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    • DNA Base-Calling 

      Mohammed, Omniyah Gul (2010-05)
      The human genome sequence, consisting of approximately three billion bases, was decoded in the last decade as a result of the Human Genome Project. Information derived from the genomic sequences of different species is ...

    • DNA Base-Calling Techniques 

      Odeh, Fadi (2008-12)
      The availability of substantial amounts of DNA sequence information has begun to revolutionize the practice of biology. So it is obvious that manual sequencing output is not adequate to keep pace with the growing demand ...

    • DNA damage induced by micellar-delivered doxorubicin and ultrasound: comet assay study 

      Husseini, Ghaleb; El-Fayoumi, Refaat I.; O'Neill, Kim L.; Rapoport, Natalya Y.; Pitt, William G. (Elsevier, 2000)
      To minimize adverse side effects of chemotherapy, we have developed a micellar drug carrier that retains hydrophobic drugs, and then releases the drug by ultrasonic stimulation. This study investigated the DNA damage induced ...

    • Does E-Verify Discriminate against Hispanic Citizens? 

      Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Jin, Xing; Pozo, Susan (American University of Sharjah, 2015)
      The ratcheting up of immigration enforcement has resulted in a number of unintended consequences featured in the news, such as family separations. We focus on, yet, another potentially unintended consequence -namely the ...

    • Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis 

      AbuAl-Foul, Bassam (American University of Sharjah, 2018)
      This paper used time-series data to investigate the causal relation between foreign direct investment and economic growth in two MENA countries, namely Egypt and Jordan. The methodology used in this study follows Toda and ...

    • Does Property Ownership by Women Reduce Domestic Violence? A Case of Latin America 

      Gahramanov, Emin; Gaibulloev, Khusrav; Younas, Javed (American University of Sharjah, 2020-06-01)
      It is widely believed that empowering women via various material means increases women’s outside options and, thereby, makes them less vulnerable to intimate partner violence. However, the effect of such empowerment on ...

    • Does the Answer to Water Security in the UAE Lie in Pakistan? 

      Kyaure, Muhammad; Elfarra, Abdalsattar; Alshamsi, Abdallah; Mohamed, Amgad; Al Mansouri, Hazeem (2016-11)
      Is importing water into the UAE a practical solution from technological, political and environmental perspectives?

    • Domesticate in the Name of Islam 

      Yousif, Mariam (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 

      Kousa, Nour Ali (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 

      Farooq, Afifa (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 

      Waxin, Marie-France; Knuteson, Sandra; Bartholomew, Aaron (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 

      Khan, Sajid; Williams, Paul; Naumann, Earl (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 ...

    • Drivers, Challenges and Outcomes of Environmental Management System Implementation in Public Sector Organizations: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence 

      Waxin, Marie-France; Bartholomew, Aaron; Zhao, Fang; Siddiqi, Ayesha (MDPI, 2023-04-28)
      Our research objectives were to conduct a systematic literature review of the empirical articles on the drivers, challenges and outcomes of environmental management system (EMS) implementation in public sector organizations ...

    • Drone Based Outdoor Insulator Inspection 

      Waleed, Danial (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 

      Al-Lababidi, Malik Mamoun (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 

      Marin, Alexander; Sun, Hao; Husseini, Ghaleb; Pitt, William G.; Christensen, Douglas A.; Rapoport, Natalya Y. (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 

      Tanbour, Rafeeq Kamal; Martins, Ana M.; Pitt, William G.; Husseini, Ghaleb (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 

      Elsheikha, Hany M.; Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; Khan, Naveed (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 

      AlSawaftah, Nour Majdi; Pitt, William G.; Husseini, Ghaleb (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 

      Prem, Arun; Haddad, Issa; Gharaibeh, Basil; Babar, Daniyal (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 ...