Applying economic methodology to the war on terrorism by Shahin, Wassim

“…Theoretical and empirical results are discussed with particular focus on the September 11 attack and the retaliatory response by the United States. Economists have relied on the rational agent model to derive testable hypotheses regarding the behavior of terrorists. …”
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Fooled in the relationship by Ramadan, Zahy

“…A quantitative approach was adopted for this purpose, based on data collected over a period of 2 months from 630 respondents surveyed across the United States of America. Findings show that while self-control first delimits impulsive shopping, it also reinforces shoppers' cognitive and affective ties with Amazon Prime, counterintuitively increasing their impulsive buys. …”
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Investigating the use of green design parameters in UAE construction projects by Gharzeldeen, Monia

“…Construction practices tend to have an adverse impact on the environment through their contribution to CO2 emission, increased waste and energy consumption. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched many initiatives to encourage green design over the past years and to work towards a sustainable community. …”
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Evaluation of refined cement-based matrix systems for extrusion of wood fiber cement by Nassar, Roz-Ud-Din

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Thermo-economic analysis of an integrated solar power generation system using nanofluids by Alashkar, Adnan

“…The results show that the presence of the nanoparticles leads to an increase in the overall energy produced by the ISRRC for all modes of operation, causing a decrease in the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LEC), and an increase in the net savings of the ISRRC. …”
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Alternative energy science and policy by Ammous, Saifedean H.

“…Three case studies of policy-making on biofuels in the European Union, United States of America and Brazil are presented and discussed. …”
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Securing Machine Learning in the Cloud: A Systematic Review of Cloud Machine Learning Security by Adnan Qayyum (16875936)

“…In addition, there is increasing adoption of third-party cloud services for outsourcing training of DL models, which requires substantial costly computational resources (e.g., high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs)). …”

On the Role of Renewable Energy Policies and Electric Vehicle Deployment Incentives for a Greener Sector Coupling by Mohammad Esmaeili (3694522)

“…Simulation results of a case study in the United States and sensitivity analysis illustrate that increasing the wind capacity incentives accelerated the electrification of the transportation system and increasing the incentives for electrification of transportation system influences wind capacity positively. …”

Communication-Based Adaptive Overcurrent Protection for Distribution Systems with DistributedGenerators by Sulaiman, Mohamad

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CEO gender and managerial entrenchment by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…Our research suggests that the level of female CEOs’ entrenchment provides them with greater job security, higher level of control, and inflated pay that compensate the risk of accepting the appointment in a high risk and poor performing firm.…”
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Using fuzzy reasoning to improve redundancy elimination for data deduplication in connected environments by Yakhni, Sylvana

“…The Internet of Things is ushering in the era of connected environments where the number and diversity of data sources (devices and sensors) are inevitably increasing the size of the data that need to be stored locally (at the edge device level) and transmitted to base storages (at the sink level) of the network. …”
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Quantum Chemistry Insight into the Interactions Between Deep Eutectic Solvents and SO₂ by Mert Atilhan (1272906)

“…<p dir="ltr">A systematic research work on the rational design of task specific Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) has been carried out via density functional theory (DFT) in order to increase knowledge on the key interaction parameters related to efficient SO₂ capture by DES at a molecular level. …”

Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare by Gahramanov, Emin

“…In addition, if for a given level of optimistic bias we increase early-life pessimism, this would result in slower capital accumulation, lower bequest income, and thus be detrimental to welfare. …”
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Unsustainability in emergent systems by Haddad, Marc

“…The land transportation network in Lebanon faces continuing and wide-ranging challenges at the level of infrastructure development, planning and overall system management. …”
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The growing burden of gestational diabetes by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Mirroring the rest of the world, prevalence of GDM both between and within the Gulf countries ranges from as low as 4.2% in Oman to nearly 25% in the United Arab Emirates, and this may reflect both the increasing multi-racial population in the region due to economic migration and differences in screening and diagnostic methods across the countries. …”

A Case Study Exploring ESL Instructors’ Perspectives of Blended Learning in UAE Higher Education by Alawadhi, Azza

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Economic policy uncertainty: Global energy security with diversification by Dagar, Vishal

“…To obtain a sustainable level of ED, policymakers should increase investment in gross capital formation because economic growth and openness via pro-global policies have less impact on ED. …”
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The Role and Impacts of Authentic Leadership on Staff Engagement and Performance: A Study among School Leaders and Teachers in Private Schools in the UAE by Samkari, Huda Al

“…The findings indicate that authentic leadership plays a crucial role in increasing staff engagement and enhances staff performance, in the schools that were studied. …”
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Temperature dependence of the chemical potential in La2-xSrxCuO4 by Malaeb, W.

“…From the shifts of core-level spectra, we have deduced the temperature dependence of the chemical potential in this system. …”
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Developing a Sustainable Procurement Action Plan for Public Sector in Ajman by Al Abdooli, Aisha Mohamed

“…Depletion of natural resources, affecting biodiversity and increasing poverty are common challenges faced by many communities all around the world. …”
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