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Fenech, Roberta, Priya Baguant, and Ihab Abdelwahed. "Work Readiness across Various Specializations." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 9, no. 4 (July 10, 2020): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2020-0064.
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The employability of locals in the United Arab Emirates is a national priority and an integral part of Emiratisation, which is an affirmative action policy of the United Arab Emirates Government that promotes preferential hiring status to Emiratis. The latter safeguards national identity, economic sustainability, and political stability (Modarress, Ansari and Lockwood, 2013). The purpose of this research is to study the work readiness of Emirati graduating students across various specializations. The theoretical framework for this study is the four-factor model by Caballero, Walker and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz (2011). The four factors are personal work characteristics, organizational acumen, work competence and social intelligence. The research conducted so far on work readiness of graduates has been limited to particular disciplines (Walker, Storey, Costa, Leung, 2015; Dermott, 2007; Jollands, Jolly and Molyneaux, 2012; Haigh, Ell and Mackisack, 2013; Dermott and Ortiz, 2017). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge as it does not focus on a single specialization and takes a broad exploratory look at work readiness across five specializations, namely business, information technology, health sciences, applied communication and engineering. 302 graduating Emirati students chosen randomly from various disciplines in different institutions participated in this quantitative research study by filling in a 60-item work readiness questionnaire. The main findings of this study is that specializations in tertiary education vary not only in terms of curriculum, technical knowledge, skills and abilities taught, but also in the preparation for employment which influences the perceptions of graduating students of their work readiness; graduating students in a health specialization perceiving to be the most work ready and graduating students in a business specialization perceiving to be the least work ready.
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Hiasat, Lana. "Empowering General Studies and English Language Education 4.0." International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society 12, no. 1 (January 2021): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.2021010104.
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Education 4.0 has been a buzz word in the past few years in tertiary education. Educators have continuously asked how to transform higher education to meet the changes resulting from the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). The General Studies and English language program have gone through several instrumental changes to meet the demands of Educational Revolution 4.0 in the United Arab Emirates. These changes directly impacted the pedagogies of teaching and learning environments. The primary focus of this paper is on how the General Studies and English language program in a tertiary educational institution in the United Arab Emirates has transformed the educational key elements of teaching and learning to meet the changes that came with the 4th Industrial Revolution. The changes implemented are in the areas of digitalized learning and with the goal of preparing students for uncertain futures. An overview of the present challenges is discussed in addition to a discussion of recommendations.
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AbdulAzeez, Shemeena, Ghada Khalil Al Tajir, and Hana Sulieman. "Assessment of the current practice of antibiotic skin testing in a tertiary Hospital in United Arab Emirates." Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 5, no. 11 (September 15, 2011): 759–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.1714.
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Introduction: Skin testing can be a useful diagnostic tool to identify patients who are allergic to penicillin. Procedures for skin testing in the United Arab Emirates have not been standardized. The aim of this study was to examine the current practice of antibiotic skin testing in a tertiary hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methodology: This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted in Al Qassimi Hospital, in which the medical records of all patients who were prescribed antibiotics over an eight-week period were screened to evaluate patients' history, indication for performing the test, results, and documentation of findings. Results: During the study period 357 patients received parenteral antibiotics, of which 238 had one skin test, 21 had two skin tests, and one patient had four skin tests. Skin testing was performed without regard for patient history. Documentation of both positive and negative results was poor. There was no standard technique for skin testing used within the institution, and significant variations were noted between wards. In most cases the techniques used deviated from recommended procedures in the medical literature. Conclusions: Standardized guidelines for antibiotic skin testing should be established and implemented as soon as possible using recommended international guidelines.
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Hunt, Neil D. "Managing Method: A Critical Inquiry into Language Policy in a Tertiary Institution in the United Arab Emirates." RELC Journal 43, no. 3 (December 2012): 295–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033688212463295.
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Shehnaz, Syed Ilyas, Anoop Kumar Agarwal, and Yasien M. Taher. "Usage Pattern of Antimicrobial Agents in Surgical Patients of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Ajman, United Arab Emirates." International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 11, SPL2 (April 16, 2020): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl2.2100.
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The extensive use of AMAs has paved the pathway for antibiotic resistance among commonly encountered microorganisms. Additionally, rational use of antimicrobial agents (AMAs) is extremely vital for positive patient outcomes. Hence, we aimed to analyse the pattern of use of AMAsin patients who had undergone surgery at Thumbay Hospital, Ajman, United Arab Emirates and to study the incidence of adverse drug reactions in the same group of patients. The data were collected over a one-year period after Institutional Ethics Committee approval. Case record analysis of AMAsprescribed to surgical patients was done with the help of a questionnaire.Most surgeries were related to ano-rectal (24%),obstetrics (23.5%)and ENT (14%) problems.AMAs were prescribed to86.5% of the patients as surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP), with the majority being prescribed only one AMA (45.8%). Metronidazole (40.9%), Ceftriaxone (21.2%) and Cefuroxime (10.8%) were the leading AMAs for SAP. Almost all the patients (91.5%) were prescribed AMAs at discharge and Cefuroxime (23.2%), Metronidazole (20.7%) and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid combination (17.7%) were the principal AMAs recommended. The average duration of prescription of AMAs at discharge was 6.4 days. Mild adverse drug reactions were encountered, which did not pose any serious health risk to the patients. Proactive interventions focusing on the surgical team like formal educational sessions on antimicrobial stewardship, consistent auditing and regular updates about current SAP guidelines are the need of the hour
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Al-Naqbi, Ali Khalfan, and Qasim Alshannag. "The status of education for sustainable development and sustainability knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of UAE University students." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 19, no. 3 (March 5, 2018): 566–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-06-2017-0091.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) students’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward education for sustainable development (ESD) and the environment. Several independent variables (i.e. students’ gender, nationality, college, academic level and grade point average [GPA]) were also considered. Design/methodology/approach This study was descriptive in nature, and the data were obtained using a cross-sectional survey. A total of 823 participants responded to an e-education for sustainable development survey. Several data analysis procedures were used, including descriptive analyses, analyses of variance and t-tests. Findings The study revealed that the UAEU students showed a high level of understanding, very strong positive attitudes and moderate positive behavior toward ESD and the environment. Findings associated with students’ gender, nationality, college, academic level and GPA were also reported and discussed. Research limitations/implications First, the participating students came from one public university. Although this university is a major university in the nation, further studies should include samples from other public and private institutions. Second, this study did not examine the correlation among the three main components: knowledge, attitude and behavior. Thus, similar to other previous studies, the correlations among these three components should be investigated. Third, this study used previous research findings in the areas of ESD, SD and environmental education (EE) because they all relate to each other and ESD is currently the active trend in the field. Originality value No previous ESD studies have been conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), although the country is working hard to support ESD and SD. Therefore, this study explored the current education levels with regard to SD and sustainability knowledge, attitudes and behavior of tertiary students in the UAE. In addition, previous studies have clearly recommended investigating the status of EE and ESD in younger generations, especially those with higher education levels, because they are the agents of change, and they will be affected by the environmental problems that are being created by present human activities.
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Abu Haleeqa, Mohamed, Fatima Alkaabi, Raneem Janodi, and Emadullah Raidullah. "First Review of Multiple Myeloma Patients in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates." Blood 134, Supplement_1 (November 13, 2019): 5587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-128769.
