Ahmad R. Alsaber

Ahmad R. Alsaber
American University of Kuwait | AUK · Division of Business and Economics

Doctor of Philosophy
Statistics and Data Science, University of Strathclyde, UK

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March 2010 - present
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Purpose – This paper sets out to investigate the relationship between location of departments Structures and employee performance using hierarchical cluster analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs the multi-group of structures designs nested goodness-of-fit strategy in SPSS Ver. 20 to test the interaction effects of the design loc...
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This paper examines impact of economic growth, exchange rate volatility, and the real exchange rate on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to BRICS economies. We employed the cointegration testing to investigate the long-term relationship between the selected regressors and Granger Non-Causality test to analyze the direction of causality betwee...
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By addressing the dearth of literature on the subject of cybersecurity risks and artificial intelligence, the study seeks to close a research gap by concentrating on the ever-changing environment of online social networks (OSNs) and technology. The main goals are to classify cyberattacks into categories like malware, phishing/spam, and network intr...
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Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting females. In RA, the treat to target strategy necessitates an early and intensive approach to achieve disease control. (1, 2) However, the therapeutic options can adversely affect reproductive health and pregnancy. Hence, the age of female patients at presentation might...
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Introduction Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation and potential disability. (1). The relationship between comorbidities and RA is well-known and is associated with poor outcomes. (3,4, 5) Furthermore, patients with RA are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). (6) This study investi...
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Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in online searches related to psychological distress. Governments worldwide have responded with various measures to mitigate the impact of the virus, influencing public behavior and emotional well-being. This study investigated the relationship between government...
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Efforts to optimise the quality of services that passengers experience during the check-in process at major airport terminals are important discriminators in deciding the overall quality of the airports themselves. Improvement of passenger services during check-in involves reduction in queues and waiting times. This however, may require additional...
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Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common condition treated with biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic medicines (bDMARDs). However, many patients exhibit resistance, necessitating the use of machine learning models to predict remissions in patients treated with bDMARDs, thereby reducing healthcare costs and minimizing negative effects...
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This study develops and validates a model elucidating the connection between the critical skills demanded of business computing graduates and organisational performance, considering the perspectives of IT managers as a key stakeholder group. Data collected from 232 managers were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PL...
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Simple Summary Although gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a relatively rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the digestive tract, molecular advancements in GISTs over the past two decades have caused a paradigm shift in the field of precision oncology. GISTs are mainly driven by activating mutations in the KIT or PDGFRA oncogenes, rendering them sens...
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Purpose This study investigated the factors contributing to the reduction of plagiarism. It focuses on elucidating the concept of plagiarism, its legal and ethical implications, the punitive measures implemented to address plagiarism and the level of awareness of plagiarism policies. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was administered to...
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Introduction This study investigates the digital citizenship behavior (DCB) and behavioral intention (BI) of faculty members at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) colleges in Kuwait. The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of technology in teaching and provide a case study of higher educational institutions in K...
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Overview: Non-word repetition (NWR) is one of the most effective predictors of language impairments in children as it has been found to correlate with various language measures and the association between NWR and vocabulary is well documented in typically developing (TD) studies. However, there is a dire need for investigations of language skills...
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This research examines the consequences of engaging with wasta while practicing fair and ethical human resource management (HRM) in organizations in Kuwait. Weak ties have been established to be a powerful positive force for job seekers in the Western world, but in the Middle Eastern context, powerful close connections known as wasta exert a crucia...
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The multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network is a widely adopted feedforward neural network (FNN) utilized for classification and prediction tasks. The effectiveness of MLP greatly hinges on the judicious selection of its weights and biases. Traditionally, gradient-based techniques have been employed to tune these parameters during the learning p...
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Objectives The primary objective was to identify and analyze the factors that impact diabetes awareness and perception among diabetic and non-diabetic participants. The study also sought to assess the effectiveness of current health awareness programs and identify gaps in public knowledge about diabetes. Background Diabetes poses a significant glo...
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This research paper investigates the dynamics of SME family-owned businesses within the Kuwaiti context and explores their impact on succession and continuity. With limited localized research in this area, this study aims to fill this gap by analyzing the influence of family dynamics, social norms, and emotional ownership on the sustainable develop...
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Background Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent condition in our society, frequently accompanied by various interacting comorbidities. Among these, brain-related comorbidities such as stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) play a crucial role in exacerbating the severity of HF. The relationship between cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) and HF acros...
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There are several components that determine and play an essential role in teachers’ motivation. The purpose of this research is to validate the survey questionnaire items that are employed in the study by Ng & Ng (2015) and see if such items can be applied in two selected colleges at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET),...
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Attitudes, motivation, and anxiety are three factors that can determine how successful a student is in learning a second language. This research is a pilot study to validate the survey questionnaire that is used by Shams (2008), which is originally taken from Gardner (1985), and see whether the survey items can be applied and are considered suitabl...
