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A comparative psychological evaluation of a robotic avatar in Dubai and Japan

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
IntroductionThis study focused on the psychological evaluation of an avatar robot in two distinct regions, Dubai in the Middle East and Japan in the Far East.
Hiroko Kamide, Yukiko Horikawa, Moe Sato, Moe Sato, Atsushi Toyoda, Atsushi Toyoda, Kurima Sakai, Takashi Minato, Takashi Minato, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Hiroshi Ishiguro   +11 more
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Dental Caries Prevalence Among Dubai and Northern Emirates Public Schoolchildren: An Epidemiological Retrospective Study (2015–2019)

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral health is a key public health priority in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yet the effectiveness of the existing programmes is unclear due to limited standardised data. Aim To estimate schoolchildren caries prevalence across UAE over five academic years (2015–2019) and assess the associated factors.
Khawla Humaid Belhoul Alfalasi, Tom Loney, Momen Atieh, Christopher Cardwell, Haifa Hannawi, Maimouneh Qazi, Gerry McKenna   +6 more
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The role of the Dubai Festival in the work of mural painting in its public facilities (Analytical study)

Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm
The presented research is an analytical study of the Dubai Canvas Festival 2017 for three-dimensional arts, as it is an art festival organized by Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO).
Researcher.Shimaa Saber Moukhtar Abdel Hamid gohar The role of the Dubai Festival
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Analyzing Hydrodynamic Changes in Dubai Creek, UAE: A Pre- and Post-Extension Study

Hydrology
This paper presents a comparative study that examines the effects of the Dubai Creek extension on its hydrodynamics and water flushing dynamics. Dubai Creek (Khor Dubai) is a 24 km long artificial seawater stream located in the emirate of Dubai.
Khaled Elkersh, Serter Atabay, Tarig Ali, Abdullah G. Yilmaz, Maruf Md. Mortula, Geórgenes H. Cavalcante   +5 more
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Entrepreneurship as social policy: A case study of the United Arab Emirates [PDF]

, 2006
While many different types of entrepreneurship have been identified in the literature, each type shares one feature in common – the profit motive. Entrepreneurship is generally seen as contributing to the economic development of a country.
Morris, Mervyn J.
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Insights into the structure of grey reef shark aggregation, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in two distinct channels of the Maldivian archipelago, Indian Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos is one of the most frequently encountered reef‐associated shark species in the Maldives, yet very little is known about its local size structure or population dynamics. This study provides new insights into two aggregations of C.
Parmegiani Andrea, Gobbato Jacopo, Yoosuf Rilwan, Seveso Davide, Galli Paolo, Whitehead Andrew Darren, Ismail Yameen, Montano Simone   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arabic or English? Multilingual users’ preferences in Dubai ATM transactions

Frontiers in Communication
Language choice or preference, that is the deliberate selection of language(s) for different purposes in different contexts, situations and domains, is a complex sociolinguistic phenomenon as it is usually motivated by numerous sociolinguistic factors ...
Ahmad Al-Issa, Hana Sulieman
doaj   +1 more source

Designing information systems requirements in context: Insights from the theory of deferred action [PDF]

, 2008
This paper considers conceptual and contextual issues relating to the problem of developing systems models capable of representing knowable and unknowable information requirements.
Hackney, R, Patel, NV
core  

The Mixed Gamble of Competitive Dynamics in Family‐Controlled Firms

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract We extend the mixed gamble perspective to explain how family‐controlled firms frame and evaluate the difficult trade‐off between potential gains and losses in financial wealth (FW) and socioemotional wealth (SEW) when pursuing portfolio‐level strategic initiatives, as captured by competitive aggressiveness and complexity.
Jaeyoung Cho, Alfredo De Massis, Josip Kotlar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source