Follow‐Up and Comparative Assessment of SARS‐CoV‐2 IgA, IgG, Neutralizing, and Total Antibody Responses After BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273 Heterologous Booster Vaccination by Salma Younes (6424865)

“…We measured the levels of neutralizing total antibodies (NTAbs), total antibodies (TAbs), anti‐S‐RBD IgG, and anti‐S1 IgA titers.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Homologous primary vaccination with ChAdOx1 not only showed less potent NTAb, TAb, anti‐S‐RBD IgG, and anti‐S1 IgA immune responses compared to primary BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273 vaccination regimens (<i>p</i> < 0.05) but also showed ~3‐fold less anti‐S1 IgA response compared to infection‐induced immunity (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”

Improving pediatric trauma care: an automated system for wrist trauma detection using GELAN by Promit Basak (22997776)

“…The results of our study highlight the capacity of deep learning to improve the diagnosis of pediatric trauma, decrease the burden on radiologists, and boost patient outcomes.…”

YOLO-DefXpert: An Advanced Defect Detection on PCB Surfaces Using Improved YOLOv11 Algorithm by Prabu Selvam (22330264)

“…Compared to the standard YOLOv11 model, the proposed YOLO-DefXpert attained an improvement of 9.3% and 13.2% in mAP50 and mAP95, an 11.25% increase in frames per second, and a 69.85MB decrease in model size. …”

A decision support system for automating document retrieval and citation screening by Raymon van Dinter (10521952)

How does diabetes mellitus impact on the prognosis of dental implants? by Gabriele Baniulyte (17885981)

Energy-Efficient Cell Association and Load Balancing for Low Battery Users in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks by Abdul Qadeer Khan (22502168)

“…This paper proposes improved cell association schemes based on the battery levels of UE and Deep Q-learning (DQL) to achieve load balancing and to decrease the power consumption of Low Battery Users (LBUs). …”

Improving MRI Resolution: A Cycle Consistent Generative Adversarial Network-Based Approach for 3T to 7T Translation by Zakaria Shams Siam (22048001)

“…At 7 Tesla (7T) magnetic field intensity, MRI enables increased resolution, enhanced tissue contrast, and improved SNR, compared to MRI collected from the commonly employed 3 Tesla (3T) MRI scanners. …”

Machine Learning-Based Management of Electric Vehicles Charging: Towards Highly-Dispersed Fast Chargers by Mostafa Shibl (18810412)

“…<p dir="ltr">Coordinated charging of electric vehicles (EVs) improves the overall efficiency of the power grid as it avoids distribution system overloads, increases power quality, and decreases voltage fluctuations. …”

Empiric antibiotic therapy of community-acquired Pneumonia at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) by Cherfan, Antoine

“…Patients were excluded if they were HIV positive, neutropenic, had been hospitalized within the previous 10 days, had a history of organ transplant, had been exposed to chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy within the previous two month, had been transferred from another acute care facility. Hospitalization need per the Pneumonia Port criteria was evaluated; in addition to the initial antimicrobial regimen, course of treatment, microbiology, and outcome. …”
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The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention by Almonzer Al-Qiami (22393303)

“…The incidence of TCR was significantly lower in the lidocaine group compared to the control group, with a risk ratio of 0.05 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.37, <i>P</i> = 0.003). Additionally, the lidocaine group had a relatively small change in HR, with a mean difference of -10.56 (95% CI -13.30 to -7.83 beat per minute, <i>P</i> = 0.00001). …”

Renewable Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from an Oil-Rich Economy by Shahriyar Mukhtarov (19325662)

“…The results reveal that renewable energy consumption has a negative impact on CO₂ emissions, while real GDP per capita has a positive effect. According to the findings, a 1% increase in renewable energy consumption leads to a 0.26% decrease in consumption-based CO₂ emissions, while a 1% rise in real GDP per capita leads to a 0.46% rise in consumption-based CO₂ emissions. …”

Cost-effectiveness of novel treatment of hepatitis C virus in Lebanese patients by Nasser, Soumana C.

“…Sensitivity analysis showed that a 25% decrease in the cost of dual drug option resulted in a decrease of incremental cost to 16,982 euro per QALY gained at first year of treatment with DAAs upon early HCV diagnosis. …”
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Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication by Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar by Nayla Higazy (17679453)

“…<p dir="ltr">Qatar is one of the most water stressed countries globally, despite Qatar’s aridity and its lack of freshwater resources, per capita water consumption became one of the highest in the world due to population growth, agricultural expansion, rapid urbanization and industrialization and it is expected to increase in the coming decades. …”

Can Leadership-coaching Mind-set Substitute that of Crisis Management in Higher Education? by Chaika, Oksana

“…The evidence obtained in the course of initial stage of the experiment and study demonstrates a huge gap between best practices in theory and practical innovations in and around the country. Identified decrease in performance excellence in the times of pandemic in higher education proves a burning need for changing styles in leading an educational institution, teaching and learning modes. …”
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Effects of short term genotropin (rgGH) subcutaneous injection on active ghrelin concentration in rat plasma, stomach, kidney & pancreas. (c2007) by Haddad, Haytham

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Predictors of prolonged hospitalization among geriatric trauma patients using the modified 5-Item Frailty index in a Middle Eastern trauma center: an 11-year retrospective study by Husham Abdelrahman (768893)

“…Severe frailty significantly predicted longer hospitalization (odds ratio 1.83, <i>p</i> = 0.007).</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">One out of eleven trauma admissions was aged > 55. …”

Association between sources of sexuality education, sexual beliefs and behaviours in Lebanese young adults by Bouclaous, Carmel H.

“…This study assessed the association between sources of sexuality education, sexual beliefs and behaviour among Lebanese youth. 451 unmarried students at a private university, mean age 20.25 (±1.41) years, participated in the study. …”
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Growth hormone treatment modulates active ghrelin levels in rats by Haddad, Haytham

“…Active ghrelin levels were quantified per tissue mass or tissue protein. Results: In control groups, the highest active ghrelin concentration in pmol/g tissue was found in the stomach (15.5 ± 0.21) followed by the pancreas (1.96 ± 0.066) and the kidney (1.36 ± 0.037). …”
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Performance assessment of an integrated absorption cooling-hydrogen liquefaction system using geothermal energy by Gadalla, Mohamed

“…Also, both energetic and exergetic coefficients of performance decrease from 1.33 to 0.12 and 0.92 to 0.08, respectively with an increase in the mass flow rate of geothermal water from 1.5 kg/s to 3.0 kg/s. …”
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