Student perceptions towards interprofessional education by Zeeni, Nadine

“…The Lebanese American University Interprofessional Education (LAU IPE) Steps Framework consists of a five-step workshop-based series that is offered throughout the curriculum of health and social care students at an American university in Lebanon. …”
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The effect of soft background music, Mozart music, on the three levels of students' engagement. (c2016) by Al Bizri, Dima Bashir

“…The ABAB design was used to examine the effect of Mozart music on engagement. The following five instruments were used: SESQ-ENG, TERF-N, semi-structured interviews with the teachers, focus group interviews with the students, and observations. …”
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Wales’ tourists not a burden for local healthcare by Nature Research (16552612)

“…<p>Researchers in southern Wales reviewed nine-years-worth of hospital data and found non-Welsh residents accounted for only 0.5% of unintentional injuries presenting to an emergency department.…”

Pleiotropic functions of the tumor- and metastasis-suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-8 in mammary cancer in MMTV-PyMT transgenic mice by Julie Decock (44558)

“…Using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, we tracked the expression of the entire Mmp and Timp gene families, observing a significant decrease in Mmp3 expression in Mmp8-null tumors compared to wild-type and heterozygotes throughout the time course of the model, which was confirmed at the protein level. …”

Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts by Habchi, W.

“…The results reconfirm the well-known observations that minimum film thickness is very little affected by lubricant compressibility while central film thickness decreases linearly with the increase in volume compression of the lubricant. …”
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Fluid-Structure-Acoustic coupling analysis for external laminar and turbulent fluid flows by Tohid Adibi (17871551)

“…The results indicate that the transmission loss is 27% more at the elastic plate’s highest position. By decreasing the length of the elastic plate by 50%, the mean transmission loss is reduced by 9%. …”

Initial risk assessment for pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD by Yammine, Joe

“…In multivariate analysis, statistically significant independent variables were >3% decrease in exercise oxyhemoglobin saturation and decline in prebronchodilator FEV1 (P = 0.01 and P = 0.04, respectively). …”
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Role of family in supporting children with mental disorders in Qatar by Abdulnaser A. Fakhrou (16855155)

“…There are certain behaviors of family members that can increase or decrease stress for the person. The results suggest that the family plays an essential role in supporting and promoting the lives of people with mental disorders and recommending effective ways to cope with them.…”

Predicting Compression Modes and Split Decisions for HEVC Video Coding Using Machine Learning Techniques by Hassan, Mahitab Alaaeldin

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Using Data Mining and Text Mining Techniques in Predicting the Price of Real Estate Properties in Dubai by Khashan, Deena Younis Abo

“…It is found that the results of linear regression prediction have been improved significantly after adding text mining to the experiments. The root mean squared errors RMSEs for all data subsets have decreased leading to enhancing the accuracy of prediction. …”
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Design of an integrated system that combines the steam gasification of plastic waste and a solid oxide fuel cell for sustainable power generation by Khaled Abouemara (17823416)

“…Optimal conditions are met at gasifier temperature of 973 K, steam/feed ratio of 1.5, and CaO/feed ratio of 1. Moreover, using H₂ flow rates to assess SOFC performance reveal increasing activation and ohmic losses (0.04 to 0.09 V and 0 to 0.28 V) with a temperature increase (973–1473 K), while concentration losses decreased (0–0.10 V). …”

A jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) seed cake extracts express hepatoprotective activity against paracetamol-induced toxicity in rats by Firas Feki (17545638)

“…After enzyme treatment, simmondsin content decreased from 33.0 % to 3.0 % and glucose content increased from 16.2 % to 27.3 % reflecting simmondsin hydrolysis. …”

Reduction of laboratory utilization in the intensive care unit by Diab, Khalil

“…The number of iSTAT laboratory tests per patient-day decreased from 7.37 to an average of 1.16 (P < .001) over the same time period. …”
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Resection of liver metastases from breast cancer by Abbott, Daniel

“…Fifty-three patients (62%) had a solitary breast cancer liver metastasis, and 73 (85%) had breast cancer liver metastases ≤5 cm. Sixty-five patients (76%) received prehepatectomy hormonal and/or chemotherapy. …”
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Chemical characterization and cytotoxic activity evaluation of Lebanese propolis by Faour, Wissam H.

“…This increase in SubG0 was further investigated in Jurkat cells by annexinV/PI and showed an increase in the percentage of cells in early and late apoptosis as well as necrosis. …”
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Prevalence of polypharmacy and the association with non-communicable diseases in Qatari elderly patients attending primary healthcare centers: A cross-sectional study by Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

“…The elderly population is the most susceptible to the negative effects of polypharmacy due to their altered pharmacokinetics and decreased drug clearance. Therefore, polypharmacy can lead to poor health status and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. …”

Correction: Prevalence of polypharmacy and the association with non-communicable diseases in Qatari elderly patients attending primary healthcare centers: A cross-sectional study by Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

“…The elderly population is the most susceptible to the negative effects of polypharmacy due to their altered pharmacokinetics and decreased drug clearance. Therefore, polypharmacy can lead to poor health status and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. …”

Regional variations in incidence of surgical site infection and associated risk factors in women undergoing cesarean section: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by Nazmul, Islam

“…Meta-regression showed a significant decrease in SSI incidence in HICs. Maternal factors, procedural aspects, and care quality were associated with SSI. …”
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The effect of Ramadan focused education on patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hoda Gad (6470522)

“…Quality assessment was done using the ROBINS-I and Cochrane tools for risk of bias and analyses were performed using RevMan version 5.1.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">From 770 records, 430 full text studies were assessed. …”

Hydrothermal and irreversibility numerical analysis of helical coil energy storage tank with nano-encapsulated PCMs: A comprehensive study with magnetic filled, Soret/Dufour, and m... by Mohammed Azeez Alomari (20482592)

“…On the other hand, average values of Nusselt and Sherwood are decreased with the rise of the Hartmann number. Furthermore, Nusselt average and Sherwood’s average decrease by 21.4 % and 24.9 % respectively when Darcy’s number increases from 0.1 to 10^-4.…”