Benefit and risk analysis of an automatic meter reading system for electricité du Liban by Ghajar, Raymond F.

“…This paper summarizes the benefit and risk analysis of a study for modernizing the electricity metering, billing and revenue collection systems for ´Electricit´e du Liban, the national power company of Lebanon. …”
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Investigating the impact of a novel active gap metering signalization strategy on driver behavior at highway merging sections by Nora Reinolsmann (16931784)

“…Previous research has outlined the advantage of gap metering strategies to yield sufficient space to merging vehicles and improve highway capacity during peak hours. …”

Integration of Wind Catchers in Modern Residential Buildings in the UAE as a Means of Providing Thermal Comfort by Riza, Raashid

“…This research is an evaluation of the effectiveness of wind catchers as means of providing thermal comfort for modern residential buildings in the hot arid climates in the UAE. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Fog Aggregation of Smart Grid Data Using Dynamic Differentially-Private Data Perturbation by Fawaz Kserawi (16904859)

“…Our experimental results show a possible decrease in data perturbation error by 51.7% and 61.2% for smart meters and fog-computing data aggregators perturbed data, respectively, compared to the commonly used Gaussian mechanism.…”

Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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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... by Masri, Oussama Samer

“…Purpose Establishing the reliability of a new method to check the mean retinal and choroidal reflectivity and using it to find retinal and choroid changes in amblyopia. …”
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Analysis of Qatar's electricity landscape: Insights from load profiling, clustering, and policy recommendations by Haya Monawwar (14151168)

“…Global energy and environmental resource consumption have increased rapidly due to advances in production and transportation, leading to inefficient and wasteful use of resources. …”

Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan Sirin (14603304)

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”

Theft Detection Unit For Photo-Votaic Generation in Smart Grid Networks by Almadani, Nouf Ahmad

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Anomaly Detection on Smart Grids With Optimized Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Model by Ahmad N. Alkuwari (22392226)

“…<p dir="ltr">The integration of digital technologies into traditional power systems has increased the efficiency and sustainability of power grids, transforming traditional grids into smart grids. …”

Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication by Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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1787 evaluation of transperineal prostatic administration of a PSA-activasted protoxin (PRX302) in men with luts secondary to BPH by Elhilali, Mostafa

“…In the Phase I study, mean IPSS showed a decrease of 6.5 points (34%), mean QoL a decrease of 2 points (44%) and mean prostate volume a decrease of 5.5 cc (13%) at 12-months compared to screening. …”
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Solar water heating in Lebanon by Houri, Ahmad

“…Simplified initial estimates indicate a payback period of 4–5 years while advanced mathematical models (RETScreen) indicate that the most advanced evacuated tube technology has a payback period of less than 9 years at current market prices. With decreasing cost per square meter of installed collectors, payback periods are expected to rapidly decrease. …”
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Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar by John M., Rivers

“…The overall landward increase in salinity is accompanied by a decrease in the diversity of benthic fauna and their skeletal remains. …”
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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in labor housing in Dubai and its impact on ccupants' health by Nazzal, Saja Bassam

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Cryomyolysis, a new procedure for the conservative treatment of uterine fibroids by Zreik, Tony

“…Normal uterine volume ranged from 35.6 to 548.7 ml preoperatively and 45.1 to 729.6 ml postoperatively (mean increase 40%); however, myoma volume showed a mean decrease of 6% (range-87-28%). …”
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Removal of Methylene Blue from Water Using Magnetic GTL-Derived Biosolids: Study of Adsorption Isotherms and Kinetic Models by Shifa Zuhara (14150862)

“…<p dir="ltr">Global waste production is significantly rising with the increase in population. Efforts are being made to utilize waste in meaningful ways and increase its economic value. …”

Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis by Charbel Abi Khalil (14150028)

“…TAVR was associated with 37% (95% CI [0.51–0.78) mean RR reduction of post-procedural PPM, a decrease that was not affected by the surgical risk at inclusion, neither by the transcatheter heart valve system. …”

Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: evidence from Lebanon by Al Gharib, Fairouz

“…Findings This study finds that local air pollution positively and significantly affects the presence of central air conditioning in dwellings. The estimated increase in the probability of having central air conditioning for a one microgram per cubic meter increase in Particulate Matter 2.5 concentration is 6.4%. …”
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Sequential therapy in patients receiving Fluoroquinolones at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) by Homsi, Maria

“…Date of switch (if applicable), oral antibiotic chosen, mean time to switch, mean hospital duration, and mean treatment duration were also recorded. …”
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