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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review
Published 2024“…STI positivity rates increased post-COVID-19 onset, although this increase was not statistically significant. …”
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The impact of green supply chain management practices on environmental performance during COVID-19 period: the case of discretionary companies in the G-20 countries
Published 2022“…It highlights the impact of green initiatives to cope with major disruptions and decrease pollution and environmental disaster.…”
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The effective project manager competencies and skills for achieving success in projects in the UAE public sector
Published 2021“…This was reflected in the increase of projects implemented and seen in all areas of daily life such as economy, construction, infrastructure, power and energy, education, health, and other essentials. …”
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Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Published 2018“…In the current scenario of ever-increasing incidence of earthquakes around the world, we need to carry out a macro level study and review the causes of earthquakes and consequential effects of it and identification at Source and tracking it to the Society. …”
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Supporting sustainable global food security through a novel decentralised offshore floating greenhouse
Published 2023“…<p dir="ltr">The continuous increase in the global population and food consumption trends demand a substantial increase in food production to ensure future food security. …”
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A control algorithm to increase the efficient operation of wind energy conversion systems under extreme wind conditions
Published 2022“…<p dir="ltr">This paper aims to increase the power production of gearless permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind energy conversion systems (WECS) in strong (greater than 25 m/s) wind speed regions. In general, most wind turbines cut off when wind speed is over the cut-out rate; as a result, the power generation of the wind farm decreases. …”
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Compliance criteria for quality concrete
Published 2020“…With the advancement in cement technology, it is now possible to produce concrete of high strength with increased water/cement ratio. While this may satisfy the strength requirement, it is possible that the durability of such concrete is despaired. …”
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The Impact of Managerial Risk factors on Building information modeling Performance in the Construction Industry
Published 2019“…"Recently, most of the countries are trying to implement BIM for all the construction projects due to the increase of project size and complexity. …”
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COLLABORATIVE MULTI-AGENT-BASED E-COMMERCE FRAMEWORK
Published 2007“…The proposed framework aims to giving meaningful responses to meaningful requests and to delivering appropriate items to people who need it, when they need it, in a manner that meets their interests. …”
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Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Instructional Delivery Modalities, and the Role of School Leaders: a Study among Selected Private Schools in Abu Dhabi.
Published 2022“…For example, the interviews recommended that school leaders are invited to build an active channel of communication with their teachers, share the decision-making process with them, decrease the workload, raise the teachers’ autonomy, and establish a remuneration system.…”
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HOW TO PROMOTE MEDIATION OF CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES IN THE UAE
Published 2020“…Therefore, as an answer to all these requirements, mediation does not only come to satisfy this need, but also to prevent disputes from further escalation and to reach a middle ground for all parties without the need to proceed to a lawsuits. …”
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Unveiling the Nexus Between Land Use, Land Surface Temperature, and Carbon Footprint: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Building Energy Consumption in Arid Urban Areas
Published 2024“…This study hypothesizes that changes in LULC and LST will significantly increase the CF of buildings, especially during peak summer months in arid regions, while increased vegetation will help reduce this impact. …”
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Intravenous administration of gold nanoparticles in rats exhibit alterations in sphingomyelins, bile acids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol esters levels
Published 2024“…These findings contribute to the growing understanding of nanoparticle toxicity profile and underscore the need for further research to ensure the safe application of nanoparticles in biomedical and other fields.…”
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Improving performance of collaborative question answering systems by using semantic resources
Published 2015“…To manage such a large information, we need to use Information Retrieval (IR) techniques in efficient way. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Published 2024“…Although the global age-standardised incidence rate of appendicitis has steadily decreased between 1990 and 2021, almost half of GBD regions saw an increase of greater than 10% in their age-standardised incidence rates. …”
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The Impact of Labor Nationalization Policies on Female Participation Rates in the Arab Gulf
Published 2015“…Based on interviews with policymakers in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, this chapter finds that although existing labor nationalization policies have led to small increases in female participation rates, these countries will need to undertake more systemic socioeconomic reform if they are to better capitalize on the ‘valuable human resource asset’ that women are said to constitute. …”
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Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment
Published 2022“…The model’s forecast accuracy was assessed against measurement data from five ground air quality monitoring stations in the greater metropolitan area of Doha over a one-month period. …”
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The Effects of Online Formative and Summative Assessment on Test Anxiety and Performance: A Study Among First-Year Undergraduate Students at A Higher Education Institution in Abu D...
Published 2019“…The presented study was conducted to provide greater insight into the potential positive, neutral and/or negative effects of online formative and summative assessment on test anxiety and performance. …”
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