Policy Brief: Addressing Barriers and Empowering Entrepreneurs in Lebanon. by Haj Youssef, Moustafa

“…This policy brief examines the key factors influencing entrepreneurial success in Lebanon, focusing on gender dynamics, socio-cultural barriers, and systemic challenges. Entrepreneurship plays a critical role in Lebanon’s economic growth, innovation, and job creation, yet local entrepreneurs face significant obstacles. …”
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Barriers of Adopting Artificial Intelligence Tools in Engineering Construction Projects by ALKAABI, ABDULLA

“…Engineering construction projects using AI technologies create obstacles. Barriers prevent AI integration in construction. …”
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Breaking barriers: unveiling motivations, challenges and policy recommendations for women’s entrepreneurship in Vietnam by Christodoulou, Ioannis

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Policy Brief on Entrepreneurship in Lebanon Unlocking Potentials: Addressing Barriers and Empowering Entrepreneurs in Lebanon by Haj Youssef, Moustafa

“…The socio-cultural context presents unique barriers for women entrepreneurs, who face gender norms and structural inequalities. …”
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Barriers and Solutions to the Gap between Theory and Practice in Nursing Services: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence by Kalpana Singh (18373086)

“…Following this, a meta‐aggregation process combined these categories, generating two synthesized findings: (1) barriers for the gap and (2) facilitators for the gap. …”

Policy Brief on Entrepreneurship in UAE Fostering Inclusive Growth for Nascent Entrepreneurs in the UAE: Addressing Gender and Cultural Barriers by Haj Youssef, Moustafa

“…This paper highlights the significant progress the UAE has made in developing its entrepreneurial landscape while emphasizing persistent challenges faced by women. …”
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Thermal challenges in lithium-ion battery technology: Investigating performance and thermal stability by Kenza Maher (22803425)

“…However, ensuring the safety and reliability of these batteries in desert environments presents significant challenges due to high temperatures, pervasive dust, and limited cooling mechanisms. …”

Addressing Challenges of Distance Learning in the Pandemic with Edge Intelligence Enabled Multicast and Caching Solution by Kashif Bilal (16896357)

Mirizzi Syndrome: Mastering the Challenge, Characterization and Management Outcomes in a Retrospective Study of 60 Cases by Yousef Yahia (19756989)

“…Liver enzyme and bilirubin levels were significantly higher in the advanced types. Preoperative diagnosis was achieved in 70% of patients, with MRCP and ERCP being the most effective diagnostic tools. …”

Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden by Monika, Rawat

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Salvia libanotica improves glycemia and serum lipid profile in rats fed a high fat diet by Bassil, Maya

“…Group III also had better glucose tolerance following intraperitoneal glucose challenges. Additionally, the plant extract intake produced a significant improvement in serum HDL (34.4 ± 2.4 in GIII vs. 27.2 ± 1.9 mg/dl in controls) and HDL/LDL cholesterol ratio (2.79 ± 0.32 in GII and 3.02 ± 0.31 in GIII vs. 1.74 ± 0.18 in controls), as well as a decrease in abdominal fat. …”
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IS security menace by Balozian, Puzant

“…Nevertheless, this manuscript challenges that notion and advances a stream of research that suggests increasing security measures may lead to decrease in user productivity, increased user mistrust in the IT department, increased user frustration, increased user technology avoidance, increased non-malicious volitional security violations and overall may lead to increased security risk, instead of decreasing it. …”
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The downsides of information systems security policy compliance efforts by Balozian, Puzant

“…Nevertheless, this dissertation challenges that notion and advances a stream of research that suggests increasing security measures may lead to decrease in user productivity, increased user mistrust toward the IT department, increased user frustration, increased user technology avoidance, increased non-malicious volitional security violations and overall may lead to increased security risk, instead of decreasing it. …”
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Nurses’ work environment and intent to leave in Lebanese hospitals by Dimassi, Hani

“…Findings show that hospital characteristics (size, accreditation status and presence of a recruitment and retention strategy) were significantly associated with NWI-R subscales. Conclusions Participation, control and career development were key work environment challenges contributing to the attrition on nurses from Lebanese hospitals. …”
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School children growth monitoring program in the state of Qatar: Observations from two survey rounds in 2016–17 and 2019–20 by Mohammed H. Al‐Thani (21406742)

“…Statistically significant shifts in BMI‐z‐score categories were noted for students of different age groups, gender, and nationality.…”

Competition vs cooperation: An agent based model for sustainable tomatoes’ import system by Sarah Namany (17268922)

“…Based on the research findings, a competitive global market can bring economic benefits to Qatar as an importing nation, but this approach also entails substantial <u>water consumption</u> and results in significant environmental emissions. Conversely, collaboration among exporting countries demonstrates a potential 20% reduction in water usage and a 15% decrease in environmental emissions compared to the competitive scenario, offering enhanced environmental performance albeit at<u> higher economic costs</u>. …”

Extent and Mitigation of Financial Toxicity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for the Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Nabil E. Omar (9545756)

“…This challenge is particularly severe in LMICs, where the high incidence of HCC is compounded by the unaffordability of effective treatments, creating a significant barrier to care. Key strategies to mitigate this include cost-saving measures such as dose rounding, vial sharing, lower dosage regimens, extended dosing intervals, and shorter treatment durations. …”

Over-Agglomeration and its Effects on Sustainable Development: A Case Study on Istanbul by Abdullah Kaya (44754)

“…The over-agglomeration in Istanbul has also created significant economic imbalances and income-inequalities within the city and across Turkey. …”

Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study by Muhammad Atif Butt (10849980)

“…However, despite the significant impact of AI design on human interests, the security and trustworthiness of edge AI applications are not foolproof and ethicalneither foolproof nor ethical; Moreover, social norms are often ignored duringin the design, implementation, and deployment of edge AI systems. …”

Hydrogen energy systems: Technologies, trends, and future prospects by Abdellatif M. Sadeq (16931841)

“…Adoption at scale could decrease global <i>CO</i>_<em>2</em>emissions by up to 830 million tonnes annually. …”