Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…The highest level of leaders makes fewer conceptual errors, and these errors increase as the levels decrease. Furthermore, just as there are essential conceptual skills to lead change, there are also misconceptions. …”
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Fixed Shading Scenarios to Optimize Lighting Performance and Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings Case Study of Dubai Design District by Hamad, Khadije

“…The annual energy consumption of the optimal scenario is reduced from 1670 MWh to 1532MWh in the Egg-crate scenario three, which is a high reduction of 138MWh per year. …”
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Comparison of quit rates among exclusive cigarette smokers at Tobacco Control Center in Qatar: telephone versus face-to-face consultation by Muslem M. Aljaafar (21374645)

“…Telephone care compared with standard care increased the odds of success in stopping smoking (AOR = 3.279; 95% Cl: 1.191–9.026). …”

Dynamic Cyber Resilience of Interdependent Critical Information Infrastructures by JUMA, MAZEN GHAZI

“…The technology stack was also enhanced with three new algorithms and five protocols. …”
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Exploring the Use of E-Portfolios in Madares Al-Ghad Schools in the United Arab Emirates by Tabib, Faiza

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Caesarean section in Sudan: findings from nationwide household surveys on rates, trends, and geographic and sociodemographic variability by Manar E. Abdel-Rahman (5593553)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Medically unjustifiable caesarean section (CS) deliveries have been rising rapidly in many developed countries over the last three decades. …”

Investigating the mechanism by which the platelet-derived growth factor receptor promotes metastasis in medulloblastoma by AbouAntoun, Thamara Jihad

“…PDGF-BB treatment of cells enhanced migration and proliferation after 24 hr; increased PDGFRβ, PI3K, Akt and Erk1/2 activity, decreased PTEN activation and transactivated EGFR. …”
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Schizophrenia-related dysbindin-1 gene is required for innate immune response and homeostasis in the developing subventricular zone by Abeer R. Al-Shammari (11405339)

“…PolyI:C also increased SVZ Dtnbp1 mRNA expression, suggesting dysbindin-1 regulates immune responses. …”

The antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effect of kefir on human leukemic cell lines. (c2008) by Maalouf, Katia E.

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The Use of Cutting-Stone-Slurry-Waste in Engineering Practice by Attom, Mousa

“…The paper studies the use of cutting stones-water-slurry-waste in engineering applications. Three types of selected clayey soils with different plasticity index and clay fraction were used. …”
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Comparative cost assessment of sustainable energy carriers produced from natural gas accounting for boil-off gas and social cost of carbon by Mohammed Al-Breiki (14152476)

“…Transportation cost of methanol (0.70 $/GJ) and DME (0.55 $/GJ) are also lower than LNG, however, liquid hydrogen transportation cost (3.24 $/GJ) is still the highest even though the increment of the cost is about 0.1% as SCC included within the transportation cost.…”

Enhanced natural convection in a U-shaped baffled cavity: Synergistic effects of magnetic fields and wall oscillations on Nano-encapsulated PCM by Ahmed M. Hassan (8893106)

“…Nanoparticle volume fraction also significantly enhances heat transfer, with a 58.9 % increase in Nusselt number as <i>ϕ</i> increases from 0.01 to 0.04. …”

Cost Effective Transition Toward Electric Bus Fleets in Urban Transport by Mohamed, Mohamed Ali Hassan

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Will they take this offer? A machine learning price elasticity model for predicting upselling acceptance of premium airline seating by Saravanan Thirumuruganathan (11038038)

“…Our results illustrate the potential of automated pricing information and targeting marketing messages for upselling acceptance. We also identified three customer segments: (1) Never Upgrades are those who never take the upgrade offer, (2) Upgrade Lovers are those who generally upgrade, and (3) Upgrade Lover Lookalikes have no historical record but fit the profile of those that tend to upgrade. …”

Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…If applied properly, corporate governance enhances growth rate and economic efficiency of the firms. Also, it increases the confidence level in the national economy and promotes economic growth. …”
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Simulation study of a coincidence detection system for non-invasive determination of arterial blood time-activity curve measurements by Yassine Toufique (8252550)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Initial simulations demonstrated that the configuration of a single half-ring 8 detector of monolithic BGO crystals could describe the simulated BTAC in a clinically relevant forearm phantom with good signal properties, and an increased number of axial detection rings can provide increased sensitivity of the system. …”

Caloric restriction reduces trabecular bone loss during aging and improves bone marrow adipocyte endocrine function in male mice by Charlotte Rinne (18766966)

“…<h3>Introduction</h3><p dir="ltr">Caloric restriction (CR) is a nutritional intervention that increases life expectancy while lowering the risk for cardio-metabolic disease. …”

Factors Impacting the Adoption and Implementation of Business Intelligence and Analytics Projects in Organizations by Amer, Noha Tarek

“…The technology adoption process could be summarized into three main phases: preadoption, adoption, and post-adoption. …”
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Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities by El-Khalil, Raed

“…In addition, respondents have indicated that cost conversion reduction, productivity increase, and inventory reduction are the three main drivers of lean implementation…”
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Theatrical technique in seventeenth century prose fiction by Aercke, Kristiaan

“…Finally, three Dutch novels are examined in an appendix; the analytical model applied to French and English novels does not work for Dutch fiction, perhaps because the theatrical situation, too, was very different in the Netherlands.…”
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