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Narratives of the Maps: Emirati Undergraduate Students’ Stories of National Identity
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-01)In 1971, the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) put their national dreams forward and celebrated the federation of the UAE. Since then, the UAE has changed rapidly to become a globalised country that aspires to achieve ... -
National Culture and Leadership in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-05)With the trend towards globalisation, multinational corporations continue to seek global diversity. As such it is imperative to better understand the importance and impact of organisational variables such as leadership and ... -
Native and Nonnative English-speaking EFL Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching Grammar and their Classroom Practices in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Government High Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-01)The main purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the native English-speaking (NESTs) and the nonnative English-speaking (NNESTs) EFL teachers’ self-reported beliefs towards grammar teaching and their classroom ... -
Native versus the non-native English speaking teacher: the adult student's perspective in the UAE
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The Nature of Science Aspects That High School Students Exhibit During Debating a Controversial Socio-scientific Issue
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)Over the last century, a lot of investigations were done to enhance the students’ understanding of the nature of the scientific knowledge, as well as, to have the educators agreed to put the nature of the scientific ... -
Needs Assessment of Gifted Education Programmes in Dubai; an investigative case study of governmental Primary Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-01)Gifted education, defined as the schooling of students demonstrating an exceptional ability to learn, is relatively new in the education system of the United Arab Emirates (UAE); hence, research on gifted education in the ... -
Neural Machine Translation for Arabic Language
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-07)Translating the Arabic Language into other languages engenders multiple linguistic problems, as no two languages can match, either in the meaning given to the conforming symbols or in the ways in which such symbols are ... -
The new accounting standard IFRS 9 and its impact on how banks should provision for credit losses
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)On Jan, 2018 the new accounting standard International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) was implemented aiming in simplifying calculation of impairment and other financial measurements. The aim of this study is to ... -
A New Management Model for Higher Education in Dubai-UAE: Quality Management in Alignment with Professional Autonomy
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-01)Many researchers argue that the total quality management model should be modified in order to fit the higher education context, yet there is no quality management model which is truly modified to take into account the ... -
The New Role of the Client in Adopting Innovation in Construction Projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)The rate of innovation adoption in the construction industry has been witnessed to have risen due to an increased awareness in clients about the perceived benefits of innovation. Two important innovation examples that have ... -
The Next Generation Teams: Technology Adoption to Eliminate the Boundaries of Space through Building an Integrated Effective Virtual Team Platform
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-04)The revolution of information technology led into more open markets and globalization. This technology revolution and its results put more pressure on corporations and business owners to change their way of thinking and ... -
Nominated Subcontractors and the Principle of Privity under the UAE and English Laws
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-11)The privity principle is one of the primary intact rules of contract among the international jurisdictions. Applying the same however on the parties having no direct binding relationship but they are connected by a ... -
NON-WORK-RELATED FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE WORK COMMITMENT OF GENERATION Y UAE NATIONALS
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-07)The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of non-work-related factors on organisational commitment among Generation Y UAE nationals. The three non-work-related factors that were investigated included family ... -
A novel design technique for generating building form
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)This dissertation sets out to develop a novel design technique for generating building form in the early stage of the design. It recognizes generative design approaches potential to explore form integrally with instant ... -
A Novel Generative Design System for Ceiling Lighting Layouts
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-08)The dissertation suggests a novel design approach that generates reflected ceiling layouts. Presenting an algorithmic system scripted Dynamo in the form of a BIM plug-in. The system employs various design approaches through ... -
NOVEL STACKING CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION ALGORITHM BASED AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING FOR ELDERLY
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-09)The ageing of the population in developed nations necessitates the expansion of medical services, raising the cost of both economic and human resources. In this respect, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a comparatively new ... -
Numerical Evaluation of Pre-Damaged Beam Using Recycled Concrete Aggregate Strengthened by FRP Sheets
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-09)Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has been increasingly used nowadays as an effective rehabilitation method in buildings due to structural flaws and aging of building structures, therefore it is an effective method to repair ... -
Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Faculty Satisfaction with e-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-10)Since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, e-learning has been massively expanding in higher education institutions. The abrupt transition to e-learning may have influenced the teaching-learning process and created ... -
Occupational Commitment of Women in STEM Fields: The Impact of Coping Self-Efficacy and Mentoring
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)Continued under-representation of women employed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields drastically reduces the available talent pool of technical skills. There have been many initiatives to enrol ... -
Oil and gas industry tanks Inspection, maintenance and repair as per international Engineering standard
(The British University in Dubai, 2019-07)This dissertation is centered on inspection, maintenance and repair of oil and gas tanks. The tanks play a vital role of storing oil and gas products as they await transportation or further processing. These products are ...