Teachers' training and students' academic achievement. (c2005) by Kashani, Sedik Mosses

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Glass Selection for High-Rise Buildings in the United Arab Emirates Considering Orientation and Window-to-Wall Ratio by Tibi, Ghaith

“…This paper significantly expands the study by adding commercial buildings typology, considering two major building orientations and taking into account five different window-to-wall ratios. Energy prices and glass prices are also updated. …”
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The effects of structural integrity of graphene on the thermoelectric properties of the n-type bismuth-telluride alloy by Farah M. El-Makaty (14157090)

“…Different graphene concentrations (0.05 and 0.5 wt%) and addition times (20 hrs, 10 mins, and 1 min) were considered. …”

Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…Furthermore, building orientation plays a significant role in the thermal performance of the urban block, and it contributes to the total cooling load energy saving of the urban block by 6.6 % at the peak time of cooling demand. Moreover, the research found that the variation in building heights will increase the wind velocity by up to 23 %, and this improvement in air flow affects the outdoor air temperature positively. …”
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Free-space-optical communications over turbulent channels. (c2009) by Bkassiny, Mario

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Quantification of Serum Exosome Biomarkers Using 3D Nanoporous Gold and Spectrophotometry by Amera Al Mannai (16078459)

“…Nitric acid treatments at different times resulted in a variety of pore sizes. Despite the increase in the size of the pores, the number of exosomes found in the porous gold substrate treated for 10 min nearly doubled compared to the one treated for 5 min. …”

Burden of thyroid cancer in North Africa and Middle East 1990–2019 by Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi (11651651)

“…The ASIR of thyroid cancer in region was about 2.5 times higher among women, which had a positive association with increasing age. …”

Urtica dioica extract and its impact on blood lipids, glycemia & inflammation in the rat model. (c2005) by Baroudy, Karmen George

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Risk Factors of Difficult Intubation in Patients with Severe Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Ayten Saracoglu (8075222)

“…Logistic regression revealed that the odds of complicated intubation were 1.5 times higher in patients with a BMI > 60, 8.9 times higher in those with Cormack-Lehane class IV, and 5.1 times higher in patients with Mallampati score of IV. …”

Development of industrially viable geopolymers from treated petroleum fly ash by Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti (8882054)

“…Increasing the petroleum fly ash from 0 vol% to 61 vol% increased the water absorption value from 6.6 to 13.3 wt% for the samples collected after 28 days of curing. …”

Effects of Social Media Use and Dependence on Dietary Intake and Prevalence of Orthorexia in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women by Issa, Yara

“…The latter was increased in the stressful context of the Lebanese economic collapse which reduced food accessibility, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic-associated confinement which led to an increased use of social media as well as more unhealthy snacking. …”
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The changing face of Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Although Qatar has seen a significant improvement in under-five and maternal mortality rates, and lowest rates of communicable disease and all-cause mortality rates, it has an extremely high prevalence of obesity, and this is continuing to increase. …”

Effect of Flexural CFRP Sheets and Plates on Shear Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Nawaz, Waleed

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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

“…While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…”

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. Moreover, daylighting analysis shows decreased average illuminance levels from 407.8 to 154.97 Lux, equivalent to a 60% reduction in December and June. …”
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PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy by Abi-Habib, Ralph

“…Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …”
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Relativistic quantum-speed limit for Gaussian systems and prospective experimental verification by Salman Sajad Wani (19274419)

“…A single electron ( ϵ ≈ 1.5 × 10⁻¹⁰) in a 5.4 T Penning trap, read out with 149 GHz quantum-limited balanced homodyne, should reveal this drift within ∼ 15 min — within known hold times. …”

Evidence of the drying technique’s impact on the biomass quality of Tetraselmis subcordiformis (Chlorophyceae) by Hareb Aljabri (18002455)

“…In this study, five different drying techniques of microalgal biomass were investigated. …”

Gesture-based Graph-theoretic Robot Formation Control by Sajid, Mahroo

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Toxicity assessment of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate using zebrafish embryos: Cardiotoxic potential by Azza, Naïja

“…In the current study, we investigated the potential toxicity of DEHP using Zebrafish as a biological model. Five ascending concentrations of DEHP were tested in embryos throughout 96 hpf: 0.0086, 0.086, 0.86, 8.6, and 86 mg/L. …”
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