Towards Sustainable Low-Embodied-Carbon Concrete Alternatives by AIDEH, MAJD RASMI AHMAD

“…This paper evaluates the benefits of using environmentally sustainable low-embodied carbon alternatives to traditional concrete, as the concrete industry is responsible for significant global greenhouse gas emissions due to its environmental impact. …”
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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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Effects of Integrated Project Delivery and Information Communication Technology On Project Success by Quadri, Syed Shah Mohiuddin

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The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France by Harakeh, Mostafa

“…Accordingly, we find that, following IFRS adoption, earnings management activities decrease among high-divergence firms prior to issuing SEOs. …”
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Identifying and Explaining Public Preferences for Renewable Energy Sources in Qatar by Ahmed K. Nassar (15612168)

“…In this study, participants were asked to prioritize energy sources based on their environmental impact, price, benefits to Qatar's economy, support of energy security, and ability to create jobs. …”

The risk of chromium picolinate supplementation in normolipidemic rats fed regular or high fat diet. (c2005) by Bou Farah, Helena

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Enhancing EFL Learners’ Communicative Competence through Interactive Activities: A Case Study of Grade Four Students at an Educational Complex in Fujairah by BEKKOUCH, KHEIRA

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Antibacterial Properties of Polysulfone Membranes Blended with Arabic Gum by Souhir Sabri (9553808)

“…These changes were due to the amphiphilic properties of AG macromolecules that contained negatively charged hydrophilic residues. …”

Efficacy of Cultural Competence Training Programme at Ras Al Khaimah Higher Educational Institutions by RASHEED, HUDA MOHAMED ALI

“…The result of quantitative pre-post-test of cultural competency self-assessment checklist and multiple- choice RQ showed that cultural competency training was significantly effective by the changes of the knowledge and perception of nursing students when using Wilcoxon signed rank test which showed highly significant p < 0.05. …”
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The urban regeneration’s framework for transit villages in Qatar: the case of Al Sadd in Doha by Raffaello Furlan (273228)

“…The strategy for monitoring and assessing the potential benefits of the investigated TOD is grounded on the on-site analysis (based on graph theory) of two indices: (1) built environment diversity and density and (2) travel behavior. …”

Analysis and Quantification of Demand Flexibility for Resilient Distribution Networks: A Systematic Review by Mohamed Massaoudi (16888710)

“…The techno-economic impacts of DF integration reveal significant benefits in grid reliability and infrastructure investment deferral, while highlighting implementation challenges. …”

Integrated operational and financial approaches in supply chain risk management by Bandaly, Dia

“…For the second extension, we introduce exchange rate risk into our base model. We examine the variations in the benefits of hedging exchange rate risk under two risk aversion levels and different exchange rate volatilities. …”
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Anomaly Detection on Smart Grids With Optimized Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Model by Ahmad N. Alkuwari (22392226)

“…The results indicate that the proposed model provides a robust solution for improving the security and reliability of smart grids, and it offers significant benefits to utility providers who seek to mitigate energy theft and enhance grid resilience.…”

THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE ON MINISTRY LICENSED NON-FEDERAL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES by Rajivan, Reena

“…The results from this study indicate that external evaluation has played a very crucial role in improving the quality of higher education provision reflected through establishing and building a quality assurance system and a strong base for effective engagement of universities. Significant improvements are noted in Program Design, particularly the manner in which UAE Universities have responded to the need for ensuring alignment of program learning outcomes with the Qualifications Framework (QFEmirates), and in other curricular aspects related to coverage of course content, allocation of prerequisites etc. …”
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Influence of Cognitive Bias on Decision Making in Mega Projects by ALNUAIMI, WALEED

“…Since mega projects are increasing in size and number, and their poor performance has been consistent despite various proposals suggested based on project management best practices that have mainly focused on the technical element of implementing mega projects, the performance in mega projects has not improved prompting this study to focus on optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation where if optimism is exceeded, it is termed as over optimism and leads to cost overrun due to significant underestimation of costs. …”
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Optimization of Electric Vehicles Wireless Charging by Gesrou, Abdalla

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An Infrastructure-Assisted Crowdsensing Approach for On-Demand Traffic Condition Estimation by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…Our approach combines the strengths of mobile crowdsensing, with the support of the mobile infrastructure, a multi-criteria algorithm for the participants' selection, and a deductive rule-based model for traffic condition estimation. The proposed solution was validated through a combination of prototyping and simulated traffic traces, and the results show a significant reduction in terms of resources' consumption and network overhead, while reaching high accuracy for the traffic condition estimation.…”
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Life Cycle Assessment for Integration of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells into Gas Processing Operations by Khalid Al-Khori (16931838)

“…However, a systematic analysis of the life cycle impacts of SOFC integration in natural gas operations is necessary to quantitatively and comparatively understand the potential benefits. This study presents a systematic cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) based on the ISO 14040 and 14044 standards using a planar anode-supported SOFC with a lifespan of ten years and a functional unit of one MW electricity output. …”

Carbon Nanotube Effect on the Ductility, Flexural Strength, and Permeability of Concrete by Mohamed O. Mohsen (14590765)

“…The permeability test results showed the benefits of CNT inclusion in reducing the permeability of concrete. …”

Dilemma of Tocilizumab therapy for a patient with critical COVID‐19 disease and neutropenia: Case report and review of the literature by Ahmad Al Bishawi (14148810)

“…We describe a case of 39-year-old Nepalese male patient with a background of scleritis maintained on azathioprine and rituximab therapy with normal baseline parameters including complete blood count who presented with acute COVID-19 infection including associated leukopenia as well as severe neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count of 300 cells/µl), then progressed to critical disease culminating into CSS. Based on risks and benefits evaluation, the patient was treated with tocilizumab reinforced with granulocytes-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF, Filgrastim) to full recovery and safe outcome including reversal of neutropenia. …”