Forests to the Foreigners: Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Gabon by Danielle Legault (16946625)

“…Our findings analyze the macro context of investors and investments, as well as the impacts related to rural–urban linkages and infrastructure development into the forests, civil society, human–environment relationships, and certification programs. While challenges continue to be experienced, the promise of Gabon’s first national land use plan—the use of sustainable concessions and mandatory forestry certification—offers a unique opportunity for Gabon to transition towards a future that better benefits its population while also protecting its natural resources.…”

The ISO 9000 Standards. (c1997) by Ghaddar, Bassima

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Procrastination on social networks: Triggers and countermeasures by Abdulaziz Alblwi (18520041)

“…SNSs embed features that encourage users to be always connected and updated, e.g., the notification features. Such persuasive features can exploit peer pressure as well and lead users to believe they are expected to interact immediately, especially for those who may have less impulse control and seek for relatedness and popularity. …”

Teacher inspection in two Lebanese public schools. (c2007) by Timsah, Layal Omar

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Optimising the Role of Innovative Technologies in Risk Management Strategies for Extension of Time Disputes Avoidance by KREIDLI, ISMAIL KHALIL

“…These disagreements could be the result of the ambiguous clauses in the contract or poor record keeping; delays in event notification, the complications in dealing with EOT related clauses within the contract and such other similar compelling reasons. …”
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Development of Green Building Rating System for Evaluating Existing Office Buildings in Dubai Based on Al Sa’fat Rating System by AHMED, FATIMA AHMED

“…An Office Building case study (AWRostomani Head Office) in Port Saeed, Dubai, has been assessed using the proposed system and given a certification accordingly. The case study received a score of 62.32%, hence qualified for silver certification. …”
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Reduction-based methods and metrics for selective regression testing by Mansour, Nashat

“…The second method, referred to as modification-based reduction version 2 (MBR2) improves MBR1 by further omitting tests that do not cover the modification. …”
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Bacon or Beef ? ‘Fake’ Halal Scandals in the Russian Federation by Serrano, Silvia

“…Here, the rise of a ‘halal market’ – that is the market for halal products and the market of halal certification – was punctuated by scandals. This research scrutinizes one of them, linked with halal meat products containing pork dna. …”
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Reduction-based methods and metrics for selective regression testing. (c2000) by Bahsoon, Rami K.

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The Future of the Humanities in Today's Financial Markets by Lea, David

“…This change is often explained as the result of cost cutting necessary during periods of financial crisis, but this justification is belied by the fact that while the humanities have suffered during recent 'financial crises,' other areas within the university have grown. …”
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NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING EDUCATION PROGRAM: A PRACTICAL STRATEGY FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA by Yamani, Ahmed

“…To quantify NDT knowledge, certification schemes based on written practices are used. …”
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The Effect of Barkley’s Behavior Management Principles on a child with ADHD in a Lebanese inclusive classroom by Oweini, Ahmad

“…Barkley’s behavior management principles for students with ADHD developed and implemented in a second grade inclusive classroom through a system of behavior modification techniques are studied in this project. …”
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Ripple effect in web applications by Mansour, Nashat

“…If the stability of a web application is poor, then the impact of modification will be costly in terms of maintenance and testing. …”
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Computing ripple effect for web applications. (c2007) by Baba, Nabil

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Residential green power demand in the United States by Dagher, Leila

“…Knowing that gaining green accreditation is important to the success of programs, utilities may want to seek certification and highlight it in their advertising campaigns.…”
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Oil and gas industry tanks Inspection, maintenance and repair as per international Engineering standard by AL MARZOOQI, MOHAMED ABDULLATIF

“…These areas include improving monitoring and audits, addressing the API 653 certification handled for the inspectors and putting in place stringent measures for non-adherence to the guidelines.…”
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Reconceptualizing Norm Conflict in International Law by Ka Lok YIP (19160611)

“…Concomitantly, it argues that the justification for using certain legal techniques to resolve norm conflicts lies in the intended relationship deducible only between those norms that share the same regulatory purpose rather than between norms merely applying to the same factual situation. …”

Comparative analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings: do sectors and regions differ by Pillai, Rekha

“…Perceiving ESG ratings from dual dimensions, we introduce the ‘push–pull effect’ where we identify the rationale pushing corporates for providing their ESG engagements to ESG rating providers and the justification for stakeholders pulling information from these rating providers. …”
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Comparative analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings: do sectors and regions differ? by Pillai, Rekha

“…Perceiving ESG ratings from dual dimensions, we introduce the ‘push–pull effect’ where we identify the rationale pushing corporates for providing their ESG engagements to ESG rating providers and the justification for stakeholders pulling information from these rating providers. …”
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Improving the security of SNMP in wireless networks by Otrok, H.

“…We propose to use certification authority for two-way authentication and Diffie-Hellman algorithm for key exchange to mitigate the impacts of these problems.…”
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