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First Review of Multiple Myeloma patients in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Introduction Multiple Myeloma (MM) accounts for approximately 1 to 2 percent of all cancers and slightly more than 17 percent of hematologic malignancies in the United States (1). The annual incidence in the United States is approximately 4 to 5 per 100,000(2). A similar incidence has been reported in Canada, the South Thames area of the United Kingdom, and in Europe in general. Worldwide, there are approximately 160,000 cases and 106,000 deaths per year attributed to MM (3).MM occurs in all races and all geographic locations. The incidence varies by ethnicity; the incidence in African Americans and Blacks from Africa is two to three times that in Whites (4). Here we report the first study in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates done on MM patients in our institution Sheikh Khalifa Medical City. Methods We did retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma from year 2016-2018 in our tertiary care institution Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Total number of patients admitted with ICD 10 diagnoses containing multiple myeloma from 2016 to 2018 were 1582. Out of these we included 62 patients with confirmed multiple myeloma and excluded others. Results Total number of patients were 62 (40 males, 22 females). Median age was 43 years (range 30 to 90 years). Multiple myeloma International staging score (ISS) for our patients was stage 1 (n=3), stage 2(n=17) and stage 3(n=42). Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Score (ECOG) in MM patients was grade 0(n=3), grade 1(n=33), grade 2(n=11), grade 3(n=12) and grade 4(n=3). LDH was high in 61 patients and normal in 1 patient. 30 patients of 62 were Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) eligible. 25 of 30 eligible transplant patients had Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). 41 patients till date are, 18 have died and status of 3 is unknown. 22 of 25 transplanted patients are alive till current date, 2 have died and status of 1 is unknown. Cytogenetics stratification was not possible due to lack of access to Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Discussion The male to female ratio for MM patients was approximately 2:1. In our population we noticed that majority of the patients (n=42) presented as ISS stage 3 which indicates poor prognosis. The ECOG performance score of stage 1 was for 33 which is approximately 50% for total MM patients. This indicates that most of our MM patients were in good functional status at time of diagnosis. LDH was high in 61 patients. We do not have hemopoietic stem cell transplant service in UAE hence this put pressure on patients and their physicians to push for it. BMT eligible patients were 30. 25 out of 30 patients had ASCT and 5 couldn't do it due to financial and other reasons. Of the ASCT patients (n=25), 22 are alive till date, 2 have passed away and status of 1 is unknown. The success of ASCT is almost 90% in our MM patients. We could not calculate the progression free survival of our patients as the follow up period was short. Out of our 41 alive patients till date, 22 are the ones who had ASCT. In the next phase of our study we plan to calculate 5 year progression free survival for our MM patients. Conclusion With the resources available tough cytogenetics and FISH not available easily and no HSCT service, we concluded that the MM patients in our population have higher ISS scores which indicates poor prognosis. However we believe for if we manage to do ASCT for our MM patients we would have excellent survival outcomes. This puts more incentive to open HSCT service and especially ASCT. Table Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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James, Aleya. "Implementing a ‘pedagogy of interruption’: worth the risk." Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives 11, no. 2 (December 1, 2014): 115–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.18538/lthe.v11.n2.205.
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This paper explores the work of the educational theorist Gert Biesta in a setting outside of the context where it was originally developed. It aims to address how Biesta’s approach can help educators and policy makers question the philosophical underpinnings of education in the UAE and thereby start a conversation that is currently absent in this context. The paper comprises three elements: first, an overview of Biesta’s educational theory is given with a focus on ‘subjectification’ and his self-titled “pedagogy of interruption”. Secondly and in brief, I use Biesta’s framework of educational dimensions to analyse the philosophy underlying education in the United Arab Emirates using published government documents and media sources. Thirdly, I report a small-scale qualitative analysis of a specific educational space, three General Studies Courses in a UAE tertiary institution, to investigate the ‘risky’ possibilities involved in implementing a pedagogy of interruption. I find that despite a dominant policy discourse that discounts subjectification, there are significant opportunities for students to develop a strong sense of self. These opportunities are created by a small but strongly motivated group of teachers and taken up, on the whole enthusiastically, by students. However, my assertions are limited by a number of challenges which warrant further research. This paper hopes to provide a meaningful contribution to the limited discussion regarding the aims and expectations of education in the Middle East, and finds a pertinent philosophical grounding for liberal studies teaching in a tertiary context. As such the paper will be of value both to policy and decision makers in the Middle East and to teachers and trainers who teach in multi-cultural and international contexts.
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Shah, Kavita A. "Game-Based Accounting Learning." International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector 9, no. 4 (October 2017): 21–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijisss.2017100102.
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Accounting students should enrich themselves with the technical knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to be successful in today's competitive environment. To reach these objectives, they should be highly engaged and motivated in the learning process. It has been argued that games can play a useful role in making the study of accounting more interesting, hence increasing motivation. The research presented in this paper explores the impact of learning in an introductory accounting course attributable to the use of games supplementary to the traditional teaching methods. The perceptions of 18 students and six faculties at a tertiary institution in the United Arab Emirates relating to the integration of games in an introductory accounting course were uncovered through semi structured interviews. Prior to the students being interviewed, they had been given the opportunity to play three different types of games in a controlled classroom. The exploratory research found that faculty and students believe that games can motivate students and maintain their enthusiasm and interest in learning in an introductory accounting course. However, faculty are generally not in a favour of introducing accounting concepts in introductory accounting course to students through games. They do agree that games should be used for practicing homework and as fillers in an introductory accounting course. The study accentuates that games are one of the motivational factors to maintain student's interest in the course consistently. This exploratory research will give an idea of innovative learning in the accounting class. It will assist accounting faculty to understand the fact that the use of games can make complex and quantitative subjects like accounting easy to understand and fun without sacrificing the quality of students' foundation learning in the subject.
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Rizk, Ali. "Future of public relations in United Arab Emirates institutions." Public Relations Review 31, no. 3 (September 2005): 389–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2005.05.012.
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Mohamed, Muhannad Suliman, and Arieff Salleh Bin Rosman. "criminal protection of public employees in the united Arab emirates law compared with Islamic law." Linguistics and Culture Review 5, S3 (August 4, 2021): 154–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/lingcure.v5ns3.1380.
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The study aims to illustrate the criminal protection of public employees in the United Arab Emirates law compared with Islamic law in order to address the ambiguities related to the topic. Moreover, there is a large gap between the traditional United Arab Emirates Law and protection of public employees in Islamic law. This study highlights the importance of Islamic law as one of the essential sources of the law in United Arab Emirates. This study follows the doctrinal approach to identify and compare between the criminal protection provisions in both laws. The methodology allows understanding the criminal protection during the Prophet’s (PBUH) era and that of current companies. The result of this study shows that the Islamic law, established by the Almighty, is the main source of the traditional law in the United Arab Emirates. In addition, the criminal protection relays power of the importance of public employees to the United Arab Emirates institutions. The results of this study show that the criminal protection allows employees wide authority in their field exposing them to different challenges.
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Maarraoui, A. M., A. Uttamchandani, H. Abdulatif, N. M. Attia, Q. U. Gausia, M. H. Rubina, and N. Daud. "Colon cancer epidemiology in United Arab Emirates." Journal of Clinical Oncology 25, no. 18_suppl (June 20, 2007): 14597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.14597.
