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The impact of cultural distance on local residents perception of tourism development: The case of Dubai in UAE
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Institute for Tourism
, 2016 , Article)
This study discusses the importance of understanding cultural differences between tourists and hosts for developing positive cross-cultural tourist interaction and its influence on the host's perception of sociocultural ...
Possible effect of video lecture capture technology on the cognitive empowerment of higher education students: A case study of gulf-based university
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
E-learning concept is becoming a vital need for higher and lower education students. It has been observed from the interaction with students of gulf region that they have challenges with the online method of knowledge ...
Investigating the key determinants of Muslim ethical consumption behaviour amongst affluent Qataris
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this research paper was the study of an affluent Islamic market, going through a rapid economic and social transformation, from an ethical consumption perspective. More specifically, impact of ...
Computational insights into the photocyclization of diclofenac in solution: Effects of halogen and hydrogen bonding
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2016 , Article)
The effects of noncovalent interactions, namely halogen and hydrogen bonding, on the photochemical conversion of the photosensitizing drug diclofenac (DCF) in solution were investigated computationally. Both explicit and ...
Does Official development assistance for health from developed countries displace government health expenditure in sub-saharan countries?
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Economics Bulletin
, 2016 , Article)
This paper empirically examines the foreign aid fungibility in the health sector of 45 Sub-Saharan countries over the period of 1995-2012. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of foreign health aid on government ...
Matching organizational frame of reference and business strategy with contemporary marketing practices: Evidence from Arab world
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate diversity of marketing practices of firms operating in the same environment, by identifying how management perception and business strategy (BS) fits with the choice of ...
Mass communication sciences in the maghreb: A hybrid identity for an evolving discipline [Komunikasi massa sains di maghribi: Satu identity hibrid dalam disiplin yang sering berubah]
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
, 2016 , Article)
Throughout the world, mass communication sciences had faced many difficulties to impose itself in the academic and administrative spheres as a new, entirely independent discipline. Even nowadays, certain fierce opponents ...
E-voting adoption in a developing country
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present factors that affect e-voting adoption in the Middle East and, in particular, Jordan. Changing the election voting method for the people in Jordan from traditional voting to ...
An educational ontology-based M-learning system
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International Association of Online Engineering
, 2016 , Article)
Smart devices applications can assist young children in improving their learning capabilities and comprehension skills. However most of learning applications are built without taking into consideration the effective needs ...
A Note on Meccan Women in the Fifteenth Century
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Brill Academic Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
The history of women in Arabia is a relatively new and unexplored area of research and the place of women in Mecca (Makkah), Islam's holiest city, is particularly shrouded in darkness. From the fifteenth century, however, ...