on ocean acidification using the long-term Station ALOHA observational record. The modelling framework sheds light on the persistence properties as well as on the presence of trends in ocean surface pH dynamics based on the&#x...

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The use of Channel State Information (CSI) for human activity recognition holds great promise in healthcare applications, particularly for remote patient monitoring. By interpreting variations in Wi-Fi signals, CSI can be leveraged to detect physical activities, falls, and daily movements. This&#...

We propose a hybrid approach combining network analysis with advanced machine learning (ML) techniques to understand the role of social network bots in influencing political discourse. Data from the UK's 2024 public election was collected from Instagram using custom web scraping tools,&#...

This study presents the first long-term hydrogeochemical monitoring (2014–2024) of the Aïn Taga karst spring, located in the Ghar Boumaâza karst system (northwestern Algeria). The analysis is based on 71 samples, examined for major ions, salinity, hardness and saturation indices, interpreted ...