Assessing Level and Effectiveness of Corrosion Education in the UAE

The consequences of corrosion can be minimized by an engineering workforce well trained in corrosion fundamentals and management. Since the United Arab Emirates incurs the second highest cost of corrosion after Saudi Arabia, this paper examined the quality of corrosion education in the UAE. Surveys with academia and industry respondents showed that dedicated corrosion courses and engineering courses that integrated corrosion into the curricula were available in UAE universities, but graduates had insufficient knowledge of corrosion engineering and superficial understanding of corrosion in real-life design contexts. The effectiveness of corrosion education is determined by both competence in corrosion knowledge/skills and availability of resources (faculty and research). Though most departments would not hire new corrosion-specialist faculty, department research efforts and industry partnerships in corrosion research were present. The paper concluded with recommendations for improving knowledge and skills of future engineers in corrosion and enhancing corrosion instruction to better meet industry needs.

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Ten Deadly Sins of Education

Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology ◽

10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1291 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 261-267

Author(s):

Velimir SriĆa

Keyword(s):

Technology Education ◽

Educational System ◽

Obstet Gynecol ◽

Real Life ◽

High Technology ◽

Art And Science ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Contemporary Education ◽

Skills Education

ABSTRACT Education is necessary but ‘schools’ (as we know them) are not. How much of what we formally learn is ever useful in real life? Some studies show that it's only between 8 and 12%. The article tries to analyze the challenges and issues facing contemporary education. What are the ‘deadly sins’: The existing educational system is not very useful as far as the quality of its outcome is concerned; it is not flexible in embracing the Wiki world and high technology; education is slow in moving from bureaucracy toward entrepreneurship and creativity; separation between learning and working should be abandoned; instead of cramming, the students should be stimulated to analyze, reason, research, inquire and ‘think with their own head’; learning is important, but so is unlearning; teachers must be able to teach the rational stuff in a cool and inspirational way; the students should be trained for attitude, not just knowledge and skills; education must re-establish the lost connection between art and science, wisdom and practicality; education should go lower on theory, and higher on applicability. If we want to create a better educational system, changing culture is by far more important than changing curricula. How to cite this article Sriƒa V. Ten Deadly Sins of Education. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013;7(3):261-267.

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The Transnational Mosque

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v33i4.942 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 112-116

Author(s):

Tammy Gaber

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Visual Representation ◽

Field Work ◽

Political Climate ◽

Islamic Architecture ◽

Photo Documentation ◽

The Subject ◽

Hierarchy Of Influence

This catchy title, The Transnational Mosque, is timely and implies an analysisof global Islam and the multiplicities of mosque construction today. The premisepromises to contribute to the scholarship on Islamic architecture, and yetthere are some issues with the argument’s structure and even greater ones withthe analytical depth with respect to architecture. The book’s structure highlights the attempt to separate itself and “buildsupon” (p. 7) established texts on the subject of contemporary Islamic architecture.However, its relatively small format, dense with text, is populatedsparely with uneven visual representation. The photographs vary in qualityand vantage, and not all of the mosques discussed have images and architecturaldrawings – serious omissions in a field that is so visual, systematic comparativeanalysis requires analogous efforts with visual representation for theargument to sustain itself. The book contains an introduction; one chaptereach on Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE);and an epilogue that serves as a conclusion. But this four-fold argument,which focuses on the patron countries, is flawed because it inherently setsup a hierarchy of influence that situates equally the relatively minimal worksof the UAE with the far-reaching impact of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.It also ignores the “transnational” quality of those mosques not patronizedby any of them.The introduction, “Agency of History: The Symbolic Potential for theTransnational Mosque,” begins with an italicized brief first-person narrativethat describes Beirut’s Muhammad al-Amin Mosque followed by a long accountof patronage and political climate. Rizvi promises an interdisciplinaryapproach with field work, architecture and photo documentation, interviewswith architects and patrons in a “study [that] interrogates multiple agents anddiverse agendas behind the construction of transnational mosques” (p. 5). Shedefines “trans” as “beyond and across time of history and spaces of nations,”but nevertheless frames the book in terms of nations ...

