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Calibration of building model based on indoor temperature for overheating assessment using genetic algorithm: Methodology, evaluation criteria, and case study
Published 2022“…With the increased severity, intensity, and frequency of “heatwaves” due to climate change, it has become imperative to study the overheating risks in existing buildings. …”
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Between a rock and a hard place
Published 2020“…The major aim of this paper is to examine how frontline employees — investment account managers — deal with the ongoing increase in customer demandingness. To address this, we draw on adaptability performance theory to test the facilitating effect of frontline employees' post-transaction service behaviors (SBs) — diligence, inducements, information communication, sportsmanship, and empathy — as a means of adaptation to higher levels of customer demand. …”
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Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study
Published 2021“…The mean score varied little with increasing reported vulnerability to the virus. …”
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Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study
Published 2023“…Since the success of AI is to be measured ultimately in terms of how it benefits human beings, and that the data driving the deep learning-based edge AI algorithms are intricately and intimately tied to humans, it is important to look at these AI technologies through a human-centric lens. …”
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Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes
Published 2025“…</p><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Models were developed to quantify the productivity burden, in terms of PALYs, of CVD in Qataris with T2D, aged 40–65 years, from 2024 to 2033. …”
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Design of an integrated system that combines the steam gasification of plastic waste and a solid oxide fuel cell for sustainable power generation
Published 2024“…The study observes a decrease in the voltage (0.864 to 0.859 V) and power (0.852 to 0.845 W) with increasing gasification temperature (923–1173 K). …”
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High phosphorus diet mitigates impairments in lipid and glucose metabolism associated with diet-induced obesity in male sprague dawley rats
Published 2016“…Thirty Sprague-Dawley adult male rats (mean weight = 201±3g) were allocated into 3 equal groups receiving either a balanced diet (control), high fat diet with regular P concentration of 0.3% (HF) or high fat, high P (0.9%) diet (HFHP). …”
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Factors behind the fragmentation of the Lebanese Maronites after the 1975 Civil War
Published 1995“…Third, to what extent would divergences of opinion about the meaning and outcomes of defeat contribute to loss of cohesion? …”
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In-Vehicle Performance Validation of the Semi-Active Hybrid Energy Storage System
Published 2015“…Hybrid energy storage can harness the benefits of the battery and UCs together and meet the energy storage as well as a vehicle’s power flow requirements. …”
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Determinants of Disordered Eating Patterns among an LGTBQ Community in Lebanon
Published 2021“…Generally, the LBGTQ population in this study scored higher than cisgender and heterosexual individuals for the mean and global scores of the EDE-Q, indicating an increased risk for disordered eating behaviors and attitudes. …”
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Patterns of pain medication use in older individuals with cardiovascular disease
Published 2018“…Among the admitted patients, 64.2% of the females received at least one pain medication, as compared to 49% of the males (p = 0.002). Participants had a mean age of 76.34 ± 7.43 years, and received a mean of 1.81 ± 0.83 pain medications. …”
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The effect of Dopamine Agonists on patients with advanced Parkinson's disease subjected to subthalamic deep brain stimulation. (c2000)
Published 2000“…Dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, and levodopa-equivalent daily dose requirements decreased by 82.35%,82.14%, and 77%, respectively (p<O.OI). The mean levodopa dose was reduced by 90% (p < 0.01), while the mean dopamine agonist dose was increased by 15% from preoperative level. …”
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Suboptimal dietary knowledge predicts lower diet quality for cancer prevention among university students in Beirut
Published 2025“…The sample included 300 participants (55% females, mean age: 20 years). The mean knowledge score was 49.5%. …”
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Identification of Cancer Stem Cells in Human Gastrointestinal Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors
Published 2011“…Results By using the Aldefluor assay, aldehyde dehydrogenase–positive (ALDH+) cells comprised 5.8% ± 1.4% (mean ± standard error of the mean) of cells from 19 patient samples. …”
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