Integration of Artificial Intelligence in E-Procurement of the Hospitality Industry: A Case Study in the UAE by Mathew, Elezabeth

“…The hospitality industry is growing at an increasingly fast pace across the world which results in accumulating a large amount of data, including employee details, property details, purchase details, vendor details, and so on. …”
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Developing a Digital Trust Framework between Government and Private Sector in the Financial Sector by AL SHAMSI, SUAAD SALEM YOUSEF

“…Regulators requirements need to be identified and addressed in a digital mean which is accepted and trusted by all involved parties, service providers, customers, and document issuers, in order to transform KYC process to a digital process which is trusted and efficient. …”
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Development and Validation of the Motivation for Tutoring Questionnaire in Problem-Based Learning Programs by Salah Eldin, Kassab

“…Statistical analyses included examining the factor structure of the questionnaire, the differences between mean scores of each factor as a function of tutoring experience, and the motivation for tutoring scales as predictors of self-rated tutoring skills. …”
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Electrically conductive hybrid organic crystals as flexible optical waveguides by Li, Liang

“…In cyclic operation mode, their conductivity decreases less than 1% after 10,000 thermal cycles. …”
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Assessing the potential of network reconfiguration to improve distributed generation hosting capacity in active distribution systems by Margossian, Harag

“…This paper explores how the DG hosting capacity of active distribution systems can be increased by means of network reconfiguration, both static, i.e., grid reconfiguration at planning stage, and dynamic, i.e., grid reconfiguration using remotely controlled switches as an active network management (ANM) scheme. …”
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Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war by Doumit, Myrna

“…The paper discusses the meaning and implications of the factors predicting resilience and vulnerability in this particular population.…”
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Factors influencing consumers’ decision to purchase green products: the case of canned water as a green alternative to single-use plastic bottled water by M. Salhieh, Sa’Ed

“…The study relies on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), theory of consumption values (TCV), and theory of means-end chain (MEC) to theorise that six factors (environmental concerns, subjective norms, social value, price, taste, and convenience) may influence the decision. …”
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Dynamic mechanical characterization and modelling of polypropylene based organoclay nanocomposite by Kui Wang (137551)

“…A significant increase of the yield stress of nanocomposite was shown with the present of organoclay, comparing to neat PP. …”

Pyrolysis of Biosolids to Produce Biochars: A Review by Samar Elkhalifa (14152110)

“…<p dir="ltr">The continuing increase in population means an increasing demand for products and services, resulting in huge amounts of waste being discharged into the environment. …”

3- DIMENSIONAL CONCRETE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY by ABDULJAWAD, NORAN AMER

“…The types of the questions are closed-ended questions and that means quantitative research which provides numerical data that can be statistically analyzed to find correlation, trends, patterns. …”
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Corporate Governance and the diversification discount by Boumosleh, Anwar

“…However, we find that the sensitivity of the diversification discount to CEO power decreases significantly after the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which implies that the restrictions and regulations passed by the act enhance corporate governance and limit the misallocation of resources and the diversification discount respectively.…”
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The Effect of Atorvastatin (and Subsequent Metformin) on Adipose Tissue Acylation-Stimulatory-Protein Concentration and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Overweight/Obese Women With Polyc... by Thozhukat Sathyapalan (704787)

“…Following the 12 week randomization; both group of women with PCOS were subsequently started on metformin 1,500 mg daily for further 12 weeks to assess whether pre-treatment with atorvastatin potentiates the effects of metformin on markers of adipose tissue function We conducted a post-hoc review to detect plasma ASP and the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL6 and MCP-1 before and after 12 and 24 weeks of treatment.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">There was significant reduction in ASP (156.7 ± 16.2 vs. 124.4 ± 14.8 ng/ml p <0.01), IL-6 (1.48 ± 0.29 vs.0.73 ± 0.34 pg/ml p = 0.01) and MCP-1 (30.4 ± 4.2 vs. 23.0 ± 4.5 pg/ml p = 0.02) after 12 weeks of atorvastatin that was maintained subsequently with 12 weeks treatment with metformin. …”

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Alters Neuropilin-1, PlGF, and SNAI1 Expression Levels and Predicts Breast Cancer Patients Response by Noura Al-Zeheimi (5177066)

“…To further identify the role of NRP-1 and its interacting molecules in correspondence with patients' response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), we conducted a comparative study on blood and tissue samples collected from a cohort of locally advanced breast cancer patients, before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). From a panel of tested proteins and genes, we found that the levels of plasma NRP-1, placenta growth factor (PlGF) and immune cell expression of the transcription factor <i>SNAI1</i> before and after NAC were significantly different. …”

Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe, Torquato

“…A step further is now required to determine whether these platform foundations should be converted to reefs after their decommissioning (i.e., Rigs to Reefs approach).…”
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Performance Analysis of Binary and Ternary Blends of Ammonia, Hydrogen, and Diesel in Compression Ignition Engine by Laveet Kumar (11460088)

“…However, D50A50 and D50A25H25 exhibit 20% and 30% increased levels of NOx compared to diesel, respectively, particularly at higher engine speeds. …”

n-Hexadecane Fuel for a Phosphoric Acid Direct Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell by Zhu, YuanChen

“…The objective of this work was to examine fuel cells as a possible alternative to the diesel fuel engines currently used in railway locomotives, thereby decreasing air emissions from the railway transportation sector. …”
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Suspicious Behavior Detection with Temporal Feature Extraction and Time-Series Classification for Shoplifting Crime Prevention by Nazir, Amril

“…The rise in crime rates in many parts of the world, coupled with advancements in computer vision, has increased the need for automated crime detection services. …”
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Response of cauliflower (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress by Jing Ma (24574)

“…Our results illustrated that the increasing levels of Cd in the sand, significantly (P < 0.05) decreased shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, germination percentage, germination index, mean germination time, time to 50% germination, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in all genotypes of B. oleracea. …”

Environmentally Sustainable Practices and Hotel Performance: Evidence from Malaysia by Juliana Langgat (8904511)

“…Industry reports suggest that customers prefer to stay in hotels that care about the environment. This means that hotels adopting environmentally sustainable practices can attract pro-environment customers and, as a result, improve their overall performance. …”

Awareness of primary health care physicians about human papilloma virus infection and its vaccination: a cross sectional survey from multiple clinics in Saudi Arabia by Almughais, Ebtehaj S.

“…Background: The incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infections in conservative populations is increasing, yet vaccination is not routinely recommended by primary health care (PHC) physicians. …”
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