Cigarette use among Arab Americans in the Detroit metropolitan area by Kulwicki, A.

“…Use of cigarette tobacco by large proportions of the population of Middle Eastern countries has been reported; however, little is known about smoking behavior in one of America's fastest growing minorities, the Arab Americans. …”
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Working conditions in hospitals revisited by Mach, Merce

“…., nurses, doctors) working in one private hospital in Lebanon. We used the ordinary least squared (OLS) regressions path analytical framework and bootstrapping methods to estimate the hypothesized moderated-mediation models. …”
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Suppression of Unstable Flow by Using Rough Surfaces at Small Mass Flow Rates in a Radial Diffuser by Salem, Hayder

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Soiling Detection on Solar Panels Using Artificial Intelligence by Kaya, Hussein Mohammad Ali

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

“…Experimental results obtained from a set of randomly generated networks using the proposed algorithms are presented and compared to those obtained using the existing techniques [1], [2]. 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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The effects of oil price shocks on job reallocation by Karaki, Mohamad B.

“…We demonstrate that the cumulative one-year effect of oil price shocks on job creation and destruction was smaller during the Great Moderation, but it was larger for gross job reallocation. …”
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Cooperative Caching Policy in Fog Computing for Connected Vehicles by Ghazleh, Ali

“…The connected vehicles domain is one of many domains that can benefit from Fog Computing. …”
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Integrating technology into higher education: A case study in Lebanon by Hamzeh, Wael

“…The higher education sector in Lebanon has undergone significant changes in the past twenty years, with a rapid increase in the number of higher education institutions that differ greatly in their missions, methodologies, and regulations. …”
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The Interaction between accounting students' preference, teaching methodology and performance by Mattar, Dorine M.

“…This paper examined the influence of matching students- learning preferences with the teaching methodology adopted, on their academic performance in an accounting course in two types of learning environment in one university in Lebanon: classes with PowerPoint (PPT) vs. conventional classes. …”
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Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India by Lopes, Adrian

“…This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. …”
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The Legal Standing and the Professional Liability of the Project manager in the Context of his Contemporary Responsibilities by Masadeh, Mohammad Saleh

“…As a result, the project management consultancies have expanded their services beyond their well know classical role where it is of norm nowadays to see the project manager performing the role of the contract administrator, acting as an employer’s agent from one side, and as a certifier from the other side. …”
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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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Using Text Mining and Cluster Analysis to Improve Customers Complaints System by HASAN, SALMA

“…The goal of Customer relationship management in all organizations, regardless of the type of industry and service provided, is to increase customer’s satisfaction and achieve retention. …”
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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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Board independance and the efficiency of internal capital markets by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and exchange listing requirements led to an increase in the percentage of independent members on company boards. …”
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Sustainable Financing for Sustainable Development: Agent-Based Modeling of Alternative Financing Models for Clean Energy Investments by Ibrahim Ari (12058516)

“…In this regard, the motivation behind the study is to develop a set of policy guidelines for sustainable financing models as a solution for these intertwined problems, which are: 1) a financial gap in energy investments; 2) an excessive global debt concentration; and 3) a dramatic increase in wealth inequality. …”

Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles by Ahmad K. Sleiti (14778229)

“…The SPT system works as a preheater for the DOC system in the first configuration (S3) while works as a reheater in the second one (S4). The off-design analysis approach first verified and validated against published results and the results shows good agreement with error less than 1%. …”

Road users with hearing loss and evaluation of tactile support systems by Birgitta Marie Thorslund (19774566)

“…<p dir="ltr">Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most frequent sensory deficit in humans (Stevens et al., 2013), which might reduce traffic safety. …”

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…This is projected to increase to more than 23 million by 2030, with the largest increase to occur throughout the Middle East, due in part to the adoption of the sedentary Western lifestyle.…”

Design and Assessment of an Innovative Thermal Management System for Electronic Cooling Using PCMs by Sheikh Mohammed, Yahya Abdulrahman

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