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Structural design and cost comparison between a concrete structure and steel a structure of a tall residential building in Dubai subjected to seismic and wind loads.
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-10)There are many materials and structural systems of buildings over the world such as Steel structures, Concrete, Wood, Stone and Brick/Masonry. Apparently, each one of them is having its properties and limitation of ... -
Understanding the impact of using Chatbot for shipment delivery toward environmental sustainability using the SEM-ANN approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-03)This research paper examines chatbot technology acceptance in customer service and shipment delivery, adoption studies, and sustainability. However, little research concerns the effect of the use of chatbots for shipment ... -
BIM for Economic Green Retrofitting based on LEED- EBOM
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-09)The current situation of global warming requires many actions to reduce the GHG emissions and resources depletion so the governments around the world defined several visions and plans to be achieved within long term and ... -
Factors Affecting Cybersecurity Behaviour in the Metaverse: A Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach Based on Deep Learning
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-01)Cybersecurity procedures and policies are prevalent countermeasures for protecting organizations from cybercrimes and security incidents. However, without considering human behaviours, implementing these countermeasures ... -
Variational Auto Encoder Approach To Find Deferentially Expressed Genes
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)A study of differentially expressed genes across different cell types will help in identifying cell-specific responses to treatments or diseases. Recent advances in single-cell technology enable an analysis of thousands ... -
Sentiment Analysis for Arabic Social media Movie Reviews Using Deep Learning
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-10)This work is to apply sentiment analysis SA for Arabic movie reviews on social media. Automatically detecting attitude or sentiment in a text is often helpful. By classifying the data into positive, negative, or neutral ... -
Organizational Culture Factors Affecting the Project Effectiveness in the Construction Industry of the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-12-15)The present research examined organizational culture factors that are associated with project success in the construction business in the UAE. The study investigates the influence of project coordination, trust, communication, ... -
Examining the Factors affecting the sustainability of blockchain technology in higher education using a hybrid SEM-ANN approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-10)Blockchain technology has received considerable attention during the last few years. Blockchain technology permits the creation of a distributed record of a decentralized digital event in which data and related transactions ... -
Examining the factors affecting users’ cybersecurity behaviour in mobile payment contactless technologies: A hybrid SEM-ANN approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-12)Modern businesses have adopted a plethora of advancements due to the emergence of digital transformation where the recent lifestyle requires to have a robust platform to process all the communication in an effective and ... -
Double Skin Façade for an office building in the extreme UAE climate
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-07)Regional climate change scenarios indicate ever-increasing building energy consumption trends which are a serious cause of concern for the built environment sector of the UAE. Mitigating the increasing energy trends is ... -
Sentiment Analysis for opinion leaders on Twitter: A Case Study of COVID-19
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)The coronavirus or COVID-19 is an ongoing global problem where a pandemic was implemented early in 2020 during the outbreak. Social media platforms were used during the pandemic to share views and exchange information. ... -
3- DIMENSIONAL CONCRETE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-01)The structural engineers are always in a challenge between the responsibility for the people life and the development in the structural engineering sector, the long spans or the height of the buildings also the modern ... -
Predicting Student Withdrawal from UAE CHEDS Repository using Data Mining Methodology
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)Early prediction of a student who is at risk of course dropout leads to student retention in the study course. The percentage of student dropout in higher education sector is high, and affects the students’ careers negatively ... -
Critical Success Factors for Implementing Off-Site Modular Construction projects in UAE: A Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)Offsite Modular Construction, have started gaining popularity in the middle east in the last few years as it is seen to improve quality, reduce construction time and reduce safety related accidents. This research studied ... -
Developing a Framework for Weapon and Mask Detection in Surveillance Systems
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)Financial institutions, jewelry stores, hypermarkets and automated teller machines all experience yearly thefts of vast amount of money. Police have dismantled a few of the robbery attempts. Police successfully apprehend ... -
THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DISRUPTION ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN THE ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING SECTOR
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)Supply chain disruptions are common during unexpected occurrences, such as pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major supply chain disruption in the engineering manufacturing sector. Therefore, this dissertation aims ... -
Investigating the causes and drivers of food waste in the hospitality sector in Dubai-UAE. Toward implementing food waste prevention strategies.”
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-12)Saving natural resources to protect the planet and help sustain a better future for the generations requires focusing mainly on the three pillars of a sustainable society that are important for humans to live and interact. ... -
Investigation of Indoor Particulate Matter (PM) Level in Office Buildings in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-06)The air around us is a mixture of many elements from different states. The particulate matters are suspended particles in the air, which are in liquid or solid state. These particulate matters have a major impact on human ... -
Solar PV Construction Project Delays and Mitigation Strategies to Enhance Projects Timeline Performance A case study From Dubai’s Environment
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)Distributed renewable generation projects are currently taking the major focus worldwide since it acts as the key enabler to the advanced grid structures such as smart grids and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). The solar PV ... -
A Framework to Implement Advanced Technologies in Higher Education Institutions: A Blockchain-Based Solution Case Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-11)The main drive behind this research is a statement made by Haugsbakken and Langseth (2019) that higher education institutions (HEIs) have a history of being slow and ineffective in adopting new technologies. The United ...