Browsing Faculty Work (AUS Sustainability) by Title
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Energy Efficient Refrigerator - Buying Decision An Environmental Accounting Case
(2013-01)This case is designed to introduce students to the topic of environmental management accounting and provide experience in decision making with environmental costs and benefits. -
Energy-Aware QoS Uplink Scheduling for UGS Traffic Flows in WiMAX Networks
(Elsevier, 2014-01)This paper presents a new energy-aware QoS scheduling and call admission control algorithm for WiMAX IEEE 802.16e wireless access standard. The scheduling algorithm works at MAC layer and is designed towards minimizing ... -
The environmental impact of obesity: longitudinal evidence from the United States
(Elsevier, 2017-08)This paper examines the relationship between obesity and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while accounting for the environmental impact of growth in transportation output and in crop and animal farming. -
EQUITY INCOME OF ENERGY FIRMS: EXAMINATION OF NON-CASH INCOME
(2010-04)The energy sector has reported robust profits in recent years with some energy firms reporting record profits, drawing botii public and political scrutiny. Reported accounting profits, however, can include amounts that do ... -
Evaluating the Sustainability of Traffic Growth in Malaysia
(2015)This paper evaluates the sustainability of traffic growth in Malaysia.The number of registered vehicles is used as an indication of traffic growth.Also, the number of registered buses is considered ... -
Evaluation of fluoride levels in bottled water and their contribution to health and teeth problems in the United Arab Emirate
(Elsevier, 2016-10)Fluoride is needed for better health, yet if ingested at higher levels it may lead to health problems. Fluoride can be obtained from different sources, with drinking water being a major contributor. In the United Arab ... -
Evaluation of Sustainability of Multistory Reinforced Concrete Structure
(2014)Three different types of concrete mixes of design strengths 100 MPa, 50 MPa, and 50 MPa lightweight were designed, produced, and analyzed in the effort to quantify their effects on sustainability and economics. An overall ... -
Evaluation of sustainable concrete produced with desalinated reject brine
(Elsevier, 2017-06)The worldwide demand for new concrete buildings is increasing at a rapid pace to keep up with urban development. Despite the need, concrete production and its use have a number of environmental consequences. The production ... -
Evaluations of Sustainable Concepts in Civil Engineering Program
(2011)Sustainability has been very critical for civil engineering graduates. A lack of understanding the fundamentals of sustainable material brings obstacles in implementing the concepts of sustainability ... -
An examination into the disclosure, structure and contents of ethical codes in publicly-listed acquiring firms
(Springer, 2015-03)Due to the prevalent influence of legal trends in driving ethical homogenization and persistent decoupling between ethical substance and symbolism in today's organizations, scholars are calling for a renewed interest in ... -
Exergy analysis of heat exchangers in the copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle to enhance thermal effectiveness and cycle efficiency
(2011-08)Most existing nuclear power plants in North America are typically water-cooled and operate at 250–5008C. For this temperature level, the copper–chlorine (Cu–Cl) cycle is one of the most promisingcycles that can be integrated ... -
Exergy and thermo-economic analysis of solar thermal cycles powered multi-stage flash desalination process
(2013-12)Solar thermal power cycles assisted multi-stage flash brine recycle (MSF-BR) distillation process are thermo-economically analyzed and evaluated. In this work, the analyses are compared according to three different ... -
An exergy-cost-energy-mass analysis of a hybrid copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production
(2010-05)An exergoeconomic assessment using exergy-cost-energy-mass (EXCEM) analysis is reported of a copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) thermochemical water splitting cycle for hydrogen production. The quantitative relation is identified ... -
Expatriate time to proficiency: individual antecedents and the moderating effect of home country
(Emerald Insight, 2019-09-09)The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct impact of individual variables (cultural openness, social orientation, willingness to communicate, confidence in own technical abilities, active stress resistance, prior ... -
An Experimental Investigation of a Cold Thermal Energy Storage System
(2013-02)This research work investigates the heat transfer characteristics of a direct contact heat exchanger. A cold two phase refrigerant R134a is injected into water stored in an evaporator to exchange directly heat with the ... -
Experimental study of high-performance hybrid NF-MSF desalination pilot test unit driven by renewable energy
(2013-03)This study presents the experimental results of a renewable energy (RE) driven, high-performance multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination unit integrated with nanofiltration (NF) membrane. The desalination pilot test is built ... -
Fault Detection of Fuel Systems Using Polynomial Regression Profile Monitoring
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-08-09)Anomaly detection is the characterization of a normal behavior of a system or process and identification of any deviation from such normal behavior. Anomaly detection of critical systems provides an important financial and ... -
Feasibility of Condensate Recovery in Humid Climates
(2013)This study investigates the practicality of using the air-conditioning condensate as an additional source of water. The scarcities of natural water resources, especially in arid regions, represent a major obstacle restraining ... -
Firm Internationalization and Corporate Social Responsibility
(Springer, 2016-03)Using a large sample of 3,040 U.S. firms and 16,606 firm-year observations over the 1991–2010 period, we find strong evidence that firm internationalization is positively related to the firm’s corporate social responsibility ... -
Forecasting Energy Demand: The Case of United Arab Emirates
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)The purpose of this study is to forecast energy use in United Arab Emirates (UAE) using annual data over the period 1976-2009. The methodology used in this study follows the artificial neural networks analyses. We use four ...