HbA1c over 8.5% is not predictive of increased infection rate following penile prosthesis implant surgery in diabetic patients with erectile dysfunction by Raidh Talib (14779198)

“…This study investigates diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for penile prosthesis implantation infection and the relationship between haemoglobinA1c levels and infection rates. …”

A BRET-based Mpro biosensor containing a nanobody and tandem cleavage sites shows an increased cleavage rate by Geethakumari, Anupriya M

“…Further, mutational analysis revealed a requirement for both cleavage sites to be intact for increased cleavage rate. …”
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The Association of Hypertension with Increased Mortality Rate During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Update with Meta-analysis by Ahmad R. Al-Qudimat (17337808)

“…Pooled results show that the mortality rate of COVID-19 among the included studies ranges from a minimum of 0.39 (95% CI 0.13–1.12) to a maximum of 5.74 (95% CI 3.77–8.74). …”

Preoperative Bevacizumab Does Not Significantly Increase Postoperative Complication Rates in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Kesmodel, Susan

“…Purpose Although bevacizumab (BV) increases survival rates when used with chemotherapy (CTX) in patients who have metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), an increase in wound complications has been observed in patients who undergo surgery while receiving BV. …”
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Foreign Aid and the Quest for Poverty Reduction: Is Aid to Agriculture Effective? by Kaya, Ozgur

“…If agricultural development is more effective in reducing poverty than some other types of development, then foreign aid directed towards agriculture may be more efficient in increasing the well-being of the poor than aid directed to some other sectors or uses. …”
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Exploring students’ understanding of the second derivative within the context of a differential equations course by Habre, Samer

“…The teaching of this course emphasizes a qualitative approach and therefore a solid understanding of the first and second derivatives is critical to determine the increase/decrease of solutions as well as their rate of increase/decrease. …”
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Design and Analysis of Buffer-Aided Cooperative Networks using Deterministic and Reinforcement Learning Techniques by El Zahr, Sawsan

“…Applications enabled by 5G technology resulted in an unforeseen increase in data traffic and data flows from any source to a destination are experiencing increased outages, delays, and drop-outs. …”
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Foreign aid and economic development in postwar Lebanon by Dibeh, Ghassan

“…However, the cost of such a qualitative shift was large in terms of fiscal management, diversion of funds from reconstruction, and the increased dependency of the Lebanese economy on foreign aid for stabilization purposes.…”
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Potential of horizontal louvers in increased energy savings in a commercial building in Dubai by BORDAWEKAR, SANIYA

“…The payback period of this is considerably more due to the highly subsidized rates of electricity tariff in UAE. The dissertation creates a benchmark for horizontal louver configuration and its role in increasing the energy savings. …”
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Meta-Heuristic Algorithm-Tuned Neural Network for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Ultrasound Images by Ahila A (18394806)

“…Early diagnosis is the only way to increase the treatment options which then decreases the death rate and increases the chance of survival in patients. …”

AgroAId: A Mobile App System for Visual Classification of Plant Species and Diseases Using Deep Learning and TensorFlow Lite by Reda, Mariam

“…Finally, our system also uses the collective user classification data to generate spatiotemporal analytics about regional and seasonal disease trends, making these analytics accessible to all system users to increase awareness of global agricultural trends.…”
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Effect of the stretch rate during uniaxial testing on the mechanical properties of prolene by Ammouri, A.H.

“…For extension (%) at peak load, a decreasing trend was found vs. stretch rate (R2 = 0.81; two-tailed p value = 0.037) where increasing the displacement rate from 1 mm/min to 500 mm/min corresponds to a 22% decrease in the relative elongation of the mesh. …”
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Development of a Rating System for Implementing Health Impacting Features of Transport Facilities by Abdelrahman, Bassant Essam

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Increased Fracture Risk After Bariatric Surgery: a Case-Controlled Study with a Long-Term Follow-Up by Omar Suhail Alsaed (14151861)

“…This study aimed to investigate whether bariatric surgery increases fracture risk.</p> <h2>Material and Methods</h2> <p>It was a case-controlled study. …”

Repeat hepatectomy for recurrent colorectal liver metastases is associated with a high survival rate by Andreou, Andreas

“…The post-operative morbidity and mortality rates were 12% and 0%, respectively. After a median follow-up of 33 months from a repeat hepatectomy, 5-year overall and progression-free survival rates were 73% and 22%, respectively. …”
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An Optimized Influencer Rating Model using a Joint Event and Theme based Approach by Srour, Ali

“…In this thesis, we further aim at identifying influencers through proposing influence rates calculation mechanism to find real and highly influential users at a certain event over Twitter using a mixed theme and event base approach with an emphasis of maximizing accuracy calculation by integrating historical influence rates in addition to content and profiles reputation. …”
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A control algorithm to increase the efficient operation of wind energy conversion systems under extreme wind conditions by Nyam Jargalsaikhan (17380429)

“…In general, most wind turbines cut off when wind speed is over the cut-out rate; as a result, the power generation of the wind farm decreases. …”

Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amit Abraham (5534822)

Effect of heating rate on the pyrolysis of camel manure by Prakash Parthasarathy (10159511)

“…The results indicated that the increase in heating rates increased the starting and ending temperatures (decomposition) of manure components. …”

Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic anal... by Haidong, Wang

“…We classified location-years into seven categories on the basis of the natural rate of increase in population (calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate) and the net migration rate. …”
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