The Grid Iron Patterns & Detached Villas as the Main Drivers of Sharjah City’s Urban Sprawl حسب MOHAMED, SHAMSELDIN SAEED

"…On the other hand, the same study proved that the grid system and the villa model are the main reason behind the urban sprawl of the city. …"
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Revealing the Adoption Factors of Electric Vehicles in Dubai حسب BIN HUMAID, HUDA

"…Electric vehicles (EVs) have gained interest in the last decades, as a significant amount of people in Dubai depend on private vehicles. …"
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Morphological changes in amblyopic eyes in choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in comparison to healthy eyes, and in retinal nerve fiber layer in comparison to fellow eyes through... حسب Masri, Oussama Samer

"…Results The method of measuring reflectivity is good to excellent reliability for all regions of interest except the fourth. The mean reflectivity of the choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in amblyopic eyes were significantly lower than in healthy eyes (p = 0.003 and p = 0.008 respectively). …"
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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms حسب Elgammal, Walid

"…The recent financial crisis and its implications have led developing nations to be highly interested in the framework of corporate governance in order to decrease their financial difficulties (Tsamenyi et al., 2007; Gugler et al., 2003; Rabelo & Vasconcelos, 2002; Reed, 2002; Ahunwan, 2002). …"
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Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities حسب Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

"…To this end, this study overviews the main stages of Doha’s urban growth and influencing climatic factors during this period. …"

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin. (c2018) حسب Toutounji, Maggie Nazih

"…Candida albicans is both a commensal and a significant opportunistic fungal human pathogen, present in the digestive tract and the mouth as a part of the normal human microflora. …"
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Carbon Nanotube Effect on the Ductility, Flexural Strength, and Permeability of Concrete حسب Mohamed O. Mohsen (14590765)

"…<p>Recently, remarkable types of carbon nanofilaments called carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have raised the interest of many concrete and cementitious composite researchers due to their significant mechanical, electrical, thermal, kinetic, and chemical properties. …"

Predictive Power of Random Forests in Analyzing Risk Management in Islamic Banking حسب Ahmet Faruk Aysan (11902115)

"…Moreover, a positive link is established between a country’s development, characterized by high GDPs and low inflation and interest rates, and the precision of Islamic banks’ survey responses. …"

Improving the Performance Measurement Using Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in Borouge حسب ALMUTAWA, MUBARAK

"…This study was conducted in Al Borouge company is a prominent petrochemical firm that offers unique and new polyolefin solutions for the energy, mobility, advanced packaging, infrastructure, healthcare, and agricultural industries. The main issue found relating to the two extruder production lines productivity was where availability and quality show a significant decrease. …"
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Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation حسب Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

"…Compound 2a activated PPARγ with an EC50 value of 3.4 μM in a Gal4-hybrid reporter gene assay, indicating partial agonistic action. Interesting binding interactions with targets of interest were identified by molecular docking studies. …"
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Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students حسب Doumit, Rita

"…Those problems may be further exacerbated for adolescents who live in countries plagued by the uncertainties of war and violence. Significance: The concept of coping is of particular interest in Lebanon given the socio-cultural context in which Lebanese youth pursuit their education and social activities. …"
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STARD 13 in prostate cancer. (c2018) حسب Saab, Sahar S.

"…Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed solid organ tumor and one of the main leading causes of death – due to cancerous tumors- among men in the world. …"
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Transcriptome Profile Identifies Actin as an Essential Regulator of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C3 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Zebrafish Model حسب Sahar Isa Da’as (18288880)

"…These knockout zebrafish displayed significant morphological heart alterations related to a significant decrease in ventricular and atrial diameters at systolic and diastolic states at the larval stages. …"

Efficacy of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Extract in the Treatment of Folic Acid-Induced Renal Fibrosis in Rats حسب Bylan, Diana

"…In addition, a significant decrease in serum creatinine was observed in groups receiving cannabis extract at the doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg. …"
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ROS-Mediated Autophagic Death in Glioblastoma Cells Upon Treatment by Human Recombinant Arginase I (Co)- PEG5000 [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000] حسب Abdel Khalek, Maya

"…Addition of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC); being a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger, led to a significant decrease in the cytotoxicity of arginine deprivation to U251 and A172 cells, indicating that ROS generation reversed the cytotoxicity of arginine deprivation to GBM cells. …"
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Walking around the preferred speed: examination of metabolic, perceptual, spatiotemporal and stability parameters حسب Lina Majed (7485380)

"…Results indicated a significant main effect of speed on all studied variables. …"

Hydroxyurea Use in Lebanese Patients With [beta]-Thalassemia Intermedia حسب Taher, Ali

"…Hematologic toxicity was defined as a decrease in the absolute neutrophil count to below 1.5 × 103/mm3 or a decrease in the platelet count to below 100 × 103. …"
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Ecotoxicological Assessment of Thermally- and Hydrogen-Reduced Graphene Oxide/TiO₂ Photocatalytic Nanocomposites Using the Zebrafish Embryo Model حسب Halema Al-Kandari (6316961)

"…However, both nanocomposites should be used with caution at concentration higher than the NOEC (400 mg/L), in particular RGOTi, which significantly (i) caused pericardial and yolk sac edema; (ii) decreased the hatching rate, locomotion, and hematopoietic activities; and (iii) affected the heart rate. …"

Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation حسب Mai S. El-Shoukrofy (19646815)

"…Compound 2a activated PPARγ with an EC₅₀ value of 3.4 μM in a Gal4-hybrid reporter gene assay, indicating partial agonistic action. Interesting binding interactions with targets of interest were identified by molecular docking studies. …"

Biomolecular changes and subsequent time-dependent recovery in hippocampal tissue after experimental mild traumatic brain injury حسب Sebnem Garip Ustaoglu (18460611)

"…Band area and intensity ratios, band frequency and bandwidth values of specific spectral bands showed that TBI causes significant structural and contextual global changes including decrease in carbonyl content, unsaturated lipid content, lipid acyl chain length, membrane lipid order, total protein content, lipid/protein ratio, besides increase in membrane fluidity with an altered protein secondary structure and metabolic activity in hippocampus 24 h after injury. …"