An Analysis of Thermal Comfort at the School Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study of the American School of Creative Science, Dubai, UAE by ABU-QULBAIN, LANA

“…The enhanced outcome was evaluated against the initial one, using PET (physiological equivalent temperature), revealing that shade separately had the highest impact on its corresponding location with a decrease of up to 16% in PET, but no decrease to the overall PET of the microclimate. …”
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The impact of metformin therapy for gestational diabetes on fetal growth in women with risk factors for fetal growth restriction- a registry-based study from Qatar by Komal Rafique (17075074)

“…</p> <h3>Conclusion</h3> <p>The results of this study suggest that in women with additional risk factors for FGR, the concurrent use of metformin significantly decreases the birthweight and increases the risk for LBW, SFD, PTB and admission to NICU. …”

Methionine mediates resilience to chronic social defeat by modulating NMDA receptor expression in the cortex. (c2018) by Bilen, Maria

“…This increase was accompanied by a reduction in the protein levels of the histone methyltransferase known to modulate NMDA receptor expression, SetDB1 in defeated animals, while methionine injections returned SetDB1 levels to baseline. …”
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ADD. (c2002) by Varjabedian, Ralph A.

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Minimization of the amplitude of the entire span of beams using mass dampers by Issa, Jimmy S.

“…Traditionally, passive vibration devices such as mass spring dampers or mass dampers were attached to beams and carefully designed to minimize the maximum amplitude at a given point along their span. Since minimizing the amplitude at one point of the beam might increase it at another point, in this work the maximum amplitude along the entire beam span is minimized. …”
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Attitudes of Qatari Nationals Toward Expatriates by Buthaina Al-Khelaifi (23072881)

“…<p dir="ltr">Since December 2010, when Qatar won the bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2022, scholars’ interests have mainly focused on the treatment of migrant workers whose skills and expertise are essential for Qatar's development. …”

The Causes and Effects of Mercury and Methylmercury Contamination in the Marine Environment: A Review by Maetha M. Al-Sulaiti (14152296)

“…<h2>Purpose of Review</h2> <p>The concern of mercury pollution and the impact that it poses on the marine environment were studied heavily since the case of the poison from Minamata bay in the 1960s. …”

Cost-benefit analysis for the installation of cogeneration CSP technology in Cyprus by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…The results indicate that the electricity unit cost or benefit for both cases of electricity purchasing tariff are decreased or increased with the increase of the capacity factor and the capacity size of the plant. …”
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Comparative Study of Several Energy Dissipating Devices by Abdul-Latif, Akrum

“…Large plastic lateral collapse problem of two geometrically identical hollow cylinders under compressive load is of particular interest in this work, since, the energy absorbed can be characterized by a smooth loaded deflection relation, and these tubes are also easier to build than most other devices. …”
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The new accounting standard IFRS 9 and its impact on how banks should provision for credit losses by ALBANNA, AMNA AHMAD

“…Moreover, the impairment provision level will increase under IFRS9 around 25%. Under the new accounting rule there are requirement for issuing more equity, since more loans are unexpected to get back from the customers in this situation banks may need more capital to cover the expected losses. …”
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The Global Economic crisis & organisation change: case studies in the UAE by Al Hashemi, Khalid

“…A gain wave of corporate restructuring has rolled through the global corporate landscape ever since the 1980’s, & to date there are still no signs of it lowing down. …”
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Impact of Classroom Plants on Students’ Comfort and Performance in UAE by Al-Bustami, Hadil

“…Moreover, the researcher concluded that the amount of plants placed inside a classroom should be calculated according to three ratios: amount of plants, size of the room and the average amount of air pollution found in the space. Since the psychological impact on the student was significant, the researcher recommended that green-wall should be part of each classroom in order to improve the sense of comfort among students and more than one green-wall should be placed in each classroom to make a difference in the parameters that increase the level of comfort.…”
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Keyed Watermarks: A Fine-grained Tracking of Event-time in Apache Flink by Yasser, Tawfik

“…In this paper, we present a novel strategy called keyed watermarks to overcome data loss and increase the accuracy of data processing to at least 99% in most cases. …”
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The influence of Digital Skills on Project Innovation Success by Aljawi, Zahraa Ali

“…Digital skills assist organizations to maintain competitive advantages and increase innovation capacity in a fast-changing digital economy. …”
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Look-ahead scheduling of energy-water nexus integrated with Power2X conversion technologies under multiple uncertainties by Mohammad Amin, Mirzaei

“…Co-optimizing energy and water resources in a microgrid can increase efficiency and improve economic performance. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…FindingsIn 2021, the global age-standardised mortality rate of appendicitis was 0·358 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 0·311–0·414) per 100 000. Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
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A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact by Samer Gowid (15955152)

“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of V_mp by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of I_mp by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”

Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…This leads to interruptions and delays in therapy administration and to the need for VAD replacement, associated with increased risk of complications to the patient and increased costs (Stephens, Haire, & Kotulak, 1995; Hoch, 1997). …”
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Fixed Shading Scenarios to Optimize Lighting Performance and Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings Case Study of Dubai Design District by Hamad, Khadije

“…The annual energy consumption of the optimal scenario is reduced from 1670 MWh to 1532MWh in the Egg-crate scenario three, which is a high reduction of 138MWh per year. Moreover, daylighting analysis shows decreased average illuminance levels from 407.8 to 154.97 Lux, equivalent to a 60% reduction in December and June. …”
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Biodegradable polysaccharide grafted polyacrylamide inhibitor for corrosion in CO₂- saturated saline solution by Rem Jalab (11715205)

“…Nevertheless, the AGGPAM-inhibited solution exhibited a corrosion rate of 26.7 mils per year at 50 °C, which is still lower than that of blank at 25 °C. …”