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Mixed Convection from A Cylinder with Low Conductivity Baffles in Cross-Flow
Published 2002“…When using a small number of baffles at low values of buoyancy parameter, an odd number of baffles reduced the Nusselt number more than an even number of baffles, especially at high values of Reynolds number. …”
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Motivating nonexporters to go aboard: Investigating the role of government using evidence from a developing country
Published 2018“…In l eria, manaerial and rela onal resources are the main dri ers o e ort inten on, whereas or ani a onal ca abili es hae a limited in uence. ort romo on ro rams increase rms manaerial, or ani a onal and rela onal resources. t the re-e ort stae, inorma onal ro rams are more li ely to enhance S s e ort ini a on than e erien al ones.…”
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CORROSION OF FUSION-BONDED EPOXY COATED BARS IN CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED PLAIN AND SiLICA FUME CEMENT CONCRETES EXPOSED TO VARYING TEMPERATURE
Published 2020“…The corrosion current density on mild steel and damaged FBEC bars was noted to increase with an increase in temperature. The performance of FBEC bars in the silica fume cement concrete was better than that in the plain cement concrete at both normal and elevated temperatures. …”
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Engineering the Surface and Mechanical Properties of Water Desalination Membranes Using Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes
Published 2018“…The water flux of the fabricated membranes increased considerably (up to 20 times) along with the increase in CNT loading. …”
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Progress in female education and employment in the United Arab Emirates towards Millennium Development Goal (3) - Gender Equality
Published 2013“…Two themes are found for such progress: a government strategy to increase women's access to education; societal acceptance of educated women. …”
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Evidence-based safety education and training for traffic injury prevention
Published 2015“…Non-legislative interventions were found effective for increasing observed helmet use among bicyclists. Education only interventions were less effective than those providing free helmet. …”
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An Analysis of Thermal Comfort at the School Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study of the American School of Creative Science, Dubai, UAE
Published 2022“…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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Using integrated control methodology to optimize energy performance for the guest rooms in UAE hospitality sector
Published 2016“…This research was conducted to measure, evaluate and increase the energy efficiency in 4 and 5 star luxury hotels in UAE. …”
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Using integrated control methodology to optimize energy performance for the guest rooms in UAE hospitality sector
Published 2016“…This research was conducted to measure, evaluate and increase the energy efficiency in 4 and 5 star luxury hotels in UAE. …”
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An experimental study of a collector and diffuser system on a small demonstration wind turbine
Published 2008“…This paper investigates the possible improvement of a DAWT system by adding a collector fuselage to increase its augmentation ratio. Testing using a small experimental unit shows that adding a collector increases the power augmentation of the DAWT by more than 50%, and increases the mass flow rate through the turbine by increasing the effective upstream area of the wind that enters it. …”
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Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles
Published 2021“…On the other hand, the increase of the TIT improves the cycle efficiency (by 8.6%) but also increases the consumed fuel by (57%).…”
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Assessing and mitigating overheating risk in existing Canadian school buildings under extreme current and future climates
Published 2022“…The calibrated building model achieved an RMSE of less than 0.6 C compared with measurements, a Maximum-Absolute-Difference of less than 1.9 C, and a 1 C Percentage-Error of less than 10 %. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on health and well-being in the United Arab Emirates
Published 2023“…Alarmingly, sedentary behavior dramatically increased with 71% of participants spending an average of 4–8 h per day sitting and over 54% of participants spending more than 4 h watching TV on an average day during lockdown. …”
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A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact
Published 2020“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of V<sub>mp</sub> by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of I<sub>mp</sub> by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”
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Lateral Confinement of RC Columns by Internal Structural Steel Strip Bands
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Engaging with readers: Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the use of pronouns in building reader-writer relationships
Published 2023“…Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …”
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