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Combining Sea Level Rise Inundation Impacts, Tidal Flooding and Extreme Wind Events along the Abu Dhabi Coastline

open access: yesHydrology, 2022
This paper describes the development of a two-dimensional, basin-scale tidal model with waves and wave run-up to determine the inundation impacts on the Abu Dhabi coastline due to the combined effect of sea level rise, tidal flooding, storm surge and ...
Aaron C. H. Chow, Jiayun Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Emirati Women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2011
Jane Bristol-Ryhs’ Emirati Women: Generations of Change provides a rare glimpse into how the lives of Abu Dhabi women have changed as a result of the discovery of oil in the late 1960s.
Manata Hashemi
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Mathematical modeling of the spread of the coronavirus under strict social restrictions

open access: yesMathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView., 2021
We formulate a simple susceptible‐infectious‐recovery (SIR) model to describe the spread of the coronavirus under strict social restrictions. The transmission rate in this model is exponentially decreasing with time. We find a formula for basic reproduction function and estimate the maximum number of daily infected individuals.
Mo'tassem Al‐arydah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pleasures of Polyglossia in Emirati Cinema: Focus on From A to B and Abdullah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Polyglot films highlight the coexistence of multiple languages at the level of dialogue and narration. Even the notoriously monolingual Hollywood film industry has recently seen an increase in polyglot productions.
Doris Hambuch
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Islamic Arches are Source of Contemporary Architectural Creativity at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2021
The formulations of the arts and architecture are similar all over the Arab countries, to the point that many art historians see them being linked together in one civilization for the ease of impact and being influenced of each other's art.
Manal Shaltout, Ruqayyah Abdo Mahmoud
doaj   +1 more source

A new model for the formation of microbial polygons in a coastal sabkha setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The stratigraphic record of microbially induced sedimentary structures spans most of the depositional record. Today, microbes continue to generate, bind and modify sediments in a vast range of depositional environments.
Andrade, Luiza   +7 more
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The primary health care in the emirate of Abu Dhabi: are they aligned with the chronic care model elements?

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the largest of the seven emirates in terms of land mass and population. Abu Dhabi emirate has three different geographical regions: the Central Capital District, the Eastern Region,
Marília Silva Paulo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abu Dhabi-Great Britain and the crisis over jurisdiction 1959-1960

open access: yesHistoria Actual On-Line, 2011
Las demandas presentadas por el Jeque Shakhbout en 1959 para obtener la plena soberanía jurídica sobre el emirato de Abu Dhabi generaron una crisis diplomática plasmada en la correspondencia interna del gobierno Británico.
Federico Velez
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Water quality of two semi-closed areas in the United Arab Emirates Coast along the Arabian Gulf:a comparative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
A comparative study was carried out between the two biggest creeks along the Arabian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates to evaluate impacts of sewage and industrial effluents on their hydrochemical characteristics.
Shriadah, M.A.
core  

Rebalancing the geographies of financial services power : the role of sovereign wealth funds. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As part of debates about the causes, consequences and political ramifications of the credit crisis and ensuing recession (for a summary of which see Engelen and Faulconbridge, 2009), questions about the changing geographies of power in the financial ...
Faulconbridge, James
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