Browsing by Publisher "OMICS International"
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Advancing Service Operations: The Changing Role of Industrial Engineering
( OMICS International , 2012 , Article)Service operations are currently at the hub of economic activities in some parts of the world. Although indicators seem to suggest the existence and future dominance of service economies, such economies will only be ... -
Approach for Integrating Indirect Evaporative Cooling System into Contemporary Architecture
( OMICS International , 2014 , Article)Nowadays, the knowledge of building ecology focuses on energy efficiency and how to integrate environmental and climatic parameters into HVAC and thus enhances space qualities such as comfort ability. The aim of this paper ... -
“Breakthrough Therapies” for Breast Cancer Metastasis.
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Breast Cancer Metastasis (MBC) is an ultimate death sentence remains a challenge for clinicians worldwide.According to the Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Awareness Network about 155,000 patients are living nowadays with ... -
Built Form and Culture: Italian Transnational Houses in Australia
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)Accordingly to Wagner, “Dwellings stand as the concrete expressions of a complex interaction among cultural skills and norms, climatic conditions and the potentialities of natural materials”. This study, beginning with ... -
Cloud Computing and Healthcare Services
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)There is a significant volume of healthcare data generated daily. The data are important and vital for decision making and delivering the best care for patients. Cloud computing is a cost effective method that facilitates ... -
Cyanomatrix and Cyanofilm
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Cyanobacteria are diverse in their habitats, structure, and metabolism that can grow as unicellular or long filaments and secreting high molecular mass polymers (extracellular polymer substances, EPS), which can either be ... -
Dubai: An Urbanism Shaped for Global Tourism
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)The urban transformation experience of Dubai presents an interesting model of dealing with globalization and benefiting from its flows of people, capital, and transformation. Although that city does not have rich urban ... -
Ecological Indicators for Landscape Assessment- Moving Forward with Sustainability Initiatives for Qatar
( OMICS International , 2012 , Article)According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Oil and gas have made Qatar the second highest per-capita income country - following Liechtenstein. The economy of Qatar is one of the active economies in the Middle East with ... -
Editorial : Optimal Satellite Sensor Selection Utilized to Monitor the Impact of Urban Sprawl on the Thermal Environment in Doha City, Qatar
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)In the present study, the most appropriate Landsat and ASTER Image spatial and spectral resolutions were selected to extract thermal infrared data in Doha City, Qatar from 1990-2015. Results indicated Urban Heat Island(UHI) ... -
Editorial: Face Recognition Difficulties in Children: Hits and/or Correct Rejections?
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Face recognition difficulties during childhood are well-documented. However, mixed results were obtained regarding the precise nature of these difficulties using different experimental tasks. Using recognition memory ... -
Editorial: Individual Differences in Face Identification: A Causal Relationship with Anxiety?
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)Face identification has become one of the most popular topics in psychology, encompassing the cognitive, forensic, neuroscience, developmental, and social divisions. Most of this research, however, treats face identification ... -
Editorial: Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Study
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)The research study aimed to understand how first generation Italian migrants in Brisbane have influenced the form of a specific typology of dwelling, the archetypal ‘house on a quarter-acre block’, in the post WWII ... -
Editorial: Modern and Vernacular Settlements in Doha: An Urban Planning Strategy to Pursue Modernity and Consolidate Cultural Identity
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)Scholars and researchers, who investigate the extent to which spatial form and livability are mutually interconnected, stress that the built environment provides the space for the enhancement of social interactions, which ... -
Editorial: New Media and Political Revival: The Middle East Story
( OMICS International , 2013 , Article)It has become evident that the Arab revolutions that took place in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have marked a turning point in Arab politics. On the other side, it was also a turning point of realizing the importance of social ... -
Editorial: Novel Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Lung cancer accounts for about 27% of all cancer deaths and considered as the leading cause of cancer-associated death worldwide. Genotype-driven therapeutics is a standard of care for majority of subgroup of NSCLC patients ... -
Editorial: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems-What can Industrial Engineering and Management do?
( OMICS International , 2012 , Article)Towards the end of the 20thcentrury, the concept of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs) rocked the world of manufacturing and promised a global revolution in the 21stcentury manufacturing landscape. Since then, a ... -
Editorial: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitors: Blocking Angiogenesis and Improving Outcomes.
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Tumor tissues are just like normal tissues; require nutrients, oxygen and the ability to evacuate waste products and CO2, the process of angiogenesis or (tumor-associated vascularization) addresses these needs to tumor ... -
Editorial: Workplace Physical Activity and Health Risks: A Need for Effective Screening and Intervention Strategies
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)The World Health Organisation (WHO) has adopted a global strategy on physical activity and health since 2005, with an aim to reduce and reverse the constant rise in these health risks globally [1]. However, most recent ... -
The Effect of Aluminium Dross on Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Concrete
( OMICS International , 2014 , Article)It is the objective of this project is to investigate the mechanical and chemical behaviour of new concrete type obtained by adding aluminium dross which is an impure aluminium mixture that results from metals melting and ... -
Effective Rapport in Tourist Guiding (Interpretation of Themes)
( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)The aim of this paper is to discuss the requirements for effective guiding and the attributes for establishing effective rapport in tourist guiding. The paper will suggest an “interpretation of themes,” using a thematically ...