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Investigating the Release Mechanism of Calcein from eLiposomes at Higher Temperatures
(American Scientific Publishers, 2014)
Numerous nanocarriers are currently being investigated as drug delivery vehicles for transporting chemotherapeutics to cancer cells. Our research group has recently synthesized a new generation of echogenic liposomes based ...
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 ...
Glass Selection for High-Rise Residential Buildings in the United Arab Emirates based on Life Cycle Cost Analysis
(Elsevier, 2014)
The architect's decision to select a glass type for a high rise building has significant impact on both the initial and the running cost of a building. This is particularly the case with many of the new buildings that have ...
Variation of Shear Wave Velocity with SPT-N Values in the City of Sharjah
(2014-06)
Modern building codes require the evaluation of a shear wave velocity profile of the foundation soils for a dynamic analysis of structures and sites to occur. Wave velocities are typically evaluated by conducting laboratory ...
Developing Quantitative Assessment Metrics for Determining the Intelligence Level of a Human-Computer Interface
(2014-01)
The quality of human-computer interfaces is becoming increasingly important as smart devices are becoming an essential part of our lives. Often what makes or breaks the market success of a device is not the hardware, but ...
Socially Motivated Approach to Simulate Negotiation Process
(2014-05)
Automated negotiation is treated as multi-disciplinary area of rigorous research consisting of Multi Agent Systems (MAS) such as optimization, decision support system, game theory and e-commerce. Thus, automated negotiations ...
Process simulation and analysis of a five-step copper–chlorine thermochemical water decomposition cycle for sustainable hydrogen production
(Wiley, 2014)
A process model of a five-step copper–chlorine (Cu–Cl) cycle is developed and simulated with the Aspen Plus simulation code. Energy and mass balances, stream flows and properties, heat exchanger duties, and shaft work are ...
Genre Within Genre: A Discourse Perspective On The Translation Of Existentialist Literature
(2014-04)
"There are important rhetorical and stylistic effects produced by describing a situation as not X rather than simply positively describing the same situation" (Sweetser, 2006, p. 313). This thesis is aimed at investigating ...
Relevance of the Theory of Relevance: Beyond Classical Approaches to Translation: Selected Verses of the Holy Qur'an as a case study
(2014-05)
This thesis hypothesizes the theory of relevance in translation a comprehensive theory that may include all the strengths of previous theories and approaches and circumvent their flaws and inefficiencies. The thesis proposes ...
Short-term Wind Power Prediction
(2014-06)
Environmental considerations in addition to energy crises have forced many countries to consider alternative energy sources; renewable energies are known as the best alternatives. Among renewable energies, wind power is ...