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Iris recognition and the challenge of homeland and border control security in UAE
(Elsevier, 2008-05-02)
This article discusses the implementation of iris recognition in improving the security of border control systems in the United Arab Emirates. The article explains the significance of the implemented solution and the ...
New opportunities, challenges and realities for the media industry in Greece: an empirical examination of the effects of the financial crisis and digital technologies on media business performance
(Inderscience Publishers, 2019)
The impressive developments of new media-focused technologies have brought about turbulence and significant problems in the financial performance of the media industry in Greece. This is particularly with reference to the ...
Language threat in the United Arab Emirates? Unpacking domains of language use
(De Gruyter, 2018)
: The United Arab Emirates’ economic and population growth within the past 30 years has led to a vibrant country where linguistic, cultural and religiousdiversity is the norm. Nevertheless, as Arabic-speaking Emiratis ...
Reflections on the consanguinity and birth outcome debate
(Oxford University Press, 1994-12)
The high rate of consanguineous marriages has been implicated as an important factor in the high rates of perinatal mortality and congenital malformations among the UK Pakistani population. This paper critically considers ...
Quality classification via Raman identification of carbon nanotube bundles using artificial neural networks
(IOP Publishing Ltd., 2007)
One of the major obstacles for successful mass-production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is performing quick and precise characterization of the properties of a given batch of nanotubes. In this paper, we have identified a set ...
Young South Asian deaf people and their families: negotiating relationships and identities.
(Wiley Online Library, 2002-01)
This paper explores how various and competing identity claims are negotiated by young deaf people and their families. Our findings, based on group and individual interviews with young South Asian deaf people and individual ...
Emotional Intelligence of Instructors and the Quality of Their Instructional Performance
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2016)
Quality of instructional performance is the key skill needed for every teaching faculty for achieving the level of
pedigree in the present educational scenario. However, the truth is that there are minimal studies to ...
The trouble with culture
(routledge london and new york, 1996)
In this chapter my focus is specifically on the way in which ‘culture’ is used in research and health and social policy in relation to racial minorities. In the discourses on ethnicity and culture, there is an interplay ...