cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Representations of Palestinian Naqab Bedouin Women in Israeli Cinema: Gender and Sexuality in Settler-Colonial Imaginaries
Creators: name: Othman, Ishraq Ayyoub
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: The Palestinian Naqab Bedouins have been represented in Israeli cinema as “nomadic”, “primitive”, and “tribal” people, among other such seemingly derogatory labels. This produces knowledge that reifies stereotypes about the colonized Palestinian Naqab people, creating dichotomies of male/female, traditional/modern, backward/civilized and Third World/First World. Relying on the theoretical articulations by postcolonial and poststructural writers, such as Foucault and Spivak, I understand language, but also visual representations, as discursive formations, i.e. as means of knowledge production which constitutes a source of power. My thesis analyzes different themes of representation of the Palestinian Naqab Bedouins by using a visual discourse analysis approach. I analyze two Israeli films, Sand Storm (2016) and Desert Brides (2008), studying the film’s discourse which is not only words, but also symbols, images, settings, costumes and other elements. Among different issues raised in the films, is the “problem” of polygamy, presented as distinctive to the Naqab Bedouins. Both films, in most of the scenes, depict women as subdued and weak; they are controlled by their patriarch husbands and by tribal society, which encourages men to practice violence against women, devaluing and objectifying them. Along with the theme of marriage and polygamy, I analyze how the films present tribalism/nomadism, and the “public/private” sphere in gendered ways. I argue that both films adopt a gendered Orientalist perspective, labelling the Palestinian Naqab Bedouins as “exotic others” who reject to be modernized, urbanized or sedentarized and prefer to stay in isolated desert-based tents with goats and camels as primitives.
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) xixie
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Eutrombicula
Eutrombicula xixie

description: Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) xixie (Wen and Xiang, 1984j) comb. nov.:
PAL
Siseca xixie Wen and Xiang, 1984 j
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Strategies and Challenges of Adapting The Yellow Wallpaper to Qatari Culture
Creators: name: Albader, Eiman
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This thesis explores domesticating and adapting the short story The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman to the Qatari culture. It aims to investigate the strategies needed to create a literary work targeted to the Qatari audience that would enrich the literary context in Qatar with a short story that tackles one of the least common themes in this genre in Qatar: mental illness. The adaptation aims to present a short story that emphasizes the aspects of the theme of mental illness found in the source text and project them on the Qatari culture and society to shed light on the attitudes and misconceptions about mental illness in Qatar. The process of adaptation relies on domesticating the cultural references identified in the source text using Newmark’s (1988) classification of cultural categories. The domestication depends mainly on substituting these cultural references with references to the Qatari culture following Aixela (1996) in a manner that serves the purpose of highlighting the theme of mental illness in the story. Accordingly, cultural references found in the setting of the story and those associated with the characters’ behavior have been domesticated to reflect certain attitudes and misconceptions about mental illness in Qatar. The thesis concludes that substituting cultural references is not enough to highlight these attitudes and misconceptions as the adaptation required recreating some aspects of the setting and the characters in order to relate them more closely to the Qatari culture.
Elatobium abietinum
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Elatobium
Elatobium abietinum

description: Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)
Diagnosis
Aptera 1–2 mm, pale green to yellowish, without wax wool. See under Picea (entry A12, p. 12). D3 (D2) Siphunculi present, tubular................................................................. Aphis Linnaeus, 1758
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli 1763
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Aphis
Aphis fabae

description: Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763
Diagnosis
Aptera 1.5–3 mm, dull black; legs and antennae partly white; abdomen sometimes with white wax markings. See under Picea (entry A12, p. 12).
