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Grid electricity demand reduction through applying passive and active strategies for a house in Baghdad, Iraq
Published 2013“…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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High phosphorus diet mitigates impairments in lipid and glucose metabolism associated with diet-induced obesity in male sprague dawley rats
Published 2016“…Study lasted for 12 weeks, during which body weight and food intake were measured biweekly and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT) was performed at the beginning (week2) and end (week 11) of the study. …”
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Triple therapy with pravastatin, low molecular weight heparin and low dose aspirin improves placental haemodynamics and pregnancy outcomes in obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome in...
Published 2020“…Comparable to the observations in women, the triple therapy protected pregnancies in OAPS-mice, increasing placental perfusion and pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Artificial Intelligence–Driven Serious Games in Health Care: Scoping Review
Published 2022“…The most common validation techniques used in the included studies were k-fold cross-validation and training-test split validation. Accuracy was the most commonly used metric for evaluating the performance of AI models.…”
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Investigating the Effectiveness and Teachers’ Perceptions of Rigorous Curriculum Design for Project-Based Learning Implementation on Middle School Science Students’ Achievement and...
Published 2023“…Science Standards Knowledge Test (SSKT), teachers’ questionnaires, MAP results, and teachers’ interview questions were adopted as tools for collecting data. …”
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A population-based study of self-reported adverse drug events among Lebanese outpatients
Published 2021“…The association between categorical variables were evaluated using Pearson χ2 test or Fisher's exact test. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify factors that affect the experience of self-reported ADEs. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Machining Lightweight Syntactic Foams
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Strategies for Resection Using Portal Vein Embolization: Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Published 2008“…Analysis of the degree of hypertrophy of the FLR after PVE (a dynamic test of liver regeneration) complements analysis of the pre-PVE FLR volume (a static test). …”
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Corrosion Behaviour of 316L Stainless Steel in CNTs–Water Nanofluid: Effect of Temperature
Published 2020“…Tests revealed that corrosion increases with temperature and concentration of the CNTs–water nanofluids, having the highest corrosion rate of 32.66 milli-mpy (milli-mil per year) for the 1.0 wt.% CNT nanofluid at 80 °C. …”
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Magnetorheological Elastomer based torsional vibration isolator for application in a prototype drilling shaft
Published 2021“…It was fitted with aluminium couplers and attached to the shaft (drill string) to study its efficiency in vibration isolation under a magnetic field. Two tests were conducted on the drilling prototype setup used in this work; the first test was a hammer impact test. …”
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Towards an Effective Language Learning Styles, Strategies and Teaching Methods: An Investigative Research Based on Multicultural -EAL Primary Pupils
Published 2017“…So, why learning styles and strategies are important? The societies’ increased requirements for new teaching methods seek to develop students' cognitive knowledge. …”
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The impact of green supply chain management practices on environmental performance during COVID-19 period: the case of discretionary companies in the G-20 countries
Published 2022“…It highlights the impact of green initiatives to cope with major disruptions and decrease pollution and environmental disaster.…”
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Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant nasal and pharyngeal colonization in outpatients in Lebanon
Published 2014“…Among the risk factors, a relative working in health care, presence of an intravascular device, recent dental procedure, and health club use were significantly associated with an increased risk of S aureus colonization, with P values of .00, .02, .04, and .00, respectively, calculated by the χ2 test. …”
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Strengthening of thin reinforced concrete slabs with CFRP laminates
Published 2016“…The first slab is the control slab and the second specimen was strengthened with one layer of CFRP laminate. The test results of the first group with one and two layers of CFRP laminates indicated that the flexural strength have been increased by 69% and 126%, respectively over the control un-strengthened slab. …”
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Resilience of UAE high-rise buildings to climate change: Impacts of projected climate changes on annual energy demands.
Published 2020“…In this study, a high-rise building with 60% WWR which represents a typical UAE high-rise building was used as a base case to test the selected solutions on it. This study has shown that the energy consumption of UAE high-rise building will keep increasing in future and it can reach up to 50% more from the present consumption in period 2090 in high emission scenario. …”
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Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon
Published 2003“…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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A framework for implementing Green Supply Chain Management: The Case of Petco Gulf
Published 2021“…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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Estimating the permeability of fractured rock masses for design of construction dewatering systems
Published 2023“…Back-calculated permeabilities can be up to five orders of magnitude larger than the measured values. Such discrepancy increases with increasing permeability of rock mass. …”
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Lateral Confinement of RC Columns by Internal Structural Steel Strip Bands
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