Environmental impacts of using recycled plastics in concrete by Furqan Tahir (14429547)

“…<p>The urbanization process adds to the increase in solid waste generation, increased environmental impacts, and solid waste management failures. …”

A Framework For Risk Assessment Of Last Mile Delivery by Mismar, Hajed Mohammad

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The Impact of Managerial Risk factors on Building information modeling Performance in the Construction Industry by NAFA, MOHAMMAD MAHMOUD SULTAN

“…These benefits and challenges inspire researchers to exert more efforts in order to increase the benefits of the software and reduce the negative impacts of BIM on the construction industry. …”
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Susceptibility of Candida albicans to common and novel antifungal drugs, and relationship between the mating type locus and resistance, in Lebanese hospital isolates by Khalaf, Roy A.

“…Results showed that resistance, among C. albicans isolates, was the highest with 12% for IT, followed by 7.7% for VO, 6% for KE, 5% for FL, 1.7% for AP and 0% for CS. Three isolates (2.6%) were resistant to all azoles tested, including one that was resistant to all drugs used except CS. …”
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Minimization of the amplitude of the entire span of beams using mass dampers by Issa, Jimmy S.

“…Since minimizing the amplitude at one point of the beam might increase it at another point, in this work the maximum amplitude along the entire beam span is minimized. …”
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A power line data communication interface using spread spectrumtechnology in home automation by Shwehdi, M.H.

“…Power line communication (PLC) has been one of the dreams of the electronics industry for decades, especially for building automation. …”
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Energy Performance of Public Housing Buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil An Evaluation of the Current Design Process by Leister, Alexandra Maria Aguiar

“…Among all, buildings have been identified as one of the biggest causes to environmental damage. …”
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Online Feedback in a Visible Learning School: An Investigation to Study the Effect of Online Feedback during Online Sessions Conducted through Nearpod by QANDEEL, KIFAH

“…Classroom observations qualitatively collected the data about the characteristics of online feedback, which are summarized as being 1) immediate 2) frequent 3) able to increase the students’ awareness of each other’s mistakes 4) able to allow the students to think critically 5) balanced 6) able to foster equity and establish a sense of community 7) having 3 levels, which are task level, process level and self-regulatory level. …”
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Optimising the Role of Innovative Technologies in Risk Management Strategies for Extension of Time Disputes Avoidance by KREIDLI, ISMAIL KHALIL

“…Nevertheless, this sector needs to contend with many difficulties, most notably with disputes that delay the implementation of the project and damaging the relationship between the stakeholders. EOT disputes are one of the critical challenges which affects project schedule and causes the increase cost. …”
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Reusing Minarets as a Passive Cooling (Wind Catcher/Solar Chimney): A Case Study in the Emirate of Sharjah by ABDALLA, TALIB ABDALLA ALI

“…The minaret accompanies the design of each mosque, which is equivalent to the number of mosques, and more, since some mosque designs have more than one minaret. In this research, the idea of repurposing minarets or adding new uses to them is studied, such as using minarets as a passive cooling method, such as using them as wind catchers/solar chimneys that contribute to the process of directing the wind to the prayer hall and work to increase thermal comfort through environmentally friendly passive cooling methods. …”
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Targeting the MAP kinase pathway in astrocytoma cells using a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin as a way to inhibit cell motility and invasion by Al-Dimassi, Saleh

“…Cell invasion is a complex process that replies on many signaling pathways including the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (MAPK). In many cell lines, the use of MAPK-targeted drugs proved to be a potential method to inhibit cancer cell motility. …”
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Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for th... by Jaimie D Steinmetz (18015919)

“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Global crude prevalence of avoidable vision impairment and blindness in adults aged 50 years and older did not change between 2010 and 2019 (percentage change −0·2% [95% UI −1·5 to 1·0]; 2019 prevalence 9·58 cases per 1000 people [95% IU 8·51 to 10·8], 2010 prevalence 96·0 cases per 1000 people [86·0 to 107·0]). …”

miRNA-dependent regulation of STIM1 expression in breast cancer by Rashmi P. Kulkarni (18618634)

“…Consistently, overexpression of Ago2 results in decreased STIM1 protein levels in MDA-MB-231 cells. …”

The anti-cancer effect of the pentane fraction of Daucus carota oil extract is mediated through cell cycle arrest and an increase in apoptosis by Mroueh, MA

“…We indeed determined that the PF treatment led to a decrease in p-ERK as compared to total ERK levels, whereas the level of phosphorylated Akt was not affected. …”
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Strengthening of Shear Deficient Beams with CFRP Laminates with Different Types of Anchorage Systems by Mohamed, Khalid Mustafa Elradi

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Exercise-induced a-ketoglutarate enhances spatial learning by modulating hippocampal levels of BDNF in a sex-specific manner by Al Ahmad, Perla

“…Overall, our results reveal one of the mechanism through which exercise enhances BDNF and promotes learning in females.…”
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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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The Ricardian equivalence by Jachi, Ahmad M.

“…A dollar of tax reduction causes the national debt to increase by one dollar which must be repaid later. …”
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Influence of physicochemical properties on the in vitro skin permeation of the enantiomers, racemate, and eutectics of ibuprofen for enhanced transdermal drug delivery by Capomacchia, Anthony C.

“…The eutectic emulsion had the highest permeation rate, a 2.21-fold increase in flux compared with saturated aIPA solutions of the racemate with a 2.03-fold increase in flux. …”
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Phosphorus supplementation recovers the blunted diet-induced thermogenesis of overweight and obese adults by Bassil, Maya S.

“…Overweight/obese subjects had a blunted DIT with placebo, while P supplementation induced a 23% increase in their DIT area under the curve (p < 0.05), which was associated with a significant increase in carbohydrate oxidation. …”
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