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In the context of the transitioning economy of the United Arab Emirates, which demands inculcating innovative behavior in public employees, this study investigates the relationship between high-involvement work practices and leaders' collaborative nature with employees' innovative behavior. Drawing on the social exchange and ability-motivation-opportunity theories, this research expounds the mediating effect of employees' wellbeing to examine the mechanisms through which high-involvement work practices and public leaders' collaborative nature affect employees' innovative behavior in public organisations. Using three-wave data from 207 individuals in public service organisations, this study tests the effects of employees' perceptions of high-involvement work practices and leaders' collaborative nature on their wellbeing and innovative work behaviors. Our findings have theoretical and practical implications for research on innovative work behavior in the milieu of public organisations.

The research aimed to identify to what extent critical thinking skills are available in chemistry textbooks and textbooks of activities and practical experiments of secondary schools in Yemen. To achieve this objective, a list of critical thinking skills, which consisted of (29) indicators, was developed. They were distributed to five main skills: (5) inference skills, (6) identifying assumptions skills, (6) evaluating discussion skills, (7) interpretation skills, and deduction skills. After checking the validating and reliability of the list, the content analysis of textbooks was conducted to ascertain whether the indicators were explicitly or implicitly unavailable. Major results revealed that critical thinking skills were available in secondary school chemistry textbooks of a medium degree of (%58.3), whereas they were available in the textbooks of activities with a lower degree of (%28). Keywords: critical thinking skills, chemistry textbooks, activities and practical experiment textbooks.

The paper will describe a novel approach of deploying casing through a problematic open hole. It involves a drillable hydraulic motorized casing reamer shoe that can rotate freely without aid of pumping, but once resistance is encountered, pump pressure can then be applied to engage the drive mechanism inside the tool. Thus it will turn into a high-speed reaming shoe that delivers sufficient reaming action. A market research was done to find a quick intermediate solution to tackle difficulty in deploying casing down to section TD. A turbine based motorized reamer shoe was then selected to encounter the challenge with some risk mitigation in place. The first deployment was run in the well where it was identified as a challenging well context and had experienced casing being held up in the first run. Despite the fact that a wiper trip has smoothened the hole condition, the parameters that were captured during the running, the finger printing, the cementing job, and the drilling out of the shoe had ticked some boxes to evaluate the suitability of the technology implementation in the field. Moreover, the lessons learned from the first run itself has also led to further testing and modification of the tool design/setup itself. The detailed analysis and operation feedback from casing running job and subsequent operation will be beneficial to provide other operators in assessing the minimum requirement and suitability of this technology utilization to overcome the drilling challenge.

Aiming to make the well planning process leaner and agile focusing on duration reduction without compromising quality of deliverables, automation opportunities have been identified within the multi-discipline iterations. The two key criteria considered for the selection of the automation project were: Minimum deployment effort and Maximum value added in efficiency. The initial project objective was to calculate formation tops for a well engineer without requiring the intervention of a geoscientist using commercial software. The methodology utilized is the following: 1. Inputs: Well trajectory and Surfaces. 2. Process: The algorithm finds intersections between surfaces and well trajectory. Surfaces and trajectory are represented as a set of XYZ points. To find the intersection, the software iterates through each point of the trajectory from the top, comparing the depth of the projection to the target surface. The projected depth to the surface is found by 2D interpolation of the surface. Once the trajectory point becomes deeper than the surface projection, the intersection is estimated using geometrical considerations of similar triangles. 3. Deliverables: Estimated formation tops for the given trajectory. 4. Results: Simple in-house developed software enhanced well planning workflow in an Offshore Green Field. The software converted to single executable file and can be run on any device without the open-source software installed. Very accurate results achieved with proposed algorithm with a negligible difference of 0.5 feet with the geoscience traditional software. Well planning duration reduced from average 1 week to 1 or 2 days. The workload for well engineers and the asset team has been dramatically reduced. Reduction of the number of commercial geoscience software licenses required. Way forward: A test with a slightly modified code was used to generate formation tops for more than 400 well in a Long-Term Field Development Plan project for a Brown Field during feasibility study. Upscale to all the Fields within the organization. Improve User Interface for better adoption. Include more formats for both, trajectories, and surfaces. Reduce computing time. This project represents the first initiative in the organization aiming to automate the well planning process. Overall, it represents the beginning of a journey where multiple opportunities for automation can be achieved using an open-source coding software that allows any engineer with little to no experience coding to being able to generate solutions to address daily challenges.