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14597 Background: Mafraq Hospital is the largest tertiary hospital in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The exact charecterstics of colon cancer in this country are not yet documented. Methods: This is a retrospective study of colo-rectal cancer. Files of all patients with the diagnosis of colo-rectal cancer between 1/99 and 12/05 at the department of Oncology at Mafraq Hospital were reviewed. Intent to treat analysis was used. Total of 176 patients were seen. The youngest was age 18 and the oldest was 79 Results: Mean age of patients at initial presentation was 48.5. Gender was as follows: males 121 patients (68.7%) and females 55 patients (31.3%). Mean male age at initial presentation was 49.5, and mean female age was 46.4. UAE Citizens represented 34 patients (19.3%) of cohort and non-citizens 137 patients (80.7%). Cancer stages were as follows: stage I: 7 patients (4.7%), stage II: 41 patients (27.5%), stage III: 48 patients (32.2%), stage IV: 53 patients (35.6%). 27 patient elected to do staging work-up and further care elsewhere. Conclusions: 1- Colon cancer screening is needed in order to diagnose cancer at earlier stages. 2- As our patients are younger than patients in the West. Colon cancer screening should be done at an earlier age. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Mikdadi, Salwa. "Arab Art Institutions and Their Audiences." Review of Middle East Studies 42, no. 1-2 (2008): 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002631840005152x.
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Leaders of Arab art institutions are negotiating new grounds for the arts with new money, new audiences, and—in the case of the Gulf countries—also new locations. They are playing a key role in devising alternate strategies to reach audiences and create civic dialogue through the arts, while negotiating economic, political, and artistic concerns that are helping to shape future cultural policies in the region. This paper explores the institutionalization of Arab art practices in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and the United Arab Emirates, and the relationship of these arts organizations to their audiences. The reasons for selecting these four countries is that compared to other Arab countries, they have a large number of individual art initiatives, as well as new and diverse types of institutions. Each country has a specific context in which the art organizations were established and function. However, the focus of this paper is the relationship of the art institutions to their audiences and the strategies they use to encourage discourse on art and its content in the public sphere. The paper is based on discussions with twenty-one art professionals who represent almost all leading art institutions in the Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Hameli, Afra, Ilias Kampouris, Amal Kamal Machaal, and Charilaos Mertzanis. "Financial Development, Institutions, Gender and Entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates." Asian Journal of Empirical Research 11, no. 2 (September 9, 2021): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.1007.2021.112.11.22.
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The paper explores the role of financial development on entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates by using data on new business registration and new business density over the period 2006-2018. The country is undergoing a rapid transformation phase characterizzed by substantial efforts to boost private sector entepreneurship. The data is drawn from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators. We use the International Monetary Fund’s composite financial development index to capture financial development in the country. The index comprises information on financial depth, access and efficiency by both financial institutions and markets. The paper controls for the impact on the macroeconomic conditions, institutional factors, such as gender equality and the fear of failure, the innovation environment and the business startup environment. The results show that financial development is a robust predictor of entepreneurial activity in the UAE. Macroeconomic, institutional and innovation conditions further mediate the link in more or less significant ways.
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Baycar, Hamdullah, and Mehmet Rakipoglu. "The United Arab Emirates’ Religious Soft Power through Ulema and Organizations." Religions 13, no. 7 (July 13, 2022): 646. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13070646.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) proposes “peaceful” religious discourse by supporting religious scholars such as Hamza Yusuf and Abdallah bin Bayyah and institutions such as the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies and the Emirates Fatwa Council. The UAE has attempted to present itself as promoting a moderate form of Islam to counter political Islam. This study is based on data from religious verdicts (fatwās), speeches, and conference records of these scholars and institutions. The main point of the research is to show to what extent providing additional support to recently established religious institutions and emerging scholars is used as soft power to promote the UAE’s version of Islam and present the UAE as a moderate and tolerant country. Applying critical discourse analysis, the study aims to uncover the existing connection between emerging religiopolitical discourse and UAE-based legal verdicts of scholars (ulamā) and the organizations that they initiated. This study further argues that “moderate Islam” and “tolerance”, used as religious soft power, are other tools that the UAE has applied in line with expectations for influence and power-seeking based on small state theory.
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Alam, Arif, Sabir Hussain, Amar Lal, Imran Mirza, Nameer Al Saadawi, Donna Lee, and Jorgen Kristensen. "CML Management At Tertiary Care Centres in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates." Blood 118, no. 21 (November 18, 2011): 4451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v118.21.4451.4451.
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Abstract Abstract 4451 Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder characterized by the presence of a balanced reciprocal translocation involving the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22. The fusion gene created by this translocation (BCR–ABL1) encodes for a constitutively active protein tyrosine kinase that is primarily responsible for the leukemic phenotype. CML occurs in all age groups, with a median age at diagnosis of 66 years in Western populations. The overall prognosis for CML has changed significantly with the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI’s) in the treatment of CML. While demographic and response to therapy data is abundantly available from the Western countries, such data is scarce from the Middle East. We undertook a review of the CML patient characteristics at diagnosis and their response to therapy according to the European Leukaemia Network (ELN) guidelines at our two centres where most, if not all, of the patients suspected to have CML in the country are referred for treatment. We diagnosed 25 patients with CML between January 2010 and June 2011. The median age at diagnosis was 35 years (range 23–69 years); male to female ratio 1.8:1. All patients were diagnosed in chronic phase. Sokal score was calculated for 23/25 patients and there were 7 low risk, 13 intermediate risk and 3 in the high risk group (Table 1). Of the 24/25 patients treated, 15 were treated with imatinib (one later changed to dasatinib due to suboptimal response); 4 with nilotinib (one later changed to dasatinib due to intolerance); and 5 with dasatinib as frontline therapy. The patients were followed as per ELN guidelines, with major milestones checked at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months and the median follow up was 12 months. Follow up data was available on 22/24 treated patients, all of which showed a Complete Hematological Response (CHR) after 3rd month of treatment. At 6 months 9 were in Complete Cytogenetic Response (CCgR) while 2 patients on Imatinib had Partial Cytogenetic Response (PCgR). Of the patients with CCgR, 5 were on imatinib, 3 on nilotinib, and 1 on dasatinib. At 12 months one of the patients on imatinib with PCgR had converted to CCgR; while data is not available (ND) for other patients. Major molecular response (MMR) was seen in 10 patients (imatinib 5, nilotinib 3, dasatinib 2) who reached the 6–12 month milestone. Five of these patients had a Complete Molecular Response (CMR) with undetectable levels. Interestingly, 3 patients achieved MMR at 3 months of starting induction. All three were treated with 2nd generation TKI’s (dasatinib 2, nilotinib 1). This is the first analysis of CML patients from the UAE. Our data is limited but it shows that the median age is significantly lower as compared to that reported from Western countries (35 years vs. 66 years) reflecting the difference in the age distribution of the population of the UAE (80% of population is below the age of 65 years). Additionally, the CCgR is only 40% at 12 months, much lower than reported from the Western countries. Our experience shows that the lack of patients’ compliance to treatment is a major negative factor in their optimal care. We plan to address this issue through more rigorous patient education. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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Saafin, Saleh. "Arab Tertiary Students’ Perceptions of Effective Teachers." Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2008): 2–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18538/lthe.v5.n2.02.
