Calibration of building model based on indoor temperature for overheating assessment using genetic algorithm: Methodology, evaluation criteria, and case study حسب Mutasim Baba, Fuad

"…With the increased severity, intensity, and frequency of “heatwaves” due to climate change, it has become imperative to study the overheating risks in existing buildings. …"
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Between a rock and a hard place حسب Itani, Omar S.

"…The major aim of this paper is to examine how frontline employees — investment account managers — deal with the ongoing increase in customer demandingness. To address this, we draw on adaptability performance theory to test the facilitating effect of frontline employees' post-transaction service behaviors (SBs) — diligence, inducements, information communication, sportsmanship, and empathy — as a means of adaptation to higher levels of customer demand. …"
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Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study حسب Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel (18055382)

"…The mean score varied little with increasing reported vulnerability to the virus. …"

High phosphorus diet mitigates impairments in lipid and glucose metabolism associated with diet-induced obesity in male sprague dawley rats حسب Bassil, Maya

"…Thirty Sprague-Dawley adult male rats (mean weight = 201±3g) were allocated into 3 equal groups receiving either a balanced diet (control), high fat diet with regular P concentration of 0.3% (HF) or high fat, high P (0.9%) diet (HFHP). …"
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Factors behind the fragmentation of the Lebanese Maronites after the 1975 Civil War حسب Rowayheb, Marwan George

"…Third, to what extent would divergences of opinion about the meaning and outcomes of defeat contribute to loss of cohesion? …"
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In-Vehicle Performance Validation of the Semi-Active Hybrid Energy Storage System حسب Rehman, Habib-ur

"…Hybrid energy storage can harness the benefits of the battery and UCs together and meet the energy storage as well as a vehicle’s power flow requirements. …"
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Association between sources of sexuality education, sexual beliefs and behaviours in Lebanese young adults حسب 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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Determinants of Disordered Eating Patterns among an LGTBQ Community in Lebanon حسب Harb, Hana

"…Generally, the LBGTQ population in this study scored higher than cisgender and heterosexual individuals for the mean and global scores of the EDE-Q, indicating an increased risk for disordered eating behaviors and attitudes. …"
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Patterns of pain medication use in older individuals with cardiovascular disease حسب Kabbara, Wissam K.

"…Among the admitted patients, 64.2% of the females received at least one pain medication, as compared to 49% of the males (p = 0.002). Participants had a mean age of 76.34 ± 7.43 years, and received a mean of 1.81 ± 0.83 pain medications. …"
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The effect of Dopamine Agonists on patients with advanced Parkinson's disease subjected to subthalamic deep brain stimulation. (c2000) حسب Jabre, Mazen Gerges

"…Dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, and levodopa-equivalent daily dose requirements decreased by 82.35%,82.14%, and 77%, respectively (p<O.OI). The mean levodopa dose was reduced by 90% (p < 0.01), while the mean dopamine agonist dose was increased by 15% from preoperative level. …"
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Suboptimal dietary knowledge predicts lower diet quality for cancer prevention among university students in Beirut حسب Jabbour, Jana

"…The sample included 300 participants (55% females, mean age: 20 years). The mean knowledge score was 49.5%. …"
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Identification of Cancer Stem Cells in Human Gastrointestinal Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors حسب Gaur, Puja

"…Results By using the Aldefluor assay, aldehyde dehydrogenase–positive (ALDH+) cells comprised 5.8% ± 1.4% (mean ± standard error of the mean) of cells from 19 patient samples. …"
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Teaching Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo to Emergency Medicine Residents by Using Gagne’s Nine Steps of Instructional Design حسب Khalid Bashir (9300293)

"…Pre-intervention MCQs mean score was 15.2 (14.4– 16.1), which increased to 18.0 (17.4– 18.6). …"

Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Nicholas, Steel

"…The rate of improvement was lower in 2011–19 than in 1990–2011 in all countries except for Norway, where the mean annual increase in life expectancy rose from 0·21 years (95% UI 0·20 to 0·22) in 1990–2011 to 0·23 years (0·21 to 0·26) in 2011–19 (difference of 0·03 years). …"
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Impact of timing and severity of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy on intrauterine fetal growth- a registry-based study from Doha-Qatar حسب Fathima Minisha (16475100)

"…<h3>Background</h3> <p>The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted pregnant women, increasing maternal and neonatal morbidity. The placenta is a potential target for the pathophysiological processes due to the increased thrombotic inflammatory activation and inadequate uteroplacental perfusion and oxygenation, potentially causing intrauterine growth restriction. …"

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. This study involves two different water bodies, the freely flowing Nahr-Ibrahin River and the Qaraaoun Reservoir, an impoundment of the Litani River. …"
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A Comprehensive Overview of the COVID-19 Literature: Machine Learning–Based Bibliometric Analysis حسب Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900)

"…This led to a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19–related publications. …"

Tracking analysis of normalized adaptive algorithms حسب Moinuddin, M.

"…The results show that, unlike the stationary case, the steady-state excess-mean-square error is not a monotonically increasing function of the step-size, while the ability of the adaptive algorithm to track the variations in the environment degrades by increasing the frequency offset.…"
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Tracking analysis of the NLMS algorithm in the presence of both random and cyclic nonstationarities حسب Moinuddin, M.

"…Tracking analysis of the normalized least mean square (NLMS) algorithm is carried out in the presence of two sources of nonstationarities: 1) carrier frequency offset between transmitter and receiver; 2) random variations in the environment. …"
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Impact of miscuffing during home blood pressure measurement on the prevalence of masked hypertension حسب Mourad, Jean-Jacques

"…The low market availability and increased cost of large cuffs should also be addressed.…"
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