D4 (D1) On thin mycorrhizal roots ................................................... Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Women’s Body Image in Qatar: Between Health-Related Motives and Societal Pressures
Creators: name: Ahmed, Ghoroor Abdulwaheed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Body image is the perception of one’s own body shape, size and general physical appearance, as well as the feelings and thoughts associated with such a perception. This research studies body images among young women in Qatar, who are actively engaging in fitness and sports routines. How the young Qatari women narrate their ‘ideal’ body image? What role do health-related concerns, social media and/or societal pressures more generally play in motivating women to seek to “re-shape” their bodies? The study examines the powerful impact of society in creating an ideal standardized, socially-accepted female body image while and discarding any other “non-conforming” body types as undesirable. It also explores whether this socially approved body image is attributed to healthy eating habits, thus investigating the role of health discourses in shaping women’s body images and practices. This study employs a qualitative methodology consisting of in-depth interviews and narratives from 20 participants, 10 nutritionists and 10 active Qatari women. The study analyzes how and why society, social media and health discourse affect women by creating an ‘idealized’ female body image and how this impacts women’s decisions and approaches to health and fitness. This study contextualizes the Qatari women’s narratives of loss of control over their own bodies and appearance. The study relies on a theoretical framework based on Michael Foucault’s work (Foucault 1977, 1980) on power and Judith Butler’s concept of gender performativity (Butler, 1988) to understand the levers of social and cultural control exerted on the female body in Qatar.
Aphids
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphids

description: Key D. Aphids on hemlock and Douglas fir (Tsuga and Pseudotsuga)
Synopsis
D1 (D4) On young shoots or needles ..............................................................................................D2
D2 (D3) Siphunculi absent ............................ Adelges Vallot, 1836 and Mindarus Koch, 1857 p. 28
D3 (D2) Siphunculi present, tubular........................................................ Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 p. 29
D4 (D1) On thin mycorrhizal roots ............................................ Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905 p.29 D1 (D4) On young shoots or needles ..............................................................................................D2
D2 (D3) Siphunculi absent ..................................... Adelges Vallot, 1836 and Mindarus Koch, 1857
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
EFFECT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY ON PRODUCTIVITY OF SMEs IN ANAMBRA  STATE
Creators: name: Ndum, , Ngozi B.
Publisher: name: Sadi journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Information and communication Technology; Small and medium enterprises; Industrial development centre; Technology acceptance mode

description: This study examined the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the productivity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Anambra State, Nigeria. The primary objective is to examine how ICT influences competitive advantage in the global market, and improvements in marketing and customer relationship management among SMEs. Anchored on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the research employs a descriptive survey design, targeting a population of approximately 350,000 SME owners and managers, with a sample size of 400 determined through the Taro Yamane formula. Utilizing stratified random sampling, data were collected via structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, ensuring diverse representation. Data analysis involved both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, revealing significant findings: a strong a very strong correlation (r = 0.894) with global competitiveness and an even stronger correlation (r = 0.923) with improvements in marketing and customer relationship management. To boost global competitiveness, SMEs should invest in ICT infrastructure that enables them to access international markets, and relevant stakeholders should offer training programs focused on digital skills to help businesses leverage global opportunities
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) yunkeri Goff and Ingels 1983
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Eutrombicula
Eutrombicula yunkeri

description: Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) yunkeri Goff and Ingels, 1983:
NEO
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Women and Reproductive Rights in Qatar: Knowledge Production Between fiqh, Law and Society
Creators: name: Al-Amri, Maha Mohammed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Do women have access to knowledge about their reproductive rights as outlined in fiqh, modern Qatari law, hospitals, schools, and the institutions on family/marriage? In this thesis, it will be shown that women possess limited information on what qualifies as are productive right and what does not. Women might know what different types of contraceptives are available, and how they are used. They may also know that they do notneed a prescription to obtain contraceptives from a pharmacy or permission of any kind.However, what they lack is the knowledge regarding their basic reproductive rights, such as the use of contraceptives without the permission of the husband. This rather widely believed information leads women to think that they need their husbands’ permission to use birth control. In other words, if her husband decided that he wanted a child, she must obey him even if she does not want to do so. At the same time, it allows husbands to believe that they have a final say on what happens to their wives’ bodies. The discourse that womenare exposed to is very limiting and limited; limiting because women are told what to dothrough prohibitions (what not to do), and limited because women are not informed on therights which are related to their own bodies, the matters to which they are entitled, whatthey can and cannot do, etc. Because of the lack of knowledge about their rights in additionto social norms, women in Qatar do not have their reproductive rights, and husbands arethe ones who have the right to choose when to reproduce.
