Browsing AUS Theses & Dissertations by Issue Date
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Court Interpreting in the Sultanate of Oman
(2007-06)In this dissertation, the situation of court interpreting in Oman is discussed and the challenges that face court interpreters are further investigated. This thesis touches upon significant issues about court interpreting ... -
Developing a Cooperative Behavior for Multi Agents System Application to Robot Soccer
(2007-07)Middle League MiroSot robot soccer system is to be used as a test bed for a multi-agent cooperative system to develop new cooperative strategies. The robot soccer game is different from other multi-agent systems, in that ... -
Intelligent Multi-Sensor Process Condition Monitoring
(2007-12)Loss of production and machine breakdown are critical challenges facing modern machining. The main objective of this work is to develop an intelligent multi-sensor process condition monitoring that is able to predict the ... -
A Six Sigma Define Phase Methodology for Service-Level Compliance Processes
(2007-12)The world economy has been recently experiencing the shift towards services, a phenomenon that is referred to as services-based or services-led economy. A service generally combines activities of a more intangible nature, ... -
Strategies and Limitations in Advertising Translation from English into Arabic
(2008-01)This thesis examines the importance of advertising translation in today's global world. Its overall aim is to investigate strategies and limitations affecting advertising translation from English into Arabic, and concludes ... -
Teaching Pragmatics to Young Learners
(2008-01)This study is an attempt to investigate to what extent pragmatic competence can be taught to young learners in L2 classrooms. It also focuses on looking at the students' attitudes towards the activities presented to them ... -
UAE English Skills: A Textbook Evaluation
(2008-01)National English textbooks are considered to be the main element of the English language curriculum at government schools in the UAE. Tens of thousands of students studying at these schools depend on national textbooks for ... -
Improving INS/GPS Integration for Mobile Robotics Applications
(2008-04)As unmanned systems become more and more important, reliability and integrity issues become definite, specially when being implemented with low-cost (or sometimes are referred to as commercial-of-the shelf or COTS) sensors ... -
L2 Teachers' Perception Towards the Use of Computers in L2 Language Instruction
(2008-05)The way people communicate with others, conduct research, and gather information has changed due to the dramatic changes in computer technology. Computers have become prevalent everywhere and their presence in schools has ... -
Autonomous Mobile Robots in Nature: Transfer RNAs in Escherichia coli Bacteria
(2008-05)Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are the smallest autonomous robots on earth. They can recognize a specific amino acid from the possible pool of 20 different amino acids. They are able to transport these protein building blocks to ... -
Language and Culture in Business Translation from English into Arabic
(2008-06)Today, a new communication era is emerging in the fast paced world of business and economy. A case in point is our region (the Gulf and particularly Dubai) where the economy is globally expanding and with this, demand is ... -
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 ... -
Important Factors to Consider for Bilingual Education in the UAE
(2008-06)Despite the great number of schools which claim to foster bilingualism in the UAE, the voices of many educators and parents in the media reflect the difficulties that these schools face in trying to provide balanced bilingual ... -
Fetal ECG Signal Enhancement
(2008-06)Fetal heart monitoring yields vital information about the fetus health and can support medical decision making in critical situations. A compound signal is obtained non-invasively by placing electrodes on the abdomen area ... -
A Comparative Study between Modals in ESL/EFL Tertiary Textbooks and Actual Use by EFL Teachers
(2008-06)Teaching English modals to young adult and adult learners of English as a foreign language (EFL learners) is pedagogically a challenging task because some ESL/EFL tertiary textbooks do not present modals and their uses ... -
Topic Familiarity and Lexical Inferential Strategies in Advanced Emirati ESL Learners
(2008-08)The present study investigated the effect of background knowledge on lexical inferencing and which strategies advanced Emirati ESL learners used to help them infer the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary items in context. ... -
Investigating Classroom Management in Public High Schools in the UAE
(2008-08)Classroom management and discipline may be one of the most difficult challenges for teachers, especially novice ones. Learning may be affected negatively if there is no effective management of the classroom. Every learning ... -
Vocabulary Teaching Techniques in an Omani Government School
(2008-09)Vocabulary teaching has been the subject of much discussion among the community of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in government schools in Oman. It is considered to be one of the causes of the general weakness ... -
Cultural Challenges in Translating for Museums From English into Arabic
(2008-10)Museums assert that they can work alongside other cultural institutions, such as schools and universities, to contribute to social development. In that sense museums can be considered as educational and cultural platforms ... -
Translating Arabic Discourse of Commitment into English: Ideology in Political Speeches
(2008-12)In this thesis, the issue of ideology in translating what may be called 'the discourse of commitment' in political speeches is discussed and analyzed. It is generally assumed that, especially in dealing with sacred and ...