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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StarD13 by Jaafar, Leila

“…As such, and through the dysregulation of Rho GTPases, this affects adhesion dynamics, actin dynamics, and leads to an increase or a decrease in tumor metastasis depending on the tumor grade and type. …”
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Palliative Tumor Control by Trabectedin in Pediatric Advanced Sarcoma by Nasser, Soumana C.

“…The patient's quality of life improved as noted by a significant decrease in opiate requirements and ability to tolerate oral intake. …”
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The economics of oil, biofuel and food commodities by Bahel, Eric

“…It is shown that, with a highly inelastic demand for food, an increase in the productivity of land in agriculture will decrease the price of food in the short-run, only to increase it in the long-run as the stock of fossil fuel is depleted.…”
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Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon by Fakih, Ali

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Effect of lubricant rheology on friction in coated elastohydrodynamic lubricated contacts by Habchi, W.

“…The first coating type consists of a soft material with a low thermal inertia while the second is a hard material with a high thermal inertia. …”
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Non-linear relationship between real commodity price volatility and real effective exchange rate: The case of commodity-exporting countries by Boubakri, Salem

“…However, for periods when a country is better integrated financially, we observe a decrease in the impact of real commodity price volatility on REER, especially for the two panels of food and beverages as well as energy. …”
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Doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubbers by Semaan, Mars E.

“…The S parameter decreases as carbon black is added to the rubber. The decrease in the S parameter depends on the type and morphology of the carbon black. …”
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Improvement Algorithm for Limited Space Scheduling by Zouein, Pierrette

“…Selecting construction methods, scheduling activities, and planning the use of site space are key to constructing a project efficiently. Site layout and activity scheduling have been tackled as independent problems. …”
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Where do jobs go when oil prices drop? by Karaki, Mohamad B.

“…In this paper, we estimate a factor augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model to investigate the effect of oil price shocks on total private job flows as well as on industry-level job creation and destruction. …”
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Production and properties of thermostable proteases from bacillus thermoleovorans strain HSR by Tokajian, Sima

“…The proteases show higher activity towards short synthetic peptides while a decrease in specificity was observed with longer peptides.…”
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Optimizing the number of players and training bout durations in soccer small‐sided games: Effects on mood balance and technical performance by Zouhaier Farhani (22330693)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The data demonstrated that the continuous‐bout‐duration (1 × 12 min) of 4vs4 and 3vs3 SSGs was characterized by a significant decrease in total mood disturbance (TMD) compared to 2 × 6 min and 3 × 4 min (4vs4:<i>p</i> < 0.01; 3vs3:<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”

Genetic Algorithm Control Strategy for Heat Pump System in Battery Electric Buses by Al Haddad, Rabih

“…With the current conventional control strategies applied to the Heat Pump system in battery-electric buses, its driving range is being considerably reduced, particularly in cold weather conditions. This study proposes a genetic algorithm-based control strategy that optimizes the coefficient of performance of the HP system to decrease its energy consumption and maximize the driving range. …”
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Regulation, bank capital, and bank risk: evidence from the Lebanese banking industry by El Khoury, Rim

“…This paper analyzes the relationship between change in capital and change in risk for a sample of 23 Lebanese banks between 2009 and 2014. …”
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Emotional Reactions to Unequal Payment: The Impact of Meritocratic Ideology and Salary Negotiability by Maitner, Angela

“…This work investigates the impact of meritocracy beliefs and implied salary negotiability on individuals’ emotional reactions within a stable status hierarchy. When an unequal system appears negotiable, believing that hard work pays off may decrease anger felt in response to inequality. …”
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Innovation in Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the UAE Construction Industry by ALHYARI, MUTAZ MOHAMMAD AHMAD

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Concise fuzzy representation of big graphs by Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.

“…The enormous amount of data to be represented using large graphs exceeds in some cases the resources of a conventional computer. Edges in particular can take up a considerable amount of memory as compared to the number of nodes. …”
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Confinement Effectiveness in Rectangular Concrete Columns with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Wraps by Tabbara, Mazen

“…Rectangular and square cross sections of variable corner radii were investigated with reference to a circular cross section. Results showed an increase in corner stresses with sharper corner radii, a localization of failure at the corners, and a decrease in confinement effectiveness with an increase in the rectangularity of the cross section or an increase in corner sharpness. …”
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Critical Review of Steel Column Base Plate Design Codes and Their Relevance to United Arab Emirates by SREENIVASAN, SREEJU

“…If the design is at optimum by choosing a suitable code the involvement of the materials would be less which will help to decrease the pollution caused in the environment as well. …”
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Breast cancer cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells by Faour, Wissam H.

“…Expression of osteoblastic markers was investigated by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. RANKL and OPG levels were measured by ELISA. …”
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