For several decades, completion design has been performed by the Field Development (FD) Team of several offshore fields in Abu Dhabi and installed with minimal Completion Engineering Team contribution. The demand of lower completion requirement has being increased to maximize well portfolio and enhance well life. The completion design is becoming more challenging and import for key to success. Since a companywide re-organisation occurred a dedicated Completion Engineering Department has been formed to develop a plan to standardise & optimise completions in order to reduce phase duration and NPT. A plan was approved that involved the hiring of a complete engineering department with expertise in many different types of completion and workover operations from all over the globe. This engineering team was brought together from other oil companies and service providers, and tasked with reviewing all current and future completion designs, operations procedures and completion equipment. This was done in order to identify suitability and gaps that were the cause of well construction NPT and identify processes that could be used to reduce or eliminate possible future Well Integrity problems. When the new organisation was formed completion phase NPT reached over 20%, however three month after the NPT had dropped to 11.1%. Within six months of the engineering team starting to be formed, completion phase duration has reduced by 20% and NPT has reduced by almost 50%. These results have been achieved with a concerted effort to maximize understanding of the equipment available to be deployed and develop standardized completion designs that meet the functional requirements of the Field Development Department. As the department has grown and moves forward, a greater involvement in the development of documents such as but not limited to: scope of work and technical requirements for procurement; further deepens the engineering-centric approach that will continue reducing completion phase duration contributing to the operator strategic goals. This paper will show how the newly formed engineering team has managed a complex change from a previous organisation to a new one. Whilst the previous completion design and execution methodology was seen to be successful in other operating companies, the successful engineering-centric approach has been proven within other national operator offshore concessions to reduce phase duration and NPT.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify parental perception of household medication storage. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study utilizing a questionnaire was carried out at Hamad Medical Corporation, the solely tertiary pediatric hospital in the State of Qatar at the time of the study. Qatar is a young developing country with limited data on the awareness of medication storage among adults with children at home and on the safety practices regarding medication storage. Results: Three hundred and five questionnaires were completed. The vast majority of parents were married, one-third of them were males, and more than three quarters were college graduates and younger than 40 years of age. Almost 80% of the parents had more than three children but less than seven. In addition, 23% of participants were health-care workers. Almost 90% of the participants stored medications in a place that is easy to reach. However, the same percentage stated that those medications were stored in a locked place and that children did not have access to them. Approximately 10% of caregivers store multiple medications in one bottle, and the same percentage of participants do not check the expiration date on the medication labels. In terms of the most common medications stored at home, antihypertensives were on top of the list. Our study has shown that parental education and being a health-care worker were each associated with the difficulty in reaching medications (P = 0.006 and P = 0.011, respectively). Moreover, the percentage of participants who shared medications was significantly higher among those who were not working in the health-care section compared to those who were (P = 0.004). In addition, being a female parent and a college graduate was associated with the possibility of keeping excess or leftover medications at home (P = 0.025). Conclusion: Parents residing in the State of Qatar have some deficiencies in knowledge about medication storage. Parent's attitudes and perceptions are deemed vital objectives for population's health intervention.