Framing the Narrative of the Omani Novel  Sayyidat Al-Qamar in Arabic and English: A Cross-Examination of Reviews and Paratexts
Creators: name: Al-Kubaisi, Muneera
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This thesis investigates the paratextual (re)framing and (re)narrating of Gulf literature through examining the converging and diverging ideological stances of translation actors, taking the Omani novelist Jokha Alharthi’s Sayyidat Al- qamar and its English translation, Celestial Bodies, as a case study. Drawing on Genette’s model of paratexts, narrative and reframing theory, this thesis examines the ways in which personal narratives of the novel among source and target text readers intersect with or differ from the narratives constructed by translation agents individually and collectively through paratextual framing. The study consists of two stages: it starts with examining the reception of both the Arabic and English texts by analyzing the readers’ reviews on Goodreads; it then moves on to examine the paratexts of the Arabic novel and its English translation. This study aims at raising awareness of the power of the paratext in literary translation in framing narratives about the source culture and on the role of the translation actors (translation consumers included) to resist orientalist representation of one’s and other’s culture. Through addressing the different narratives constructed by translation actors in the source and target context (source or target), this study shows how the personal narratives of readers in each context differ significantly in the ways in which they frame the novel, yet they tend to overlap with the narratives framed by the paratextual elements, showing the power of paratexts in shaping reception.
Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy 1905
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae

description: Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905
If pinkish, see under Pinus (entry E13, p. 39), otherwise see under Picea (entry A 17 p. 17). For key and diagnoses, see Albrecht (2015: 8, key A).
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Medmassa Simon 1887
Creators: name: Sankaran, Pradeep M.
name: Kadam, Gautam
name: Tripathi, Rishikesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Corinnidae
Medmassa

description: Medmassa Simon, 1887
Type species: Megaera frenata Simon, 1877, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. For genus description and diagnosis, see Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) and Haddad & Bosselaers (2010).
Comments. The type species of Medmassa is still known from subadult female from Philippines (Simon 1877; World Spider Catalog 2024). There is another Philippine species of the genus, M. kltina (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995), which is only known from the female (Barrion & Litsinger 1995; World Spider Catalog 2024) and it could be conspecific with the generotype.
Distribution. Subsaharan Africa, Australasia, South Asia east of Pakistan (World Spider Catalog 2024).
description: Published as part of Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam & Tripathi, Rishikesh, 2024, First records of Medmassa Simon, 1887 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Corinnidae), pp. 133-143 in Zootaxa 5433 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10953699
Uroleucon Mordvilko 1914
Creators: name: Barjadze, Shalva
name: Kanturski, Mariusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Aphidomorpha
Aphididae
Uroleucon

description: Key to the apterae of Uroleucon on Grindelia spp.
Note: the key is modified from that of Blackman & Eastop (2020)
7. SIPH entirely dark ........................................................................ Uroleucon chani Robinson, 1985
– SIPH pale, at least on basal part (Figs 2e, 3e) .................................................................................. 8
8. ANT III with 12–31 rhinaria extending to 0.80–0.98 from base with majority on distal half ........... ............................................................................................... Uroleucon richardsi (Robinson, 1964)
– ANT III with 5–26 rhinaria extending to 0.4–0.8 from base with majority on the basal half (Figs 2a, 3a) ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
9 R IV+V 0.9–1.2×HT II, with 6–10 accessory hairs. SIPH 1.85–2.5× cauda. ANT PT/BASE 3.2– 5.7 ................................................................................................................................................... 10
– R IV+V 1.15–1.5 ×HT II with 7–13 accessory hairs (Figs 2d, 3d). SIPH 1.5–2.6 ×cauda. ANT PT/ BASE 3.0–5.2 ..................................................................................................................................11
10. Siphunculi pale at base, dark over most of their length. Distal caudal hairs usually short and blunt or capitate. Dorsal cephalic hairs 18–35 μm long ................. Uroleucon erigeronense (Thomas, 1878)
– Siphunculi pale. Distal caudal hairs pointed. Dorsal cephalic hairs 45–55 μm long ......................... ......................................................................... Uroleucon payuniense Ortego & Nieto Nafría, 2007
