Essays on the effects of oil price shocks and monetary shocks on labor reallocation by Karaki, Mohamad B.

“…This finding indicates that there is a significant costly labor reallocation process associated with an unanticipated increase in interest rates. Finally we inquire on whether the reduction in the effect of shocks since the Great moderation could be explained with the decline in the role of the allocative channel. …”
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Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare by Gahramanov, Emin

“…Since recent literature reports that young-age survival pessimism has grown over time, it raises some concerns.…”
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Post award arbitral tribunal's mandate under the UNCITRAL Model Law and national laws based thereon by Hisham Al Hyari, Omar

“…Mainly, the findings of this paper are that, of the many deviations, the positive changes are those that provide comfortable and lenient default provisions for the benefit of inexperienced parties, and since correction, interpretation, additional award, and remittance are useful provisions that are designed to help self-rectify the arbitral process, without adversely delaying it, then the changes that increase the efficacy of these provisions are welcomed. …”
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Risk management in blockchain by AL HOULI, SULTAN

“…It is essential to identify the different risks associated with the use of blockchain and its application and the use and adoption of the blockchain technology is expected to increase in future…”
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Dual-labeled trastuzumab-based imaging agent for the detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 overexpression in breast cancer by Sampath, Lakshmi

“…The tumor-to-muscle ratio decreased in mice pretreated with trastuzumab and in mice injected with IRDye 800CW and (111In-DTPA)p-IgG-(IRDye800)q. …”
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Modification of glucocorticoid effects on body weight gain, plasma lipids by changes in diet composition by Bouclaous, Carmel

“…All groups showed a decrease in relative intestinal absorption with time. …”
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Sex differences on quality of life and mental health outcomes when using a brief cognitive-behavioral skill building intervention with adolescent Syrian refugees: a secondary analy... by Kazandjian, Chant

“…Males demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety scores compared to females. Among males only, significant decreases in depression and anxiety scores were observed with significant improvement in total QOL.…”
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Glycemic Index of commonly consumed Lebanese mixed meals and desserts by Daher, C. F.

“…The determination of the Glycemic Index (GI) and Load (GL) for mixed meals serves as a dietetic tool in meal planning to reinforce the benefits of low GI meals and decrease the physiological effects of high GI meals. …”
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Local arterial vasoconstriction induced by octreotide in patients with cirrhosis by Chatila, Rajaa

“…Percent change in flow (%triangle up) was obtained by comparing the flow during drug administration to that during the preceding saline infusion. Saline infusion did not alter FBF, but octreotide infusion resulted in a 34% +/- 7.7 (P <.005) reduction in FBF in the infused arm. …”
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Daucus carota pentane-based fractions arrest the cell cycle and increase apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells by Shebaby, Wassim N.

“…The increase in apoptosis in response to treatment was also apparent in the increase in BAX and the decrease in Bcl-2 levels as well as the proteolytic cleavage of both caspase-3 and PARP as revealed by Western blot. …”
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Impact of aluminium acetate particles size on the gelation kinetics of polyacrylamide‐based gels: Rheological and molecular simulation study by Ahmed Hamza (7224470)

“…The addition of bentonite at low crosslinker concentrations (0.5–1 wt.%) did not decrease the gel strength of 7 wt.% PAM/1 wt.% AlAc significantly. …”

An experimental study of a collector and diffuser system on a small demonstration wind turbine by Ghajar, R. F.

“…A diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) has been an attractive concept of wind energy extraction since the early 1970s, due to the system's ability to increase the power generated by a regular bare turbine of the same size. …”
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Chronic carob molasses intake and its impact on blood lipemia and glycemia in the rat model. (c2007) by Nassar, Issam Yaacoub

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Drivers of MERS-CoV Emergence in Qatar by Elmoubasher Farag (6701129)

“…<p dir="ltr">MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus) antibodies were detected in camels since 1983, but the first human case was only detected in 2012. …”

Salafi Jihadism in post-2005 Lebanon. (c2015) by Al Hassan, Farah

“…The link that exists between sectarian division, its outcomes and Salafi Jihadism forms a pattern that can similarly be used to look into the increase in sectarian tension in Lebanon since 2005 and the ascendancy of Salafi Jihadism ever since the civil war in Syria began in 2011. …”
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Studying the Impact of Height and Unified Design model in Housing Communities on Micro-climate condition in Dubai Case Study of Mohammad Bin Rashid Housing Establishment Project by ISSA, ZINAB GHASSAN

“…The aim of the research is to investigate the potential impact of height increase and using unified layout design for all unites within the site on outdoor microclimate condition at the community, This is to contribute to the United nation goal of Sustainable Development as well as UAE Vision 2021 for sustainable society. …”
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Swimming exercise improves short‐ and long‐term memories: Time‐course changes by Mahmoud A. Alomari (14780446)

“…Young adult Wistar rats were tested for both short-term and long-term memories using the radial arm water maize (RAWM) paradigm following 0, 1, 7, 14, and 28 days of swimming exercise training (60 min per day, 5 days/week)s. The mean total errors on RAWM during the learning phase and memory testing remained the same (p > 0.5) after 1 day of swimming exercise. …”

An adaptive load-balancing approach to XML-based network management using JPVM by Sqalli, M.H.

“…SNMP is the most widely used network management protocol. Since SNMP is based on a centralized approach, it is confronted with scalability and efficiency problems when the network expands. …”
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Exploring the effect of change order on the project team bahavior and performance by Aldhaheri, Ahmed

“…Since the change order is part of the construction project, the relationship between change order (variation order) and project team behavior and performance were analyzed and studied before, during and after an event in this research. …”
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Reclaimed Waste Water in Some Middle Eastern Countries by Chatila, Jean G.

“…Countries of the Middle East are increasingly suffering from shortages and mismanagement of water, a commodity that is becoming of considerable value since water demands are fast approaching the limits of availability. …”
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