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Leftover spaces for the mitigation of urban overheating in municipal Beirut
Published 2018“…The best air temperature reductions correspond to the use of cool material in areas that are far from buildings where there are no shadow effects. In some cases, the introduction of trees leads to an increase of the air temperature near the ground because they became an obstacle of the natural ventilation. …”
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Attitudes of Qatari Nationals Toward Expatriates
Published 2025“…However, unlike the previous study, some citizens also indicated a need to increase certain groups of expatriates to support economic growth. …”
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An overview of the EU Member States support schemes for the promotion of renewable energy sources
Published 2012“…Moreover, the different support schemes such as, investment support, feed-in tariffs (FiTs), tradable green certificates, and fiscal and financial measures which the Member States have adopted for the promotion of RES technologies are discussed in detail. Some Member States are implementing a single support scheme for the promotion of RES for power generation (RES-E), e.g., seven Member States use FiTs, or implement a hybrid support scheme by combining all or some of the four categories of the RES-E supporting schemes. …”
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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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Evaluating the Sustainability of Traffic Growth in Malaysia
Published 2015“…The results indicate that the traffic growth is mainly due to increases in the private cars motorcycles, while the rate of increase for buses is very small.The percentages for passenger cars and motorcycles are increasing while the percentage of buses is slightly dropping down, which is a negative indication regarding the traffic growth in Malaysia. …”
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Teachers' and Students' Attitudes Toward the Use of Music in UAE English Language Classrooms
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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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The effects of Ramadan fasting on clinical and biochemical markers among hemodialysis patients: A prospective cohort study
Published 2019“…Diabetes was independently associated with increased IDWG by 0.48 kg (0.25, 0.72). Diabetes and hypertension were associated with some independent changes in biochemical markers, but these were clinically negligible.…”
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A review of prospects and current scenarios of biomass co-pyrolysis for water treatment
Published 2022“…<p>With ever-growing population comes an increase in waste and wastewater generated. There is ongoing research to not only reduce the waste but also to increase its value commercially. …”
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The dynamics of the relationship between real estate and stock markets in an energy-based economy: The case of Qatar
Published 2021“…The linear ARDL provides some evidence to support the wealth effect but the model is mis-specified. …”
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Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Freeway Traffic Performance
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