Termination of Construction Contracts Under the UAE Law and FIDIC by KADRI, SARAH

“…Eventually, this resulted in an increase in the number of delays in the projects’ deliveries and, in numerous cases, resulted in the dissolution of the contracts. …”
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Realigning Risk and Enhancing Liability Frameworks for Design Errors in Traditional Construction Contracts: A Comparative Study of the UAE and Oman by AL GHASSANI, KHAWLAH SAID AHMED

“…Based on the findings of this research, the dissertation provides legal and contractual recommendations that can be used to increase the level of financial security, risk management, and legal flexibility in terms of the new forms of construction management. …”
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Study of Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Value Engineering and their use in UAE by AL SHELEH, ZEIN BASHAR

“…Life cycle cost analysis and value engineering are some of the most recently used techniques that evaluate and analyse all costs related to the project over its service life and give the essential project functions at the lowest possible cost. …”
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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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Choosing between the formal and informal economy by Abi Aad, Amine A.

“…Why do managers in emerging markets conduct some activities in the informal economy and others in the formal economy when they have a choice? …”
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FoxP3⁺ T regulatory cells in cancer: Prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets by Reem Saleh (3513056)

“…Proportions of Tregs in the peripheral blood of some cancer patients increase by approximately two-fold, compared to those in healthy individuals. …”

Wild carrot oil extract is selectively cytotoxic to human acute myeloid leukemia cells by Tawil, Mirna

“…In this study, we used Daucus carota oil extract (DCOE) to target acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. All the AML cell lines tested were sensitive to the extract while peripheral mononuclear cells were not. …”
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Trade Flow and Nation Brand Distance: A Structural Gravity Model Approach by AL BESHER, HUDA ISMAIL

“…The empirical findings shows that NBD influence both export and import volume in which less distant countries in term of nation brands are able to overcome the negative effect of geographical distance which can stimulates the export mainly and import flow to some extent. The results on the impact of NBD on FTA and trade flows provides some interesting insights as the there is a negative and significant moderation impact of NBD on the relationship between FTA and both export and import volume which suggest that a decrease of NBD will increase the effect of FTA on trade flow. …”
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Genetic Deletion of DNAJB3 Using CRISPR-Cas9, Produced Discordant Phenotypes by Shadi Nejat (19457212)

“…Three DNAJB3 knockout (KO) lines were generated (KO 30, 44 and 47), using CRISPR-Cas9. …”

A Parallel Algorithm for Inverse Halftoning and its Hardware Implementation by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…Some degradation in image quality is noticed due to parallelization. …”
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Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016 by Hou, Dongfang

“…Our EDTG-based survival analysis is at odds with some of the literature: for example, the demise of a leader and a larger share of transnational terrorist attacks increase the group’s odds of failure. …”
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Reduction of Leachability of Sewage Sludge by Alum Treatment by Mortula, Maruf

“…Batch experimental results indicated that alum treatment was capable of reducing phosphorus and other heavy metal leaching. However, some of the aluminium appeared to have leached into the water. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The latter suggests that some countries specialize in supplying UN peacekeepers as a money-making venture. …”
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT by ALBLOOSHI, ALYA JASEM

“…The paper also provides some future scopes to conduct research about the procedures and strategies of overcoming or managing the risks faced in various governmental activities. …”
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Using Educational Technology to Support Classroom Management in High Schools by ASANTE, KINGSLEY

“…Overall, English teachers believe ClassDojo has the components to help them increase student motivation and engagement.…”
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Reusing Minarets as a Passive Cooling (Wind Catcher/Solar Chimney): A Case Study in the Emirate of Sharjah by ABDALLA, TALIB ABDALLA ALI

“…The minaret accompanies the design of each mosque, which is equivalent to the number of mosques, and more, since some mosque designs have more than one minaret. In this research, the idea of repurposing minarets or adding new uses to them is studied, such as using minarets as a passive cooling method, such as using them as wind catchers/solar chimneys that contribute to the process of directing the wind to the prayer hall and work to increase thermal comfort through environmentally friendly passive cooling methods. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Thermal Conditions and Comfort Between Modern and Traditional Districts in Hot-Arid Climate: Case Study in Ajman-UAE by Salameh, Muna

“…Moreover, this study made an evaluation and comparison of the outdoor air temperature and thermal comfort between the traditional and modern urban districts to highlight the passive design solutions that increase the thermal effectiveness in the traditional urban fabrics, as some of these passive design solutions can be used to modify the thermal conditions in the modern ones. …”
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The Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction in Oil and Gas organisations in the UAE context by Al Sumaiti, Rashed Saad

“…Work life balance (WLB) is an important topic of human resource management and has become a top priority for workers everywhere. Some organisations trying to attract and retain their valued employees by implementing and managing WLB programs and policies. …”
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Nurses’ work environment and intent to leave in Lebanese hospitals by Dimassi, Hani

“…Regression analysis revealed that for every 1 point score decrease on career development there was a 93% increase in likelihood of reporting intent to leave country. …”
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Road users with hearing loss and evaluation of tactile support systems by Birgitta Marie Thorslund (19774566)

“…The prevalence of age-related HL is increasing (Roth et al., 2001), and as a consequence the number of road users with HL will also increase. …”