• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2021

COVID-19 presented the world with a severe loss of life and impact, which has no geographical bounds or expected time to when its effects will subside. It has affected countries across the globe, disrupting economic levels and businesses in every industry while also altering individuals' everyday lives. The current research aims to examine the impact of coronavirus pandemic on entrepreneur's business activities and their perceptions on the difference in consumer behavior during this time. The findings reveal the pandemic negatively impacted business productivity and profits, forcing many businesses to physically close permanently. Surprisingly, female entrepreneurs do not perceive a change in consumer behavior compared to pre-COVID-19 times. Interestingly, the results indicate there is a negative impact on employees' efficiency to conduct work in which almost no research has conveyed such a finding. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 445 responses from male and female entrepreneurs in the capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using a simple random sample over the period of four months. Ultimately, this research will help entrepreneurs gain more knowledge and a deeper understanding of this new environment necessary to undertaking certain measures and adaptability in order to sustain their businesses during unprecedented times.

• World Technopolis Review
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.96-108
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• 2013

Egypt has been known as the light house of science and innovation not only in the Middle East but to the world across ages. Recently, there have been many ups and downs that positioned Egypt in a lower rank that it actually deserves according to its long history. This review entitles the current condition of science, technology and innovation in Egypt and the consequent setting up of best practices of science and technology parks (STPs) experiences. Egypt's science, technology and innovation (STI) system is highly centralized and dominated by the public sector, with R&D happening mostly in state-run universities and research centers supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Scientific Research. R&D indicators state that Egypt ranking is 40th worldwide for the published articles (around 10,000 papers in 2011), while the numbers of issued patents (350 local and 50 international in 2011) is still far beyond expected. STPs in Egypt are addressed in this review by three examples; smart village in Cairo, Investment zone in Borg El-Arab City and Technology Valley in Ismailia. The three models are discussed in details and a suggested road map for developing more STPs is estimated.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2019

This study multi-dimensionally analyzes a sport documentary, All or Nothing: Manchester City, which is an original content on Prime Video, an American Over-The-Top (OTT) platform. Due to the success of South Korean soccer player Heung-min Son who plays Tottenham Hotspur of England, the popularity of the English Premier league is recently the greatest in South Korea along with the fact that soccer has been a popular sport for a long time. This study focuses on the success of the soccer club, Manchester City, which has become a rising star with its huge investment from United Arab Emirates; Manchester City won the league four times since 1992/1993 season. Also, during the 2017/2018 season, the background the documentary, Manchester City won the league title with new records, which shows the greatness of Manchester City. Especially, this study examines the documentary by 1) Story 2) Type of Scene 3) How to watch. Thus, this study explores not only the aspects of team-themed sport documentary that shows how and why Manchester City is excellent, but also the traits of the original content that explores the structure of the media platform.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.17-44
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• 2015

Due to the oil business, settlements in the Gulf Region developed into prosperous cities. But in the near future, oil is off. The plans of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states bank on diversified and knowledge-intensive economies. Are those development plans realistic? What is the state of the art of knowledge institutions in the GCC countries? Applying the theoretical frameworks of Knowledge City and Science Indicators research, we empirically and theoretically studied the emerging Gulf cities Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain), Doha (Qatar), Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah (all UAE), and Muscat (Oman). Our methodological framework includes grounded theory, ethnographic field study, ServQual-like quantitative questionnaires and semi-standardized qualitative interviews conducted on-site with informed people, informetrics, and, finally, the use of official statistics. In particular, we describe and analyze the cities' knowledge infrastructures, their academics, and expenditure on R&D as input indicators; and publications as well as graduates as output indicators. A further crucial aspect of a knowledge society is the transition of graduates into knowledge-intensive public services and private companies.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.695-703
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• 2008

A locally isolated thermophile, Geobacillus sp. SAB-40, producing thermostable extracellular amylase constitutively and an induced intracellular ${\beta}$-galactosidase was characterized and identified based on 16S rRNA sequencing. A phylogenetic analysis then revealed its closeness to Geobacillus stearothermophilus. To evaluate the effect of the culture conditions on the coproduction of both enzymes by G stearothermophilus SAB-40, a Plackett-Burman fractional factorial design was applied to determine the impact of twenty variables. Among the tested variables, $CaCI_2$, the incubation time, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, and tryptone were found to be the most significant for encouraging amylase production. Lactose was found to promote ${\beta}$-galactosidase production, whereas starch had a significantly negative effect on lactase production. Based on a statistical analysis, a preoptimized medium attained the maximum production of amylase and ${\beta}$-galactosidase at 23.29 U/ml/ min and 12,958 U/mg biomass, respectively, which was 3-and 2-fold higher than the yield of amylase and lactase obtained with the basal medium, respectively.

• 한국기술혁신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국기술혁신학회 2006년도 The 1st China-Korea Conference on Innovation Studies
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• pp.103-116
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• 2006

The recycle economy is the first stage of knowledge economy. In March 2005, the author attended the forum of 'Festival of Thinkers' in the capital of United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Through five day' discussing with 10 Nobel Prize winners and 18 thinkers from five continents, the conception of Recycle Economy is regulated. The former principle of '3R' in clean production has been expanded to '5R' in new recycle economy, adding concept of 'rethink' and 'repair' to the 'reduce, reuse and recycle' This article makes a full exposition to the origin, contents and its innovation to the classical western economics of the new recycle economics. Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the article discusses the application of new recycle economy in terms of promoting the ability of national innovation system and independent innovation, city construction and the industry innovation concerning Beijing's features.

