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Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates
(Springer, 2013-06)
In recent years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced an unprecedented growth which is coupled with the increase in seismic activity in the surroundings. Previous studies presents significant variations in their ...
Graduate Catalog 2013-2014
(2013)
Fiscal Discriminations in Three Wars
(American University of Sharjah, 2013-06-13)
In 1790, a U.S. paper dollar was widely held in disrepute (something shoddy was not 'worth a Continental'). By 1879, a U.S. paper dollar had become 'as good as gold.' These outcomes emerged from how the U.S. federal ...
Lateral Earth Pressure on Non-Yielding Walls Supporting Over-Consolidated Sand
(2013-07)
The most important problem associated with retaining wall structures is the additional compaction-induced lateral earth pressure. Currently, none of the available design methods used to calculate the lateral earth force ...
Performance of Forward Osmosis Using Various Membranes
(2013-01)
As a result of water scarcity, increasing demand for freshwater, and energy intensive nature of the conventional desalination processes, advancing the science of desalination is crucial in the development of sustainable ...
Face Recognition in Uncontrolled Indoor Environment
(2013-06)
Face recognition (FR) is one of the most convenient biometric systems even though it is not currently the most reliable one. Especially when images for (FR) system are captured by surveillance cameras, such cameras often ...
The Use of Culturally-Familiar Literature in the EFL Classroom
(2013-05)
Insights from Cultural Studies and related fields significantly influence the discipline of language learning and teaching recently. Literature shares an intrinsic relationship with language and culture and therefore can ...
Modeling Smartphone Power
(2013-06)
Battery technology has not advanced rapidly enough to keep pace with the growing energy demands of today's portable electronics. Leading this critical need for energy are smartphone devices which are being deployed and ...
Methodology for Selection of Agile Practices
(2013-06)
Agile methods have received significant attention in the last ten years and have successfully been applied to many small- to medium-sized projects. They have enjoyed significant popularity amongst developers. Most of the ...