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SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 MARKETPLACEMAR | 8 HEALTH | 10 BOLLYWOOD | 1111 Prominent Blueberries may Dying to show women attend improve brain ‘Begum Jaan’ trailerler key event function in elderly to my family: Vidyaya Email: [email protected] ‘Start Doha’, a contemporary art fair’ which opened in Qatar yesterday, provides platform to more than 20 artists from various international galleries and artists based in Qatar, some of whom have taken part in the ‘Artists in Residence’ programme at the Fire Station. P | 4-5 ART FOR TOMORROW SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 CAMPUS 03 Media multitasking linked to poor scores in maths arents, please take note! influence on cognition, perform- Researchers have found that ance at school, and personality has Pthe more time teenagers not been assessed before. For the spend splitting their attention study the researchers surveyed 73 between various devices such as eighth grade students. their phones, video games or TV, Overall, participants reported the lower their test scores in maths consuming a great deal of media, and English tend to be. and on average watched 12 hours More time spent multitasking of television per week. They tended between different types of media to multitask between mediums 25 is also associated with greater percent of the time. impulsivity and a poorer working The results show how partici- memory in adolescents, said one of pants’ media consumption patterns the study authors Amy Finn from outside of school are related to their the University of Toronto. performance in school tests. The term “media multitasking” The researchers found that describes the act of using multiple teenagers who spent more time media simultaneously, such as hav- media multitasking fared signifi- The study was published in adolescents. This relationship may ing the television on in the cantly worse academically than Springer’s journal Psychonomic be due to decreased executive func- background while texting on a others. They scored lower in cer- Bulletin & Review. tions and increased impulsiveness smartphone, Finn explained. tain aspects of their working - both previously associated with While it has been on the rise memory, tended to be more impul- “We found a link between both greater media multitasking over the past two decades, espe- sive and were more likely to believe greater media multitasking and and worse academic outcomes,” cially among adolescents, its that intelligence is not malleable. worse academic outcomes in Finn explained. Medical students at higher drug abuse risk: Study team of US researchers has dependence. found that medical students, The results indicate three fac- A especially who are young, tors that were independently single and under high debt are associated -- a younger age than twice as likely to abuse drug than most peers in medical school, their peers who are not attending being unmarried and amount of medical school. educational debt. No statistical dif- Burnout factors such as emo- ference was found between tional exhaustion or feelings of differing years of medical school depersonalisation were highly or between men and women. “In associated with drug abuse or our paper we recommend well- dependence among the medical ness curricula for medical schools, students. identifying and remediating fac- “Our findings clearly show solution to address related issues The researchers surveyed 12,500 tors within the learning there is reason for concern,” said with burnout, the cost of medical medical students and one-third of environment contributing to stress Liselotte Dyrbye from Mayo Clinic education and drug abuse,” Dyr- those responded. Approximately and removal of barriers to mental in the US. “We recommend insti- bye added in the paper published 1,400 of that subgroup experi- health services,” added first author tutions pursue a multifaceted in the journal Academic Medicine. enced clinical drug abuse or Eric Jackson. 04 COVER STORY SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 Unique pieces on display at Start Doha art fair Pics: Kammutty VP Raynald C Rivera The Peninsula he raw concrete walls of W Doha Hotel & Resi- dences’ vast 29th floor exude an industrial vibe which complements the Tdiversity of unique pieces on dis- play at the first ever ‘Start Doha’ contemporary art fair which opened here yesterday. Running in parallel with the third annual The New York times ‘Art for Tomorrow’ conference, the exhibition provides platform to more than 20 artists from various international galleries and artists based in Qatar, some of whom have taken part in the ‘Artists in Resi- dence’ programme at the Fire Station. “For the ‘Qatar for Tomorrow‘ Obaidi previously featured some of Hana Al Saadi’s ‘Endless Game’ The art fair benefits from the section, we chose eight locally these artists at Start London exhi- installation, Nazar Yahya’s Self- successes of Start London, now on based Qatari and non-Qatari art- bition held at Saatchi Gallery. Portrait in multi- coloured 48-layer its fourth year, and from the exper- ists based on the type of The works on display in the plexi glass, Othman Khunji’s Reli- tise of Saatchi Gallery CEO Nigel contemporary artworks they have Qatar section are mainly rooted on gious Vanity installation and Hurst and leading artist Mahmoud done and their experience,” Obaidi the challenges to identity rapid Obaidi’s No Fly Zone, which was Obaidi, who curated the ‘Qatar for told The Peninsula. urbanisation and globalisation in part of his last solo show Fragments Tomorrow’ segment, one of the fea- Playing an important role in the Middle East have brought. recently held at Qatar Museums tures of the show. promoting artists from the region, Among the works on display are Gallery in Katara. SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 COVER STORY 05 With the emergence of new ‘Art Lab’ at last year’s Art for art spaces and organising exhi- Tomorrow Conference at the bitions of international calibre, same exhibition space and with Obaidi envisions a vibrant art the turnout at the Start Doha’s scene in the country. opening, Safak Guvenc, area “The local scene is really manager Qatar and Oman, Star- growing especially with the wood Hotels & Resort and presence of museums and new General Manager of W Doha, is art venues like the Fire Station positive of the success of the and with the many shows that future of the exhibition. are being organised like Dia “I think the exhibition has Azzawi, Picasso-Giacometti and evolved; there are more local JR. After all, it is getting recog- and international artists that are nised internationally. For a exhibiting their works this year small city like Doha, it’s amas- which is generating a lot of ing,” he observed. interest with the huge turnout A number of works in a tonight and we are very excited range of styles and media, by about it,” Guvenc told The celebrated Qatari artist Ali Has- Peninsula. san, are among those “We support upcoming art- showcased at the section on ists locally and internationally Anima Gallery, an art space and our partnership with The located in The Pearl Qatar. New York Times has been con- Faig Ahmed’s Singularity, a tinuous. We appreciate the handmade woolen carpet- support of the community for which seems melted resulting the success of this great event,” in the distortion of traditional he added. pattern in a spectacular way-is The exhibition coincides a crowd-drawer at Montoro12 with the three-day The New Contemporary Art gallery York Times third ‘Art for Tomor- section. row Conference’ with the theme Saudi-based Hafez Gallery, “Boundaries, Identity and Pub- on the other hand, features lic Realm” and with the stunning works by artists participation of more than 300 Osame Esid, Ibrahim ElDes- art and culture luminaries from souki and Adel Quraishi, among 35 countries. others. Start Doha has been lauded “There is no present. We only for providing a platform for art- exist between the future and the ists to build regional and past” mixed media series are international reputation. It is among the highlights of multi- open to the public until Tues- disciplinary artist Owais day, from 9am to 9pm at the Hussain’s collection on show. Level 29 of the W Doha Hotel & After hosting the successful Residences. 06 MARKETPLACE SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 Al Khater & Oasis International hold seminar Asama Rawas, Middle East and Steve Sabin, Director of Engineering Africa Regional Manager at Oasis and Product Development at Oasis International, at the seminar. International, during the seminar. Al Khater Marketing in association with Oasis International, one of the top international manufacturers of water coolers and drinking fountains, held a seminar recently at Oryx Rotana Hotel to talk about the latest Oasis drinking water coolers and fountain systems. The event was attended by some of the top executives and consultants from Qatar’s engineering and construction industry. 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