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Causes For Delays In Construction Projects In Kuwait
( Qatar University , 2002 , Article)The paper presents a study based on a research that analyzes and ranks the causes of delays in building and housing type projects undertaken by governmental agencies in Kuwait. The study was based on a survey with the ... -
Causes of construction change orders in Qatar: Contractors' perspective
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)The construction industry involves complex processes which are prone to various changes and variations. However, it may be argued that the application of change orders within construction projects in the State of Qatar has ... -
Causes of Cost-Overrun in Construction Projects
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey questionnaire. The survey ... -
CAUSES OF DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
(2016 , Master Thesis)The construction industry is struggling by numerous recorded incidents of delay due to improper planning and/or implementation of required construction measures. Globally, researchers have concluded that the construction ... -
Causes of Undergraduate Students' Underachievement in a Gulf Cooperation Council Country (GCC) University
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2022 , Article)UNESCO reports enrollment in higher education in the Arab and Gulf Cooperation Council region doubled from 5.1 million in 2000 to 10.7 million in 2015. Despite significant budgets and the world's lowest teacher-to-student ... -
Causes of workplace violence against medical staff as perceived by physicians and nurses in Jordanian public hospitals
( Emerald , 2022 , Article)Purpose: Workplace violence against medical staff has become an endemic problem in the healthcare sector in Jordan. This study investigates the perceived main causes of workplace violence (medical staff, administrative, ... -
CD146, a novel target of CD44-signaling, suppresses breast tumor cell invasion.
(2017 , Article)We have previously validated three novel CD44-downstream positively regulated transcriptional targets, including Cortactin, Survivin and TGF-β2, and further characterized the players underlying their separate signaling ... -
CD28 Superagonistic Activation of T Cells Induces a Tumor Cell-Like Metabolic Program
( Mary Ann Liebert Inc. , 2019 , Article)CD28 superagonist (CD28SA), a therapeutic immunomodulatory monoclonal antibody triggered rapid and exaggerated activation of CD4+ effector memory T cells (TEMs) in humans with unwanted serious adverse effects. It is well ... -
CD44 mediates stem cell mobilization to damaged lung via its novel transcriptional targets, Cortactin and Survivin
( Ivyspring International Publisher , 2020 , Article)Beyond their role in bone and lung homeostasis, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are becoming popular in cell therapy. Various insults may disrupt the repair mechanisms involving MSCs. One such insult is smoking, which is a ... -
CD56 expression in breast cancer induces sensitivity to natural killer-mediated cytotoxicity by enhancing the formation of cytotoxic immunological synapse
( Nature Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)We examined the potential value of the natural killer (NK) cell line; NK-92, as immunotherapy tool for breast cancer (BC) treatment and searched for biomarker(s) of sensitivity to NK-92-mediated cytotoxicity. The cytotoxic ... -
CE-D2D: Collaborative and Popularity-aware Proactive Chunks Caching in Edge Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)Leveraging video caching to collaborative Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) servers is an emerging paradigm, where cloud computing services are extended to edge networks to allocate multimedia contents close to end-users. However, ... -
CE-D2D: Dual framework chunks caching and offloading in collaborative edge networks with D2D communication
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)The advancement of technology has pushed the cloud computing capabilities to the edge networks, paving the way for network operators and multimedia service providers to leverage video caching and transcoding to the Mobile ... -
Ceftaroline fosamil for community-acquired pneumonia and skin and skin structure infections: a systematic review
( Springer Netherlands , 2017 , Article)Background Ceftaroline is a parentally administered cephalosporin that has an in vitro expanded spectrum of activity compared with other cephalosporins yet data is conflicting regarding its place in therapy. Aim of the ... -
Celebrating Culture - Literary Communities of Practice in Doha
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Our paper focuses on the role of arts and culture in Doha. More specifically, we examine literary circles in Doha (both Arab and English speaking) and regard them as 'communities of practice.' According to Etienne Wenger, ... -
Celebrity endorsements: Investigating the interactive effects of internalization, identification and product type on consumers’ attitudes and intentions
(2021 , Article)In line with Kang and Herr's work (2006), this research questions the ELM's contention that celebrity credibility serves foremost as a peripheral element in a persuasive communication context. Nevertheless, in a different ... -
Cell phenotyping in multi-tag fluorescent bioimages
( Elsevier B.V. , 2014 , Article)Multi-tag bioimaging systems have recently emerged as powerful tools which provide spatiotemporal localization of several different proteins in the same tissue specimen. The analysis of such multivariate bioimages requires ... -
Cell shortening and calcium dynamics in epicardial and endocardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)New Findings: What is the central question of this study? To investigate haemodynamic dysfunction in the type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat, we measured shortening and Ca2+ transport in ventricular myocytes from ... -
Cell-based diagnostic of bronchial carcinoma: Case study of a diagnostic value of tests of circulating tumor cells and organoid culture
( Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University , 2020 , Article)Diagnostic based on analysis of living tumor cells is frequently used in oncology. Circulating tumor cells in the blood and cells obtained from a tumor biopsy are used to access their carcinogenic properties and subsequently ... -
Cell-Based Therapy for Tooth Replantation Following Avulsion: A Systematic Review
( Mary Ann Liebert Inc. , 2022 , Article Review)The management of avulsed teeth undergoing delayed replantation remains a clinical challenge as there are currently no effective interventions that can improve periodontal healing and prevent replacement root resorption. ... -
Cellular and molecular targets of menthol actions
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2017 , Article Review)Menthol belongs to monoterpene class of a structurally diverse group of phytochemicals found in plant-derived essential oils. Menthol is widely used in pharmaceuticals, confectionary, oral hygiene products, pesticides, ...