11. ANT PT/BASE 3.31–3.58. ANT PT 1.0–1.2×cauda .. Uroleucon (Lambersius) grindeliae sp. nov.
– ANT PT/BASE 3.6–5.2. ANT PT 1.5–2.0 ×cauda ......................................................................... 12
12. SIPH 2.30–2.68×cauda. R IV+V 1.18–1.25×HT II. Tibiae dusky/dark for most of their length (Fig. 1a) ......................................................................... Uroleucon (Lambersius) robinsoni sp. nov.
– SIPH 1.65–1.95×cauda. R IV+V 1.3–1.6 ×HT II. Tibiae pale except at apices ................................ ................................................................................................ Uroleucon penderum Robinson, 1986
description: Published as part of Barjadze, Shalva & Kanturski, Mariusz, 2020, Two new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon (Hemiptera: Aphididae) living on Grindelia in the USA, pp. 42-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 729 on page 51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1189, http://zenodo.org/record/4341036
Pineus (Pineus) orientalis
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Adelgidae
Pineus
Pineus orientalis

description: Pineus (Pineus) orientalis (Dreyfus, 1889)
Fig. 76
Diagnosis
Apterae indistinguishable from P. pini. Gallicolae similar to apterae of P. pini but larger (1.5–2.3 mm); marginal wax gland plates smaller, their facets smaller than the largest on head; anteriorly on abdomen the plates are as far or further apart than the width of the plates; the spinal plates on abdomen fused with the other plates on their segment. Sexupara indistinguishable from the alata of P. pini. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Picea (see p. 7) and Pinus.
Scattered on twigs and shoots. Diagnosis mainly after Heie (2004).
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Pinus mugo, sylvestris, spp.
Distribution
D F S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Sounds of Qatar: Preserving Qatari Aural Culture through Digital Sound Archives
Creators: name: Chougle, Aaliya Aziz Ahmed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Although the introduction of emerging technologies has enhanced the position and value of culture within societies, it has also started a conversation on the need to preserve and protect the same- particularly during times of rapid change and development. The need to remember the past in order to establish the present and understand the future continues to grow, especially as the possibilities of what can be preserved increase through digital technology. One of such possibilities is aural culture; sounds that distinguish or represent a culture or region. Despite tendencies to perceive the Gulf states as historical bastions of Gulf futurism. Qatar like most countries has a rich history and deeply rooted traditions, in addition to being a rapidly modernizing society. As efforts are made in preserving other traditional aspects of its unique culture, efforts in preserving its aural culture or soundscape, are still in their infancy stage. Hence, this thesis project aims to highlight and demonstrate the significance of Qatari aural culture in the field of Qatari cultural heritage preservation, by creating a sound map of an iconic traditional urban landmark- Souq Waqif. This project not only aims to document the sounds unique to Souq Waqif, in order to preserve its identity and aural experience for future generations, but it also aims to justify the use of sound maps as a tool for the preservation of sound through an interactive method, providing an authentic aural experience of the place, even to those who have physically never visited. As digital sound archives become more prominent in the field of cultural heritage preservation, with many researchers actively undertaking projects across the globe, this project aims to put Qatar on the map for the same- and showcase not only the growing impacts of modernization on sounds that may be lost amidst a dynamic urban landscape.
