Browsing Faculty of Engineering & IT by Issue Date
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A Modified Double Skin Façade for the Desert Climate Integrated with Evaporative Cooling Spray
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-06)Existing literature on double-skin facades is reviewed, including classifications and its transferability to hot and humid climates. The analysis led to evaporative cooling spray, where objectives are drawn to quantify its ... -
Investigating the effect of Light Pipes, as Daylight Strategy, on Employee Performance Levels in High-Rise Office Buildings in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-10)Corresponding with the importance of daylighting, studies have established the non-energy related benefits of daylighting at office buildings. Quantitative studies and qualitative statements are utilized during the course ... -
The Use of Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) to Test New Designs for Improving Daylight Performance of Office Buildings in Dubai-UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-11)Daylighting has often been recognized as a useful source of energy savings and visual comforts. There has been increasing interest in using daylight to save energy in buildings. In the recent years, particular concerns ... -
Prenatal and postnatal information support through the web
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Business intelligence implementation challenges in telecommunication industry
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Customer Acceptance and Bank Employee Perceptions of Internet Banking
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-12)The purpose of this research is to attain an in-depth understanding of the bank managers’ and employees’ perception of internet banking and investigate factors influencing customer adoption of internet banking (IB) and ... -
Predicting User Behavior over the Web
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-01)Web Usage Mining is the application of discovering useful patterns from web data using statistical and data mining techniques. It has recently a wide range of applications in E-commerce web site and E-services such as ... -
The contribution of computer software programmes to improving teaching processes for childrenwith down's syndrome: A study of special education centers in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-01)Technology has always been considered as an empowering tool to guide learners during their studies. However, mentally challenged kids diagnosed with Down‟s syndrome do not always have the same opportunity to use technology ... -
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 ... -
Security in wire/wireless networks: sniffing attacks prevention/detection techniques in LAN networks & the effect on biometric technology
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-02)During the past era, Information Technology made a revolution in R&D. No double internet becomes an essential backbone of all sciences and research nowadays. Accordingly security threats and data banks attacks turn out to ... -
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 ... -
Colon cancer classification using microarray data
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-03)A thesis presented on the classification of cancerous and normal tissue samples using microarray data. In treating cancer time is of the essence and early detection can dramatically increase the chances of survival. Imaging ... -
Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-03)This study is an evaluation of the environmental impacts of courtyard integration in midrise housing in the hot-arid climate of Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. A computer simulation (IES 6.0) is utilized to measure selected ... -
Utilizing Web activities to generate revenue for Airports - with focus on Social Media
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-03)Airports are being nowadays considered as Commercial profit centers rather than public cost centers. The nature of the airports being entities that offer a range of service for its customers and tenants such as travel, ... -
IT Governance in Dubai Government Organizations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Nowadays, having an effective IT department that is aligned with the business needs and aspiration has become top priority in organizations striving to stay ahead. To deal with this issue,the concept of IT Governance (IT) ... -
How can Electronic Medical Record Help improve Health Services in Emirate of Abu Dhabi?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Health Information System is the current most widely discussed topic in Abu Dhabi hospitals; as the implementation of such a system is still being rolled out to all hospitals and primary health care centers; also, let us ... -
Methodology for Weighted Social Networks Navigation
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Our world is becoming an increasingly interconnected world. Connection between different people is being expanded dramatically especially after the vast use of technologies in this area. This expansion necessitates a deep ... -
How one-to one E-learning enhances and affects high school students’ learning performance in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-06)The one-to-one E-learning solution has become a significant tool of 21st century teaching art within UAE. It also has become the language that UAE youth speak. Therefore, this paper discusses how this new injected solution ... -
Performance of shading device inspired by traditional hejazi houses in Jeddah Saudi Arabia
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-08)With the recent economic boom in Saudi Arabia many new high-rise buildings, residential compounds and social complexes are under construction. Designing these buildings without respect to the residents‟ social and religious ... -
Energy Performance of Public Housing Buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil An Evaluation of the Current Design Process
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-09)With global warming and its impact on the environment becoming more evident, sustainability has become a major factor to lessen the damage being produced by men. Numerous are the reasons why sustainability is hard to ...