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The aim of this descriptive study is to identify Arab tertiary students’ perceptions of the qualities and practices of teachers whom they judge to be effective. The data was collected from 136 Arab freshman students attending the intensive English program in the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to prepare them for their career programs. A content analysis of the data revealed a set of perceived characteristics and practices that were ranked according to their frequency rate. These results show that although teachers’ ability to teach and help students understand are seen to be essential, certain human aspects of teachers and their attitudes toward their students are seen as crucial for judging their effectiveness. These Arab students considered the human element of their teachers as a very important component of their effectiveness.
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Samara, Fatin, Sahar Ibrahim, Mohammed Ekrima Yousuf, and Rose Armour. "Carbon Footprint at a United Arab Emirates University: GHG Protocol." Sustainability 14, no. 5 (February 22, 2022): 2522. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14052522.
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Background: University campuses can be leaders of change by tracking carbon footprints and establishing strategies for reductions. The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has led this effort in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), establishing an Office of Sustainability to address energy consumption on its campus, resulting in a reduction of 30% by 2015. AUS campus uses the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to annually track carbon footprint. The purpose of this paper is to stablish a framework that institutions can use to calculate the carbon footprint (CF) on their university campuses. Methods: The GHG Protocol, which categorizes emissions into three scopes; 1: direct, 2: indirect, and 3: other indirect emissions, was used as a guideline. This paper covers the following: Scope 1: emissions from university fleet, Scope 2: emissions from electricity and water consumption, Scope 3: emissions from the university commute, limited business air travel and waste. The data for each category are analyzed and recommendations to reduce the carbon footprint are presented. Results: The total CO2 emissions for the AUS campus in 2018–2019 were 94,553.30 tCO2e. Additionally, the percentage contribution of total emissions for Scope 1, 2 and 3 were 0.37%, 61.12% and 38.51%. Conclusions: The two highest contributors of CO2 emissions at the AUS campus are electricity consumption (60.91%) and university commute (36.54%). AUS has hosted numerous educational campaigns and awareness programs to try to reduce carbon emissions, which helped in reducing electricity consumption throughout campus; however, these are still insufficient; hence, the importance of quantifying the CF of the AUS campus. Based on the results obtained, recommendations can be made to reduce overall CO2 emissions for AUS and other higher education institutions in the region and internationally.
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Dirani, Khalil, Eric Bowman, Thomas Guyer, Richard Kasper, Yasmeen Makarem, Sarah Ray, Chih-Wei Wang, and Lei Xie. "Talent Management and Development in the United Arab Emirates." Advances in Developing Human Resources 20, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 479–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1523422318803088.
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The Problem Although there is a surge in research on Talent management and talent development (hence forward TMD) practices across different regions, most of what we know about these topics in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is based on government and practitioners’ reports. Nowadays, UAE is going through unprecedented times of growth. Organizations are operating in a diverse environment created by a smart government vision and practical policies that allowed the UAE to be labeled as a talent magnet destination. Still, TMD activities seem to be influenced by a two-tier system, one for Emirati nationals and another for expatriates. The question is whether the UAE is able to continue its growth through current TMD practices or whether a more strategic approach is needed to address the current TMD challenges and to meet the needs of individuals and of organizations. The Solution The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of professionals’ perspectives in different sectors about (a) the government policies, (b) current activities, and (c) challenges and contextual factors that affect the current state of TMD in the country. Once we understand the different policies, activities, and challenges, practitioners and leaders can use TMD as a source of power, or a strategy, that can lead people and organizations into success. The Stakeholders Human resources and organization development experts working in international contexts, administrators in academic institutions, and leaders in government organizations interested in HRD in the context of the UAE, will find the information presented in this study useful.
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Wilkins, Stephen. "The positioning and competitive strategies of higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates." International Journal of Educational Management 34, no. 1 (January 6, 2020): 139–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-05-2019-0168.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover how higher education institutions may segment the market in a competitive higher education hub and to assess the usefulness of strategic group analysis as an analytical technique for market and competitor analysis. As a case example of a competitive higher education market, this research investigates how higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) position themselves and compete with one another. Design/methodology/approach The research relied mainly on secondary data, which were obtained from the websites of institutions and regulatory bodies. Then, hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify strategic groups and institutional competitive strategies in the UAE higher education market. A panel of experts helped interpret and explain the cluster results. Findings Eight distinct institutional clusters were identified, which include public- and privately-owned institutions, as well as elite and specialist institutions. Institution and programme accreditation were found to be particularly important in the UAE market. The institutions in each group appear to operate in a particular market segment, targeting students who have similar needs and wants, and who often share similar demographic features. Practical implications It is concluded that strategic group analysis may help institutions to evaluate potential markets, select target segments and develop competitive strategies. In the UAE market context, the results demonstrate how institutions may position themselves to create strong and distinctive identities. The results of the research may be of interest to higher education institutions that operate in competitive markets, and particularly those that want to evaluate foreign markets. Originality/value This is believed to be the first study to use a strategic group approach for analysing competitors in a higher education hub.
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Samin, Nadav. "Daʿwa, Dynasty, and Destiny in the Arab Gulf." Comparative Studies in Society and History 58, no. 4 (September 27, 2016): 935–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0010417516000487.
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AbstractThis article considers the question of collective identity formation in the Arab Gulf by looking at the distinctive ways in which the genealogies of the dominant kinship collective of the United Arab Emirates, the Banī Yās confederation, have been represented by that country's cultural and heritage-making institutions. I look comparatively at two high profile, state-sponsored, Emirati genealogical projects, one a site, and the other a text, and investigate their significance from a historical and ethnographic perspective. I find that the relatively weak religious gravity of the United Arab Emirates allows for unorthodox representations of kinship at the national level, that women do not necessarily buy into these representations yet contribute in their own ways to a kinship nationalist discourse, and that genealogy is nonetheless a particularly fraught idiom for binding together an ethnically heterogeneous society like the Emirates. Approaching the public representation of genealogies through an integrative framework, this article sheds light on important themes in modern Emirati and broader Gulf social and political life, including the complicated place of religious norms in a newly fashioned Muslim nation, the influence of gender on conceptions of kinship and nationhood, and the challenge ethnic heterogeneity poses to an Arab ethno-national project.
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Bernieh, B., M. Al Hakim, Y. Boobes, S. Abuchacra, and H. Dastoor. "Pattern of acute renal failure in a tertiary hospital in the United Arab Emirates." Transplantation Proceedings 36, no. 6 (July 2004): 1780–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.07.015.
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El-Saiy, A. K., and B. R. Jordan. "Diagenetic aspects of tertiary carbonates west of the Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 31, no. 1 (August 2007): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.03.004.
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Hussain, Sahar, Nicole Gebran, Kosar Hussain, and Karem Soliman. "Drug use evaluation of dabigatran in a tertiary care hospital in United Arab Emirates." European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 20, no. 2 (December 20, 2012): 106–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2012-000169.
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Knight, Jane. "Financing Education Hubs: Who Invests?" International Higher Education, no. 79 (January 1, 2015): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.79.5836.
