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Does the Answer to Water Security in the UAE Lie in Pakistan?
(2016-11)Is importing water into the UAE a practical solution from technological, political and environmental perspectives? -
Domesticate in the Name of Islam
(2013-05)The difficulties in translating Islamic discourse from Arabic into English are well documented. This discourse presents many gaps at many levels (from linguistic to ideological gaps). But the translation of Islamic discourses ... -
A Double Dwell Frequency Synchronization Scheme For OFDM Systems
(2015-01)Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is being used in many recent communication systems to cope with the demand for high data rate applications. It provides a significant improvement in the bandwidth efficiency ... -
Doxorubicin-encapsulated Albumin liposomes with acoustic triggering for cancer treatment
(2019-05)With cancer being the leading cause of death worldwide, increasing economic and social resources are being directed by researchers and healthcare professionals to treat the disease, or at least provide palliative care to ... -
Drivers and challenges for implementing ISO 14001 environmental management systems in an emerging Gulf Arab country
(Springer, 2017-11-13)Worldwide, ISO 14001 certification for organizations has become the norm, but the Arab world accounts for an insignificant portion of all the certified organizations. There is a dearth of research on environmental management ... -
Drivers of Customer Loyalty in B2B Services: A Firm-level Analysis Over Time
(American University of Sharjah, 2013-09-08)Identifying the drivers of relationship quality, satisfaction and customer loyalty has been the subject of much marketing research for over twenty years. However, there are a number of gaps in the literature, especially ... -
Drone Based Outdoor Insulator Inspection
(2019-04)Over the past few decades, interest in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and in particular quadcopters has increased due to the wide range of possible research applications that can benefit from the use of quadcopters. ... -
Droplet Geometry and Device Configuration Effects on Droplet Actuation in Open Digital Microfluidics
(2021-12)Digital microfluidics (DMF) is the manipulation of liquid droplets over an array of micro electrodes. It is considered as a new technology that facilitate several applications such as chemical synthesis, biological assays, ... -
Drug delivery in pluronic micelles: effect of high-frequency ultrasound on drug release from micelles and intracellular uptake
(Elsevier, 2002)The effect of high-frequency ultrasound on doxorubicin (DOX) release from Pluronic micelles and intracellular DOX uptake was studied for promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells, ovarian carcinoma drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant ... -
Drug Delivery Systems Based on Polymeric Micelles and Ultrasound: A Review
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2016)Anti-neoplastic drugs used for cancer treatment often produce damage to healthy cells, leading to severe side effects in patients undergoing chemotherapy. The encapsulation of these agents in nanoparticles reduces the ... -
Drug Discovery against Acanthamoeba Infections: Present Knowledge and Unmet Needs
(MDPI, 2020)Although major strides have been made in developing and testing various anti-acanthamoebic drugs, recurrent infections, inadequate treatment outcomes, health complications, and side effects associated with the use of ... -
Dual-Targeting and Stimuli-Triggered Liposomal Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment
(American Chemical Society, 2021)The delivery of chemotherapeutics to solid tumors using smart drug delivery systems (SDDSs) takes advantage of the unique physiology of tumors (i.e., disordered structure, leaky vasculature, abnormal extracellular matrix ... -
Dubai Metro and Green Energy
(2015-02-01)With almost 149,000 daily riders, the Metro is used more frequently and with the proposed expansion, Metro should be modified to run on green energy that will benefit the city in terms of energy consumption and it’s vision ... -
Dubbing Timon & Pumbaa Cartoon into Egyptian Arabic
(2011-06)As boundaries among cultures diminish the need for really comprehending them is arising simultaneously. Although children's cartoons are considered a form of entertainment for people of different ages, they also contain a ... -
Durability of Mortar and Epoxy Bonded Galvanized Steel Mesh Sheets to Concrete Surfaces
(2019-04)Over the last few decades, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets and plates have been extensively used as external strengthening materials and proved to be quite effective in enhancing the flexure and shear strength of ... -
Durability of the bond between CFRP plates and concrete exposed to harsh environment
(ASCE, 2014-12)Strengthening and retrofitting structural members using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials has gained wide acceptance in the civil engineering community because of their superior mechanical properties, light ... -
Durability Study of Basalt Fiber-reinforced Bars Exposed to Harsh Environments
(2019-04)In this research, the durability of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymers (BFRP) bars of 10 mm diameter is studied after direct exposure to severe conditions. The main aim is to investigate the degradation performance of the ... -
Durability Study on the Bond Strength of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) Bars
(2014-02)In the last few decades, Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) bars have emerged as alternatives to conventional steel reinforcing bars to overcome the corrosion problem found in reinforced concrete structures. Numerous studies ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Flexible Mechanisms with Clearance
(2016-12)This research is focused on studying the dynamic behavior of a four-bar mechanism with clearance. The presence of clearance in a revolute joint induces impacts between the journal and the sleeve. Therefore, it causes ... -
Dynamic Barrier System For Traffic Control
(2015-02-01)The traffic issues of Dubai cost the city and its population millions in wasted time and fuel. Although major projects have been undertaken to ease traffic congestion in Dubai such as the Dubai Metro projected in 2009 and ...
