School Social Workers have an important role in maintain a healthy mental status for the students in the schools. The purpose from this research paper is to shed light on Abu Dhabi school social workers, the challenges they face during their practicing their job. How they can practice their role more effectively and how social workers should always remined themselves that they have a humanity and moral responsibility to give more to the society. 50 School Social workers participated on this study, expressing their opinions about the struggles they deal with and how they will get over it from their perspectives. This paper will help in putting school social work in a frame, it will specify the exact responsibilities for each school social worker this paper showed the difficulties that social worker may face, so that the concerned authorities can solve it and legit policies to regulate the work.
تعتبر السنوات الخمس الأولى من عمر الطفل هي حجر الأساس التي ينطلق فيها الطفل للحياة وفيها تتشكل شخصيته ومهاراته ، والبحث هنا عن المؤسسات التي تساعد الأسرة في التنشئة الاجتماعية ومساعدة الطفل في هذه المرحلة المهمة ، مرحلة ما قبل الروضة ، ويجب أن يحظى الأطفال في هذه المرحلة من الاهتمام اللازم لأنهم المستقبل . حيث اثبتت الدراسات السابقة أن دماغ الطفل يصل إلى 75 % من النمو في سنوات الطفل الأولى ، وأيضا نوع الطعام وطريق اللعب وطريقة التعامل كلها أمور تؤثر على الطفل ، وعند البحث عن المؤسسات التي تمد يد العون للأسرة لم نجد سوى الحضانات والتي غالبا يكون هدفها الرئيسي هو الربح وليس الطفل ، وأيضا هدف الأسرة هو الحصول على مكان للطفل لمشاغل الحياة . ونقطة النظام هنا هي وجود نظام وآلية لمتابعة الأسرة في تربية أبنائهم في السنوات الأولى من عمره .
Although many studies claim that working memory selection and perceptual attention have some commonalities, whether they share the same neural mechanisms remains unclear. Here, we trained machine learning classifiers using functional magnetic resonance imaging data to distinguish different neural representations during the selection process in working memory and perception. Then, we tested if the classifiers trained by working memory selection could decode perceptual selection, and vice versa (i.e., cross-task decoding). The results show that in some areas in visual cortex (V2, V3, and V3AB) and intraparietal sulcus (IPS0), the classifiers perform well in cross-task decoding, suggesting that the neural representations for selection in working memory and perception are similar in these areas.
This paper aims to examine the internationalization of the UAE higher education (HE) system as a central instrument of promoting scientific and academic diplomacy, one of the UAE public diplomacy's main pillars of its Soft Power Strategy. It also attempts to highlight the policies and programs the government is implementing or intends to implement in this regard. In the end, the paper tries to analyze the effectiveness and feasibility of such a vehicle in enhancing the UAE PD and strengthen its reputation regionally and internationally.
This paper examines the important role of strategic alignment (SA) in the relationship between total quality management (TQM) and innovation performance (IP) and investigates how SA mediates the relationship between TQM and IP. This study also analyses the effect of TQM on SA. Four TQM practices were taken from The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) model; customer focus (CF), human resource management (HRM), continue improvement (CI) and leadership (LS). Using empirical data gathered from 424 respondents in service organizations, the results indicate that TQM has a significant and positive impact on SA, and SA partially mediates the relationship between TQM and IP. The findings provide valuable insights into the management of services organizations and how they can increase the innovation performance in their organizations through TQM and SA.
Purpose: This research aimed to study the Sustainability oriented innovation, in terms of principles, theories, and practices in construction field as part of transferring the construction industry toward the new contrivances and revolutionary principles of digitalization in industry 4.0, which is termed, in context of construction sector, as construction 4.0. Methodology: This research was based on the secondary data of literature reviews. The relevant articles on sustainable innovation in the industry of construction were filtered and synthesized, then the theoretical theme was thoroughly read, and critically structured leading to balanced and deep argumentations about the research topic from both classical and contemporary sources. Findings: This research resulted in developing comprehensive theoretical background about SOI as an act of innovation, that is formulated in various patterns, including creating new business model and upgrading organizational operations, through customizing firms' systems, transmit innovation, and build a system of sustainable construction through innovative acts.
The rate of occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has been exponentially increasing worldwide. The current management of this disease is not deeming to be sufficient and further efforts need to be placed in this regard. The conduction of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and pharmacogenetics (PG) have unlocked unlimited potential in more efficiently assessing disease susceptibility and drug response. These efforts have indicated the necessity of executing such studies to further understand the underlying genetic causes that are tailored to specific populations for a more personalized approach. The current literature on such findings is heavily dedicated to those of European ancestry, indicating the lack of focus on the Arabian Peninsula. Specifically, genetic initiatives to tackling T2DM that are yet to be addressed within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are of great necessity to ensure its inclusion in these advancements for a more enhanced disease management of T2DM.
Obesity results in reduced life expectancy due to its associated comorbidities including diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. Obesity is a multifactorial disorder which results from the intricate interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene was identified as the first gene harboring strongest genetic association with common polygenic obesity. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the first intron of FTO in association with human obesity. In this project, we aim to produce Emirati-specific induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as the first in-vitro model of obesity in the UAE, which shall be used to investigate the effect of an FTO variant and its potential implications on FTO underlying molecular pathways in adipogenesis.
The classical class II haplotypes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) that are associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) were identified in five families from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using HLA data, segregation analysis were performed on 5 families with the disease, 3 with one child and 2 with 2 children diagnosed with T1D. The youngest parent was born in the 1980s. In two families, the HLA-DR and HLA-DQ genotypes were identical between the parent; who was unaffected; and offsprings who were diagnosed with T1D at a young age. Therefore, we hypothesize that epistatic and additive interactions between candidate genes within or separate from the MHC could be at play. There is also the possibility of an environmental trigger. The socioeconomic condition of the UAE changed rapidly in the 1980s, and dramatic modifications to diet, healthcare, sanitation and lifestyle could be potential causes of T1D in the younger generation.
Low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein 6 (LRP6) is a member of the low density lipoprotein receptor with multiple functions through its canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Genetic variants in LRP6 gene have been linked to human diseases and conclusively with coronary artery diseases (CADs). Here we investigate the effects of these missense mutations on the LRP6 protein subcellular localization, stability and transport using several cellular and biochemical methods, including immunocytochemistry. Our results show that some of these mutations cause retention of LRP6 in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where the protein could be possibly subjected to ER associated degradation (ERAD), contributing to the pathogenicity of these CAD-associated LRP6 variants. This study will lead to better understanding of the pathogenesis of LRP6 mutations with potential applications in clinical diagnosis and development of new therapies.