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A country's productivity reflects its current economic standing and where it could potentially grow in the future. This paper explains the relative significance of factors affecting the productivity of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The issue of productivity has been raised in the growing diversion of the economic literature to the development side...
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Two-way communication and transparency are two elements of the strategic approach to internal communications. This study examined the relationship between these elements and their influence on employees’ sense-making and sense-giving in Kuwait during the COVID 19 pandemic. The research used a mixed-method approach incorporating interviews, survey d...
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This study investigates the series of mediating effects of employee social intrapreneurial behaviour and job satisfaction on innovative organizational culture and employee commitment. This research aims to explore the relationship between an innovative organizational culture, employee intrapreneurial behaviour, employee job satisfaction, and employ...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the comparison between sponsored and non-sponsored personal administrative factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past decade, governments around the world have started to experiment with entrepreneurial ecosystems in an effort to drive enterprise development and innovation in their economies. However...
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The Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP) is the commonly used Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) for tackling classification and prediction problems. The efficiency of MLP relies on the appropriate selection of its weights and biases. Usually, a gradient-based technique is used for tuning the selection of these parameters during the learning p...
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Aims Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway alteration is a major oncogenic driver in paediatric low-grade gliomas (LGG) and some adult gliomas, encompassing BRAF (most common) and non-BRAF alterations. The aim was to determine the frequency, molecular spectrum and clinicopathological features of MAPK-altered gliomas in paediatric and adul...
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The accelerated cyberattacks presents a severe challenge to the companies, as they seem unprepared to confront the threat of cyberattacks, they will suffer enormous losses and have their performance suffer as a result. To better serve its population and communities, Kuwait will have improved and updated its national infrastructure by 2035. This stu...
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Handling luggage systems is a critical component of a passenger terminal’s operations. The proposed study attempts to find the optimal solution for a manually operated terminal concerning the luggage offloading process from arrival flights carried by a limited number of ground handling agents. Handling agents start the offloading process from the a...
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This handbook covers Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) with a specific focus on choroidal and vitreoretinal disorders. It serves as an invaluable resource for teaching and aiding daily clinical decision-making in the field. Book chapters dissect the fundamentals of angiography through OCT, offering guidance on OCT-A and insights into...
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This handbook covers Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) with a specific focus on choroidal and vitreoretinal disorders. It serves as an invaluable resource for teaching and aiding daily clinical decision-making in the field. Book chapters dissect the fundamentals of angiography through OCT, offering guidance on OCT-A and insights into...
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This study investigates the users’ perception of trust-building factors influencing the use of e-government services and information, by integrating constructs identified in the technology acceptance model (TAM) with information systems (IS) success and trust models. Data was collected using a questionnaire targeted towards users of e-government se...
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Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbid condition in patients undergoing TAVR. Reported outcome studies on the association of baseline CKD and mortality is currently limited. Objectives To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing TAVR and analyse their overall procedural outcomes Methods This...
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Adopting the Tools of Liberalism and Clash of Civilizations theories of international relations, this study examines the perceptions of 25,406 Arabs in 11 Arab countries as expressed in an Arab Barometer survey exploring their perceptions of violence against the United States, American citizens as "good," President Donald Trump's foreign policy in...
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Prior to immunosuppression, rheumatology patients are routinely screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRA). The management of latent and indeterminate IGRA results varied among institutions and long-term outcome data is lacking. We conducted a retrospective study at Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emi...
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Background An association between serum uric acid (UA) and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients has not been well studied. We describe RA patients with high and normal UA and study its association with RA activity. Methods Adult RA patients from the Kuwait Registry for Rheumatic Diseases (KRRD) were studied from February 2012 thr...
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This study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with acute heart failure (AHF) stratified by mitral regurgitation (MR) in the Arabian Gulf. Patients from the Gulf CARE registry were identified from 47 hospitals in seven Arabian Gulf countries (Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia) from Febru...
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How to cite this paper: AlKandari, I The growing competition for talent and increasing employee turnover intention pose challenges for organizations. This paper examines the effect of employees' organizational trust, job satisfaction, and perception of organizational performance on intention to leave. The research method used was an online survey,...
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Air pollution poses a serious threat to public health and for the environment, thus predicting air quality is very crucial for the health and well-being of individuals and the environment. Economic development drives rapid industrialization and urbanization, which are significant sources of air pollution in developing countries. Kuwait’s rapid urba...
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Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease that mostly affects the synovial joints. It has been hypothesized that dietary and other environmental and lifestyle factors contribute to the development of RA and its severity. Objective The present study aims to measure the effect of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on the di...
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Background Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) offer promising results for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in general, but a substantial percentage of patients do not respond to them. It is important to predict the response before the treatment so that unnecessary adversities for the patients and costs for the healthcare sys...