• 인간행동과 음악연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.63-77
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 장애아동의 부모의 음악치료에 대한 인식을 알아보는 것이다. 연구 참여자는 현재 아랍에미레이트 샤르자에서 음악치료 경험이 있는 장애아를 둔 부모이다. 참여자 모집은 장애아동치료기관의 동의를 획득한 후 참여자를 모집하였다. 연구 참여에 동의한 35명을 대상으로 온라인 조사를 시행하여 장애아동 음악치료의 현황, 프로그램 실태, 부모의 참여 경험, 만족도와 기대하는 바에 대한 내용을 수집하였다. 회수된 최종 33개의 응답을 분석한 결과 부모 만족도는 음악치료에 대해 높은 수준의 만족도를 보였다. 부모의 장애아동 음악치료에 대한 만족도를 자녀의 음악치료 세션에 직접 참여해본 경험이나 관찰 경험에 따라 비교하였을 때, 세션 경험이나 관찰 경험이 있는 보호자들이 유의하게 높은 수준의 만족도를 보인 것으로 나타났다(p < .05). 음악치료에 기대하는 것에 대해 부모 대상 음악치료 경험 44.4%에 기대하는 바가 가장 높게 나타났으며 음악치료 기본지식 36% 등 음악치료에 대한 지식면에서도 학부모들이 도움을 원하는 것을 알 수 있다. 본 연구 결과는 장애아동 음악치료에서의 만족도와 기대하는 바를 파악함으로써 수혜아동 부모의 의견을 반영하여 효과적인 음악치료 프로그램을 시행하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제시하였다는 데 의의가 있다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6375-6379
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• 2015

Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide, with about 500,000 new cases and 270,000 deaths each year. Globally, it is estimated that over one million women currently have cervical cancer, most of whom have not been diagnosed, or have no access to treatment that could cure them or prolong their lives. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women. Materials and Methods: A population-based cross-sectional retrospective survey of cervical smear abnormalities was conducted in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE, from January 2013 to December 2013 by collecting consecutive liquid-based cytology samples from the Department of Pathology at the SKMC Hospital in Abu Dhabi city. Results: The total number of women screened for cervical cancer for the year 2013 at SKMC was 4,593, with 225 (4.89%) abnormal smears. The majority of the abnormal smear results were atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) 114 (2.48%). This study showed 60% increase in the rate of abnormal cervical smears in the UAE over the last 10 years. In this study the highest incidence of high grade abnormalities were seen in women above the age of 61years (1.73%), this might be due to the fact that this group of women missed the chance of screening of cervical cancer earlier in their lives or could be explained by the well-known second peak of HPV infection seen in many prevalence studies. Conclusions: We conclude that the rate of abnormal cervical smear in the screened Abu Dhabi women is not different from the rate in developed countries. A notable increase in both low and high grade abnormalities has occurred within the last decade.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.42.1-42.11
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• 2022

Breast cancer (BC) is a significant threat to female health, with both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. It is essential to monitor patients regularly and to raise population awareness. Increasing research also suggests that E-selectin (SELE) may increase tumor angiogenesis and the development of cancer. This study investigated SELE single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the following positions: rs5367T/C, rs5368C/T, rs5362T/G, and rs5362T/C. Using polymerase chain reaction, significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies were found between BC patients and controls. Position rs5368 was associated with an increased risk of BC for the CT and TT genotypes, with odds ratios (ORs) of 16.3 and 6.90 (Fisher probability = 0.0001, p = 0.005). Women with the T allele had a 19.3-fold higher incidence of BC, while allele C may be a protective allele against BC (OR, 0.05). Heterozygous genotypes at rs5367, rs5362, and rs5362 were significantly more common in BC patients, with ORs of 5.70, 4.50, and 3.80, respectively. These SNPs may be associated with the risk of BC, because the frequency of mutant alleles was significantly higher in patients (OR: 4.26, 3.83, and 4.30, respectively) than in controls (OR: 0.23, 0.30, and 0.20, respectively). These SNPs may be considered a common genotype in the Iraqi population, with the wild-type allele having a protective fraction and the mutant allele having an environmental fraction. The results also revealed a 2-fold increase in gene expression in BC patients compared to controls, with a significant effect (p = 0.017). This study's findings confirm the importance of SELE polymorphisms in cancer risk prediction.

• 비교교육연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.161-187
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• 2016

본 연구는 21세기 지식경제사회에 쿠웨이트 교육의 실태와 특징을 분석하여 쿠웨이트 교육발전의 문제점 한계점을 검토하고, 이를 바탕으로 쿠웨이트 교육은 앞으로 어떤 방향으로 갈 수 있는지, 쿠웨이트 교육의 발전을 위한 필요조치들과 이후 교육정책의 수립에 필요한 정책발전 방향에 대해 논의하고자 한다. 연구 목적을 달성하기 위하여 본 연구는 교육의 3요소라는 교사 학생 교육내용(교육과정, 교과서, 교육시설설비), 학교 자체의 성격, 학교의 대외관계, 그리고 정치적 가치로서 교육기회에 대해 경제적, 정치적, 교육적, 국제적 측면에서 비교연구적 접근과 개성기술적 접근을 통해 쿠웨이트 교육의 실태와 문제점을 분석 검토 하였다. 마지막으로 쿠웨이트 교육 개발을 위한 제언 그리고 세계교육발전에 주는 시사점을 정리해서 제시하였다.