This dissertation gives a cultural explanation to Oman's negotiation behavior during Oman's border negotiations with its neighbors, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, with particular attention paid to the role played by Oman's Arab/Islamic culture in its negotiation strategy. To acco…
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The aim of this study was to determine cancer mortality rates for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to create an atlas of cancer mortality for the UAE. This atlas is the first of its kind in the Gulf country and the Middle East. Death certificates were reviewed for a period fro…
The purposes of the current study were to test the replicability of the factor structure of the Attitudes Toward Women's Roles (ATWR), Sex-Role Egalitarianism Scale (SRES), Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Self-Esteem Inventory, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale,…
Many benefits can be realized from physical education programs in both middle and secondary education. Physical education programs are not recognized for their values in schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The opinions of teachers and administrators concerning physical ed…
The results of the literature review and survey show that tremendous changes have taken place in the United Arab Emirates both in its economic as well as in the provision of health care, since its independence in 1971. The country has extensive primary health care services that …
This study examined types of parental involvement in UAE schools and determined whether parental involvement contributes to the success of “distinguished schools.” In order to answer the study's questions, interviews were conducted with principals, teachers, and parents from dis…
Tell Abraq is a Bronze Age archaeological site located in the modern day United Arab Emirates and was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC to the 1st century AD. The coastal location provided access to both marine and agricultural resources as well as trade routes and foreign exc…
Background: The problem of overweight and obese children now constitutes a global burden, with high prevalence rates being reported in many transitional societies. Children in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are 1.8 times more obese than those in the United States and, by age 18,…
This research explores the various level of meanings embedded in the images represented of women, television anchors in particular, on Dubai (UAE) TV. Approaches taken to decipher these images are grounded in the methodologies of interpretations, especially those coming from Ara…
UAE is located at the southeast of Arabian Peninsula. Two main aquifers occupy the study area: the Eastern Gravel Plain and Ophiolite aquifer. Increasing salinity of groundwater and depletion of aquifers are a major concern in the UAE. Previous studies suggest that groundwater, …
Within the historical context of 1892 to 1939, this study examines the evolution of the tribal system in the Trucial States as a socio-economic phenomenon. After the Trucial States were occupied by the British in 1820, the tribal system was integrated into the world capitalist e…
The linkage between strategy and information technology (IT) has received much attention in recent years. An excellent match between strategy and IT has been prescribed by many authors and researchers as an important recipe for higher organizational effectiveness and stronger co…
This study examines the ability of Britain to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of retreat from empire, taking as a case study changes in Britain's relationships with the Arab states of the lower Gulf--Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (formerly the Tru…
The three publically funded higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have introduced one-to-one laptop programs; however, there is an absence of research on how this has made a difference in student attitudes towards electronic educational interaction that…
As many as 80% of the current students enrolled in the United Arab Emirates' federal colleges and universities are first-generation students. Although the number of first-generation students is tremendously high, there is a lack of information on the experiences of these student…
Based upon six weeks of ethnographic field research during the summer of 2011 in Dubai, UAE with Filipina migrant workers and two years of experience living in the emirate, this thesis addresses the complex strategies such women engage in to create quasi-familial networks of soc…
Temporary contract migrants as a class fall between systems of responsibility: home country, host country, and international community. The systems are separately inadequate and basically uncoordinated, leaving migrants in a precarious situation. The situation of temporary contr…