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Estimating Bridge Deterioration Age Using Artificial Neural Networks
(The British University in Dubai, 2017-09)Deterioration of reinforced concrete bridges is major issue in structural engineering due to the difficulty of estimating or predicting the service life of the bridge. Two types of models were developed to estimate the ... -
ESTIMATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM CABLE WASTE IN DEWA
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-05)The study topic is the use of the lifecycle assessment for estimating the environmental impact from cable waste in Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). The topic is of interest given the fact that asset management ... -
Evaluating and Optimizing the Indoor Environment Quality of Historical Museums in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-11)With the important role of museums in preserving the history for future generations in different societies, ancient historical artifacts are the main factor differentiating the indoor environments of museums from all ... -
Evaluating Impact of the Lighting and Acoustic Environments on The Learning Development of Children with Cognitive Disabilities in Special Education in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-10)Educational facilities are one of the most important establishments in society. Schools and learning institutions have the highest density of occupants, where children spend 25% of their day in classrooms indoors. For ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of current standards for designing Natural ventilation systems in hot climates and potential enhancements
(The British University in Dubai (BUID), 2018-09)Over the past decade, the ventilation of domestic buildings in hot climates has been dominated by the mechanical systems with its centralized and standalone forms. The domination was initially sparked by the global warming ... -
Evaluation of Compressive Strength for Recycled Aggregate Concrete Reinforced with Polypropylene Fibers
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-05)The compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibers was investigated. The possibility of using polypropylene fibers (PPF) in the recycled aggregate concrete (RCA) was extensively ... -
Evaluation of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) conditions in United Arab Emirates (UAE) elementary schools
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Evaluation of indoor environmental quality conditions in secondary schools' classrooms in Sharjah
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-06)Good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is essential to enhance better productivity and performance of teachers and students. Research was conducted at four selected schools in residential areas of Sharjah. The schools ... -
Evaluation of several Air Conditioning and Ventilation Energy Saving Strategies and Technologies in an Office Building
(The British University in Dubai (BUID), 2020-09)Managing energy consumption in the building sector become one of the engineers' priority to reducing greenhouse gases GHGs which affect climate and air quality negatively. This is how the scientists, researchers and engineers ... -
An Evaluation Study of Dynamic External Louvers in Office Building in Abu Dhabi
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-02)In the past years, there has been a growing interest among building designers and owners to include intelligence and dynamic systems, as a way for achieving energy-efficient buildings that comply with stringent energy codes ... -
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 ... -
Experimental evaluation of multi-agent reinforcement learning in real-world scale-free networks
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-01)Multi-agent reinforcement learning is a common method for optimizing agents' local decision in a distributed and scalable manner. However, the study and analysis of the state-of-the-art multi-agent reinforcement learning ... -
An Experimental Study of Dry Onion Skins as Renewable Materials for Interior Finishes and their Impact on Indoor Environment
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-04)The interior and exterior materials of the building have major effects on the environment. Interior designers can absolutely make our environment green and sustainable by responsibly selecting and approving the interior ... -
Exploring Key Success Factors in Implementing Project Management Processes to Ease Strategy Execution
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-02)The given research paper explores on the staff perception of project management versus the commitment to the actual work. Change resistance in the workplace is increasing and the given research analyzes how to overcome ... -
Exploring Machine Learning Models to Predict Harmonized System Code
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)Globalization has shaped the way governments and government agencies operate; alongside how said phenomenon has consequently paved the way toward economic growth. With globalization, use of modern technology has also become ... -
Exploring Practices to Utilize Information Technology Towards a Greener Environment, and Studying the Financial Implications of those Practices on Individuals and Corporations
(The British University in Dubai, 2017-10)Green information technology practices refer to ones that have proven to be beneficial in protecting the environment. These approaches have been devised as a response to the continued environmental degradation realized due ... -
Exploring Sentiment Analysis using Different Machine Learning Algorithms on Dialectal Arabic
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-04)Today, the intense use and relaying on the modern technologies such as; mobile phones, e-commerce, interactive websites, social media, wearables technologies, sensors, and satellites, is enabling data to be generated every ... -
Exploring Sustainable Strategies for Shelter Design at Refugee Camps: The Case of Domiz 1 Refugee Camp in Iraq
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)The recent refugee crisis is considered the most pressing humanitarian crisis the world is witnessing today. With 4.9 million Syrian refugees around the world, the Syrian refugee crisis has a major impact, not only on the ... -
Exploring the potential of applying Sustainable Retrofitting Policies & Regulations for existing low-rise small-scale Residential Buildings (Villas) in Dubai, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-12)Green retrofit for existing buildings has now become as one of the effective options to decrease energy consumption worldwide. It is crucial to develop sustainable retrofitting policies and regulations for the existing old ...