Qatar is exemplary for a country that has experienced fundamental economic and political changes in the last decades. One of the challenges that Qatar faces in achieving the national vision 2030 is the environmental development. This is by management of the environment such that there is harmony between economic growth, social development and environmental protection. Identity becomes an increa...

Qatar has a high burden of chronic diseases including obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Low serum vitamin D levels have been implicated in the development and progression of a range of these chronic conditions. The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency in the general population of Qatar has still not been investigated. The aim of this study was to carry...

In Qatar between 2008 and 2011, strategic developments at governmental level were beginning to reflect a more positive understanding of mental health. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health, key stakeholders agreed to develop a strategy to reform the mental health system, while tackling stigma. This article discusses the development of the National Mental Health Strategy for Qata...

Kenneth Zaslav,* MD, Brian Cole, MD, Robert Brewster, MD, COL Thomas DeBerardino, MD, Jack Farr, MD, Peter Fowler, MD, and Carl Nissen,** MD From Advanced Orthopedic Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, Midwest Orthopedics and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Northwest Orthopedic Specialists PS, Spokane, Washington, Keller Army Hospital, West Point, Ne...

Edgar Fernandes,1 Fabio Donati,1 François Patthey,1 Srdjan Stavrić,2 Željko Šljivančanin,2,3 and Harald Brune1,* 1Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 2Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences (020), University of Belgrade, P.O.Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia 3The Science Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar (Received...

H. Triki, A. Biswas, D. Milović and M. Belić Radiation Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria Department of Mathematical Science, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901-2277, USA and Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah-21589, Saudi Arabia Faculty of Electronic E...

Citation: Al Disi ZA, Jaoua S, Bontognali TRR, Attia ESM, Al-Kuwari HAAS and Zouari N (2017) Evidence of a Role for Aerobic Bacteria in High Magnesium Carbonate Formation in the Evaporitic Environment of Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:1. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00001 Evidence of a Role for Aerobic Bacteria in High Magnesium Carbonate Formation in the Evaporitic Environme...

1 Complex Systems Group (CoSIN3), Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2 Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, 3 Institute of Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 4 Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, ...

In common with many rapidly growing nations, Qatar was experiencing a traffic fatality rate (in population terms) of about five times that experienced by many Western nations, including Australia. Like other Gulf states, Qatar had undergone rapid economic and social growth in the past several decades, but had not benefited from an evolved road safety culture which had existed in the US, Western...