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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The role of collaborative knowledge building in the co-creation of artifacts: influencing factors and propositions by Mariano, Stefania

“…Practical implications – The study will help managers understand the intricacies of collaborative knowledge building practices to increase organizational overall effectiveness and performance. …”
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Arab women: No longer silent, but can they guarantee rights for themselves by Sayed, Sana

“…Women in Saudi Arabia, for example, have successfully achieved some social change based on what is happening in neighboring countries. …”
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A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain With IoT to Enhance Performance and Eliminate Challenges by Al Sadawi, Alia

“…Based on that and taking into account the anticipated evolution of the IoT, it is extremely vital not only to maintain but to increase confidence in and reliance on IoT systems by tackling the aforementioned issues. …”
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Use of Aluminum Alloy Plates as Externally Bonded Shear Reinforcement for R/C Beams by Abdalla, Jamal

“…The results of the tested beams showed an increase in the load carrying capacity of up to 38% compared to the capacity of un-strengthened control beam. …”
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Developing a Stochastic Model to Predict Cost Overrun due to the Causes of Projects Delay in Oil Fields Construction Industry by ALKHOORI, KHALID ABDUL MAJEED

“…Finally, the author recommended some areas of the current study that can be developed such as mapping the causes of projects delay to other impacts, such as time overrun success criteria and to increase the number of projects delay in the regression model.…”
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THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN K-12 EDUCATION by ALAKALEEK, WAFAA SULEMAN IRSHED

“…Similarly, the current study elucidates some of the obstacles that might hamper the prosperity of digital assessments, such as physical distances between students and instructors, as well as insufficient time for data collection regarding student evaluations.…”
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Opportunities for Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation in the UAE through Academia-Industry Collaboration by Mirahmadi, Mirahmadi

“…Competition and technological changes continue to increase at a rapid rate which leads to a significant growth in the need for connection between firms and universities, not only to discover knowledge but also to achieve improvements in performance. …”
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A Novel Hadoop Security Model for Addressing Malicious Collusive Workers by M. Sauber, Amr

“…With the daily increase of data production and collection, Hadoop is a platform for processing big data on a distributed system. …”
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Characterization of the Potency and Mechanism of Action of a Novel Dual-Selective Intermolecularly Complemented Version of Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PAU2R200A- PAL1I207R/FP59) in Breas... by Basala, Sobhiya

“…PrAg/LF causes cell toxicity, and this motivated the development of a new generation of PrAg variants with increased selectivity. The new version of anthrax, PrAgL1 and PrAgU2 were re-engineered where their activation requires the cleavage by specific tumor associated proteases such as MMPs and uPA/uPAR. …”
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مواجهة العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي في الجامعات: دراسة في التشريعات الخاصّة بالجامعة الأردنيّة... by Dababneh , Abeer Bashier

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries: a retrospective study by Ahammed Mekkodathil (4578838)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>A total of 4040 patients with fall-related injuries were identified in the study duration which corresponds to the rate of 2.34 per 10,000 population. Although the rate of fall-related injuries decreased over the years, the average number of patients per year remained high accounting for 32% of the hospitalized patients with moderate to severe injuries. …”

An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure by Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

“…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …”

Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…However, the previous studies have primarily focused on traditional methods of increasing the shading effect, such as by increasing buildings height / canyon width H/W ratio to provide the required compactness for desired solar access and energy saving target. …”
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Integrated Production Maintenance And Quality Model For Imperfect Processes by Bendaya, M.

“…In this paper, we develop an integrated model for the joint optimization of the economic production quantity, the economic design of (x) over bar-control chart, and the optimal maintenance level. This is done for a deteriorating process where the incontrol period follows a general probability distribution with increasing hazard rate. …”
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Integrated Production And Quality Model Under Various Preventive Maintenance Policies by Bendaya, M.

“…In this paper, we investigate the effect of various preventive maintenance policies on the joint optimisation of the economic production quantity (EPQ) and the economic design of control chart. This has been done for a deteriorating process where the incontrol period follows a general probability distribution with increasing hazard rate. …”
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Causes of construction reworks and their mitigation strategies by HAYAT, KAMRAN

“…Going further comparison done between SPSS analysis and 3 case studies. Lastly highlights done on strategy and building innovative team which reduces project reworks. …”
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The chemical analysis of Lebanese olive oil and the influence of oil enriched diet on Plasma Lipid profile in rats. (c2002) by Zarikian, Karen Awadis

“…In conclusion, the present study was able to identify the chemical composition of Lebanese olive oil in terms of fatty acids, sterols and squalene content. In addition, the increased acidity in some of the consumed olive oils is of great concern. …”
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Polyurethane/Silane-Functionalized ZrO₂ Nanocomposite Powder Coatings: Thermal Degradation Kinetics by Farimah Tikhani (18768025)

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images reveled that, by increase of V-ZrO₂ content from 0.1 to 0.3 wt.% and then 0.5 wt.%, some agglomerations of nanoparticles are formed in the PU matrix. …”

The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior by AL HEBSI, AHMED

“…In addition, the participants maintained positive attitudes to the increase in job responsibility, often stating that an increased scope of work was a natural phenomenon that came with the job. …”
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