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Synthesis and calcium channel blocking activity of 1, 4-dihydropyridine derivatives containing ester substitute and phenyl carbamoyl group
(Science Publications, 2011)Problem statement: Several studies on the synthesis of new nifedipine analogs have been carried out, but the literature reveled that no study on the synthesis and calcium channel blocking activity of the substituted ester ... -
Control of Vibrations of Common Pedestrian Bridges in Jordan Using Tuned Mass Dampers
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)Due to their inherent slenderness and lightness, pedestrian bridges are typically subtle to human induced vibrations. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of human induced vibrations on common simply supported ... -
E-learning interactions, information technology self efficacy and student achievement at the University of Sharjah, UAE
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2011)The purpose for this study is to validate a model of student interactions (student-content, student-instructor and student-student interactions and vicarious interaction), information technology self efficacy and student ... -
Synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial evaluation of oxadiazole congeners
(MDPI AG., 2011)A series of 1,3-oxazole, 1,3-thiazole, isomeric 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, and 1,2,3,4-tetrazole heterocycles was synthesized. All the compounds shared as a common feature the presence of a 4-hydroxyphenyl ... -
Stress-driven discovery in the natural products: A gateway towards new drugs
(Elsevier Masson SAS., 2019)Elicitation by chemical means including heavy metals is one of a novel technique for drug discoveries. In this review, the effect of heavy metals on animal, plants and microorganisms for the production of novel compounds ... -
Antimicrobial prospect of newly synthesized 1,3-thiazole derivatives
(MDPI AG., 2011)A new series of 1,3-thiazole and benzo[d] thiazole derivatives 10-15 has been developed, characterized, and evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial activity at concentrations of 25-200 μg/mL against Gram+ve organisms such as ... -
Bioequivalence assessment of two formulations of ibuprofen
(Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2011)Background: This study assessed the relative bioavailability of two formulations of ibuprofen. The first formulation was Doloraz ®, produced by Al-Razi Pharmaceutical Company, Amman, Jordan. The second forumulation was ... -
Design-Oriented Two-Stage Surrogate Modeling of Miniaturized Microstrip Circuits with Dimensionality Reduction
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)Contemporary microwave design heavily relies on full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools. This is especially the case for miniaturized devices where EM cross-coupling effects cannot be adequately accounted for using ... -
On the comprehension of metonymical expressions by Arabic-speaking EFL learners: A cognitive linguistic approach
(Sciendo, 2020)This study aims to examine the comprehension of L2 metonymies by Arabic-speaking EFL learners and to investigate the extent to which the participants’ L1 conceptual and linguistic knowledge of metonymies can affect the ... -
Supporting Best Practices and Standards for Information Technology Infrastructure Library
(Science Publications, 2012)Problem statement: There are several IT best practices and IT standards, which are independently supporting enterprises. Some of them have similarities and other differ from each other. This study discusses these best ... -
Technical and vocational education and training in the UAE
(Kassel University Press GmbH., 2020)This study is of three-fold. The first provides a general overview of the history and importance of "Technical and Vocational Education and Training" (TVET); the second compares TVET in The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ... -
Exploring the relationship among loneliness, self-esteem, self-efficacy and gender in United Arab Emirates College Students
(Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 2012)The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between loneliness, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and gender among United Arab Emirates college students. The respondents were 495 college students from ... -
A petri net based Multi-Agent System behavioral testing
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)In Multi-Agent System (MAS), developers concentrate on creating design models and evolving them, from higher level models to lower level models, in several steps. Considerable part of MAS implementations is automatically ... -
Petri net based agent behavioral testing
(Science Publication, 2012)In Multi-Agent System (MAS), developers concentrate on creating design models and evolving them, from higher level models to lower level models, in several steps. Considerable part of MAS implementations is automatically ... -
Examining the relationship between spatial patterns of household deprivation and some socioeconomic indexes in Iraq-2004
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)Regions, independent of their geographic level of aggregation, are known to be interrelated partly due to their relative locations. Similar economic performance among regions can be attributed to proximity. Consequently, ... -
Energy performance of fuzzy logic controllers in smart buildings
(Econjournals., 2019)This article presents simulation study on using fuzzy logic based controllers in order to determine building’s occupancy level and hence its effect on energy usage. The projected results of energy savings then is used to ... -
Design and simulation of spectrum access and power management protocol for dynamic access networks
(Zarka Private University, 2020)This work investigates the problem of managing the transmission power and assigning channels for multi-channel single-radio Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc Networks (CRAHNs). The considered network consists of M primary users and ... -
AI Techniques for COVID-19
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)Artificial Intelligence (AI) intent is to facilitate human limits. It is getting a standpoint on human administrations, filled by the growing availability of restorative clinical data and quick progression of insightful ... -
The effect of the gender and culture of the IELTS examiner on the examinees’ performance on the IELTs speaking test in the UAE context
(Librairie du Liban Publishers, 2019)This study examined the effect of the gender and culture of the IELTS examiner on the performance of Arab examinees on the IELTS speaking test. It relied on Communication Accommodation Theory to account for the linguistic ... -
Identity identification and management in the internet of things
(Zarka Private University, 2020)Henceforth, users agreed on the necessity of continuous Internet connection independently of the place, the manner, and the time. Nowadays, several elite services are accessible by people over the Internet of Things (IoT), ...