An experimental study of a collector and diffuser system on a small demonstration wind turbine by Ghajar, R. F.

“…A diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) has been an attractive concept of wind energy extraction since the early 1970s, due to the system's ability to increase the power generated by a regular bare turbine of the same size. …”
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Types of PMO and their roles in the UAE Oil & Gas Production Companies by Mohamed, Walid Ramadan Ibrahim

“…Some researchers argued that this failure might be due to the increase in the concurrent projects number in big organizations which were increasing the project management complexity while competing, and in the same time depleting the organization resources. …”
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Fluorescein angiography versus superimposed OCT-guided macular laser photocoagulation by Kozak, Igor

“…The area of dye leakage on FA and increased retinal thickness on OCT on the same eye was measured using Heidelberg Explorer software. …”
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Content-Aware Adaptive Video Streaming Using Actor-Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning by Amer, Hala Nagi

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Challenges and constraints in meeting international standards in UAE education: External objectives versus local realities by Kathy O'Sullivan (13323315)

“…This study provides recommendations to educational leaders and policy planners to arrive at plausible, meaningful solutions to the issue of taking into account often-neglected local contextual realities, to help provide for quality education to the local population while at the same time meeting international standards.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Near and Middle Eastern Journal of Research in Education, title discontinued as of (2017)<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/nmejre.2015.4" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/nmejre.2015.4</a></p>…”

An adaptive error control system using hybrid ARQ schemes by Kousa, M.A.

“…The main feature of this system is that the receiver uses the same decoder for decoding the received information after each transmission while the error-correcting capability of the code increases. …”
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The Impact of Managerial Risk factors on Building information modeling Performance in the Construction Industry by NAFA, MOHAMMAD MAHMOUD SULTAN

“…The quantitative part was carried out through an online questionnaire and a hard copy survey distributed to a population working in the same field to get the feedback about the topic of the research. …”
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Properties of Unique Degree Sequences of 3-Uniform Hypergraphs by Tarsissi, Lama

“…A well known result of Erdös and Gallai (1960) shows that the same problem related to graphs can be solved in polynomial time. …”
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Is board compensation excessive? by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…Based on this, we then calculate whether directors of corporate boards are over- or undercompensated. On average, we find greater evidence of over- rather than undercompensation. …”
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Engineering the Surface and Mechanical Properties of Water Desalination Membranes Using Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes by Yehia M. Manawi (18091207)

“…The water contact angle for PS membranes incorporated with commercial CNT sharply decreased from 73° to 53° (membrane hydrophilization) for membranes with 0.1 and 1.0 wt. % of CNTs, while for the same loading of produced CNTs the water contact angles for the membrane samples increased from 66° to 72°. …”

Understanding the Factors Affecting Teachers’ Well-being in Harmony with the Leadership Practices: A Study Among Teachers at a Private School in Dubai by YACOUB, HIBA ALI MAHMOUD

“…The quantitative method was applied through using a survey of 39 questions filled by the teachers, while the qualitative method was applied through an interview with two senior leaders from the same school. Data analysis of the well-being questionnaire has shown that most teachers were satisfied with their leadership and had a healthy lifestyle. …”
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Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts by Habchi, W.

“…The compressibility of these liquids is modeled using the Tait equation of state (EoS) while all other transport properties are kept unchanged for the sake of isolating compressibility effects. In addition, the same typical generalized-Newtonian behavior is assumed for both model liquids. …”
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Resilience-uncertainty nexus in building energy management integrated with solar system and battery storage by Hasan Mehrjerdi (16869957)

“…The energy resilience is improved and the energy cost is decreased at the same time while all events and uncertainties are modeled. …”

Crisis Communication Management Model in the Public Sector of Dubai by Ali, Budoor Hussain

“…The unexpected events occur every day, and with the increase of the negative outcomes of these incidents on people and organizations, they would become crises that require effective management. …”
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Greening Existing Buildings in the United Arab Emirates by Al Madani, Eman Mohammad

“…It is expected that in the next few decades, CO2 production in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will increase up to 138.4 million metric tonnes annually as a result of increasing the consumption of building resources, like energy and water (Radhi. 2009, p.2462). …”
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ADAPTATION OF BIM WORKFLOW IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS & THE NEED TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL BIM STANDARD by Thomas Thampy, Tony

“…From the market survey conducted, the professionals have expressed the need for similar BIM standardisation in the UAE and also the current obstacles for the same.…”
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Effects and challenges in teaching robotics for elementary students by Addas, Alaa

“…Additionally, the results indicated that using programming blocks to teach programming helps the students to understand the majority of many programming concepts, but at the same time some concepts were difficult for the students to understand and apply.…”
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Expanding the donor pool by Ramos, Emilio

“…These measures may be beneficial in terms of increasing the number of donors and decreasing the waiting time. …”
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An empirical evaluation of the technology cycle time indicator as ameasure of the pace of technological progress in superconductortechnology by Kayal, A.A.

“…The methodology prescribed in this study could potentially be used in assessing the pace of progress for different technologies or different nations in the same technology…”
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Road Accidents In Bangalore: A Report by Sanjeev Kumar (279609)

“…The absolute number of road accidents has also been growing at an alarming rate which reflects concomitant investment in road safety strategies coupled with rapid rate of motorisation. At the same time, there is lacuna in the whole system of reporting, recording and analysing road traffic crashes. …”