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Assessment of Diabetes and its Risk Factors Knowledge in AUS students
(2022-12)The prevalence of diabetes has been rising globally at an alarming rate. In addition to the prominent role of genetic factors, global changes in people's living standards over the last few years, including sedentary ... -
Assessment of Disinfection By-Product Formation in Polymeric Pipe Distribution Systems
(2013-06)In recent years, polymeric materials have become the dominant type of material used for drinking water pipe distribution systems. They have some advantages over other types of pipes such as cast iron, ductile iron, concrete, ... -
Assessment of Integrating Solar Energy Technology with Combined Cycle Power Plants
(2014-06)The integration of solar energy technology with the conventional combined cycle is considered as a promising technology to produce electricity due to its valuable and unique benefits. Also, adding thermal energy storage ... -
Assessment of Inventory and Transportation Collaboration in a Logistics Marketplace
(2020-03)The globalization of businesses and the consequent competition introduce significant pressures on logistics systems. One such key demand on the role of logistics within organizations is the increased emphasis on time-based ... -
Assessment of solar electricity production in the United Arab Emirates
(2013)In this work the possible large-scale integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems and parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) power system is investigated in technical, ... -
Assessment of the Environmental Status of the Mangrove Ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates
(MDPI, 2020)In the Arabian Gulf, mangroves play a particularly important role in maintaining biodiversity. Water and intertidal sediments were collected from eight sampling locations in April 2017 to assess the environmental status ... -
Assessment of Usability of Web-Based Applications' User Interfaces
(2017-07)System intelligence can be expressed in terms of how much it helps to make a desired task easy for human beings. The concept can be extended to user interface of computer software which is the cornerstone of human- machine ... -
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 ... -
Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters
(Elsevier, 2021)Switching to energy mixes that use more non-fossil fuels is critical to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. Climate change poses a major challenge to oil exporting Gulf countries, like the rest of the ... -
Audio Visual Translation: Subtitling Pragmatic Features
(2006-12)Globally, this is the age of mass communications, of multimedia experience and a world where audiences demand the right to share the text, be it film, song , or book simultaneously across cultures" Bassnett (cited in ... -
An auditing framework for knowledge-enabled supply chain management: Implications for sustainability
(MDPI, 2017)Knowledge management (KM) plays a key role in the success of several enterprise systems, such as supply chain management (SCM). This paper discusses knowledge-enabled supply chain management (K-SCM) as it enhances the ... -
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 ... -
AUS-UAV HILS Setup of Dynamic Flight Path Planning
(2006-08)My research will utilize the existing UAV test-bed consisting of the TRI-60 RC airplane, the Avionics Unit, the embedded controller system, and the Ground Station to test minimum time flight path algorithms and mission ... -
Auto Takeoff and Precision Landing using Integrated GPS/INS/Optical Flow Solution
(2015-01)Auto takeoff and landing has been considered as the most challenging part in performing a flight with a high degree of autonomy. Hence, many researchers have addressed the problem of developing a precise auto takeoff and ... -
Automated Traffic-Dependent Movable Barriers
(2014-07-22)Congestion on highways has become a serious problem in recent years. It is due to the increase in population and the increasing number of cars per household. There is one car for every two residents in the United Arab ... -
Automated Writing Evaluations in The ESL Classroom
(2023-05)Automated feedback systems have taken center stage in global education. It is unarguably evident that there have been noticeable increases in attempts by many technological companies to develop automated feedback tools ... -
Automatic detection of data manipulation in power systems
(2019-04)Securing and protecting a power grid system is critical because a power grid transmits and distributes power to millions of people across a country. One of the significant topics in this field is having a real time model ... -
Automatic Plastic Bottle Classification System for Recycling
(2005-12)This thesis presents the design, development, implementation and testing of automatic plastic bottles sorting and classification system. The sorting is based on the bottle material chemical composition as well as on the ...