Subjective Evaluation of UAE inhabitant’s perceptions of their Residential & Commercial Indoor Environments by Raipancholia, Dipti M

“…We also understand that physiological and psychological factors do influence the way people perceive an indoor environment. But, very less research has been conducted upon how an individual’s demographics, i.e. their age, gender and origin affects their perception of levels of comfort, health and productivity in an indoor setting. …”
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Quasi-static axial crushing investigation of filament-wound eco-friendly energy-absorbing glass fiber and jute fiber composite structures by Samim, Samahat

“…The 6-layer JF configuration attains increased stability in load-bearing capacity with a CFE of 0.84 but at the cost of a high weight of 128 g. …”
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The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …”
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field by Lesèche, Guy

“…Follow-up duplex scans showed asymptomatic recurrent stenosis greater than 60% in 3 patients, 2 of whom with stenosis greater than 80% underwent repeat operation. …”
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Behavior of reinforced concrete beams cast with a proposed geopolymer concrete (GPC) mix by Hawileh, Rami A.

“…In addition, the GGBFS-based sample have shown an increased durability as it passed less chloride ions when compared to conventional concrete. …”
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Living with air-conditioning: experiences in Dubai, Chongqing and London by Murtagh, Niamh

“…AC enabled indoor work to proceed, but a restricted indoor life meant less exercise, less social interaction and health issues. …”
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Lateral Confinement of RC Columns by Internal Structural Steel Strip Bands by Towaiq, Ahmad

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Deep Learning for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis of Government Mobile Apps Reviews by SIYAM, BILAL YACOUB

“…The number of smartphone users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has increased by 25% in the last four years (Statista.Com 2018c). …”
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Training for awareness of one's own spirituality by Bar-Sela, Gil

“…Objective When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, we find increased use of hospice and reduced use of aggressive treatments at end of life, yet substantial barriers to staff spiritual care provision still exist. …”
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Traffic fatality trends in four continents based micro level data for three decades by Hashim M. N. Al-Madani (19807239)

“…It is also intresting to mention that the traffic fatalities in the Arab world sharply increased from 22,145 during 1980 to 37,736 during 2011. …”

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

“…This study aims to find out how teachers’ well-being in one of Dubai’s private schools is affected by different factors such as: leadership and management, job satisfaction, organizational culture, teamwork, relationships, pay and benefits, and the work environment, and understand which practices leadership implement in order to increase their faculty’s well-being. Scholars around the world agree that teachers are the basic foundation in the education field, yet few studies have discussed the ways to build the environment needed for teachers to stay healthy with a positive well-being and less stress and burnout. …”
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Assessment of Brain Function After 240 Days Confinement Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Yahya, Fares

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Long- term optimal power generation pathways for Pakistan by Ali Abbasi, Sikander

“…The GHG emissions under the RET scenario are estimated to be 857 million metric Tons, which are around 50% less than CPP and 40% less than the BAU scenario. …”
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Smoking cessation advice: the self-reported attitudes and practice of primary health care physicians in a military community, central Saudi Arabia by AlAteeq, Mohammed

“…OR [95% CI] =6.1 [1.6–23.3]) were more likely to report a favorable practice, compared to the less experienced (adj. P=0.012) and physicians with a negative attitude (adj. …”
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A CFD- RSM study of cuttings transport in non-Newtonian drilling fluids: Impact of operational parameters by Abdelrahman M. Awad (16932519)

“…As the drill pipe rotational speed increased, the pressure drop decreased slightly until a critical rotatory speed was reached, thereafter, the pressure drop increased markedly. …”

Giving fragile bones a stronger foothold by Nature Research (16552612)

“…In the West, diagnosis, treatment and research of the condition, which causes bones to become fragile, have increased. But less attention is given to it in the Middle East and Africa, with only a few countries in both regions providing accessible guidelines for its prevention and treatment. …”

Giving anaemic cardiac surgery patients a better chance by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Anaemia commonly occurs as a result of cardiac surgery and has been repeatedly shown to increase patient illness and death.</p><p>Yet clinicians are not in agreement about the best time to treat anaemia with a blood transfusion. …”

Economics of hydrogen production and liquefaction by geothermal energy by Yilmaz, Ceyhun

“…Also, capital costs for the models involving hydrogen liquefaction are greater than those for the models involving hydrogen production only.…”
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Channel Network Control on Seasonal Lake Area Dynamics in Arctic Deltas by Tejedor, Alejandro

“…We find that monthly shrinkage rates have a pronounced structured variability around the channel network with the shrinkage rate systematically decreasing farther away from the channels. This pattern of shrinkage is predominantly attributed to a deeper active layer enhancing near-surface connectivity and storage and greater vegetation density closer to the channels leading to increased evapotranspiration rates. …”
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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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