Fereus bisetifer Brennan and Jones 1961
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Fereus
Fereus bisetifer

description: Fereus bisetifer Brennan and Jones, 1961 a:
NEO
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Childbirth Medicalization and Control in Qatar
Creators: name: Al-Muftah, Bashayer
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: The medicalization of childbirth has caused extensive debate concerning its influence on women's health. Healthcare institutions worldwide expose women to medical scrutiny and surveillance under institutional care so as to address problems related to childbirth, such as high mortality rates. During the colonial period, the British implemented new childbirth laws across their colonies, which played a vital role in spreading the use of medicalization throughout the world. Another factor that contributed to this process was capitalism, which increased dependency on medicine. Nationalism was also instrumental in fostering medicalization as countries sought to control their citizens to guarantee sovereignty. This thesis traces and analyzes historical and current practices and policies related to the medicalization of childbirth in Qatar. It uses a Foucauldian theoretical framework, particularly his notion of the “medical gaze”, “biopower” and “biopolitics”, to understand medicalization and power as a form of control. The study relies on a qualitative research design, including 22 interviews with 15 mothers, 5 medical staff, 3 midwives, and 2 obstetricians, a legal consultant from the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), and a lawyer. Moreover, a critical text-based analysis of primary sources, such as national and international policies and guidelines relating to childbirth and mothers' rights, was also conducted. The study finds that the Qatari “Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” issued in 2015 supports an approach that favors the humanization, rather than the medicalization of childbirth. The Bill indicates the right for patients to give informed consent before any medical procedure. International guidelines, such as those of the World Health Organization (WHO), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), also support a more humanized approach to childbirth. However, most mothers interviewed insinuated that the Bill is insufficient, and its implementation is weak. Besides, the medical professionals interviewed in this study showed a lack of awareness of national guidelines on the childbirth process. The study thus recommends that Qatar should consider the implementation of various strategies and laws to guide childbirth and protect the rights of women.
Audio Description for Sighted Viewers in Qatar: A Reception Study
Creators: name: Al-Zoubi, Rama B.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: The aim of this research is to shed light on the importance of audio description (AD) for all in the Arab world. Thirty sighted university students in Qatar volunteered to take part in a reception test which was carried out to explore the sighted viewers’ reception when watching the Arabic transadapted version of a new Spanish short film called Tiempo de Blues with AD. To assess the sighted viewers’ performance in terms of comprehension and enjoyment of the film, a semi-structured questionnaire was distributed to the participants immediately after the screening. After analysing the data both qualitatively and quantitatively, the results showed that the comprehension rates, as well as the enjoyment rates for the experimental group who watched the film with AD, were higher than those of the control group who watched the film without AD. It should also be emphasized that AD acted as an exogenous attention control for the participants as it urged them to concentrate on the details in the visuals on the film, which may have gone unnoticed without these descriptions. The participants also expressed their interest in repeating the experience of watching an audio described film. An additional and unexpected outcome of the study was that the results illuminated the potential benefits of involving sighted viewers in the AD script writing process, as their responses shed light upon some previously unnoticed considerations. This study can be considered an initial step, and can be built upon with further reception studies for sighted viewers. By doing so, the important role of AD for all in the Arab world will become evident as the blind and visually impaired as well as the sighted viewers will have greater opportunities to watch audio described films.
What Are Qatari Twitter Users Talking About? An Analysis of Twitter’s Role as a Medium for Citizen Collaboration, Online Activism and Public Debates
Creators: name: Dorri, Hanan Ahmad
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Twitter is a famous microblogging website where people interact and communicate with each other using hashtags. During the Arab Spring, Twitter played an important role in political discussion. Twitter usage has documented controversial issues and political activism in the Arab world. However, there is still a lack of research on Twitter’s use as a public sphere by citizens in specific Arab countries. This study, therefore, focuses on Twitter use in Qatar and explores the ways in which Qatari citizens use the platform to share their opinions, debate issues of common concern, and engage with others to bring about positive social or political change. Data involving nineteen controversial topics was collected using Twitter Archiver over a period of four months involving 37 unique hashtags and 18125 tweets. A sentiment analysis was carried out on a sample of 2,065 tweets to evaluate users’ feelings on the various topics. In addition, this sample was subject to a qualitative analysis in order to understand how Qataris use Twitter and for what purpose. The study concludes that citizens use twitter for a number of purposes. Firstly, Twitter is used as a space to share information and collaborate with fellow citizens for public benefits and services. Secondly, Twitter is used as a tool for online activism allowing users to express their opinion and demand changes related to the environment, land use and certain policies. Thirdly, citizens use Twitter as a space to generate debate on issues related to religion, society, culture and gender which fall into the category of “moral panic”. This study concludes with the importance of Twitter’s role in Qatar as many issues are discussed constructively. Citizens collaborate with fellow citizens and the government to discuss policies and suggest alternatives.