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Pengetahuan Perawat Tentang Perawatan Luka Dengan Metode Moist Wound Healing di RSUD H. Adam Malik Medan

Talenta Conference Series Tropical Medicine (TM) ◽

10.32734/tm.v1i1.38 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 75-79

Author(s):

T. Widya Naralia ◽

Yesi Ariani

Keyword(s):

Wound Healing ◽

Associate Degree ◽

Wound Care ◽

Care Process ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Independent Life ◽

Care Training ◽

Insufficient Knowledge

Perawatan luka merupakan serangkaian kegiatan yang dilakukan untuk merawat luka dengan tujuan meningkatkan re-epitelisasi jaringan baru dan mengembalikan fungsi fisiologis kulit yang rusak. Moist wound healing merupakan metode perawatan luka terkini yang efektif menyembuhkan luka. Perawat dituntut untuk mempunyai pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang adekuat terkait dengan proses perawatan luka agar klien segera memperoleh kembali kesehatan dan kehidupan mandiri secara optimal. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pengetahuan perawat tentang perawatan luka dengan metode moist wound healing di RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan. Jumlah sampel penelitian ini adalah 60 orang perawat yang diambil melalui teknik total sampling sesuai kriteria inklusi yang ditetapkan yaitu perawat yang lama bekerja minimal 1 tahun di ruang bedah dan penyakit dalam serta pendidikan terakhir minimal D3 keperawatan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 50% responden memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup, namun masih ada sebanyak 31,7% responden yang memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang tentang perawatan luka dengan metode moist wound healing. Disarankan bagi pihak RSUP. H. Adam Malik Medan agar dapat memfasilitasi pelatihan perawatan luka bagi perawat sehingga pengetahuan dan ketrampilan perawat menjadi lebih baik yang berdampak pada peningkatan kualitas asuhan keperawatan. Wound care is a series of activities carried out to care wounds with the aim of increasing re-epithelialization of new tissue and restoring physiological function of broken skin. Moist wound healing is the latest wound care method that heals wounds effectively. Nurses are required to have adequate knowledge and skills related to the wound care process so that the patients regain health and independent life optimally. This study used a descriptive design that aimed to determine nurses’ knowledge about wound care using the moist wound healing method in H. Adam Malik Hospital Medan. The sample of this study composed of 60 nurses who were selected using consecutive sampling techniques based on the specified inclusion criteria, i.e. nurses who have worked for at least 1 year in operating room and internal medicine room, and nurses who have at least an associate degree or diploma in nursing. The results showed that 50% of respondents had sufficient knowledge, but there were still 31.7% of respondents who had insufficient knowledge about wound care using the moist wound healing method. It is recommended that H. Adam Malik Hospital Medan facilitate wound care training for nurses so that nurses have better knowledge and skills to improve the quality of nursing care.

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Transnationale Netzöffentlichkeiten als neue politische Öffentlichkeiten – Das kritische Potential digitaler Medien am Beispiel arabischer OnlinePlattformen

The International Review of Information Ethics ◽

10.29173/irie307 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 93-100

Author(s):

Christina Schachtner

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Middle East ◽

Digital Media ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Arab World ◽

Real Life ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Political Role ◽

Self Image ◽

Political Protests

Even in the first few weeks of the so-called "Arab Spring" in January 2011, digital media were identified as being essential instruments for organizing the political protests in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet digital media had already started to play a political role as arenas of discourse in which topics such as democracy, minority rights, gender and religion could be debated at least two to three years earlier. A critical online public sphere arose which had a transregional and global focus right from the start, as reflected in the self-image of one network actor when he explained: "In real life I'm a Saudi guy living in Saudi Arabia. But online I'm multinational, I'm multigeographical". This article presents the results of a study entitled "Communicative publics in cyberspace" investigating digital platforms which had been initiated in the Arab world, which is also where most of the contributions come from; this analysis is backed up by interviews with network actors and bloggers from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Following the concept of Nancy Fraser's transnational public spheres (2007). I analysed the normative legitimacy and the efficiency of the communicative authority of digital arenas of discourse in the Middle East, identifying which political practices led to social movements in the digital sphere and which characteristics of digital media contributed to helping digital arenas of discourse turn into places where political resistance can develop.

