The Voices of the Divorced: Reasons for Early Divorce among Emiratis in Abu Dhabi

There has been a growing interest, especially among Emirati organizations concerned with family development, in the rising rates of early divorce in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The purpose of this research is to identify the reasons for early divorce among Emiratis. The authors selected 2,162 Emirati early divorcees who were registered with the Family Development Foundation (FDF) in Abu Dhabi and who received services from the (FDF) between 2012 and 2018. Among those, 200 divorcees agreed to participate in this study. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS. Results found that the most common reasons for early divorce were the lack of marital relations, partners’ bad behavior, and domestic violence. Other reasons frequently quoted by the participants included the partner’s personality type, health issues, and the partner’s physical appearance. Findings will offer useful guidelines to the policymakers, service providers, social workers, and experts to improve the national-level family support interventions to prevent early divorce

Marital Compatibility in the UAE Society among a Sample of Households in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (UAE)

This study aimed to assess the levels of marital compatibility among 500 Emirati married couples in Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates and identify the various factors that impact marital compatibility. Participants responded to the Marital Compatibility Scale which focuses on five main areas: the personal, structural/family, psychological/emotional, cultural/educational/ethical/social, and financial compatibility. The data were collected by a specially selected team from Family Development Foundation – Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre employees as it is the only entity officially authorized to collect such data and analyzed using SPSS. The findings of the study indicate that factors related to the cultural, educational, ethical, and cultural compatibility and those related to personal compatibility have the most significant impact on marital relations. In particular, the educational level of the husband, the husband’s income, and whether the couples were related or lived in the same neighbourhood impact the level of marital compatibility

تقديرات الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة وخبراتهم التعليمية لتطبيق مبادئ نموذج التصميم الشامل للتعلم في جامعة اليرموك

الأهداف: هدفت الدراسة الحالية التعرف إلى تقديرات الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة وخبراتهم التعليمية لتطبيق مبادئ نموذج التصميم الشامل للتعلم في جامعة اليرموك. المنهجية: استخدمت الدراسة نهج التصميم المختلط لتقييم تصورات الطلاب ذوي الإعاقة للتصميم العالمي لمبادئ التعلم. كان المقياس يحتوي على 39 عنصرا وتم إعطاؤه لـ 121 طالبا معوقا تم اختيارهم عن قصد. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، شارك أربعة طلاب في مقابلات شبه منظمة. تم استخدام مقياس ليكرت المكون من خمس نقاط (يتراوح من موافق بشدة إلى غير موافق بشدة)، مع المعايير التالية: مستوى منخفض (1-2.33)، ومستوى متوسط (2.34-3.67)، ومستوى عال (3.68-5) لتقييم تقديرات الطلاب بناء على ردود العناصر وإجمالي الدرجات. النتائج: أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن تقديرات الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة لتطبيق مبادئ نموذج التصميم الشامل للتعلم في جامعة اليرموك من وجهة نظر الطلبة جاء بدرجة متوسطة (2.87). كما دلت النتائج إلى عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (α≤0.05) في تقديرات أفراد عينة الدراسة لمستوى تطبيق مبادئ التصميم الشامل للتعلم تعزى لمتغير (الجنس، مستوى الدراسة، نوع الإعاقة، الكلية). كما أظهرت النتائج أن الخبرات التعليمية للطلبة ذوي الإعاقة في جامعة اليرموك كانت متباينة، إلا أنها بشكل عام تشير إلى رضا معظم هؤلاء الطلبة عن نوعية الخدمات العامة المقدمة في الجامعة. الخلاصة: تعتبر مبادئ التصميم الشامل للتعلم مكونًا حاسمًا في أي نظام تعليمي يجب تضمينه في برامج إعداد أعضاء هيئة التدريس في الجامعة وتنفيذها بشكل فعال في تخطيط وتصميم الخدمات التعليمية للطلاب ذوي الإعاقة في مؤسسات التعليم العالي

On the Electrochemical Migration Mechanism of Gold in Electronics — Less Reliable Than Expected?

Electrochemical migration (ECM) forming dendritic short circuits is a major reliability limiting factor in microcircuits. Gold, which is a noble metal, has been regarded as a metallization that can withstand corrosion and also ECM, therefore its application in high-reliability metallization and surface finishing systems became widespread although it has a relatively high and fluctuating price. Gold electrochemical short circuits have been found only in the case of halogen (e.g., chloride containing) contaminants that can initiate the anodic dissolution of gold via complex ion formation. The experimental results of the study demonstrate that gold can form dendritic shorts even without the presence of halogen contaminants, therefore the direct anodic dissolution of gold must also be supposed. This could also be a serious reliability influencing factor even when applying gold metallization systems and must be taken into consideration. The theoretical background of the classical (contaminant-free) model of gold is also discussed in the paper

Recognition of Arabic Air-Written Letters: Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Techniques

