Orofacial Clefts by El Baba, Nada

“…We found no significant differences in the proliferative abilities of the patient-derived cells and the healthy cells. The striking difference in behavior was related to cell migration, whereby the patient-derived cells showed decreased motility, increased adhesion, and a general loss of polarity compared to the healthy cells. …”
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A Risk-Based Multi-Objective Modeling Approach to the Preventive Maintenance Process of Roof Waterproofing System at Airports by Shehab, Bahaa

“…The purpose of this study is to: (a) determine current waterproofing systems and components of concrete roofs at airports, (b) explore frequently used techniques to design optimal preventive maintenance policies, and (c) derive an optimal preventive multi-objective risk-based maintenance strategy via simulation that can diminish failure costs, thereby decreasing the system’s overall maintenance costs. …”
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A Risk-Based Multi-Objective Modeling Approach to the Preventive Maintenance Process of Roof Waterproofing System at Airports by Shehab, Bahaa

“…The purpose of this study is to: (a) determine current waterproofing systems and components of concrete roofs at airports, (b) explore frequently used techniques to design optimal preventive maintenance policies, and (c) derive an optimal preventive multi-objective risk-based maintenance strategy via simulation that can diminish failure costs, thereby decreasing the system’s overall maintenance costs. …”
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LDL-C Targets in Secondary Prevention: How Low Should We Go? by Karim Bayoumy (3496688)

“…<h3>Abstract</h3><p dir="ltr">The benefits of lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), mainly using high-intensity statin therapy, and its impact on decreasing the recurrence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in secondary prevention has been well established. …”

Transfusion of Plasma from Young Exercise mice ameliorates Aging-associated Cognitive Impairments on Learning and Memory through activation of Autophagy by Khoury, Reine

“…The beneficial effects of exercise are mediated through the induction of the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Previous work identified that exercise promotes cognition by inducing autophagy. …”
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Plasma volume variations in response to high intensity interval training in obese women: The influential role of menopausal status and age by Jabbour, Georges

“…These measurements were derived using hematocrit (Ht) and hemoglobin (Hb) values. …”
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A nonlinear PID servo controller for computer hard disk drives by Hawwa, M.A.

“…The controller is capable of increasing (decreasing) damping effect when the system output is moving away from (towards) the desired track. …”
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Throughput of ARQ protocols over Rician, Nakagami and MIMO block fading channels by Zummo, Salam A.

“…Moreover, the performance of multi-input multioutput (MIMO) ARQ systems employing space-time block codes (STBCs) is derived. The effect of antenna correlation in MIMO ARQ systems is investigated analytically. …”
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PP245-SUN: Outstanding abstract by Bassil, M.

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Effect of climate change on the annual energy consumption of a single family house in British Columbia by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…The simulation results show that for both bylaw and PH cases, heating energy consumption will be reduced while cooling energy consumption will be increased, as a result for bylaw case, the energy consumption will be decreased for four climate zones, while for PH case, the energy consumption will be increased for zone 4 & 5 and decreased for zone 6 & 7. …”
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Potent anti-tumor promoting effects of Daucus carota oil extract in mice by Abou Zeinab, RM

“…Topical application of 50% extract inhibited tumor incidence and yield by 30 and 83% respectively, while topical application of 5% extract inhibited tumor yield by 36%. Tumor volume was decreased by 99, 91 and 70% following topical treatments with 100, 50 and 5% oil extract respectively. …”
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Microstructure and Compressive Behavior of Al–Y₂O₃ Nanocomposites Prepared by Microwave-Assisted Mechanical Alloying by Manohar Reddy Mattli (18147568)

“…The mechanical properties of the Al–Y₂O₃ nanocomposites increased as the addition of yttria reached to 1.5 vol. % and thereafter decreased. The microhardness first increased from 38 Hv to 81 Hv, and then decreased to 74 ± 4 Hv for 1.5 vol. % yttria. …”

Chemopreventive effects of wild carrot oil against 7,12-dimethyl benz(a)anthracene-induced squamous cell carcinoma in mice by Abu Zeinab, Rami

“…Topical 50% treatment inhibited tumor incidence and yield by 30 and 83%, respectively, whereas the 5% treatment inhibited tumor yield by 36%. Tumor volume was decreased by 99, 91, and 70% following topical treatments with 100, 50, and 5% oil, respectively. …”
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Impact of inflammation, gene variants, and cigarette smoking on coronary artery disease risk by Merhi, Mahmoud

“…Results rs4769874 (ALOX5AP), rs854560 (PON1), and rs4646903 (CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism) are significantly associated with an increased risk of CAD with respective odds ratios of 1.53703, 1.67710, and 1.35520; the genetic variant rs9579646 (ALOX5AP) is significantly associated with a decreased risk of CAD (OR 0.76163). …”
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Oxandrolone Treatment in Adults with Severe Thermal Injury by Btaiche, Imad F.

“…Oxandrolone, a synthetic derivative of testosterone, has been used in adult patients with severe thermal injury to enhance lean body mass accretion, restore body weight, and accelerate wound healing. …”
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Protein and pH-dependent Binding of Nascent Pectin and Glucuronarabinoxylan to Xylogucan in Pea by Rizk, Sandra

“…The binding was maximum at low pH (3–4), and decreased to almost zero at pH 6. The binding was probably non-covalent and reached saturation within 5 min. …”
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Performance Analysis of FSO Communications With Diversity Methods by Abou-Rjeily, Chadi

“…By comparing the MIMO and cooperative methods with point receivers, we reach the central result that it is always better, from a diversity gain point of view, to add more apertures to the source and destination rather than adding more relays in their vicinity despite the fact that the fading variance along FSO links decreases with the distance. For receivers that implement aperture averaging, we derive conditions under which MIMO techniques are unconditionally better than cooperative techniques with any network topology.…”
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ACTB Loss-of-Function Mutations Result in a Pleiotropic Developmental Disorder by Sara Cuvertino (18892069)

“…<i>ACTB</i> mRNA expression levels in lymphoblastic lines and fibroblasts derived from affected individuals were decreased in comparison to those in control cells. …”

Monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Northeast Aegean Sea using Posidonia oceanica seagrass and synthetic passive samplers by Pavlopoulos, Kosmas

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Sulfobetaine-based polydisulfides with tunable upper critical solution temperature (UCST) in water alcohols mixture, depolymerization kinetics and surface wettability by Jozef Kollár (8121347)

“…Tunable surface wettability were shown on the grafted polymers. Findings: Decreasing polarity and/or increasing alcohol percentage in the water mixtures induced an increase in the cloud points of the polymers in the solutions. …”