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Evidence-based practice by physiotherapists in UAE: Investigating behavior, attitudes, awareness, knowledge and barriers

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0253215 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. e0253215

Author(s):

Hamda AlKetbi ◽

Fatma Hegazy ◽

Arwa Alnaqbi ◽

Tamer Shousha

Keyword(s):

United Arab Emirates ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Research Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Key Terms

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an important factor determining the quality of healthcare. The field of physiotherapy is still limited by indirect access in several countries including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which creates added pressure to justify the merit in its practitioner’s capabilities. This study explores the behavior, attitudes, awareness and knowledge towards EBP among practicing physiotherapists in the UAE. It also enquires about their perception of the barriers in the implementation of EBP. Using a questionnaire survey of 258 physiotherapists, results show that the awareness of EBP is limited to a few terms including EBP, systematic literature review, and random trials while other terms associated with scientific studies are not known well. The attitude towards EBP was found to be significantly related to the knowledge of EBP (r = 0.208) and the perception of barriers to it (r = 0.156). The EBP behavior was found positively related to its knowledge (r = 0.134) and the perception of barriers (r = 0.216). The physiotherapists prefer to use their own experience and books and research articles to apply EBP but do not consider their peers to be as worthy sources as the others. However, their attitudes towards EBP are largely positive though their perception of barriers grows with better knowledge and understanding of EBP. The barriers in the implementation of EBP are a lack of research knowledge and skills, time, support, and resources which indicate opportunities for the decision-makers to improve the adoption of EBP among these professionals. This study concluded that although physiotherapists in the UAE claim awareness about EBP, their knowledge is limited to a few key terms whereas, attention is needed to improve EBP knowledge and practice.

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Quality of life in HCV patients treated with OBV/PTV/r ± DSV ± RBV under real-life conditions – Data from the German observational study LIFE-C

Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie ◽

10.1055/s-0037-1612887 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (01) ◽

pp. E2-E89

Author(s):

P Buggisch ◽

R Link ◽

U Naumann ◽

G Teuber ◽

R Heyne ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Observational Study ◽

Real Life ◽

Life Conditions

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Ragam Bangunan Perundang-Undangan Hukum Keluarga di Negera-Negara Muslim Modern: Kajian Tipologis

Al-Manahij Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam ◽

10.24090/mnh.v11i1.1267 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 49-60

Author(s):

Miftahul Huda

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Family Law ◽

Marriage Law ◽

The Third ◽

Muslim Countries ◽

Fourth Type ◽

Modern Family ◽

The Difference

The reality of the difference in applying Islamic law in the context of marriage law legislation in modern Muslim countries is undeniable. Tunisia and Turkey, for example, have practiced Islamic law of liberal nuance. Unlike the case with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that still use the application of Islamic law as it is in their fiqh books. In between these two currents many countries are trying to apply the law in their own countries by trying to bridge the urgent new needs and local wisdom. This is widely embraced by modern Muslim countries in general. This paper reviews typologically the heterogeneousness of family law legislation of modern Muslim countries while responding to modernization issues. Typical buildings seen from modern family law reforms can be classified into four types. The first type is progressive, pluralistic and extradoctrinal reform, such as in Turkey and Tunisia. The second type is adaptive, unified and intradoctrinal reform, as in Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Algeria and Pakistan. The third type is adaptive, unified and intradoctrinal reform, represented by Iraq. While the fourth type is progressive, unifiied and extradoctrinal reform, which can be represented by Somalia and Algeria.

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