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Background The TPB suggests that patient attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control predict behavioral intentions and behaviors regarding health behavior (Yaoyao et al., 2021). Behavioral theories aid in improving the behavioral changes in the self-management of diabetes (Damayanti et al., 2018) and other lifestyles changes such...
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Background The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been shown to have protective effects against the development and activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). It is hypothesized that changes in lifestyle which include diet may lead to the reduction of RA activity and progression. Dietary manipulations are commonly used to minimize RA symptoms by lowering...
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Background Anaemia is a multifactorial, pervasive, extra-articular manifestation that is a significant burden in RA. The most common types of anaemia in RA are chronic anaemia and iron-deficiency anaemia. A number of existing studies observed anaemia in 24.0%–70.6% of RA patients. Objectives The primary objective of this study was to examine the a...
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This study uses mata-analysis of the existing empirical research to identify and interpret multiple dimensions of the relationship between corporate governance and foreign direct investment in the financial sector of Kuwait. Previous studies are more focused on regression analysis and rarely any holistic interpretations are generated towards a coll...
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Introduction Clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have not been reported in the Gulf region. This study aims to identify baseline characteristics of patients undergoing TAVI, based on nationality, and analyze their overall outcomes at a single center in Kuwait. Methods A retrospective study of 61 patients with sev...
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A comprehensive review of the literature indicates that there is a lack of research on the influence of all the organizational culture (OC) types on academics’ readiness and behavioral intention to implement eLearning changes in higher education institutions (HEIs). To address this gap, this study empirically investigates the impact of OC on academ...
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Аbstrасt Objectives This study aimed to investigate in-hospital mortality rates in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) according to enoxaparin and heparin use. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 962 patients admitted to two hospitals in Kuwait with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. Cumulative all-cause mortality rate was t...
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Air pollution has been linked to a number of health impacts and has been studied in a variety of contexts using a variety of studies and methodologies. This thesis is made up of a collection of papers that cover a wide range of research subjects and illustrate different study analysis and design methodologies. Multiple imputation (MI) techniques we...
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The goal of this study was to investigate in-hospital mortality in patients suffering from acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) relative to the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and to determine if there are gender disparities in outcome. Between February 26 and September 8, 2020, patients having SARS-CoV-2 infection were enroll...
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With rapid growth of demands, transportation of goods today becomes much busier. Finding the optimal transport job assignment for the requested demands is essential for transportation providers. This paper develops a multi-objective model using priori preference approaches such as lexicographic and goal programming (GP) to complete the satisfactory...
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Limited data are available on the long-term perfusional status of patients who have undergone successful surgery for giant retinal tear (GRT) macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). This study examines the long-term outcomes in eyes treated for varying degrees of GRT-associated RRD extensions and compared them with two control groups. T...
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Background The aim of this study was to validate R-heart failure (R-hf) risk score in ischemic heart failure patients. Methods We prospectively recruited a cohort of 179 ischemic and 107 non-ischemic heart failure patients. This study mainly focused on ischemic heart failure patients. Non-ischemic heart failure patients were included for the purpo...
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Background Anemia is a prevalent comorbidity in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. Objectives The objectives of this study were to define baseline parameters of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to determine procedural risk and mortality outcomes stratified by hemoglobin (...
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Background Clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) patients have not been reported in the Gulf region. Objectives To define the baseline electrocardiographic (ECG), echocardiographic, and computed tomographic findings of patients undergoing TAVI and analyze the predictors of developing new-onset persistent left bundl...
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In urban areas, air pollution is one of the most serious global environmental issues. Using time-series approaches, this study looked into the validity of the relationship between air pollution and COVID-19 hospitalization. This time series research was carried out in the state of Kuwait; stationarity test, cointegration test, Granger causality and...
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children is linked to a high risk of developing microvascular and macrovascular complications. HbA1c is an indicator for assessing long-term glycemic outcomes and a modifiable risk factor directly related to diabetes complications. The study aim was to describe glycemic outcomes of children with T1D at baseline and over a 2...
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Background The aim of this study was to determine in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to evaluate for any differences in outcome according to sex differences. Methods Patients with SRS-CoV-2 infection were recruited into this retrospective cohort study between February 26 and...
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Background Current findings on the impact of air quality conditions on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are sparse and not conclusive. Objectives To investigate the relationship between air pollutants and RA disease activity scores on a short and a long time period using a multivariate time series model. Methods Data on RA patients were extracted from t...
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Аbstrасt Objective To investigate COVID-19 related mоrtаlity according to the use of corticosteroid therapy. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Two tertiary hospitals in Kuwait. Participants Overall, 962 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, were stratified according to whether they were treated with corticosteroids (dexamethaso...