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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Patterns of lexical cohesion in EFL texts by El-Bacha, Nahla Nola Shalhoub

“…There were no significant relations between study language at the same level on all variables. …”
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Revisting definition of bronchopulmonwry dysplaisa by Manar Saleh (17046232)

“…We emphasize on the importance of evidence based medicine in research.</p>…”

SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE COST MODELLING OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECTS IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES by Sadek, Ahmed

“…There is a high demand to have many developments within a short period and acceptable quality. The significance of cost modelling comes from the forecasted information value. …”
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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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An experimental study to measure the impact of a short-term disability awareness campaign on attitudes of primary school learners towards peers with physical disabilities by RAD, ELAHE NASERI

“…While the cognitive attitude results scored the lowest at T0, it also had the highest significant change at T2 with 1.80 units more than T0. …”
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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. …”

Physical Asset Management for Critical Utilities— A Systematic Literature Review by Alquraidi, Alya

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The impact of Alef Platform on students’ performance at Al Asayel School in Abu Dhabi, UAE by Alyammahi, Aisha Hassan

“…To answer the call to attempt to transform education, Asayel School in Abu, Dhabi UAE has implemented the Alef Program. Alef’s digital learning platform is powered by start-of-art technologies that are designed to support learning and to provide education in a way that students can learn based on their needs. …”
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University students' conceptions and language learning. (c2007) by Hamade, Susan

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Correlation Clustering via s-Club Cluster Edge Deletion by Makarem, Norma

“…In this work, we implement three approaches to tackle the 2-club clustering via edge deletion: a heuristic approach based on the influence of the edge to resolve maximum conflicts, a parameterized algorithm in which by deleting a maximum of k edges, the graph can be transformed into a 2-club cluster based on a branching algorithm, and the approach in Integer Linear Programming to find the optimized solution in an integer formulation. …”
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Writing evaluation by Bacha, Nahla

“…Newbury House, Rowley, MA), can tell teachers about their students’ essay proficiency on which to base promotional decisions. Findings indicate that the EFL program would benefit from more analytic measures.…”
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A decision support system for automating document retrieval and citation screening by Raymon van Dinter (10521952)

“…The remaining unlabeled citations are automatically classified and sorted based on probability. It was shown that for four out of five review datasets, the DSS's use achieved significant workload savings of at least 10%. …”

The Influence of Risk Determinants and the Project Environment on the Successful Delivery of Software Development Projects by ALHOUSANI, AMNA

“…Findings indicate that the risk factors (i.e. -, development-environment, product-engineering and program-constraints-correlated risks) have significant direct negative effects on the accomplishment of projects of related to software development projects. …”
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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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Fuel Consumption Saving Potential of Stirling Machine on Series Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle by Bou Nader, Wissam

“…A SPHEV model is developed based on the Prius power-split hybrid electric architecture. …”
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Numerical investigation of design strategies to achieve perpetual pavements by Abou-Jaoude, Grace

“…The aggregate subbase layer on top of subgrade soil showed a relatively minor effect on the longitudinal and lateral strain response at the bottom of asphalt base course. The addition of a rich binder layer at the bottom of the asphalt base course showed a significant reduction in tensile strains. …”
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Causes of Undergraduate Students’ Underachievement in a Gulf Cooperation Council Country (GCC) University by Chithira Johnson (17317066)

“…As part of the Intrusive Intervention Program, students were required to complete an Academic Success Plan that delineated academic, personal, social, career, and other academic underachievement reasons. …”