Air writing is one of the essential fields that the world is turning to, which can benefit from the world of the metaverse, as well as the ease of communication between humans and machines. The research literature on air writing and its applications shows significant work in English and Chinese, while little research is conducted in other languages, such as Arabic. To fill this gap, we propose a hybrid model that combines feature extraction with deep learning models and then uses machine learning (ML) and optical character recognition (OCR) methods and applies grid and random search optimization algorithms to obtain the best model parameters and outcomes. Several machine learning methods (e.g., neural networks (NNs), random forest (RF), K-nearest neighbours (KNN), and support vector machine (SVM)) are applied to deep features extracted from deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs), such as VGG16, VGG19, and SqueezeNet. Our study uses the AHAWP dataset, which consists of diverse writing styles and hand sign variations, to train and evaluate the models. Prepossessing schemes are applied to improve data quality by reducing bias. Furthermore, OCR character (OCR) methods are integrated into our model to isolate individual letters from continuous air-written gestures and improve recognition results. The results of this study showed that the proposed model achieved the best accuracy of 88.8% using NN with VGG16

Examinando Desafios e Perspectivas Associados à Implementação de Proteções Legais para Governanças Eletrônicas: A Generic Perspective from Developing Country

Em escala mundial, as tecnologias de informação e comunicação estão passando por mudanças fundamentais. Pesquisas foram feitas para investigar o mecanismo entre governo eletrônico e governança eletrônica à luz dos mencionados acima. Tem havido muitas discussões sobre diferentes estudos de caso de governança eletrônica. As distinções entre governança eletrônica e governo eletrônico, bem como seus respectivos benefícios, foram investigadas do ponto de vista da implementação governamental. Este trabalho de investigação atual também se concentrou na implantação de um mecanismo de governação eletrônica e abordou as dificuldades e constrangimentos envolvidos. Finalmente, os problemas práticos relativos à adopção da governação eletrônica foram abordados pela administração online e pela legislação da Internet. A investigação futura terá de se concentrar nos desafios legítimos e na forma como estes se relacionam estatisticamente com a governação eletrônica e a inteligência artificial em diversas instituições públicas e comerciais.On a worldwide scale, information and communication technologies are undergoing fundamental shifts, and research has been done to investigate the mechanisms between e-government and e-governance in light of these informational and technological shifts. There have been many discussions about different e-governance case studies, and the distinctions between e-governance and e-government, as well as their respective benefits, have been aptly investigated from the point of view of government implementation. This current paper also focuses on deploying an e-governance mechanism and addressing the difficulties and constraints involved. Finally, practical problems regarding the adoption of e-governance have been addressed by online administration and Internet legislation. Future research has to focus on legitimate challenges and how they statistically relate to e-governance and artificial intelligence in various public and commercial institutions

The Effect of Vitamin D treatment on COVID 19- Patients, an Inverted Propensity Score Weighting (IPSW), and Inverted Probability of Treatment Weighting (IPTW) Analyzed Study

Background Vitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2 cholecalciferol) as a treatment for COVID 19 patients is being disputed, and a clear clinical benefit is not being confirmed. Methods A retrospective evaluation for COVID-19 patients who were treated with various cumulative doses of vitamin D. Data was extracted from the COVID-19 database, it included patients admitted to three hospitals in Amman, Jordan. Characteristics of patients were tabulated and compared for all-cohort, and propensity score index (PSI) adjustment, The comparison was based on two vitamin D strata ((≤ 149,000 i.u. and > 150,000 i.u.). Logistic regression analysis was utilized to predict recovery, the need for oxygen, and all-cause mortality for all-cohort, IPSW, and IPTW patients, based on vitamin D cumulative doses during their hospital stay. Results             1131 all-cohort and 768 PSI-adjusted patients were recruited. Except for antibiotics and antivirals, all other characteristics were balanced (P = NS). There were 1017 patients on vitamin D, 847 received cumulative ≤ 149,000 i.u., and 170 patients received cumulative dose ≥ 150,000 i.u. (Range 1000 – 385000). It was demonstrated that escalating cumulative doses of vitamin D did not contribute to the assessed outcomes; all-cohort patients (OR = 1.000, 95% C.I. 1.000 to 1.000), IPSW (OR = 1.000, 95% C.I. 1.000 to 1.000), and the IPTW (OR = 1.000, 95% C.I. 1.000 to 1.000). Conclusion             In our patients’ cohorts, we could not demonstrate a beneficial effect for vitamin D therapy in COVID-19 patients for recovery, the need for home oxygen, and all-cause mortality, by hospital discharge

Consumer Adoption of Self-Service Technologies in the Context of the Jordanian Banking Industry: Examining the Moderating Role of Channel Types

YesThis study aimed to examine the key factors predicting Jordanian consumers’ intentions and usage of three types of self-service banking technologies. This study also sought to test if the impacts of these main predictors could be moderated by channel type. This study proposed a conceptual model by integrating factors from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), along with perceived risk. The required data were collected from a convenience sample of Jordanian banking customers using a survey questionnaire. The statistical results strongly support the significant influence of performance expectancy, social influence, and perceived risk on customer intentions for the three types of SSTs examined. The results of the X2 differences test also indicate that there are significant differences in the influence of the main predictors due to the moderating effect of channel type. One of the key contributions of this study is that three types of SSTs were tested in a single study, which had not been done before, leading to the identification of the factors common to all three types, as well as the salient factors unique to each type