Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…It also helps the organization to determine the means to achieve its objectives and monitor its performance. …”
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Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…These interpretive cognitive acts of meaning construction by leaders and followers include significant elements of conceptual thinking and explanation. …”
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Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Oil and Gas Construction Industry by FANOUSSE, MARWA IMAD

“…With regard to design, the contractor’s need to decrease construction costs through a cheaper design was found to be a factor in design changes. …”
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Oman's Labour Force: An Analysis of Gender in Management. by Kemp, Linzi

“…Women are found slightly (but not significantly) more in departmental management roles (particularly in human resource management, marketing/communication, public relations, and project management) and in the transport and finance industries. …”
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Genetic determinants of Vitamin D deficiency in the Middle Eastern Qatari population: a genome-wide association study by Nagham Nafiz Hendi (17064261)

“…Despite the lower predictive performance of Vitamin D levels in Qataris compared to Europeans, the European-derived polygenic risk scores exhibited significant links to Vitamin D deficiency risk within the QBB cohort.…”

Dietary Calcium Intake of 1200 mg/d May Have Negative Correlation on Percent Body Fat by Dimassi, Hani I.

“…The high-calcium group (intake ≥1200 mg/d) had a significantly higher mean caloric intake (P ≤ .01) and significantly lower percent body fat (P ≤ .05) than the low-calcium group (intake <1200 mg/d). …”
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Research on the potential of photovoltaic technologies in reducing energy consumption in an urban mixed use residential community. A Case study for net zero energy community in Dub... by SUGATHAN, SANAL

“…The outcome of these events, abundant regional solar irradiation and drop in global PV prices has led to the significant developments and innovations in the solar energy sector. …”
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Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors by Mustafa Almallah (17280568)

“…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. Moreover, designing high quality and resolution scenarios could also increase SP, thus decreasing the severity of SS symptoms. …”

A Study into the Adoption of Internet of Things – IoT Technologies within Contractors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Al-Amleh, Khalel

“…Research Limitations – The project focused on a small geographical area which is the Emirate of Dubai hence, it may lack generalizability. …”
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Corruption in Construction Industry and Mitigation Actions in the UAE by AL HOSANI, NAWAF MOHAMED

“…After evaluating all data it suggested that many projects from inception to the close out phase, it significantly contribute the corruption and malpractices. …”
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The influence of Control Strategies on Benefits Realization in Construction organizations by HABIB, MOHAMMAD SABIR

“…Benefits realization is perceived as an important aspect of programs and projects management that enables organizations to realize the strategic objectives and create value to the business. …”
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Investigation of Groundwater Depletion in the State of Qatar and Its Implication to Energy Water and Food Nexus by Hazrat Bilal (7367477)

“…Long-term temperature data indicates that the annual mean temperature increased significantly by 1.02 °C between 1987 and 2016, while total rainfall exhibited a slight decreasing trend. …”

Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting by Tawa Olukade (11619453)

“…In line with IOM recommendations, we found that higher BMI was correlated with decreased GWG and BMI was significantly associated with GWG even after adjusting for maternal age, parity, and infants’ gestational age at birth. …”

Modeling the influence of daily temperature and precipitation extreme indices on vegetation dynamics in Katsina State using statistical downscaling model (SDM) by Mohammad, Hadi Ahmad

“…Climate change significantly impacts local, regional, and global vegetation changes. …”
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An additive manufacturing approach based on electrohydrodynamic printing to fabricate P3HT:PCBM thin films by Zulfikre Esa (19457344)

“…The EHDA printed thin-film’s topography, morphology and optical properties were systematically analyzed. The root-mean-square roughness was found to vary significantly with the annealing temperature and the flow rate and ranged from 1.938 to 3.345 nm. …”

Mirizzi Syndrome: Mastering the Challenge, Characterization and Management Outcomes in a Retrospective Study of 60 Cases by Yousef Yahia (19756989)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Among 8200 cholecystectomies, 60 cases of MS were identified, with type 1 being the most prevalent (90%). The mean age of the patients was 44 years, with male predominance (75%). …”

A CFD- RSM study of cuttings transport in non-Newtonian drilling fluids: Impact of operational parameters by Abdelrahman M. Awad (16932519)

“…Less effective cuttings transportation (i.e lower CTR) was observed when the hole angle deviated from the vertical. In addition, a significantly higher CVT (up to 73%) was recorded for eccentric pipes as compared to the concentric cases, primarily due to the reduced fluid velocity in the narrow gap of the eccentric annulus. …”

A flexible genetic algorithm-fuzzy regression approach for forecasting: The case of bitumen consumption by Azadeh, Ali

“…Given the importance of bitumen as a fundamental material in construction projects, it is imperative to have an accurate forecast of its consumption in the planning and material sourcing phases on the project. …”
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Towards the development of an integrated model for examining the determinants affecting the use of Queue Management Solutions in Healthcare by ALQUDAH, ADI AHMAD ALI

“…The results revealed that the new tool is beneficial, and the median times to finish the processes within the patient’s journey have significantly decreased. To evaluate the use of the enhanced QMS, this research develops an integrated model based on the integration of various constructs extracted from different theoretical models, including the UTAUT, TAM, and social cognitive theory (SCT) along with trust and innovativeness as external factors. …”
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Examining the key determinants of the jordanian customer’s adoption of genetically modified food by Ali Abdallah Alalwan (17844227)

“…Statistical results largely supported the role of relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, social approval, awareness, perceived risk and price value on the behavioural intention to adopt GMF products, which in turn significantly predicted actual adoption behaviour. …”