Purpose: To identify parental perception of a take-back program for medications. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire was conducted at Hamad Medical Corporation, the only tertiary pediatric hospital in the State of Qatar at the time of the study. Qatar is a rapidly developing country with limited national data on the awareness of medication misuse among adults living with children at home and on the safety practices regarding medication disposal. Results: 305 questionnaires were completed (response rate = 90%). More than 80% of parents were in between 20 and 39 years of age, 70% of them were females, and 80% were college graduates. Approximately 90% of participants have immediate relatives who were taking medications for chronic diseases. Almost 60% of parents stated that they keep unused medications at home, whereas 10% were not aware of the fate of the left over medications. Approximately 95% of the parents dispose the expired medications. In terms of the mode of disposing the medications, 66% of caregivers dispose the medication bottle or package in the trash can, whereas 14% remove the medications from the bottles or packages and throw them in the trash, and 15% put them through the drain. When asked if participants read disposal measures in the medication pamphlet, only 10% answered “always,” whereas 26% answered “sometimes.” Participants were asked if they have heard of any medications take-back programs, 75% answered no, whereas 14% were not sure. However, almost 60% of them will use the take-back program if available and 18% were not sure. Conclusion: Parents residing in the State of Qatar have deficiencies in knowledge about medication disposal. Parent's attitudes and perceptions are considered indispensable targets for community health intervention. Our next step is to share our data with the ministry of health to spread awareness about the proper disposal of medicines and take-back programs in Qatar.

Adequate nutrition in early life is proposed to shape a child's future health by launching the growth trajectory in the proper direction, which helps to avoid negative metabolic programming effects. Protein intake during infancy and early childhood is of great importance, as it plays a key role in infant metabolic programming and the future risk of obesity. Breastfeeding provides the best nutrition in early life, with many benefits tailored for the baby, including the appropriate quantity and quality of proteins. Considering the high prevalence of childhood, and subsequent adult, obesity in the region, a virtual Middle East expert consensus meeting was held to discuss an effective approach for managing childhood obesity. Leading pediatric experts from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the meeting. The experts discussed, debated, and agreed on certain directions, including the importance of educating parents, endorsing breastfeeding, and ensuring optimum quantity and quality intake of proteins in early life. This expert consensus may serve as the starting point for healthcare professionals in the region who are interested in shaping a healthy future for the generations to come.

Head and neck cancer includes epithelial malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT), including the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx; and, as the sixth most common cancer worldwide, head and neck cancer represents about 6% of solid tumors. Advances in surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have improved locoregional control, survival, and quality of life. The outcomes of these treatment modalities have shifted the focus of curative efforts from radical ablation to preservation and restoration of function. This evolution has been documented in the pages of Cancer for the past 6 decades. The median age of diagnosis is in the sixth decade of life, and there is a large male-to-female predominance. Although there has been a slight decrease in overall incidence of head and neck cancer over the past two decades, an increase in base of tongue and tonsillar cancer recently has been observed.

Including "smartness" in your field does not necessarily add additional expenditures. ADNOC Offshore piloted a new well completion design combining Interval Control Valves (ICVs) in the shallow reservoir and Inflow Control Devices (ICDs) in the deeper reservoir, both deployed in a water injector well for the first time in the company. The objectives were to improve reservoir management, reduce well construction complexity and achieve one of the main business targets of cost optimization. This paper covers the subsurface study, detailed well construction design, completion deployment, well intervention and overall well performance in commingled injection mode. A multi-disciplinary study was conducted based on updated reservoir data available after the first two years of production in a heterogeneous multi reservoir field. This study showed the possibility of replacing the upper horizontal drain by a deviated perforated section. The authors identified the need of completion compartmentalization to overcome challenges such as high reservoir heterogeneity and uneven pressure depletion enforced by non selective acid stimulation. As part of the evaluation, a simulation was performed to evaluate the expected injection performance across the four zones with different combinations of ICVs and ICDs in order to cater for different injection scenarios. As a result of the integrated analysis, a new well completion design was deployed to optimize a Dual Horizontal Water Injector into a Single Smart Completion with 3 Inflow Control Valves (ICVs) covering the upper perforated zones and 14 Inflow Control Devices (ICDs) with sliding sleeves across lower lateral reservoir. Cost savings and reduction of rig time was achieved with this new completion design demonstrating very pro-active participation from all involved teams, ADNOC Offshore and Service Companies. The requirements to complete high and low permeability zones in one single well can be successfully accomplished. Firstly, mitigation of early water breakthrough is achieved by incorporating surface water injection control in high permeable zones and secondly, the injection target for the low permeable reservoir is also delivered. Building on the successful results and captured lesson learnt, this new well completion design provided the capabilities to optimize the water injection plan while reducing costs. Therefore, the project has passed the trial phase and the team proposed its implementation.