An Analysis of Thermal Comfort at the School Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study of the American School of Creative Science, Dubai, UAE by ABU-QULBAIN, LANA

“…Outdoor school spaces are significant spaces which, regardless of a child’s residential area, provide great opportunity for outdoor space exploration leading to overall enhancement to the students’ wellbeing. …”
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Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics by Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

“…All blends show an increase in brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) compared to B0, with the maximum enhancement observed in B10 with an average increase of 13% across all speeds. …”

Nurses’ work environment and intent to leave in Lebanese hospitals by Dimassi, Hani

“…Results The NWI-R subscale with the lowest mean score related to control. Younger nurses had lower scores on organizational support and career development. …”
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Glycemic outcomes of Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop system in children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes, previously treated with Multiple Daily Injections (MiniMed 780G system in... by Goran Petrovski (129836)

“…All participants followed a 10-day structured initiation protocol which included 4 steps: step 1: AHCL system assessment; step 2: AHCL system training; step 3: Sensor augmented pump therapy (SAP) for 3 days; step 4: AHCL system use for 12 weeks, successfully completing the training from MDI to AHCL in 10 days. …”

Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals by Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …”

A Design Study for Multivariable Feedback Control For a Variable Speed Wind Turbine by AL AQRA, MELAD BAHJAT ABDELAZIZ

“…Consequently, the demand for utilizing renewable clean energy arises. Wind energy is a significant source of energy since it is clean, renewable, and cost effective in comparison with other renewable resources like photovoltaic which has higher costs in production and maintenance. …”
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Low Transportation Emission Analysis and Projection Using LEAP: The Case of Qatar by Maryam Al-Jabir (19171159)

“…<p dir="ltr">The transportation sector is a significant source of pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributing to global warming. …”

Analysing Satellite Imagery Classification under Spatial Domain Shift across Geographic Regions by Sara A. Al-Emadi (22827935)

“…<p dir="ltr">Deep learning models are designed based on the i.i.d. assumption; consequently, they experience a significant performance drop due to the distribution shifts when deployed in real environments. …”

A review on recent developments in control and optimization of micro grids by Saima Ishaq (21347633)

“…As control dynamics required vary significantly, depending upon the integrated source, connected loads and ratings of the MG, it is important to understand the different structures of MG. …”

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates by Khan, Zahid

“…This study reviews the results of previous studies and presents new findings for the whole of UAE based on the improved source model and use of next generation attenuation (NGA) equations. …”
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Sustainable Leadership and Investment-perspective approach toward Sustainable Performance for firms: a cross-sectional study amongst the educational sectors in the UAE by Parameswaran, Hima

“…Currently, organizations of all structures are aware that a significant source of competitive advantage is gaining from the appropriate systems for attracting, motivating, managing, and retaining the organizations’ talents. …”
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Exploring differences in work values among multigenerational workforce: Leadership approaches in selected higher educational institutions in the UAE by AL MARZOOQI, LOLOWA

“…The present research focuses on exploring work-related values among the multigenerational workforce of the two of the UAE higher educational institutions: Abu Dhabi University and Zayed University. The study is based on a mixed-method approach (a work value inventory-based questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with managers employed by the abovementioned universities), and attempts to better understand values of Millennials, Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers employed within the UAE universities. …”
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Insulin detemir in combination with oral antidiabetic drugs improves glycemic control in persons with type 2 diabetes in Near East countrie by Echtay, Akram

“…The percentage of persons who achieved the target of HbA1c<7% increased from .7% at baseline to 39% at week 24. Mean FPG decreased significantly from 213.7 ± 60.1 mg/dL to 120.3 ± 25.7 mg/dL (P<.001), and mean PPG from 271 ± 65.3 mg/dL to 158.1 ± 36.4 mg/dL (P<.0001). …”
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Processing Effects on the Oxytetracycline and Tylosin Antibiotic Residues in Middle Eastern Dairy Products by Saidy, Liz

“…Curding step had a significant (p=0.028) effect on OTC only with the concentration increasing by almost 1.5 folds. …”
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MDPF: Minimum Distance Packet Forwarding for Search Applications in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Artail, Hassan

“…This paper introduces a message forwarding algorithm for search applications within mobile ad hoc networks that is based on the concept of selecting the nearest node from a set of designated nodes. …”
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Domain Adaptation with Adversarial Training and Graph Embeddings by Firoj Alam (14158866)

“…We propose a novel model that performs adversarial learning based domain adaptation to deal with distribution drifts and graph based semi-supervised learning to leverage unlabeled data within a single unified deep learning framework. …”

Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…These types of devices have been shown to significantly decrease VAD occlusion rates by 8.2%, when compared to a standard connector device (Jacobs et al., 2004). …”
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Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes Toward Patients With Mental Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar by Suhaila Ghuloum (796180)

“…Stigmatizing attitudes by HCP can have adverse consequences on people with mental illness from delays in seeking help to decreased quality of care provided. Assessing such attitudes is an essential step in understanding such stigma and, if needed, developing and testing appropriate and culturally adapted interventions to reduce it.…”

Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population by Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella

“…People with T2DM showed a significant decrease in HDL-C levels. A strong correlation of overall hyperlipidemia with the diabetes affection status was shown (p < 0.0001). …”
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Evaluation of particulate matter emissions from non-passenger diesel vehicles in Qatar by Hanadi Al-Thani (8350050)

“…The traffic source based on sulfurelemental fingerprint was almost 5 times higher in main roads compared with the samples fromnon-traffic locations. …”