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Magnetic Fe3O4 Nano-Structured Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Mild Steel
(2014-07)
The use of coatings is a prime method in corrosion control of mild steel in the industry. Inorganic coatings have proven potency in corrosion control over organic ones; however, they have always been associated with a ...
Assessment Through Student Portfolios in Omani Schools
(2006-06)
Why do Omani teachers not use student portfolios as effective alternative tools of assessment? Why do they only depend on traditional testing to evaluate students progress in the English language? Although the Ministry ...
AUS Student Writers' Use of Clauses: Support for the Contrastive Rhetoric Hypothesis?
(2009-12)
Different theories exist regarding the characteristics of academic writing in English by students of other L1s. In 1966 Robert Kaplan proposed the contrastive rhetoric hypothesis, which has evolved over the years into the ...
Enablers for Adoption of E-Learning Technology in Anti-Money Laundering Training in UAE Banks
(2007-05)
Like other organization-wide compliance training regimes, e-Learning technologies also provide an ideal platform for anti-money laundering training in the banking sector. The past 9/11 environment and the recent monetary ...
Discourse Analysis of Argumentation from an English/Arabic Translation Perspective
(2008-06)
This thesis explores whether Arab translators translate argumentative discourse adequately. The study examines the degree of awareness among translators of the genre conventions embedded in the argumentative English source ...
Cultural Identity and Transliteration in the UAE Educational Curriculum
(2015-05)
This thesis examines whether transliteration is the most appropriate strategy to preserve Emirati cultural identity when local cultural elements are transferred into English in educational curricula. Cultural elements ...
Solving The 2D Biharmonic Equation: A Numerical Approach Based On Spline Collocation
(2016-07)
In this thesis, several numerical methods, that are based on spline basis functions, are suggested for the solution of a general class of fourth order boundary value problems. In particular, The two-dimensional biharmonic ...
Technology Management and Analysis of Integrating Fuel Cell Systems in Gas Turbine Power Plants
(2013-04)
In this thesis, comprehensive and detailed energy and economic analyses of integrating different types of fuel cells in gas turbine power plants are performed. The research investigates the performance of a hybrid system ...
Some applications of the Hyperbolic Metric
(2015-06)
This thesis is an expository of the hyperbolic geometry in general and the hyperbolic metric for several domains in particular. The thesis also focuses on the differences between the Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic ...
Cyclic Production Scheduling with Remanufacturing
(2015-06)
The cyclic production scheduling problem is concerned with the development of a least-cost cyclic production schedule for a set of tasks required to produce a set of products over a given production cycle and according to ...