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

"…Failure was considered if the patient's antimicrobial regimen was changed or if there is clinical deterioration from baseline. 65 eligible patients were identified with a mean age of 62.5 ± 18 years. 63 patients were treated in the medical ward and two patients in the intensive care unit. …"
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Renal Function Decline in Recipients and Donors of Kidney Grafts حسب Bahous, Sola Aoun

"…Background/Aims: Renal function decreases over time as a result of reduction in the number of functioning nephrons with age. …"
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Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer حسب Abdalla, Eddie

"…No significant differences were seen in patients (age, gender, race) or tumor characteristics (mean distance from the anal verge, annularity, fixation). …"
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Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics حسب Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

"…However, adding ethanol helps mitigate this increase, especially at low and medium speeds, with an average decrease of 32% for a 2.5% ethanol blend compared to B0. …"

Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar حسب 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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Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study حسب Muhammad Atif Butt (10849980)

"…We find that input quantization partially degrades the efficacy of adversarial and backdoor attacks at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy over clean inputs. …"

Analyzing the effectiveness of various coatings to mitigate photovoltaic modules soiling in desert climate حسب Alaa Elsafi (22282354)

"…Soiling was measured in terms of loss in light <u>transmittance</u>, measured by UV–Vis spectroscopy, and increase in surface coverage area, measured using optical microscopy. The results indicate a decrease in light transmittance and an increase in surface coverage area over time due to dust accumulation. …"

Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals حسب Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …"

IS security menace حسب 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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Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population حسب Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella

"…People with T2DM showed a significant decrease in HDL-C levels. A strong correlation of overall hyperlipidemia with the diabetes affection status was shown (p < 0.0001). …"
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Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar حسب Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 327 pregnant women (mean age of 29.5 years ± 4.0) completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate: 87.5%). …"

Dynamic Change in Insulin Resistance Induced by Free Fatty Acids Is Unchanged Though Insulin Sensitivity Improves Following Endurance Exercise in PCOS حسب Myint Myint Aye (6404327)

"…Skewed data were log transformed and expressed as mean ± SEM.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Before exercise, women with PCOS had a higher HOMA-IR and lower VO2 max than controls. …"

The downsides of information systems security policy compliance efforts حسب 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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Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Oil and Gas Construction Industry حسب FANOUSSE, MARWA IMAD

"…With regard to design, the contractor’s need to decrease construction costs through a cheaper design was found to be a factor in design changes. …"
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Writing and publishing language studies in the Arab region [Khitabaat Journal] حسب Emad Abdul-latif (21841985)

"…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Journal of the Sociology of Language<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2024-0026" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2024-0026</a></p>…"

Excess pCO2 and carbonate system geochemistry in surface seawater of the exclusive economic zone of Qatar (Arabian Gulf) حسب Connor, Izumi

"…The slope suggests that removal of C as CaCO3, organic matter (CH2O) or gas exchange (FCO2) is occurring with a ratio of ΔCaCO3/(ΔCH2O or FCO2) = 1:2.86. The tracer Alk*, defined as the deviation of potential alkalinity (AP) (where AP = TA + 1.26 [NO3]) from conservative potential alkalinity ((ApC), (ApC = S Ap′S′ where A'P and S′ are mean values for the whole surface ocean) has values primarily determined by CaCO3 precipitation and dissolution. …"
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Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon حسب Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

"…This emphasises the importance of assessing surface water quality as a projected means to increase water availability. …"
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Brain Connectivity Analysis Under Semantic Vigilance and Enhanced Mental States حسب Yahya, Fares

"…The vigilance state is induced using a modified version of stroop color-word task (SCWT) while the enhancement state is based on audio stimulation with a pure tone of 250 Hz. …"
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Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors حسب Mustafa Almallah (17280568)

"…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. …"

An investigation into links between UAE STI Policy and the Federal Universities STEM Majors’ Enrolments, Graduates and Research Development: an evidence-based exploration of the im... حسب Khreibi, Rima Abou

"…In terms of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), there has been a decrease in STEM programs enrolment, while STEM graduates in UAEU has stayed steady at 1/3 STEM majors compared to 2/3 non-STEM programs. …"
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