The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe حسب Ammari, Lora

"…This thesis explores the relationship between living alone, loneliness, and quality of life (QoL) in elderly Europeans. This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …"
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Environmental Footprint and Economics of a Full-Scale 3D-Printed House حسب Abdalla, Hadeer

"…The economics of the selected structural systems were investigated through life cycle costing analysis (LCCA), that included mainly the construction costs and energy savings. …"
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case حسب Okan, Sirin

"…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …"
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Which firms export? An empirical analysis for the manufacturing sector in the MENA region حسب Fakih, Ali

"…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the export behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. …"
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Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection حسب Rabah Ismaen (18387189)

Board Characteristics and Bank Stock Performance: Empirical Evidence from the MENA Region حسب Antoine B. Awad (21591401)

Why some firms export? An empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in the MENA region حسب Fakih, Ali

"…This paper analyzes the exporting behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. …"
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Timing driven genetic algorithm for standard-cell placement حسب Sait, Sadiq M.

"…In this paper we present a timing-driven placer for standard-cell IC design. …"
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Examining time-to-transport decisions in Emergency Medical Services حسب Hassan Farhat (9000509)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Figure 1 indicates the transport probabilities as inferred from the Cox regression. As the time spent on scene increases (due to various reasons, among them: spending more time providing clinical treatment and health education because the patient decided not to go to the hospital, or the crew spending more time convincing the patient to go to the hospital by explaining the potential complications of their condition and the potential outcomes of a refusal to go to hospital), the probability of transporting the patient decreases. …"

Influence of shelf-life duration on mechanical, thermal and shape recovery motion derivatives of shape memory polyurethane حسب Vasavi, Boggarapu

"…The results indicated that tensile and flexural strength decreased by 35.16 % and 29.3 % respectively, from S1 to S10. …"
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The Gulf Cooperation Council states: Crystallization of the regional cooperation and alliances amid dwindling resources حسب Evren Tok (14779270)

Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... حسب Alize J, Ferrari

"…Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden over time and across age groups, sexes, and locations. …"
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The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global... حسب Farin Kamangar (63964)

"…Between 1990 and 2017, age-standardised incidence decreased by 22·0% (18·6–25·2), mortality decreased by 29·0% (25·8–32·0), and DALYs decreased by 33·4% (30·4–36·1) globally. …"

SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE COST MODELLING OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECTS IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES حسب Sadek, Ahmed

"…This is achieved by applying adjusting risks on project's initial cost at the preconstruction stage with respect to cost and risk behaviours at each time step. Cost impact is following an increasing S-Curve behaviour during CAPEX time and risk impact is following a decreasing S-Curve behaviour during CAPEX lifetime. …"
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Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students حسب Doumit, Rita

"…As scores on resilience, social support and being male increased, the well-being of Lebanese first-time College students also increased. As the usage of withdrawal coping strategies, being exposed to stress related to self and uncertainty increased, the well-being of Lebanese first-time college students decreased. …"
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3D Concrete Printing Sustainability: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Four Construction Method Scenarios حسب Malek Mohammad (17150977)

"…This paper investigates the environmental tradeoff of utilizing 3DCP over conventional construction by conducting a detailed cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) study of four case-scenarios (conventional concrete construction, 3DCP with reinforcement elements, 3DCP without any reinforcement, and 3DCP without any reinforcement and utilizing a lightweight printable concrete material.) …"

Morphological changes in amblyopic eyes in choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in comparison to healthy eyes, and in retinal nerve fiber layer in comparison to fellow eyes through... حسب Masri, Oussama Samer

"…Results The method of measuring reflectivity is good to excellent reliability for all regions of interest except the fourth. The mean reflectivity of the choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in amblyopic eyes were significantly lower than in healthy eyes (p = 0.003 and p = 0.008 respectively). …"
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Reinforcement R-learning model for time scheduling of on-demand fog placement حسب Farhat, Peter

"…We also demonstrate the ability of our model to improve over time by adapting the new demand of users. Experiments comparing the decisions of our model with two other potential fog placement approaches used for task/service scheduling (threshold based and random based) show that the number of processed requests performed by the cloud decreases from 100 to 30% with a limited number of fogs to push. …"
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Ambulatory general urgent clinic: an initiative at the time of COVID-19 pandemic حسب Abdullah Al-Hothi (18505290)

"…Our quality improvement study aimed to decrease the waiting time by 20%, from 21 days in January 2021 to 14 days in April 2021, to evaluate the newly established clinics for urgent referrals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to assess the physicians’ satisfaction regarding these clinics.…"

Life cycle assessment of compressed air, vanadium redox flow battery, and molten salt systems for renewable energy storage حسب Manal AlShafi (14778373)

"…This paper considers three energy storage techniques that can be suitable for hot arid climates namely; compressed air energy storage, vanadium redox flow battery, and molten salt thermal storage and performs a comprehensive life cycle assessment analysis to comparatively evaluate the environmental impacts per kWh of energy. …"