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International Education Hubs require major investments to attract and retain local and international higher education institutions, training organizations, students, research and development centres, and knowledge industries. This article examines the role of public and private financing from local and foreign investors in establishing countries such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia as education hubs.
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Radwan, Ahmed Farouk, and Sheren Ali Mousa. "Government Communication Strategies during Coronavirus Pandemic: United Arab Emirates Lessons." Journal of Health Management 22, no. 4 (December 2020): 516–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972063420983091.
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Government communication introduced important lessons during the worldwide experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to apply known efficacious principles of risk and health communication strategies. The purpose of the study is to depict and explore the United Arab Emirates government communication scenario in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as well as look at the types of strategies, information and messages delivered via digital mediums to handle challenges that are raised based on the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication model. The study includes a qualitative analysis of two government bodies’ digital platforms: ‘The Ministry of Health and Prevention’ (mohap) and ‘Crisis and Disasters Management Authority’. Results indicated that the UAE government used different communication aims and strategies to face the pandemic according to the risk management scenario. In the quarantine phase, communication focused on giving people information about the disease, raising awareness about the disease, motivating health and behaviour change, informing people about government decisions and procedures. In the coexistence phase communication focused on emphasising the necessity of adherence the health measures, providing information on re-work in institutions and commercial centres, involving people in the health and social initiatives, confronting non-compliance with health precautions. Government communication also focused on facing rumours and false information. UAE government communication used digital platforms and social media to address more than 200 nationalities living in the state for ensuring that they adhere to the precautionary measures and coordinate with the authorities. Government communication was committed to a set of values including equality between citizens of the state and residents, societal and individual responsibility, recognising the frontline medical staff and acknowledging their sacrifices. UAE implemented an integrated, coherent and effective scenario to deal with the crisis. It developed risk communication strategies in health communication to manage the COVID-19 crisis by following international standards and also took into account its own political, economic, social and cultural features. The UAE government used many strategies to inform and convince people including clarification of measures strategy, reassurance strategy, ambiguity reduction strategy, behaviour efficacy strategy, correcting misinformation and rumours, advising strategy.
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Al Serhan, Omar, and Roudaina Houjeir. "Academic capitalism and faculty burnout: evidence from the United Arab Emirates." Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences 15, no. 5 (October 29, 2020): 1368–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v15i5.5176.
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In this paper, we investigate the factors that affect burnout of faculty, which we refer to as “academic fatigue”, in the context of the business professors in the highly competitive and globalized market of the United Arab Emirates, which, unlike the United States, does not offer tenure to professors. It is the first paper to addresses an increasingly important area in the higher education sector in the UAE where increasing competition between institutions, the financial pressure on universities, and government funding cuts are having a knockdown effect on all parts of the higher education supply chain, including faculty. Data was collected from business faculty in a major UAE public university using a quantitative survey that designed based on Maslach Burnout Inventory MBI Educators Survey (MBI-ES). We find that while purely aspects of financial compensation (including satisfaction with pay, pay for performance sensitivity, and merit pay allocation) are not significantly related to faculty burnout, faculty satisfaction with the research and teaching workload reduces burnout significantly. Our results do not support the academic capitalism paradigm in a strict financial sense, but rather in a holistic sense that incorporates non-financial compensation.
Key Words: Academic Capitalism; Faculty Burnout; United Arab Emirates; Higher Education; depersonalization; stress; tenure.
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Noweir, M. Atef. "Back-thrust Origin of the Hafit Structure, Northern Oman Mountain Front, United Arab Emirates." GeoArabia 5, no. 2 (April 1, 2000): 215–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/geoarabia0502215.
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ABSTRACT The Tertiary structures of the Northern Oman Mountains are marked by a discontinuous belt of jebels peripheral to their western margin. Detailed field mapping of the northern Hafit structure in the Northern Oman Mountains indicates that the structures consist of two en echelon anticlines, the main Hafit Anticline to the south, and the Al-Ain Anticline to the north. Both anticlines are related to the same deformation event. Structural analysis, using geometric balancing techniques suggests that the Hafit structure developed over a west-vergent basal thrust. The depth to detachment of the thrust indicates that the basal detachment occurs at different stratigraphic positions and progressively increases northward, while the magnitude of deformation increases southward. The thrust wedges back to the east and propagated upward through the structure during a major Tertiary deformational event resulting in an east-vergent, fault-propagation fold. The recent interpretation that the Hafit structure grew as a detachment fold above a basal decollement and synchronously with sedimentation, is at variance with structural evidence from the Hafit area. It is believed that the Hafit structure formed after the Miocene time.
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Ng, Wai Khuan, Ramon Z. Shaban, and Thea van de Mortel. "Healthcare professionals’ hand hygiene knowledge and beliefs in the United Arab Emirates." Journal of Infection Prevention 18, no. 3 (November 21, 2016): 134–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177416677851.
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Background: Hand hygiene at key moments during patient care is considered an important infection prevention and control measure to reduce healthcare-associated infections. While there is extensive research in Western settings, there is little in the United Arab Emirates where particular cultural and religious customs are thought to influence hand hygiene behaviour. Aim: To examine the hand hygiene knowledge and beliefs of health professionals at a tertiary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Methods: A mixed methods design employed a survey followed by focus groups with nurses and doctors. Findings: A total of 109 participants (13.6%) completed the survey: 96 nurses (88%) and 13 doctors (12%). Doctors’ hand hygiene knowledge was slightly higher than that of nurses (78.5% versus 73.5%). There was no significant difference in scores on the hand hygiene beliefs scale between nurses (M = 103.06; SD = 8.0) and doctors (M = 99.00; SD = 10.53; t (80) = 1.55; p = 0.13, two-tailed). Seven categories emerged following transcript analysis. Discussion: Hand hygiene knowledge scores suggest further hand hygiene education is required, especially on alcohol-based hand rub use. Addressing doctors’ beliefs is particularly important given the leadership roles that doctors play in healthcare settings.
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Noweir, M. Atef, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan, and Mohamed A. Boukhary. "Structural and Stratigraphical Setting of the Faiyah Range, Northwestern Oman Mountain Front, United Arab Emirates." GeoArabia 3, no. 3 (July 1, 1998): 387–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/geoarabia0303387.
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ABSTRACT The Faiyah Range belongs to a group of regional ridges that formed by post-obduction folding of the Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary rocks exposed along the western margin of the Northern Oman Mountains. The Faiyah Anticline, generally trends north-northeast to south-southwest with thrust faults striking parallel to the fold axis. The anticlinal hinge was later displaced by a dextral strike-slip fault, named here as the Faiyah Fault, into two segments. The northeastern segment includes Jebels Rumaylah, Faiyah and Mulayhah, and the southwestern segment includes Jebels Buhays and Aqabah. The anticline is interpreted to result from northeast-southwest compression during the Tertiary. In the Faiyah Range the neoautochthonous sedimentary rocks are the Maastrichtian Qahlah and Simsima formations, and the Eocene Dammam Formation. Stratigraphic evidence shows that the lower part of the Qahlah was deposited in a non-marine environment while the upper part was deposited during a marine transgression. The Simsima was deposited in a shallow-marine environment. These units unconformably overlap the allochthonous Semail Ophiolite. The microfaunal content of the so-called Muthaymimah Formation (?Tertiary), of earlier authors, indicates that it is of Maastrichtian age in the Faiyah Range. This sequence is also conformable to the Simsima and therefore it is considered to be the upper member of the Simsima in this area.
