Orofacial Clefts by El Baba, Nada

“…Through functional assays to test the discrepancy in the behavior of both sets of cells, we assessed proliferation, motility, adhesion, and Rho GTPase activity. …”
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Application of an empirical transport model to simulate retention of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide in sand columns by Choy, Christine Chin

“…Most of the nanoparticles remained in the sand columns, with an increasing then decreasing retained solids pattern. Application of a one-dimensional advection–dispersion flow model, that included two empirical kinetic terms to account for particle retention in the porous media, produced data fits that followed the general trend of the data, but did not truly capture the concentration maxima in the data sets. …”
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Whole-Genome Molecular Characterization and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Lebanon by El Hassan, Sarah

“…Our results should be further investigated in multiple-center settings to address the high incidence and burden of S. aureus infections in Lebanon.…”
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Inland Treatment of the Brine Generated from Reverse Osmosis Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Epuvalisation System by Qurie, Mohannad

“…Obtained results suggest that the epuvalisation system is a promising technique for inland brine treatment with added benefits. The increasing of channel number or closed loop time is estimated for enhancing the treatment process and increasing the nutrient uptake. …”
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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. …”

A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans by Grey, Ian

“…The most commonly implemented components of intervention were setting event changes and quality-of-life-based interventions. …”
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Child labor in the modern era. (c2014) by Harbie, Micheline

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Barriers facing self-employed women. (c2007) by Issa, Sendrella

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Studying coral reef patterns in UAE waters using panel data analysis and multinomial logit and probit models by Ben Romdhane, Haifa

“…An extended dataset will enable a means to independently validate the defined models and test other modelling approaches. …”
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GIS-based study on the Susceptibility of Dubai Creek (UAE) to Eutrophication by Ali, Tarig

“…The creek’s water quality monitoring program showed increased concentrations of phosphorus- and nitrogen-based nutrients starting in 2008 and 2009. …”
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Post-materialistic values and entrepreneurial intention– the case of Saudi Arabia by Alammari, Khalid

“…The results show that post-materialistic values influence entrepreneurial intention by decreasing desirability and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. …”
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The Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine International Conference – Knowledge Translation Successes and Challenges by Barbara Blackie (18505041)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">The Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Q-PEM) annual conference (Figure 1) started in 2017 with its first iteration provided as a face-to-face event. …”

Safe Kids/FedEx children pedestrian road safety program by Jesus Juco de la Fuente (19794411)

“…The consequent urbanization has rapidly increased the number of motor vehicles resulting in increased number of road traffic injuries in the country. …”

United Nations peacekeeping or peace enforcement. (c2012) by Bark, Adiba A.

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The role of twinning and stacking fault-induced plasticity on the mechanical properties of aluminum-lithium-graphene nanocomposites by Sara I. Ahmad (16936923)

“…The compressive yield strength (CYS) increased from 88 MPa for the starting Al to 403 MPa for the Al-Li-GNPs nanocomposites with 1.0 wt% GNPs. …”

Role of two efflux proteins, ABCB1 and ABCG2 in blood-brain barrier transport of bromocriptine in a murine model of MPTP-induced dopaminergic degeneration by Milane, Aline

“…Conversely, ABCG2 expression studied on brain capillaries from MPTP-treated mice was decreased (1.3-fold, p<0.05) and ABCB1 expression increased (1.43-fold, p<0.05) as an off-setting of brain transport. …”
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Industrial Processes Performance Improvement using Six Sigma Principles and Tools by AlAwadhi, Alya

“…In general, customer satisfaction increased from 4.8 before Six Sigma to 7.5 after the Six Sigma implementation.…”
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A Community at Stake: The Mental Health Situation of Migrant Workers in Lebanon by Al Riachi, Rhea

“…The looming mental healthcare challenges in Lebanon, particularly across the migrant’s community, has contributed to increased inequalities in the host country. The dominant reasoning of this trend is the distressed economic situation, the inhumane regulations of the Kafala system and the lack of sustainable funds allocated for psychosocial support. …”
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Unleashing early maturity academic innovations by Abdennadher, Slim

“…The examples given in this paper are those of universities in the region that were initially focused on consolidating their teaching, except for one which started first as research-intensive. However, it was not long before a shift in policy included research excellence in undergraduate education by harnessing the most valuable resource of any university: the aspiring students themselves. …”
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Visual Sentiment Analysis from Disaster Images in Social Media by Syed Zohaib Hassan (18387129)

“…<div><p>The increasing popularity of social networks and users’ tendency towards sharing their feelings, expressions, and opinions in text, visual, and audio content have opened new opportunities and challenges in sentiment analysis. …”