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In this thesis, applying an innovative postmodern equal-weight/sequential QUAN→PHEN Mixed-Methods Phenomenological Research ('MMPR') approach to study an Olympics' impact within its two-cluster socio-demographic footprint forms its main contribution to knowledge. Facilitating be…

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is an optimization technique introduced in 1995 that is based on the behavior of natural creatures. It is a stochastic population-based algorithm where the particles are affected by their trust in themselves, their experiences, and their neighbo…

Unlike in Classical Arabic, this study hypothesized that word-initial consonant clusters exist in Najdi Arabic as a result of first vowel deletion. The goal of this study was to investigate the word-initial consonant cluster patterns of Najdi Arabic and measure the sonority scal…

The suburbs are ending… not ending in the final way one may think of like a bad movie, but ending as they are known today. It is documented that a gamut of people are choosing to live differently than people of the past. Instead of the traditional American Dream of a house, on s…