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Minhas, Wasif, Timothy White, Georgia Daleure, Nadia Solovieva, and Hisham Hanfy. "Establishing an Effective Blended Learning Model: Teacher Perceptions from the United Arab Emirates." SAGE Open 11, no. 4 (October 2021): 215824402110615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211061538.
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Blended learning is fast becoming the new normal and increasingly considered an integral part of program offers within higher education (HE) institutions. Although there is a general consensus about online and physical face to face components, which constitute a framework for blended learning models. There are variances on how these components should be combined, established, and delivered. Empirical evidence on teachers’ perceptions of these elements is also limited. This qualitative study used focus groups to gather teacher perspectives of blended learning models, which produced three major themes related to professional development, student success, and blended courses. A sample of teacher from this group was most relevant to the study because they were involved in the implementation, and iterations, of blended learning at their HE institution for three semesters. Their experiences and perceptions provided highly relevant insights on what constitutes an effective blended leaning model. This study confirms previous empirical claims on the importance of professional development in increasing teacher efficacy. But also reveals the role of self-learning, informal communities of practice and their impact on changing teacher perceptions, which in turn improve efficacy. The study also highlights effective communication, course materials, course design and how blended learning environments are set-up, as crucial elements of an effective blended learning model. Teachers perceived these elements as the biggest influences on student success. This study provides important insights for educational institutions seeking to establish or improve their blended learning strategy and enhance student experience.
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Othman, Roslina. "Determinants of Academics’ Knowledge Sharing Behavior in United Arab Emirates Universities." Journal of Education and Vocational Research 5, no. 1 (March 30, 2014): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jevr.v5i1.146.
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This research aims to determine the factors affecting knowledge sharing behavior among academics in United Arab Emirates universities and identify the effect of university type on academics’ behavior. The research adopted Ajzen’s amended Theory of Planned Behavior. Employing an online survey, data were collected from academics in public and private universities using a questionnaire. The model was tested using Partial Least Squares structural equation modeling. The results found a significant difference in academics’ knowledge sharing behavior between public and private universities. Results also revealed that intention is the main determinant of knowledge sharing behavior, and that attitude, subjective norms, and self-efficacy have significant influence on intention while controllability has no influence on it. The significance of this research lies in that it is one of the first to use the amended theory and the only research to address knowledge sharing behavior in higher education in the Arab World. This research provides useful basis for higher education institutions to create a knowledge sharing culture and helps academics to enhance their performance.
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Beshyah, SalemA, AliB Khalil, MahmoudM Benbarka, and HudaE Mustafa. "Hospitalization patterns of diabetic patients to a tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates." Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 3, no. 4 (2011): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-489x.210881.
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Jumaa, P. A., and R. Neringer. "A Survey of Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in the United Arab Emirates." Journal of Chemotherapy 17, no. 4 (August 2005): 376–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/joc.2005.17.4.376.
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Al-Zaher, Nabil, Suhail Al-Salam, and Hassan El Teraifi. "Thyroid carcinoma in the United Arab Emirates: perspectives and experience of a tertiary care hospital." Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy 1, no. 1 (January 2008): 14–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1658-3876(08)50055-0.
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LACINSKA, ALICJA M., and MICHAEL T. STYLES. "Silicified serpentinite – a residuum of a Tertiary palaeo-weathering surface in the United Arab Emirates." Geological Magazine 150, no. 3 (October 29, 2012): 385–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756812000325.
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AbstractMineralogical studies of a silicified serpentinite from the United Arab Emirates throw light on the formative processes. The silicified serpentinite is a residuum of a palaeo-weathering surface that probably developed in a temperate climate with alternating wet and dry periods during middle Eocene to late Miocene times. The rock textures indicate that silicification occurred in a fluid-saturated zone. Silica precipitation is favoured at near-neutral pH. In this study we infer that these pH conditions of the mineralizing fluids could arise in a near-surface mixing zone where acidic meteoric and hyperalkaline groundwater fluids are mingled. This mingling is believed to have resulted from alternating processes of evaporation and precipitation that prevailed during dry and wet seasons, respectively. The silicified serpentinite is composed of > 95% quartz and exhibits a ghost texture of the protolith serpentinite. Preservation of the textures indicates an iso-volumetric grain-by-grain replacement by dissolution of Mg-silicate and simultaneous precipitation of either opal or microquartz as siliceous seeds. These were subsequently overgrown by silica that was probably remobilized from deeply weathered regolith elsewhere.
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Dawoud, Tasnim, Hossam Tatari, and Nicole Gebran. "A utilisation review of intravenous immunoglobulin in a tertiary care hospital in United Arab Emirates." European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 19, no. 3 (May 3, 2012): 286–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2012-000070.
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Al-Katheeri, E. S., F. M. Howari, and A. A. Murad. "Hydrogeochemistry and pollution assessment of quaternary–tertiary aquifer in the Liwa area, United Arab Emirates." Environmental Earth Sciences 59, no. 3 (February 12, 2009): 581–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0056-y.
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Malik, Azhar A., Faisal Aziz, Salem A. Beshyah, and Khaled M. Aldahmani. "Aetiologies of Hyperprolactinaemia: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary healthcare centre." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ] 19, no. 2 (September 8, 2019): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.02.008.
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ABSTRACT: Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the aetiologies of hyperprolactinaemia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: This retrospective study used laboratory databases to identify all patients who underwent evaluation for prolactin at Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE, between 2009 and 2015. Of those 2,280 patients, all patients with low or normal prolactin (n = 1,315) were excluded. Subsequently, charts of the remaining patients (n= 965) with hyperprolactinaemia were reviewed and those with incomplete work-ups or insufficient documentation of the hyperprolactinaemia’s aetiology were excluded (n = 458). Results: A total of 507 patients were included in the study. The average age at prolactin evaluation was 36 ± 13.2 years and the majority (67.1%) of patients were female. The most common reasons for requesting prolactin were menstrual disorders (29.5%), infertility (18%),evaluation of sellar masses (14.3%), ruling out seizures (13.4 %) and monitoring while on psychiatric medications (8.7%). The most common causes of hyperprolactinaemia were prolactinoma (17%), transient hyperprolactinaemia(14.6%), drug-induced side effects (14.4%), polycystic ovarian syndrome (11.8%) and seizure disorder (7.7%). In females, common aetiologies were prolactinomas, transient and idiopathic hyperprolactinaemia, while sellar masses, seizures, chronic kidney disease and acute illnesses were common aetiologies of hyperprolactinaemia in males. The prolactin level varied between the different aetiologies and a level of >250 ng/mL was suggestive of macroprolactinoma. Conclusion: A significant proportion of patients with hyperprolactinaemia have transient hyperprolactinaemia. Before further investigations are carried out, prolactin level assessment should be repeated, especially in patients with mild hyperprolactinaemia.Keywords: Hyperprolactinemia; Prolactinoma; Etiology; Epidemiology; United Arab Emirates.
