Strengthening of thin reinforced concrete slabs with CFRP laminates حسب Hawileh, Rami

"…It was also observed that as the concrete strength increases, the gain in flexural capacity of RC slabs from CFRP reinforcement decreases. Based on the results of this pilot study, the authors will expand the test matrix in a future study to examine the effect of several parameters including concrete compressive strength, reinforcement ratio, and number of CFRP layers on the performance of thin RC slabs.…"
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Resilience of UAE high-rise buildings to climate change: Impacts of projected climate changes on annual energy demands. حسب Sallam, Duaa

"…This study has revealed that the derived future weather files daily dry-bulb temperatures are increasing throughout the years, while the daily relative humidity ratio and global horizontal solar radiation values are marginally decreasing from the present values. Then, energy efficient solutions were selected to test their effect on total system and cooling energy of high-rise buildings in UAE. …"
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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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Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation حسب Mostafa M., Shibl

"…Finally, the system was tested with a range of case studies using real-life EVs charging data, which proved the effectiveness and reliability of the system to protect the distribution grid and satisfy the EV user’s charging requirements.…"
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Exercise-induced Citrate Enhances Associative Memory Formation by Modulating Histone Acetylation in a Sex-dependent manner حسب El Masri, Diala

"…This increase is accompanied with a decrease in hippocampal HDAC2, leading to the expression of immediate early genes involved in synaptic plasticity. …"
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Effect of Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Activation of MAPK Pathway and Autophagy in AML Cell Lines حسب Soukarieh, Rania

"…Finally, the effect on autophagy is to be more studied by testing for the expression of more proteins involved.…"
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Modulation of Chronic Stress Outcomes by Dietary Sweeteners: A Comparative Study of Sucrose and Aspartame in Mice حسب Akil, Shaymaa

"…Body fat and serum corticosterone were measured at multiple time points. Behavioral tests for anxiety, sociability, and cognition were conducted in the final week. …"
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Tragopogon porrifolius water extract. (c2010) حسب Saab, Lea Elias

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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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Production of flexible nanocomposite membranes for x-ray detectors حسب Ahmad I. Ayesh (10188469)

"…Electrical impedance tests reveal that both dc resistance and activation energy decrease with increasing temperature as well as nanoparticle concentration. …"

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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Brain Connectivity Analysis Under Semantic Vigilance and Enhanced Mental States حسب Yahya, Fares

"…The quantification of mental states was performed by means of statistical analysis of indexes based on GTA, behavioral responses of time-on-task (TOT), and Brunel Mood Scale (BRMUS). …"
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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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Medication safety spontaneous reporting system حسب Akel, Marwan

"…This program has important implications in terms of public health, since knowledge and attitudes are viewed as potentially modifiable factors and their improvement is expected to decrease underreporting; the OPL is also hoping to improve the patient safety culture in Lebanon.…"
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Cycling and regeneration of adsorbed natural gas in microporous materials حسب Romanos, Jimmy

"…Finally, efficient regeneration techniques have been tested to allow a continuous operation for thousands of cycles.…"
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Cytotoxicity of [HuArgI (co)-PEG5000]-induced arginine deprivation to ovarian Cancer cells is autophagy dependent حسب Nasreddine, Ghenwa

"…Addition of excess L-citrulline rescued only one of three cell lines tested, indicating that the majority of cell lines are completely auxotrophic for arginine. …"
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Drug-free phototherapy of superficial tumors حسب Mehanna, Stephanie

"…Additionally, cellular ROS accumulation and DNA damage were induced upon irradiation with blue light. When tested on a DMBA/TPA skin carcinogenesis model, a 90-min exposure to white light thrice weekly resulted in a significant decrease in tumor volumes/incidence compared to control and cisplatin groups, and restored normal morphological features, as confirmed by histopathology. …"
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Pharmacological evaluation of aqueous extract of Althaea officinalis flower grown in Lebanon حسب Hage-Sleiman, Rouba

"…Anti-inflammatory activity was tested against acute and chronic inflammation induced by carrageenan and formalin, respectively. …"
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The Impact of Employee Engagement on Turnover Intention and Burnout حسب Al Rashidi, Rahaf

"…Drawing upon the social exchange theory, perceived organizational support theory, and job demands-resources model, a conceptual model was developed and empirically tested. Data were obtained from an online survey. …"
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An Improved Genghis Khan Optimizer based on Enhanced Solution Quality Strategy for Global Optimization and Feature Selection Problems حسب Abdel-Salam, Mahmoud

"…Furthermore, Wilcoxon and Friedman's non-parametric tests were accomplished to support the performance of the proposed method.…"
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