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Impact of English on Young Arabs' Use of Arabic in the UAE
(2009-12)English language education has become a vital part of many educational systems in the world. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the official language is Arabic, but with the diversity of the population, English is used as ... -
Impact of Exclusive Bus Lanes on Traffic Performance in Urban Areas
(2015-06)In recent years, increased traffic congestion and shortage of available funds to build new roads have created a challenging situation. One of the possible solutions to this challenge is to manage the transportation ... -
The impact of expatriate's home country culture on their time to proficiency : empirical evidence from the Indian context
(Tennessee State University College of Business, 2016)The time required by expatriates to become proficient in their new positions is important to both employers and employees. The existing literature on expatriate success is largely blind to what may be significant factors ... -
The Impact of Host Country Characteristics on Self-Initiated Expatriates’ Career Success
(Routledge, 2020)This chapter examines the impact of host country characteristics, the particularities of a location, on self-initiated expatriate (SIE)'s career success. For the SIE, therefore, the host country's institutional characteristics, ... -
The Impact of Innovation on The Competitiveness of Building Construction Projects
(2019-07)The construction industry contributes immensely to the socioeconomic development of nations by building extensive infrastructure and production facilities. Additionally, this industry, being the largest employer worldwide, ... -
Impact of Ionic Strength and Charge Density on Donnan Potential in the NaCl-Cation Exchange Membrane System
(MDPI, 2023)This work aims to theoretically investigate the effect of both the fixed charge density of ion exchange membranes and the ionic strength of the treated aqueous NaCl solution on the generated Donnan potential at thermodynamic ... -
Impact of IoT and Revenue-Sharing on Single and Two-Stage Pricing Strategies for Food Supply Chains
(2020-12)With approximately one-third of the global production of food going to waste, immense research efforts are being directed towards identifying the underlying causes and potential solutions of this issue. Since a substantial ... -
Impact of Lateral Force-Resisting System and Design/Construction Practices on Seismic Performance and Cost of Tall Buildings in Dubai, UAE
(Springer, 2013-09)The local design and construction practices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), together with Dubai's unique rate of development, warrant special attention to the selection of Lateral Force-Resisting Systems (LFRS). This ... -
The Impact of Technology on Regional Price Dispersion in the US
(VGTU, 2021)We analyze the behavior of inflation in the era of fast pace information thanks to technological advances, especially internet. Owing to readily available information, prices/inflation should quickly converge under perfect ... -
Impact of Using Indirect Left-turns on Signalized Intersections
(2015-06)Most developing areas are suffering from traffic congestion problems. The majority of traffic delays in urban areas occur at traffic signals. Over the past few decades, several transportation agencies have been applying ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 on the Use of Digital Technology in Construction Projects in the UAE
(MDPI, 2022)The construction industry has been incorporating digital technology over the last two decades, albeit gradually, as “technology-push” continues to overcome customary and traditional passivity typical in the sector. The ... -
Impacts of Feeder Reconfiguration on Renewable Resources Allocation in Balanced and Unbalanced Distribution Systems
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article, network reconfiguration and distributed generation allocation in distribution networks are dealt with simultaneously while imposing an objective of minimizing energy loss. The proposed method, which is ... -
The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries
(International Knowledge Press, 2017-04-07)The dustbin economy is prevalent in most major cities of the developing countries especially in Lagos State Nigeria, where the urban poor partake in informal economic activities of waste materials to earn a living. This ... -
Implementation of a Smart Storage System for Fruit Quality Preservation
(2021-02)Food packaging has evolved throughout the decades from being a simple container to hold food, to being an active agent in the role of preserving the product’s shelf life. However, according to the Food and Agriculture ... -
Implementation of the Hyperloop in the U.A.E. Eilin
(2016-11)The rapid increase in the UAE population has increased the need of transportation which results in Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions . Therefore, this may lead to devastating results if there was no transportation system that ... -
Implemting the maglev train among the UAE, KSA and Qatar
(2014-01-19)Implementing a maglev train among the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia involves tackling engineering problems of various disciplines. Since our team consists of members with chemical, mechanical ... -
Implications of Cost Behavior for Analysts' Earnings Forecasts
(American University of Sharjah, 2014-03-27)Recent work in management accounting offers several novel insights into firms' cost behavior. This study explores whether financial analysts appropriately incorporate information on two types of cost behavior in predicting ... -
Implicit Vocabulary Acquisition in Project-Based Learning with iPad Technology
(2015-06)This study aims to investigate the pedagogical impact of extensive reading and listening in project-based learning on the implicit acquisition of vocabulary. The study involved twenty-seven female ESL student participants ... -
The Importance of Acetonitrile in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Opportunities for its Recovery from Waste
(2012-02)Acetonitrile is regarded as a key solvent in the pharmaceutical industry. However, the volatility in acetonitrile supply in recent years, coupled with its relatively poor environmental profile, has presented significant ...