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Kaba, Abdoulaye. "Online library job advertisement in United Arab Emirates: a content analysis of online sources." Library Management 38, no. 2/3 (March 14, 2017): 131–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-07-2016-0058.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and analyze library jobs advertised by higher education institutions, newspapers and job market sites in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach The paper uses summative content analysis approach for data collection, data analysis, evaluation and assessment. It reports about the accuracy of advertisements, job titles, job categories, locations and types of libraries. Findings Higher education institutions demonstrate the highest accuracy level in advertising library jobs. Librarian emerged to be the highest advertised title by the sources. e-library executive, principal-publications and library, and primary librarian found to be the new titles in the market. The paper also found inconsistencies and lack of uniformities among the sources in using job categories to advertise library jobs. In fact, none of them used the term “library” in any category. Academic libraries recorded the highest advertised jobs compared to other types of libraries. Research limitations/implications The paper is based on library jobs advertised on the websites. Websites are only one source of library job advertisement. Practical implications The paper provides important information for librarians looking for library jobs in the Middle East as well as for library managers and decision makers who wish to recruit library professionals. Originality/value The paper represents one of the few studies conducted on library job marketing in UAE. Findings of the study may contribute to the improvement of library job marketing not only in UAE but also in the other gulf countries.
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Ouma, Christine. "Online learning perception among college students during COVID-19 pandemic around the world: Review." African Educational Research Journal 9, no. 3 (September 13, 2021): 790–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.30918/aerj.93.21.120.
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The author conducted a systematic review of the perception of online learning among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The review included 21 studies from institutions in Asia (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, and The Philippines), Europe (Romania and Poland), Africa (Ghana and Algeria), and South America (Chile). The results indicated that students from Asia and Africa overwhelmingly had an unfavorable view of online learning during the pandemic. More than 75% of students in Nepal, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria, and Ghana used mobile phones to access course material which brought challenges, such as the high cost of data bundles, unreliable network, and lack of adequate cellphone space to download the materials needed for class. Other than Poland, Romania, and United Arab Emirates, students from the rest of the countries reported unreliable internet access. Additional challenges reported include lack of prior experience with online learning, technical difficulties accessing materials online, high volume of assignments, poor communication between learners and educators, distractions from home environment, and lack of practical and clinical experience for students in medical schools. The findings from this systematic review could help administrators of higher education institutions acknowledge the online learning difficulties experienced by college students and prepare for future disruptions.
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Ashour, Sanaa, Ghaleb A. El-Refae, and Eman A. Zaitoun. "Post-pandemic Higher Education: Perspectives from University Leaders and Educational Experts in the United Arab Emirates." Higher Education for the Future 8, no. 2 (April 21, 2021): 219–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23476311211007261.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity to rethink higher education. This study focused on analysing experiences from three higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the onset of the crisis and explored how university leaders and professors in these institutions imagine post-COVID-19 higher education. The study aimed to find out whether the pandemic has been a factor that has helped to legitimize online teaching and learning as a universal mode of delivery across different fields of studies, or if the Zoom fatigue has shown its limitations. In addition, the research investigated what transformations university experts predict and their vision for the future of higher education. The study found that many lessons learnt during the period of forced adoption of distance education will be used by universities to enhance and expand online learning provisions. This shift will be driven by the investments the universities have made in distance education and the increased familiarity of the students, staff and institutions with e-learning. The study participants foresee that more sophisticated forms of hybrid campuses will be a more appropriate model for the future, if face-to-face (F2F) classrooms do not return.
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Echchabi, Abdelghani, Abdullah Mohammed Ayedh, Mercy Chaita, and Welcome Sibanda. "Entrepreneurial behaviour of university students in the United Arab Emirates: An empirical analysis." International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development 21, no. 3 (November 1, 2022): 307–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/tmsd_00061_1.
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The aim of the study is to explore students’ entrepreneurial behaviour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), represented by behavioural intention, and the factors that influence their entrepreneurial decisions. The study used 248 survey questionnaires distributed to university students from various universities and regions in the UAE. The collected data were analysed using elementary descriptive analysis, and partial least squares technique. The findings showed that personal attitude, subjective norm, facilitating conditions and perceived behavioural control have a significant influence on the Emirati students’ entrepreneurial intention. In addition, government support was found to have a significant role in moderating the relationships between the above factors and entrepreneurial intention, by either strengthening or dampening these relationships. The study significantly contributes to the behavioural theories, especially the theory of planned behaviour, by incorporating additional dimensions and applying it in a different field and setting that have not been explored earlier. Likewise, the findings provide important practical insights and recommendations to promote and improve entrepreneurial activities among higher education institutions’ students in the UAE.
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Shieb, Mohamad, Sema Koruturk, Ankita Srivastava, and Bashair M. Mussa. "Growth of Diabetes Research in United Arab Emirates: Current and Future Perspectives." Current Diabetes Reviews 16, no. 4 (April 28, 2020): 395–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573399815666190201114408.
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Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent metabolic diseases in the UAE. During the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced tremendous development in all fields including DM research. The present study sheds light on the growth in DM research in UAE and represents a guide for DM researchers to create more focused future directions in DM research. Objective: The main objective of the present study is to investigate and document the changes that occurred in DM research in the UAE over the last two decades. Methods: Several research databases were reviewed and all the articles that involved any form of DM research within the UAE were selected. Inclusion criteria were: (i) Research studies related to DM and conducted by institutions based in UAE (ii) Research studies related to DM and conducted in the population of UAE and (iii) Research articles related to DM and the authors (principal investigators or co-investigators) are from UAE. Results: Between the years of 1996 and 2000, there was an average of 6.4 articles about DM being published per year. This pattern changed dramatically between years 2011 to 2015 where an average of 22.8 articles were being published. In addition, a significant increase was noticed in the year 2015 with 42 articles published per year. It was also found that 46.8% articles involved clinical study, 12.1% were basic research, 17.5% cross-sectional studies, 8.91% reviews, 8.2% were cohort and all the other types of research represented about 5.58%. Conclusion: Significant progress has been noticed in DM research in the UAE during the last two decades. Based on the findings of the present study, more focus should be given to the case reports and clinical trials.
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Lacinska, A. M., and M. T. Styles. "Discussion of ‘Silicified serpentinite – a residuum of a Tertiary palaeo-weathering surface in the United Arab Emirates’." Geological Magazine 151, no. 6 (June 18, 2014): 1147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756814000193.
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Alicja M. Lacinska and Michael T. Styles reply: We appreciate the comment by C. R. M. Butt on the publication by Lacinska & Styles (2013) on the silicified serpentinites described from the Hajar Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. This comment is based on his very extensive knowledge of laterites and regoliths from ancient shield areas around the world; the degree to which this knowledge is directly applicable to the rocks formed at the margins of a recently uplifted mountain range, as described in the original paper, is debatable.
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Rabia, Hazza M. Abu. "Undergraduate Arab International Students' Adjustment to U.S. Universities." International Journal of Higher Education 6, no. 1 (December 7, 2016): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v6n1p131.
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The adjustment process and issues of 16 Arab international students enrolled at two universities in the Northeast of the United States were examined through this qualitative, exploratory study. The participants were from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates and had been in the US for 2 to 5 years. In-depth interviews were employed to document and analyze the experiences and challenges of these students on U.S. campuses. One-on-one interviews with the participants revealed multiple factors obstructed Arab international students' academic success and limited their socialization within the context of their postsecondary institution, their host community, and their host nation. Several prevailing themes were discovered among the participants, including culture shock, language barrier, cultural differences, and isolation. While further research is needed, these findings suggest that specific programming and outreach by U.S higher education institutions could be implemented to assist Arab international students' adjustment to the academic and social environment of their host campus.
