Optimum sizing of steam turbines for concentrated solar power plants by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…The results indicate that the estimated efficiency and the expected specific capital cost of the power block are very important criteria in choosing the best steam turbine size of a CSP plant. …”
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HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: mathematical modelling analysis by Ghina R Mumtaz (18629722)

“…Estimations of incident and/or prevalent infections among PWID, ex‐PWID and sexual partners of infected current and ex‐PWID were conducted.…”

Essays on international environmental policy by Marrouch, Walid

“…However, since countries are linked via trade, tying-in environmental and trade agreements generates negative spillovers over defectors. …”
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Electrical Characterization of Conductive Concrete Mixtures for Industrial Applications by Farhana, Shereen

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Control and Optimization of Membrane Biological Reactor Processes by Abachi, Noor Ali

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HIV epidemiology among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Hiam Chemaitelly (439114)

“…There was strong evidence for increasing prevalence post-2003; the odds increased by 15% per year (AOR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.09–1.21). …”

How does corruption undermine banking stability? A threshold nonlinear framework by Mohamed Sami Ben Ali (14152038)

“…We also check, using a threshold regression approach, for the existence of a corruption threshold driving a regime switching in our sample countries for both high-income and low-income countries. Estimation outcomes suggest that; overall, corruption increases the probability of banking crises. …”

Prevalence and global trends of polypharmacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Lina Naseralallah (14146465)

“…<h3>Background and objectives</h3><p dir="ltr"> Polypharmacy and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are becoming increasingly common due to an ageing population and the rise of multimorbidity. …”

Biochar from food waste: a sustainable amendment to reduce water stress and improve the growth of chickpea plants by Snigdhendubala Pradhan (9872262)

“…<p>The application of biochar in agriculture is a developing means to improve soil water retention, fertility, and crop yield. …”

An overview of diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with obesity by Mohammed, Bashir

“…Rates of obesity are increasing world-wide with an estimated 1billion people projected to be obese by 2030 if current trends remain unchanged. …”
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An Investigation into the factors influencing Arabic speaking students’ proficiency in the Arabic language in Dubai British School by AL AHMAD, ALAAEDDIN MEHY

“…However, those Arabic-speaking students attending non-Arabic schools become less proficient in the Arabic language and continually fall behind their peers in Arabic schools. This is despite the fact that both groups of students are native Arabic speakers, and that both groups of students attend Arabic classes that use the same curriculum and textbooks. …”
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Performance Optimization of Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Systems by Haroun, Hanadi

“…The irradiance on tilted surfaces was estimated using the isotropic sky model, enabling efficient simulation of front- and rear-side exposure across a wide range of albedo values. …”
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Education, democracy, and pollution a nonlinear and panel causality frameworks by Maroua Chaouachi (23739900)

“…Our results show that a higher level of school enrollment (EDU) increases the level of pollution. Also improvement in the political life of developing countries can have less pollution. …”

Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon by Djoundourian, Salpie

“…The stochastic production and cost function estimates show that bank level inefficiency effects decreases with time and increases with number of branches, employees per branch, and ratio of staff to operating expenses.…”
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Geopolitical instability and environmental sustainability by Dagar, Vishal

“…We control the estimation for inflows of foreign direct investment, economic growth, environmental patents, stringency, trade, and population. …”
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Hypertension in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Ibrahim F. Shatat (14150601)

“…Children with NS are more likely to suffer from other cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as obesity, increased measures of arterial stiffness [increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), endothelial dysfunction, increased pulse wave velocity (PWV)], impaired glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventricular dysfunction, and atherosclerosis. …”

A Robust Approach for Enhanced Autonomous Robot Navigation by Ismail, Sherif Khaled Mohamed Issa

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Transmission Line Fault Location Using Unsynchronized Measurements by Hussain, Shoaib

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Guidance, Control and Trajectory Tracking of Small Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) by Al-Radaideh, Amer

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Economics of hydrogen production and liquefaction by geothermal energy by Yilmaz, Ceyhun

“…A methodology is developed for the economic analysis of the models. It is estimated that the cost of hydrogen production and liquefaction ranges between 0.979 $/kg H2 and 2.615 $/kg H2 depending on the model. …”
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