Should the Outsiders be Left Out? Director Stock Options, Expectations and Earnings Management by Boumosleh, Anwar

“…We find no evidence to suggest director options increase the likelihood of earnings management. Overall, our results indicate that director stock options indeed provide directors with an incentive to promote shareholder interests, but unlike CEO stock options, do not add significant disclosure related agency costs.…”
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COPE for adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a brief cognitive–behavioral skill-building intervention to improve quality of life and promote positive mental health by Doumit, Rita

“…Feasibility and acceptability findings indicated that the COPE program was a positive experience for teens. Significant decreases in depression and anxiety, and increases in QOL were also reported. …”
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A Design Study for Multivariable Feedback Control For a Variable Speed Wind Turbine by AL AQRA, MELAD BAHJAT ABDELAZIZ

“…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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Partnering for Sustainability: Parent-Teacher-School (PTS) Interactions in the Qatar Education System by Maryam A. Al-Hail (18595765)

“…Furthermore, while almost all parents recognize the significance of parental involvement and show a high level of interest in being on the ‘Board of Trustees’, in reality, very few participate or volunteer in school activities, and they rarely visit classrooms or interact with teachers or schools, mainly due to their increasing job-related commitments. …”

An Overview of Membrane Based NO_x Removal Technologies and Dinitrification Fitlers by Ahmed T. Yasir (17302753)

“…<p dir="ltr">Air pollution has emerged as a significant global issue, largely due to the increasing demand for energy and industrial processes that release harmful gases into the atmosphere. …”

Reinforced steering Evolutionary Markov Chain for high-dimensional feature selection by Atiq ur Rehman (3044409)

“…(iii) The dynamic Markov chain process efficiently manages agent evolution and communication, ensuring effective navigation through the search space. (iv) Agents moving in the right way are rewarded with an increase in their associated transition probability, while the agents going in the wrong direction are discouraged with a decrease in their associated transition probabilities; this promotes the establishment of an equilibrium state and leads to convergence. …”

The Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Connection Between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries by Jalal Qanas (17908157)

“…The findings show that cumulative FDI Granger-causes an increase in trade volume. Specifically, each one-million-dollar increase in FDI is associated with an $88,269 rise in Chinese exports to the GCC countries and a $64,760 increase in imports from the GCC. …”

Using XAI Techniques to Detect Targeted Data Poisoning Attacks on Healthcare Applications of Machine Learning Systems by Eyad Dhaher Megdadi

“…Data poisoning attacks, which manipulate training datasets to influence model behaviour, pose a significant threat to the reliability and effectiveness of these systems. …”
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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

“…The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the campaign on the different components of attitude: cognitive, behavioural and affective. …”
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Investigating the Crucial Role of School Leaders in Nurturing Middle Leaders to Enhance their Performance by ALLABABIDI, FARAH

“…Educational institutions may build a strong leadership communication channel that supports a positive school culture, increases teacher effectiveness, and ultimately improves student outcomes by realizing the value of ML development. …”
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The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Staff Engagement: A Study Conducted in Private Schools in Dubai by AL SAMKARI, HUDA

“…The study concluded that authentic leadership plays a crucial role in increasing staff engagement in schools in Dubai. The study has also concluded that there is a need for effective measures such as the school leaders need to be a part of the leadership training program so that they can develop self-awareness among staff members and practice collecting regular feedbacks of school staffs in the development of school curriculum and thereby, improve staff engagement in Dubai schools and this will have both direct and indirect impact on improving the learning process in General.…”
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Systematic analysis of software development in cloud computing perceptions by Habib Ullah Khan (12024579)

“…The major emphasis of the presented systematic literature review (SLR) is to identify the participating entities of cloud-based software development, challenges associated with adopting cloud for software developmental processes, and its significance to software industries and developers. This SLR will assist organizations, designers, and developers to develop and deploy user-friendly, efficient, effective, and real time software applications.…”

Subclavian pseudoaneurysm presenting as partially obstructed airway by Muhammad J., Khan

“…Furthermore, it underscores the significance of this diagnostic tool in formulating a safe and effective airway management plan.…”
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Design and Evaluation of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at Work: Experimental Study by Tasnim Ismail (18418554)

“…</p><h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">The objective of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of using personalized messages that include user information, user goals, daily routine, and the surrounding environment to increase the level of activity among employees. …”

The Impact of Diabetes Educational Interventions on Nurses’ Knowledge of In-Patient Diabetes Management in Hospitals in Abu Dhabi & Dubai by ALISHAQ, ZEINAB DAHIR AWAD

“…ABSTRACT Diabetes rate is increasing worldwide which is associated with health and economic issues. …”
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UniBFS: A novel uniform-solution-driven binary feature selection algorithm for high-dimensional data by Behrouz Ahadzadeh (19757022)

“…Despite its importance, the constantly increasing search space of high-dimensional datasets poses significant challenges to FS methods, including issues like the "curse of dimensionality," susceptibility to local optima, and high computational and memory costs. …”

A case exploration of the critical success factors of innovation labs: implications for the UAE by ALBLOOSHI, AMAL

“…Overall the study was able to make contribution to the existing literature by providing the essentials for innovation labs in UAE that help to increase their effectiveness and enable them to deliver successful innovations.…”
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Contribution of Clinical Education in Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills of Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students in Preparation for Professional Practice in the United Arab Emira... by RAMAKRISHNAN, SENTHILNATHAN

“…Quantitative data analysis showed no significant difference in students’ self-assessment of clinical reasoning. …”
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The Impact of Distance Learning on Identifying Primary Students with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) during COVID-19 in Two Schools in Ajman City in the UAE by ABUHATTAB, MONA

“…The significance of this study arises from the sacristy of research, at least locally, and the increasing numbers of cases of learning difficulties, as well as the lack of awareness among all stakeholders on dealing with such cases. …”
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Optimal Planning of Distributed Generators and Shunt Capacitors in Isolated Microgrids With Nonlinear Loads by Yazdavar, Ameen H.

“…The intermittent natures of loads and renewable DGs are modelled probabilistically. The effectiveness of the proposed planning approach has been validated using the PG&E 69-bus system, and the followings are observed: 1) the significance of applying suitable fundamental-power-flow and harmonic-power-flow algorithms for isolated microgrids, and 2) the possibility of avoiding a severe voltage distortion by utilizing an appropriate planning method and only small increase in the cost.…”
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