A Comparative study of Technical Efficiency in GCC Islamic Financial Institutions during the Global financial Crisis using Malmquist-Type Data Envelopment analysis حسب Al Hammadi, Khalid Faisal

"…However, Individual IFIs result showed that some bank has experienced increase or decrease of efficiency after the crisis. In addition, Malmquist index result suggests that both GCC and non-GCC IFIs experienced an efficiency progress during the period tested. …"
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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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Interactions between riluzole and ABCG2/BCRP transporter حسب Milane, Aline

"…After repeated doses of riluzole, BCRP activity was increased in CF1 mdr1a (−/−) mice, riluzole uptake was decrease and both BCRP expression and activity were increased in BeWo cells. …"
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Arginine Deprivation in AML Cells Induces Ferroptosis, a Type of Autophagy-Mediated Cell Death حسب Tohme, Sara

"…Scavenging ROS using NAC significantly decreases cell death but has minimal effect on autophagy activation, suggesting that the accumulation of ROS is downstream of autophagy activation but upstream of cell death. …"
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Kefir exhibits anti‑proliferative and pro‑apoptotic effects on colon adenocarcinoma cells with no significant effects on cell migration and invasion حسب Khoury, Nathalie

"…Kefir's anti‑cancer potential was tested on CRC cell lines, Caco‑2 and HT‑29, through cytotoxicity, proliferation, and apoptotic assays. …"
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Exploring The Effect of [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000]-Induced Autophagy on The Migration, Adhesion, And Invasion of U87 Glioblastoma cells حسب Haidar, Sara

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Grid electricity demand reduction through applying passive and active strategies for a house in Baghdad, Iraq حسب Al-Badri, Nadia Rashid

"…By adopting 1Pearl, it provided 4.33% energy reduction while 2 Pearls can achieve about 4.37% decrease in energy. This means that roof insulation should take priority when considering the passive solutions for conserving energy. …"
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Coalition game theoretic P2P trading in a distribution network integrity-ensured local energy market حسب M., Imran Azim

"…The simulation results confirm that participants, both sellers and purchasers, can decrease their energy costs substantially, and the LEM operator can also secure its margin while the distribution network voltages and line congestion are within the prescribed ranges.…"
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Functional fatigue of Ni50.3Ti25Hf24.7 - Heterogeneities and evolution of local transformation strains حسب Abuzaid, Wael

"…The transformation strains were localized and the global evolution in their magnitudes was associated with local changes, either increasing or decreasing local strains, in spatially the same regions. …"
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α-ketoglutarate (αKG) acts as a protective factor against chronic stress and has antidepressant properties by modulating BDNF levels in the brain حسب Eid, Fady

"…In the hippocampus, aKG increases BDNF levels possibly through the PGC1a-BDNF pathway. In the NAc, aKG decreases BDNF levels possibly through the FNDC5-BDNF pathway.…"
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Graph-Guided Regularized Regression of Pacific Ocean Climate Variables to Increase Predictive Skill of Southwestern U.S. Winter Precipitation حسب Tejedor, Alejandro

"…Understanding the physical drivers of seasonal hydroclimatic variability and improving predictive skill remains a challenge with important socioeconomic and environmental implications for many regions around the world. Physics-based deterministic models show limited ability to predict precipitation as the lead time increases, due to imperfect representation of physical processes and incomplete knowledge of initial conditions. …"
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Potent anti-tumor promoting effects of Daucus carota oil extract in mice حسب Abou Zeinab, RM

"…Inraperitoneal treatment inhibited tumor yield by 43%, and decreased the tumor volume by 85% at week 20. Gavage treatment failed to inhibit the promotion of tumors but decreased tumor volume by 20%. …"
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The Potential Role of Daucus carota Aqueous and Methanolic Extracts on Inflammation and Gastric Ulcers in Rats حسب Wehbe, Katia

"…Daucus carota (DC) is among commonly used plants in folk medicine in Lebanon and the region. The present investigation was undertaken to examine the effects of the aqueous and extracts of Daucus carota umbels against acute and chronic inflammation, gastric ulcer and antibacterial activity on rats. …"
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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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Thermodynamic analysis of gravity assisted solar-powered reverse osmosis unit for greenhouses situated in a depleted zone حسب Yasser M. Abdullatif (14151324)

"…A thermodynamic analysis of the system is performed, and the results demonstrate that the use of an energy recovery turbine along with the geographical advantage of the region decreased the power requirement of the RO unit. …"

Structural and physical properties of the dust particles in Qatar and their influence on the PV panel performance حسب Brahim Aïssa (14157243)

"…However, even when these characteristics have been addressed appropriately, there are other factors that adversely affect the performance of PV systems, namely the temperature-induced voltage decrease leading to a PV power loss and the dust accumulation (soiling). …"

Combining Saliency with Prediction for Endoscopic Diagnosis حسب Rezk, Mahmoud

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Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting حسب Tawa Olukade (11619453)

"…In line with IOM recommendations, we found that higher BMI was correlated with decreased GWG and BMI was significantly associated with GWG even after adjusting for maternal age, parity, and infants’ gestational age at birth. …"

Dietary protein level alters gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats حسب Zeeni, N.

"…Results showed that chronic gentamicin treatment leads to a decrease in food intake and flattening of the rhythms of food ingestion. …"
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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. …"