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Adsorption study of desulfurization of diesel oil using activated charcoal
(2015-05)
This research investigates the use of adsorptive desulfurization for diesel oil using carbon-based adsorbents, and it evaluates the effect of the adsorptive desulfurization on the ignition quality of diesel fuel. Two of ...
Acoustically activated release of estrone-targeted liposomes used for breast cancer treatment
(2016-01)
Chemotherapy is frequently used in cancer treatment. However, side effects associated with this type of treatment are often detrimental to the patient's health. This thesis discusses a novel approach of delivering a cytotoxic ...
Reconfigurable Low-Noise Amplifier Using RF MEMS-CMOS Varactors in 180 nm Technology
(2016-05)
Mobile phones are one of the most commonly used wireless communication devices. Users show high interest in multifunctional devices that can provide different kinds of services for exchanging information. Therefore, new ...
Cultural Identity and Transliteration in the UAE Educational Curriculum
(2015-05)
This thesis examines whether transliteration is the most appropriate strategy to preserve Emirati cultural identity when local cultural elements are transferred into English in educational curricula. Cultural elements ...
Control of Flow Past an Airfoil Section Using Rotating Cylinders
(2015-02)
The flow past a NACA 0024 airfoil with a leading edge rotating cylinder is simulated numerically using the ANSYS CFX software. To delay the boundary layer separation from the airfoil surface, different configurations for ...
Girls of Riyadh: Issues of Translation and Ideology
(2011-06)
Ideology interference is said to be unavoidable in translation, since translation is subjective by definition. However, when the translator's ideology interferes in the translation process to the extent of changing the ...
Addressing Language Errors in L2 Students' Writing: Can Corpora Help?
(2011-06)
Direct corpus consultation by learners has been recognized as a means of helping students speak and write standard English by allowing them to look up real world language usage. However, factors such as students' language ...
Translation of the Imperative Forms in the Holy Qur'an
(2016-05)
This thesis is about the translation of the imperative forms in the Holy Qur'an. Relevant issues in translation theory are covered in the beginning of the thesis. I focused on the linguistic approaches in translation studies ...
Non-Linear Profile Monitoring Using Artificial Neural Network Fault Detection
(2018-04)
In today’s world, the development of technology and industrial systems is becoming much more complex with the ever-demanding need for higher quality. Anomaly detection is the characterization of a normal behavior of a ...
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech: Translation and Commentary
(2016-12)
Although Winston Churchill wrote some of the greatest speeches of the twentieth century, few of those speeches or only fragments of them have been translated into Arabic. This thesis is a translation and commentary of one ...