Factors Affecting the Liquidity of the Qatar Stock Exchange
Creators: name: Haider, Salman
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The purpose of this paper is to study the factors that affect the liquidity of the Qatar Stock Exchange. We aim to analyze the relationship of macroeconomic variables (GDP Growth rate, Inflation rate, Deposit rate, and Money supply), financial openness, foreign ownership and stock returns with the liquidity in the context of the Qatar Stock Exchange.In particular, this study examines the empirical relationship of the above-mentioned independent variables with the two different proxies of liquidity i.e., bid-ask spread and turnover ratio. Lower bid-ask spread and higher turnover ratios indicates the high liquidity in a stock market. We used multivariate panel data regression analysis to study the relationship.The empirical findings show that foreign ownership, GDP growth rate, deposit rate, inflation rate, foreign direct investment (FDI) and money supply (M1) reduce the bid-ask spread, and significantly increase the turnover ratio. It shows that these factors significantly increase the liquidity of the Qatar Stock Exchange. On the other hand, stock returns significantly increase the bid-ask spread and decrease the turnover ratio, decreasing the overall liquidity of Qatar Stock Exchange. The deposit rate has both negative and positive impact on the liquidity, as it significantly increases the bid-ask spread while it also significantly increases the turnover ratio in the Qatar Stock Exchange.Our recommendations are based on the empirical analysis, elite interviews and literature of developed stock markets. The recommendations for regulators include but not limited to enhanced regulations, financial training programs, joint sessions and incentive programs for unlisted firms, transparency, investment advisory services, innovation and technology.
Textual Analysis of Twitter Synchronous Postings Related to Sports Events. The Case of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Creators: name: Al-Ansari, Amna B.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Qatar hosted multiple sports events between September 2019 and February 2020. From these sports events, I collected Twitter data during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Emblem reveal, the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019. In addition to that, I collected data using the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the main event’s hashtags, at synchronous periods between September and February. This pilot exploratory research was based on the analysis of Twitter data collected using hashtags during the events indicated. A corpus of over 100,000 tweets was created, but for this research, a sample of 680 tweets, having 170 tweets per event, was analyzed. The analyses applied are Sentiment Analysis, Relevancy Analysis, and Topic-detection Analysis. Results showed that out of the sample of 680 tweets, 423 tweets (62.2%) were positive, 148 tweets (21.8%) were negative, and 109 tweets (16.0%) were neutral. Results also showed that out of the total sample of 680 tweets, 610 tweets (89.7%) were relevant, and 70 tweets (10.3%) were not relevant. As for the topics, it has been noted that the events had some similar topics and some different topics.
How to Improve the Landscape of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) in Qatar
Creators: name: Al-Eshaq, Meshaal Nasser Abdulrhman
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This thesis study analyses the present landscape of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in Qatar and how it can be improved so that the sector can be established as job creating primary industries in the country. This is an information age and we are surrounded by technology and data is the new oil of the world. The research is based on primary as well as secondary data collection techniques to find the gap between current situation of ICT in Qatar and the possible future landscape. This thesis study also compares and contrasts the adoption and progress of ICT in few other countries (such as Singapore and Ireland) which are having similar geographical size or population as Qatar, and later on uses all these findings to provide recommendations on how ICT can be improved in Qatar. The study finds the gap between what is currently happening and what is required to do in Qatar as far as ICT is concerned. The study examines the current ICT scenario and the need for the same. The primary research was conducted through a survey which revealed that factors like ICT awareness, demographics and preferences, roadblocks, role of government in promoting ICT through universities and pushing the business sector to take up ICT related jobs are crucial. The main stakeholders of establishing ICT in Qatar are government, businesses and people. This thesis recommends an inclusive approach, the creation of ICT environment, identifying the focus area along with detailed implementation plan for the promotion of ICT in Qatar.
