The Use of Enumerative Techniques in Topological Optimization of Computer Networks Subject to Fault Tolerance and Reliability by Abd-El-barr, Mostafa

“…It is shown that improving the fault tolerance of a network can be achieved while optimizing its reliability however at the expense of a reasonable increase in the overall cost of the network while remaining within a maximum pre-specified cost constraint.…”
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A channel-aware reservation protocol for cooperative content distribution over OFDMA networks by Yaacoub, Elias

“…Simulation results show that the proposed protocol can lead to efficient content distribution between mobile terminals, at the expense of a moderate increase in energy consumption, compared to the optimal solution.…”
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Sales team value co-creation in turbulent markets: the role of team learning and agility by Inyang, Eddie

“…Using a sample of 201 salespeople in 24 sales teams, the results indicate that when sales teams co-create value with customers, they can increase their sales performance. This effect is magnified when sales teams are working with customers operating in turbulent environments.…”
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Prediction of Backwater Level of Bridge Constriction using ANN by Atabay, Serter

“…Bridge constriction in channels usually causes afflux which results in increase in backwater level well above the normal level and may possibly result in overflow on the flood plain surrounding the channel during flooding period. …”
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Optimizing the Power Generation of a Wind Farm in Low Wind Speed Regions by M. Taleb, Hanan

“…The main finding of this research indicates that introducing more efficient WT units has a great impact in that it can increase output by 24.5%. Bearing in mind that the UAE has a vision for a renewable energy, as well as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, this paper will draw a novel recommendation to optimize the wind power generation in this low-speed region.…”
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Termination of Construction Contracts Under the UAE Law and FIDIC by KADRI, SARAH

“…Eventually, this resulted in an increase in the number of delays in the projects’ deliveries and, in numerous cases, resulted in the dissolution of the contracts. …”
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Greening Existing Buildings in the United Arab Emirates by Al Madani, Eman Mohammad

“…It is expected that in the next few decades, CO2 production in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will increase up to 138.4 million metric tonnes annually as a result of increasing the consumption of building resources, like energy and water (Radhi. 2009, p.2462). …”
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The Impact of Diversification Strategy on the Construction Organisations Corporate Level Performance by Al Sayegh, Nehal Khalil

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Sustainable Leadership and Investment-perspective approach toward Sustainable Performance for firms: a cross-sectional study amongst the educational sectors in the UAE by Parameswaran, Hima

“…This needs a global and innovative mindset from management and employees. Gradually, firms can plan in the longer term and maintain a sustainable performance to have a competitive edge. …”
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Reputation-Based Cooperative Detection Model of Selfish Nodes in Cluster-Based QoS-OLSR Protocol by Moati, Nadia

“…Simulation results show that the novel cluster-based QoS-OLSR model can give incentive to nodes to behave normally without sacrificing the quality of service of the network. …”
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Effect of Implementing Sustainable Management Practices on Construction Claims Mitigation by Thabet, Zeina

“…The fragmented management of traditional construction projects, which mainly lacks the integration of project processes, often results in schedule delays and cost overruns leading to client dissatisfaction, quality defects, and increase in work accidents and injuries. As a result, claims and disputes are most likely to arise between the contracting parties that can be extremely expensive and may severely impact the project performance. …”
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Enhancing the corrosion resistance of reinforcing steel under aggressive operational conditions using behentrimonium chloride by A. Bahgat Radwan (9631720)

“…<p dir="ltr">Aggressive operational conditions e.g. saline media and acidic gases, e.g., CO₂ can increase the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel. …”

Monitoring of renewable energy systems by IoT‐aided SCADA system by Md Ohirul Qays (14778325)

“…<p></p><div> <p>With the rapid increase of renewable energy generation worldwide, real-time information has become essential to manage such assets, especially for systems installed offshore and in remote areas. …”

Otosyphilis: A rare case of reversible hearing loss in a young man with secondary syphilis by Enas W. Sarsak (17317015)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Over the last decade, it has been noticed a significant increase in the number of cases of syphilis with a concurrent increased number of patients presenting with syphilis-related complications. …”

Synthesis and properties of electroless Ni–P-HfC nanocomposite coatings by Mohammad Farhan (17017683)

“…A comparative analysis of the properties of developed coatings suggests that nanocomposite coatings containing 0.75 g/L HCNPs demonstrate the highest improvement in hardness (∼40%) and corrosion resistance (∼95%) when compared to the Ni–P coatings. The increase in hardness can be attributed to the dispersion hardening effect experienced due to the presence of HCNPs. …”

Effects of information and communication technology on total-factor carbon emission efficiency and the health co-benefits by Jingying Linghu (22337614)

“…Furthermore, when green innovation (energy structure represented by the share of coal) switches from below to above (above to below) its threshold value, the promotion effect of ICT development on the TFCEE increases. Additionally, the results show that improving the TFCEE can lead to co-benefits in strengthening China's public health. …”

Mapping the desalination journal: A systematic bibliometric study over 54 years by Hafsa M. Ashraf (17148313)

“…This bibliometric analysis helps the readers to identify the active areas in water desalination and increase the visibility of the published papers. The findings of this review can provide the desalination researchers a comprehensive overview of the research direction in the field as well as an outlook for the upcoming research directions.…”

Ratios of Acetaminophen Metabolites Identify New Loci of Pharmacogenetic Relevance in a Genome-Wide Association Study by Gaurav Thareja (459188)

“…Here we propose ratios between related drug metabolites as GWAS phenotypes that can drastically increase power to detect genetic associations between pairs of biochemically related molecules. …”

A novel hybrid methodology for fault diagnosis of wind energy conversion systems by Khaled Dhibi (16891524)

“…Therefore, a hybrid feature selection based diagnosis technique, that can preserve the advantages of wrapper and filter algorithms as well as RF model, is proposed. …”

Carotenoids in Cancer Apoptosis—The Road from Bench to Bedside and Back by Lenka Koklesova (18102994)

“…However, this deficiency can be improved by using nanotechnological approaches, solid dispersions, microemulsions or biofortification that significantly increase the anti-cancer and pro-apoptotic efficacy of carotenoids. …”