Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon by 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 framework for implementing Green Supply Chain Management: The Case of Petco Gulf by HASSAN, HUDA YOUSIF ALI AHMED

“…From this research, it was found that as Petco gulf is present in the U.A.E. it can take advantage of this and by applying the GSCM strategies against each of its components this will help the company by, increased overall gross profit with the decrease in cost since going green in its supply chain means reducing the overheads. …”
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Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Instructional Delivery Modalities, and the Role of School Leaders: a Study among Selected Private Schools in Abu Dhabi. by YAHYA, AHMAD

“…For example, the interviews recommended that school leaders are invited to build an active channel of communication with their teachers, share the decision-making process with them, decrease the workload, raise the teachers’ autonomy, and establish a remuneration system.…”
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Breakdown of perineal laceration repair after vaginal delivery by JAllad, Karl

“…Objective The aim of the study was to estimate risk factors associated with breakdown of perineal laceration repair after vaginal delivery. …”
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Body surface area and body weight predict total liver volume in Western adults by Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas

“…Computed tomography (CT) is used increasingly to measure liver volume in patients undergoing evaluation for transplantation or resection. …”
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Lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in Qatar's national mental health study by Salma Mawfek Khaled (14159013)

“…<h3>Objectives</h3><p dir="ltr">To estimate lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment for mental disorders and their correlates in Qatar's general population for the first time.…”

Anomaly Detection on Smart Grids With Optimized Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Model by Ahmad N. Alkuwari (22392226)

“…<p dir="ltr">The integration of digital technologies into traditional power systems has increased the efficiency and sustainability of power grids, transforming traditional grids into smart grids. …”

Developing biochar from potential wastes in Qatar and its revenue potential by Prakash Parthasarathy (10159511)

“…<p>Global population growth, booming economies, and modernization are all contributing to increased waste generation, including in Qatar. A more sustainable waste treatment strategy is therefore essential to reaching Qatar's National Vision 2030. …”

Three-way decision-based conditional probabilities by opinion scores and Bayesian rules in circular-Pythagorean fuzzy sets for developing sustainable smart living framework by A. Alsattar, Hassan

“…At σ=0.05, the remaining SSL framework alternatives are positioned within the boundary region. When σ value increases to a range of 0.55–0.59, TWD is transformed into a two-way decision-…”
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Hypertension in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Ibrahim F. Shatat (14150601)

“…Although the prevalence of HTN in SSNS is less documented than in SRNS, recent studies reported high prevalence in both. …”

Dietary Calcium Intake of 1200 mg/d May Have Negative Correlation on Percent Body Fat by Dimassi, Hani I.

“…The high-calcium group (intake ≥1200 mg/d) had a significantly higher mean caloric intake (P ≤ .01) and significantly lower percent body fat (P ≤ .05) than the low-calcium group (intake <1200 mg/d). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Management of Electric Vehicles Charging: Towards Highly-Dispersed Fast Chargers by Mostafa Shibl (18810412)

“…The use of ML provides a less complex method to coordinate EVs, in comparison with conventional optimization techniques such as quadratic programming, and the use of ML is faster as it requires less computational power. …”

A hybrid model for the optimum integration of renewable technologies in power generation systems by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…Also, the procedure enables the estimation of the optimum feed-in-tariff to be offered to future RES-E systems. …”
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Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study by Rupert Bourne (603842)

“…We fitted hierarchical models to estimate 2020 prevalence (with 95% uncertainty intervals [UIs]) of mild vision impairment (presenting visual acuity ≥6/18 and <6/12), moderate and severe vision impairment (<6/18 to 3/60), and blindness (<3/60 or less than 10° visual field around central fixation); and vision impairment from uncorrected presbyopia (presenting near vision </p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">In 2020, an estimated 43·3 million (95% UI 37·6–48·4) people were blind, of whom 23·9 million (55%; 20·8–26·8) were estimated to be female. …”

Association of dyslipidemia, diabetes and metabolic syndrome with serum ferritin levels: a middle eastern population-based cross-sectional study by Neyla S. Al Akl (15189997)

“…The OR for MetS also increased significantly across the Sfer Quartiles from OR: 1 in Q1 to 1.92 (1.06–3.02) in Q4 for women and to 2.07 (1.08–3.98) in Q4 in men. …”

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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Assessing the risk of angiotensin receptor blockers on major cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yara Wanas (8744844)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Forty-five RCTs comprising of 170,794 participants were included in the analysis. The pooled estimates revealed that ARBs do not increase the risk of all-cause mortality (RR 1.00; 95%CI 0.97–1.04), myocardial infarction (RR 1.01; 95%CI 0.96–1.06), and stroke (RR 0.92; 95%CI 0.83–1.01). …”

The Sources of Variance in the Helsinki Stock Exchange by Ben Sita, Bernard

“…Furthermore, inserting the ratio of volume expectation to duration expectation in the ARMA model and the vector error correction (VEC) model, we find that the short-term variance increases (decreases) when more (less) than 1 unit share is traded for 1 unit time.…”
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Revisiting the economic theory of crime A state-level analysis in India by Pranav Raj (17933381)

“…From an economic perspective, criminals are rational economic agents who weigh the likelihood of being arrested and apprehended before committing a crime. An increase in the likelihood of arrest and apprehension should deter criminals as it increases the expected costs of committing crimes. …”

Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors by Mustafa Almallah (17280568)

“…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. Moreover, designing high quality and resolution scenarios could also increase SP, thus decreasing the severity of SS symptoms. …”