Qatar’s Evolving National Identity in Schools: A Twitter Perspective from 2015 to 2019
Creators: name: Al-Mansoor, Aisha Mohammed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This paper aims to address the issue of how schools are used as tools to instill the state’s vision of its own national identity. This thesis examines to explore nationalism in education through the prism of social media. This study aims to examine how nationalism has changed in Qatar from 2015–2019. The tweets of thirty Qatari schools, both public and international, were collected each December from 2015–2019. Tweets regarding nationalism were collected, and content analysis was performed on posts, including text, photos, and videos related to nationalism. The quantitative findings showed that the majority of schools tweeted more on nationalism from 2017–2019 (post-blockade). While the overall school twitter activity decreased over the years, the percentage of tweets by schools on nationalism remained high throughout the years, suggesting that it has remained an important topic post-blockade. Also, primary schools tended to tweet more than preparatory schools, while public schools tweet more on nationalism than international schools. The qualitative findings indicated three main changes: social, economic, and political. Social changes include a) Qatar’s shift from a national collectivistic tribal society to the inclusion and embracing of other nationalities in 2017, b) the shift in the schools' messaging on national from being focused solely on patriotic service to the state to the promotion of community service and self-development values post-2017, c) the shift in the roles of the Qatari female national identity during national celebrations from the more traditional to the modern, d) increased use of digital media reinforcing a national ‘imagined community.’ Also, politically, there have changes in how schools celebrate Qatar’s foreign policy during national celebrations, reflecting a recognition of Qatar as a state wishing to emphasize its multilateral connections. Finally, economically, the national promotion of Qatar’s economic self-sufficiency in schools was evident in national school celebrations during the 2017 crisis. These findings support the notion that during times of crisis, nationalism is articulated more strongly and mobilized as a response to an existential threat.
Pineus (Pineus) pini
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Adelgidae
Pineus
Pineus pini

description: Pineus (Pineus) pini (Macquart, 1819)
Figs 72–75
Diagnosis
Apterae 0.8–1.1 mm, broadly drop-shaped in outline, dark red-brown, embedded in dense, fine wax wool. Wax glands on anterior part of cephaloprothoracic shield (between the eyes) mainly comprising groups of 2–10 facets that are loosely grouped, round in outline. Alatae 1.0– 1.2 mm, reddish black with woolly wax. P. pini prefers open habitats: pine forests, forest clearings and margins, meadows, roadsides etc. Anholocyclic on Pinus. One overwintering generation on thin trunks or twigs and two or more overlapping generations on young shoots. See also P. orientalis below.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae: Pinus banksiana, mugo *, nigra, pinaster?, ponderosa, rigida, sylvestris *.
Distribution
D F I N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Self-Disclosure on Instagram: A Case Study of Qatari Users
Creators: name: Aqeel, Souad Faisal
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This study aimed to understand the factors that influence the level of self-disclosure of Qatari users on Instagram. The first research question examined the factors that influence their self-disclosure while the second research question aimed to investigate whether differences between Qatari male and female users exist with regard to their self-disclosure on their Instagram profile photos and bios. An online questionnaire was distributed through different social media platforms and an analysis of 250 responses was performed. The results indicated that factors that influence the level of self-disclosure of Qatari users on Instagram include the type of account, the use of the Instagram stories feature, the types of followers, having followers from the opposite sex, and being restricted by social and cultural norms. On the other hand, factors that do not significantly influence their self-disclosure include the sex of the user, the number of followers, the user’s privacy concerns, and the user’s perceived control. However, when comparing male and female users’ level of self-disclosure, particularly on their Instagram profile photos, it was found that most female users tend not to show their faces in comparison to male users. Common themes of females’ profile photos included flowers, family members, patriotic pictures, artistic pictures, or pictures of their names. As for male users, the types of profile photos varied, ranging from patriotic pictures, users’ travel destinations, football team logos, video games or cartoon characters, or an actor that resembles the user. As for the types of information in the users’ profile bio, results were almost similar. However, education details and marital status ranked higher for female users than male users, while contact details ranked higher for male users than female users. Job details were ranked last for both male and female users. While some existing literature has highlighted self-disclosure on social media in the Arab Gulf Region, this study is the first of its kind to examine different factors that influence the level of self-disclosure of Qatari users on Instagram.