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Maarraoui, A. M., A. Utamachandani, A. I. Mattamona, C. A. Lazaro, L. S. Mathews, V. Saxen, D. Uttamchandani, Y. Maarraoui, H. Abdulatif, and N. M. Attia. "Breast cancer in United Arab Emirates: Younger patients and more aggressive histology." Journal of Clinical Oncology 24, no. 18_suppl (June 20, 2006): 10612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.10612.
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10612 Background: Mafraq hospital is the largest tertiary hospital in UAE. We tested the hypothesis that breast cancer patients in UAE present at a younger age and with more aggressive tumor histology Methods: This is a retrospective study on breast cancer cases seen at Mafraq hospital between 1/00 and 12/05. Intent to treat analysis was used. Total of 372 patients were seen, 48 patients (12.9%) were UAE citizens and 324(87.1%) were non-citizens, 370 females and 2 males. We categorized patients according to their age at time of initial presentation, menopausal status, TNM stage, tumor grade, lymphatic and vascular invasion, ER, PR, Her-2 neu and P53 status. Mode of surgery is also reported. Results: Mean patients age at time of initial presentation is 48 years. 230 (62%) of patients were pre-menopausal and 140 (38%) were post-menopausal. Tumor stages at initial presentation were as follows, stage 0: 7 patients (0.2%), stage I:59 patients (15.9 %), stage II: 180 patients (48.6%), stage III: 71 patients (19.2%) and stage IV: 53 patients (14.3%). Staging was not completed in 2 patients as they followed elesewhere. Vascular invasion was reported in 118 case, 58 (49.2%) were positive and 60 (50.8%) were negative. Lymphatic vessel invasion was reported in 106 case, 84 (79.2%) were positive and 22 (20.8%) were negative. Tumor grades were reported in 265 case and were as follows GI: 33 (12.5%), GII: 121 (45.6%), GIII: 109 (41.1%) and G IV: 2 (0.8%). Tumor hormonal status was reported in 270 case and were as follows: ER+ and PR+ in 94 case (34.8 %), ER+ and PR- in 31 case (11.5%), ER− and PR+ in 25 case (9.3%) and ER− and PR− in 120 case (44.3%). ER and PR were unknown in 102 case. Her2 neu studies were performed in 157 case. Out of those 77 (49%) were positive and 80 (51%) were negative. P53 mutation was studied in 132 patients 33 (25%) were P53 positive and 99 (75%) were P53 negative. 346 patient underwent surgery, 233 patient had modified radical mastectomy and 113 (32.7%) had breast conserving surgery. Conclusions: Breast cancer in UAE tends to occur at a younger age compared to western countries. The majority of our patients are pre-menopausal. Tumors have more aggressive histology and biology. Most tumors show vascular and lymphatic invasion. P53 and Her-2 neu over-expression is relatively high. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Santiago, Leika. "Assertiveness and Self-Esteem Among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates." International Journal of Public Sociology and Sociotherapy 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijpss.310938.
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The study describes the level of assertiveness and self-esteem among nurses and examines the relations between assertiveness and self-esteem. Quantitative descriptive correlational design was used in 100 nurse respondents working in one of the tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) using demographic components, assertive behavior inventory tool (ABIT), and Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSE). Data were analyzed. Results show that respondents are moderately assertive and have moderately high self-esteem. There is a significant relationship between assertiveness and the demographic variables while respondents' demographics did not have significant relationship with the level of self-esteem. The findings also suggested that assertiveness and self-esteem are positively and significantly correlated. Nurses are recommended to have regular assessment of their assertiveness as it affects the self-esteem and assertiveness training or other intervention that would empower and improve other nurses who are less assertive, non-assertive, and have low self-esteem.
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Matherly, Laura L., Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and Nadia Amin. "An investigation of gender and generational differences in attitudes toward the importance of a college degree in the UAE." Gender in Management: An International Journal 32, no. 8 (November 7, 2017): 535–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gm-01-2017-0015.
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Purpose This study examines attitudes toward higher education for men and women among male and female students and parents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and demonstrates gender differences in parent and student expectations about the importance of higher education. Design/methodology/approach This quantitative study examines attitudes toward higher education among 461 matched students and parents (total sample size 1442 respondents) in six higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and demonstrates gender differences between parent and student perceptions. Findings In general, attitudes about the importance of a college degree were high and stable, except that younger, more recent female graduates were more likely to disagree that family traditions were threatened by women completing a college degree. Socio-demographic variables were associated with more favorable attitudes about the value of education for global leadership, the importance of a college education for both men and women and gender equality. Research limitations/implications Six higher education institutions were represented in the sample so external validity can be improved by studying these variables in other sample groups across the nation, region and globe. In addition, including additional types of universities, e.g. distance learning, technical, research and military, would indicate if the findings are generalizable to a broader range of institutions of higher education. There are opportunities for future comparative studies to examine the relevance of these findings across cultures and government initiatives to build national human resource capital and to consider other aspects of intergenerational relationships, attitudes and behaviors. Originality/value The authors examine perceived implications of the value of higher education on different arenas of men and women’s lives among the Emirates. Additionally, we focus on whether their attitudes vary by gender and generation.
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Nalyvaiko, Oleksii, Albina Khomenko, Daria Vereshchak, and Danilo Poliakov. "Comparative Analysis of Distance Learning Systems in the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America." Educational Challenges 26, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 74–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.34142/2709-7986.2021.26.1.07.
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The article is devoted to the current problem of distance learning. In the theoretical field, various aspects of the functioning of distance education are considered on the example of the analysis of the works of leading scientists in this field.
The main aims of this research are: to analyze some of the best educational systems in the world (including distance learning) – systems of the USA and the UAE; to describe the main features of distance education in the USA and the UAE; to make some proposals, based on the experience of these countries, to optimize the system of distance education in Ukraine; to analyze the opportunities of their implementation and adaptation in Ukrainian education institutions. The theoretical basis of the study was open sources of information and educational portals of leading higher education institutions in the UAE and the United States.
The methodology is the following. The theoretical framework of the study presents the leading experience of implementing distance learning of students in the context of state and educational policy of the represented countries. A comparative analysis of educational systems in the UAE and the United States is done within the framework of the introduction of distance learning.
The study presents the research results, they are the proposals for optimizing the process of distance learning in Ukraine based on the experience of the UAE and the United States. The main ones are: development of criteria, requirements and recommendations for distance learning based on the following indicators: a) the amount of educational material; b) course duration; c) duration of the lesson d) technical requirements (e.g., the availability of a headset, a stable Internet connection, etc.); providing students and pedagogical staff with the necessary material and technical resources and checking the compliance of material and technical support with the educational requirements; establishment of centers for quality control of the distance learning process.
The conclusions present the prospects of the study: developing of future comparative studies of distance learning systems; finding the most effective ways to make distance learning process better; elaborating and reasoning new approaches of teaching in the conditions of distance learning; setting up new platforms, applications, videos and so on in order to provide the process of distance learning; finding perspective directions of developing distance education and so on.