Browsing AUS Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Retrofitting of Composite Steel Beams Pre-Damaged in Flexure using Fiber Reinforced Polymers
(2015-05)The demand for the use of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite sheets and plates is exponentially increasing in the rehabilitation of deteriorating steel-concrete composite beams across the Globe. The aim of ... -
Risk Assessment in Construction Projects: Integrating Five Dimensions of Risk
(2023-12)Managing risks is an essential yet complex task for project managers. The ranking of risks is important because it would be impossible to deal with every potential risk at every stage of the project. Having assigned risk ... -
Risk Identification and Assessment Through Construction Project Lifecycle in UAE
(2022-04)Risk management in construction projects has been recognized as a critical management process for achieving project goals and completing the project successfully. Most previous research has concentrated on specific aspects ... -
Risk in Forecasting Correct Directional Changes in Financial Times Series
(2012-05)Forecasting future moves of financial time series is an important task. Decision makers use different forecasting approaches. Regardless of the approach used, decision makers need to confident that the forecasting approach ... -
A Robotic System for Automatic Identification and Collection of Recyclable Plastic Bottles
(2020-05)Plastics have become a cornerstone of modern life, but they are also hazardous for the environment. Manually collecting and sorting such recyclable plastic waste from a mix of other refuse is tedious work, and has accompanying ... -
Robust Control of Elastic Drive Systems Using The Immersion and Invariance Methodology
(2013-10)This thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part presents a new robust control methodology to suppress the torsional vibrations in flexible drive systems. The position control of a nonlinear Two-Mass-Model ... -
The Role of Culture in Teaching English as an International Language in the Arabian Gulf: A Case Study
(2005-12)English as an International Language (EIL) has become the lingua franca of the world today. An important factor of this widespread use of English is the fact that most people speaking the language today are not native ... -
The Role of Mentoring in ESL Classrooms in the United Arab Emirates
(2011-06)It is widely accepted that an effective mentoring program helps novice teachers with varied backgrounds in their professional development. Appointing experienced teachers to guide and support novice teachers is one way to ... -
The Role of Reflection in ELT: University of Sharjah Teachers' Views
(2012-06)Reflection is a vast and vague concept. If it is simple to reflect in some ways, in other ways it is complicated. We cannot find out what is going on in someone's mind until it is externalized in the form of actions. ... -
Saudi Translation Project (2000-2015): A Historiographical Bibliometric Study
(2015-10)This thesis discusses the Saudi Translation Project during the period 2000-2015. The discussion considers historiography, culture and identity in relation to Translation Studies, as well as the genealogy of translation in ... -
Scalable Behavioral Models and Predistorters for Broad Band Power Amplifiers
(2023-05)With the ever-changing improvements in the realm of telecommunication, power amplifiers (PAs), being an indispensable component, are required to adhere to very high demands. The technology behind manufacturing power ... -
Scheduling IoT Requests to Minimize Latency in Fog Computing
(2017-06)Delivering services for Internet of Things (IoT) applications that demand real-time and predictable latency is challenge. Several IoT applications require stringent latency requirements due to the interaction between the ... -
Security Assessment of Low-Resource Edge Devices for IoT Systems
(2020-04)The rapid adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is creating a large number of systems that employ low cost technologies to automate and control everyday operations in smart cities. This resulted in new security ... -
Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(2013-06)The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is generally known to be a region of low seismicity despite being in close proximity to active seismic zones. However, recent moderate earthquakes that occurred within the UAE highlighted the ... -
Seismic Site Response, Analysis and Characterization of Major Cities in UAE
(2011-06)United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced significant economic growth in recent years. The accelerated schedule driven projects are compelling designers to use values of seismic hazard (ground motion) that are either ... -
Selective Removal of Dual Dyes from Aqueous Solutions Using Metal Organic Framework (MIL-53(Al))
(2019-11)Organic dyes released from many industries such as textile, leather, and paper industries can be a threat to the environment and living creatures. Adsorption stands out as one of the favorite dye removal methods among the ... -
Self-Powered Balun Low Noise Amplifier with Degeneration Balancing and Thermal Noise Analysis
(2020-05)The Balun low noise amplifier (LNA) is an LNA that exploits a combination of a common-source (CS) and a common-gate (CG) transistor, which cancels the noise and distortion of the CG stage. And since the CG is known to be ...