Enhancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Optimizing Indoor Energy Consumption Performance of an Existing Urban Community, Dubai, UAE by SCHREIBER, CHERI

“…An attempt at enhancing outdoor environmental conditions by simulating passive design strategies to study the effect it will have on the energy consumption of an existing villa located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The significance of this research is based on the following issues that need urgent addressing: the UAE is at the top of the list of countries with the highest ecological footprint; residential energy consumption accounts for 57% of the total energy consumed, and targeting this group may have greater benefits in shorter time. …”
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Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…</p><p>All of these factors are associated with reduced physical activity and increased consumption of high-fat foods. “Both Qatari nationals and expatriates should adopt healthier lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of these risk factors,” says Christos. …”

Early gas kick detection in vertical wells via transient multiphase flow modelling: A review by Ahmad K. Sleiti (14778229)

“…The resulting uncontrolled release of large amounts of gas on the drilling rig can ignite and explode; causing loss of life, loss of asset, and contamination of environment. …”

Pyrene-directed growth of nanoporous benzimidazole-linked nanofibers and their application to selective CO2 capture and separation by Rabbani, Mohammad Gulam

“…Furthermore, results from gas uptake measurements indicate that BILP-10 can store significant amounts of CO2 (4.0 mmol at 273 K/1.0 bar) and H2 (1.6 wt% at 77 K/1.0 bar) with respective isosteric heats of adsorption of 38.2 and 9.3 kJ mol−1 which exceed all of the previously reported values for BILPs and are among the highest values reported to date for unmodified porous organic polymers. …”
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Evaluation of particulate matter emissions from non-passenger diesel vehicles in Qatar by Hanadi Al-Thani (8350050)

“…Theenrichment factor of anthropogenic elements amounted to 350. The traffic source based on sulfurelemental fingerprint was almost 5 times higher in main roads compared with the samples fromnon-traffic locations. …”

Sub-ppm of toxic gases detection on Ag-doped WO₃ nanosensor by Ahmad Al-Sarraj (17151007)

“…Moreover, some of these toxic substances can be found as gases in human breath due to disease. Nanomaterial-based sensors have emerged as a crucial area of research for this purpose. …”

The Grid Iron Patterns & Detached Villas as the Main Drivers of Sharjah City’s Urban Sprawl by MOHAMED, SHAMSELDIN SAEED

“…This research aims to explore and monitor the basic reasons behind the phenomenon of accelerated urban sprawl that the city is witnessing, and that is based on answering some logical questions such as: 1. …”
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Struvite Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Dairy Manure: A Review of Application Potential and Hindrances by Tao, Wendong

“…Continuous generation of large amounts of dairy manure plus increasing global interest in anaerobic digestion of dairy manure suggest a huge market for struvite production with anaerobically digested dairy manure. …”
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Quantified Database for Methane Dehydroaromatization Reaction by Nagat Elrefaei (21385544)

“…<p dir="ltr">Direct conversion of methane to aromatics, known as methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) is a very promising one‐step conversion route that could significantly reduce CO₂ emissions and simplify the process. …”