Long-Haul Northeast Travel Disrupts Sleep and Induces Perceived Fatigue in Endurance Athletes حسب Christopher J. Stevens (3391547)

"…After this time, sleep duration returned to baseline for several days until it was very likely decreased on the night prior to competition (-1.2 ± 1.0 h; 1.18; ±0.93). …"

On the sampling and integration rates of process noise حسب Saab, Samer S.

"…It is shown that the covariance of a sampled zero-mean exponentially-correlated process is independent of the sampling rate. …"
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Fiber-matrix interfacial area reduction in fiber reinforced cements and concretes at moderate to high fiber volume fractions حسب Karam, Gebran N.

"…Fiber-fiber interaction and overlap of fibers with fibers, voids and aggregates can dramatically decrease the efficiency of the reinforcement by reducing this interfacial area. …"
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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System Towards Smart Landscaping in UAE حسب Al Sulaimani, Fatma

"…The outcomes of the use of SMS have shown better results in water conservation, 21%, and 26% decrease in water consumption for the months of September and October, respectively.…"
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Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Oil and Gas Construction Industry حسب FANOUSSE, MARWA IMAD

"…With regard to design, the contractor’s need to decrease construction costs through a cheaper design was found to be a factor in design changes. …"
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Exploring the Role of Perceived Organizational Injustice and Organizational Identification in the Impact of Discretionary HR Practices on Counterproductive Behaviors: Evidence from... حسب El Dimassi, Yasmeen

"…It investigates how customized, flexible HR practices are resource-enhancing tools that decrease workplace deviant behaviors. The study uses survey responses from 214 Lebanese employees working in different sectors to fill a significant knowledge gap in HR studies, primarily focusing on Western business settings. …"
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Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment حسب Farhat, Peter

"…The proposed technique learns the intensity of service invocations and behavior of end devices at different locations over time for predicting the localization plan. Second, we propose a K-Means based clustering model embedded within a multi-objective optimization scheme for fog and container placement. …"
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Corner effects in CFRP-wrapped square columns حسب Tabbara, Mazen

"…An experimental investigation of the corner sharpness effect in square columns with carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) wraps is presented using traditional compressive testing of short square columns as well as an innovative set-up that allows testing directly for the CFRP strength when wrapped around the corner of a flat slab. …"
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The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France حسب Harakeh, Mostafa

"…Accordingly, we find that, following IFRS adoption, earnings management activities decrease among high-divergence firms prior to issuing SEOs. …"
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Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students حسب Grey, Ian

"…The most frequently used interventions were positive reinforcement (64%), goal setting (63%) and activity scheduling (47%). Students indicated positive attitudes to the project. …"
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Challenges for establishing a learning support centre in rural areas for students with specific learning disorders. (c2016) حسب Daoud, Rania N.

"…This study provides a design for an out-of-school Center whose mission is to improve learning outcomes and decrease failure rate in the K-12 mainstream classrooms for students with SLDs. …"
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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

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Exergames versus self-regulated exercises with instruction leaflets to improve adherence during geriatric rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial حسب Peter Oesch (3572426)

"…Repeated measures mixed models and Cohen’s d effect sizes (ES, moderate if >0.5, large if > 0.8) with 95% CIs were used to evaluate between-group effects over time. Alpha was set at 0.05.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">From June 2014 to December 2015 217 patients were evaluated and 54 included, 26 in the EG and 28 in the CG. …"

A new method for broad‐scale modeling and projection of plant assemblages under climatic, biotic, and environmental cofiltering حسب Alessandro Ferrarini (3951098)

"…To this purpose, we first used multilabel algorithms in order to convert the task of explaining a large assemblage of plant communities into a classification framework able to capture with high cross-validated accuracy the pattern of species distributions under a composite set of biotic and abiotic factors. We applied our model to a large set of plant communities in the Swiss Alps. …"

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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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System towards Smart landscaping in UAE حسب ALSULAIMANI, FATMA

"…The outcomes of the use of SMS have shown a better results in water conservation and a decrease in water flow in the month of September by 21% and 26% in October. …"
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A framework for implementing Green Supply Chain Management: The Case of Petco Gulf حسب 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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Mixed precision iterative refinement with adaptive precision sparse approximate inverse preconditioning حسب Noaman Khan (19810050)

"…<p dir="ltr">Hardware trends have motivated the development of mixed precision algorithms in numerical linear algebra, which aim to decrease runtime while maintaining acceptable accuracy. …"

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses حسب Merilyn Lock (9440240)

"…Data were sub-grouped for men and women, baseline training level, mean age, intervention type, and intervention length. …"

OSRA Grant Cycle 5 Public Reports : Project Title: Coping with prenatal bereavement and perceived stress in current pregnancy: correlates to parental perception of the child and bo... حسب Pia Tohme Khalaf (17425551)

"…The couple's relationship quality also plays a significant role, with secure romantic attachment positively influencing prenatal attachment and promoting resilience in times of stress, while avoidant or anxious romantic attachment can lead to lower prenatal bonding and increased pregnancy-related worries.…"