التناص العلمي في نقد التوراة بين ابن حزم الأندلسي والسموأل المغربي
Creators: name: Ahmed, Nabil Abdo
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: This study presents a comparative analytical reading of the Islamic criticism trends of the Torah by two important critics; Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi and Al-Samawa'al Al-Maghribi using theory of intertextuality that explores the similarity between texts. It should be remarked that the resemblance may be a direct and literal one or indirect one that can be inferred from the idea, the meaning or orientation.I attempted, in this research, to follow closely the criticisms of Ibn Hazm and Al-Maghribi in light of the important study done by Hava Lazarus Yafeh on Islamic criticisms of the Jewish Scriptures during the Medieval Islamic era. She mentioned in her book entitled "Intertwined worlds: Medieval Islam and Bible Criticism" four main arguments: abrogation, distortion and alteration, loss of chain of transmission and the prediction of the coming of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). Yafeh designated this as the Islamic criticism of the Bible. I looked into the intertextuality features between the two critics focusing on the style, methodology, thought and meaning without neglecting their differences in the context of Torah criticism and this was all based on Yafeh’s four arguments.It was necessary, as we observe this intertextuality in the criticism of the Torah of Ibn Hazm and Al-Maghribi, to show its implications; in other words to answer an important question: Whether Al-Maghribi was aware, in one way or another, of Ibn Hazm's critical heritage of the Torah.In the light of the issue of intertextuality between Al-Maghribi’s and Ibn Hazm’s texts that this study tackled. In this regard the study provided a critical reading of Yafeh’s claim that Al-Maghribi developed as well as circulated Ibn Hazm’s criticism leveled against the Hebrew Sciptures.The study concluded with a number of results and the most important among them is: the intertextuality between Ibn Hazm and Al-Maghribi in criticizing the Hebrew Bible on a formal level ( indirect)i.e. the general construction of the writing, methodology and the approach of criticism that confirm the impact of the former on the latter either through direct awareness of Ibn Hazm’s critical texts or the indirect one through Ibn Hazm’s impact on the Islamic tradition of criticism in this field since the I fifth century of Hijrah.Another result which has been based on this one, is that the development of some of Ibn Hazm’s critical views done by Al-Maghribi, which Yafeh has claimed was inaccurate and was not compatible with the evidence provided by this study about the two scholars. However, it is possible to say that Al-Maghribi reestablished the critical trends of Ibn Hazm and emphasized his dialectical arguments against the Torah, especially those relating to the historical criticism of the biblical text, the role of Ezra the scribe in particular, the circumstances of the Bible's rewriting after its loss and the role of Rabbis in the historical development of Juadism.
Eulachnus brevipilosus Borner 1940
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Eulachnus
Eulachnus brevipilosus

description: Eulachnus brevipilosus Börner, 1940
Diagnosis
Similar to E. agilis but dorsal hairs much shorter, about half the diameter of their sclerites. First segment of hind tarsus with 6 ventral hairs. Hairs on antennal segment III capitate. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus. Biology as in E. agilis. Diagnosis based on Heie (2004) and Blackman & Eastop (1994).
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae: Pinus mugo, nigra, sylvestris *, spp.
Distribution
D F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349