An investigations into the factors that associated with writing anxiety for english language learners in UAE universities by Hussein, Sulaiman

“…Additionally, a focus group discussion with the instructors was held to explore their perspectives on the coping strategies they use and suggest to reduce the levels of anxiety in writing classes. The findings show that the participants encountered high levels of anxiety when writing English compositions and there was a statistically significant negative correlation between students’ writing scores and their levels of anxiety. …”
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The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms by Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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Enhancing the Main Contractor-Subcontractor trusting relationship in the United Arab Emirates: A strategic approach to rebuilding trust in complex construction projects by ISSA, RAMAZ SELMAN

“…The researcher found that trust factor has a significant impact on subcontractors and main contractors’ relationship, however, there is minor impact of their relationship on building trust between them, and that early contractor engagement in the initiation and planning stage positively impacts the subcontractors and main contractors’ relationship, and that the higher the level of trust between them, the better the project performance. …”
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Analysis of Diabetes Apps to Assess Privacy-Related Permissions: Systematic Search of Apps by José Javier Flors-Sidro (18518946)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Approximately 60% of the analyzed diabetes apps requested potentially dangerous permissions, which pose a significant risk to users’ data privacy. In addition, 28.4% (141/497) of the apps did not provide a website for their privacy policy. …”

The impact of different acidic conditions and food substrates on Listeria monocytogenes biofilms development and removal using nanoencapsulated carvacrol by Jina, Yammine

“…However, at pH 5.5 and 6.5, increased biofilm levels were observed in both the culture media and food substrates, with the WT strain showing significantly higher biofilm formation (3.04–6.05 log CFU cm−2) than the mutant strains (2.30–5.48 log CFU cm−2). …”
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Industrial Processes Performance Improvement using Six Sigma Principles and Tools by AlAwadhi, Alya

“…The process improvement with Six Sigma resulted to 99.7 % quality percentage which is 0.02% away from Sigma level. Moreover, there has been a significant waste reduction and operational efficiency, which has greatly reduced the cost of operation and better customer retention. …”
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Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in amblyopia as measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography by Al-Haddad, Christiane E.

“…The mean macular thickness was significantly increased in the amblyopic (273.8 μm) vs fellow eyes (257.9 μm), p=0.001. …”
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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…The results suggest that, in order to enhance and improve the implementation level of corporate governance disclosures, Lebanese firms should increase the level of knowledge and education of corporate governance benefits, especially at the top management level. …”
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Effect of Hydroxycut Intake on Fasted and Postprandial Lipemia in Rats by Daher, Costantine F.

“…A significant increase in serum blood glucose level was observed with hydroxycut intake in the presence of a high-fat diet. …”
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A young patient with Graves' disease presenting with a triad of heart failure, pancytopenia, and jaundice: A case report by Mohamed Kamal Sabra (17075230)

“…On examination, he had jaundice, bilateral exophthalmos, diffuse goiter, ascites, and significant lower limb edema. Laboratory investigations showed increased Thyroxin level with a suppressed thyroid stimulating hormone and positive anti‐thyrotropin receptor antibodies. …”

Motivational Factors Affecting Emirati English Learners by Watt, Rachael

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Circulating and Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Checkpoint-Expressing CD8+ Treg/T Cell Subsets and Their Associations with Disease-Free Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Alhasan Alsalman (14802873)

“…We found that FoxP3 expression and ICs including PD-1, CTLA-4, TIM-3, and LAG-3 were significantly increased in tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells compared with NT and peripheral blood. …”

Characteristics of aerosols and planetary boundary layer dynamics during biomass burning season by Muhammad Zeeshaan Shahid (18131689)

“…The results illustrate the key contributors to this haze event and showed the there is significant increases in aerosol components such as sulfate, black carbon, organic carbon, dust and aerosol optical depth (AOD). …”

Assessment of Inventory and Transportation Collaboration in a Logistics Marketplace by Shahid, Saif Mohammad

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Measurement of Vigilance Using EEG Source Localization by Zeid, Salma Khaled Mohamad

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The association between mental health well-being and risky behaviors among adolescents in Argentina: Data from the 2018 global school health survey by Syed Muhammad Saad Jalil (22254274)

“…</p><h3>Discussion</h3><p dir="ltr">Our results show that poor mental health well-being is associated with an increase in risky behaviors. Moreover, our study shows negative parental influence, youth violence, increasing age, gender, and peer pressure as risk factors for adolescents to engage in harmful behaviors.…”

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin. (c2018) by Toutounji, Maggie Nazih

“…Candida albicans is both a commensal and a significant opportunistic fungal human pathogen, present in the digestive tract and the mouth as a part of the normal human microflora. …”
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Enhancing the stability and performance of graphene oxide-poly(amido amine) polysulfone membranes with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane crosslinker by Ahmed T. Yasir (17302753)

“…Surface energy analysis, based on the Owens-Wendt-Kaelble (OWK) model, indicated that the nanocomposite incorporation increased polar surface energy, thereby maintaining high oil rejection even at elevated flux levels.…”

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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Reduced fertigation input sustains yield and physiological performance for improved economic returns and cleaner production of greenhouse eggplant by Md Mazadul, Islam

“…Photosynthetic rates increased significantly with rising EC levels, while other gas exchange parameters such as stomatal conductance, intrinsic water use efficiency, and vapour pressure deficit were similar for all EC levels tested. …”
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