Modification of glucocorticoid effects on body weight gain, plasma lipids by changes in diet composition حسب Bouclaous, Carmel

"…The four groups [group I (HC, placebo), group II (HC, prednisolone), group III (HF, placebo), group IV (HF, prednisolone)] were pair fed and given the mean amount of food eaten by the group with the least amount of energy intake on the previous day. …"
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Human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater in the Gaza Strip حسب Basem, Shomar

"…On the other hand, nitrate (NO3) decreased by 30 %, due to expansion of the sewer network and decrease in the number and distribution of septic tanks. …"
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D 2IA: User-defined interval analytics on distributed streams حسب Awad, Ahmed

"…To tackle this challenge, we present ; a set of novel abstract operators to define analytics on user-defined event intervals based on raw events and to efficiently reason about temporal relationships between intervals and/or point events. …"
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Cost-effectiveness of novel treatment of hepatitis C virus in Lebanese patients حسب Nasser, Soumana C.

"…Sensitivity analysis showed that a 25% decrease in the cost of dual drug option resulted in a decrease of incremental cost to 16,982 euro per QALY gained at first year of treatment with DAAs upon early HCV diagnosis. …"
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Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students حسب Grey, Ian

"…This study investigates the effects of a three-week student project where students selected a healthbehaviour and implemented a self-management program to increase or decrease that behavior. …"
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Renal Function Decline in Recipients and Donors of Kidney Grafts حسب Bahous, Sola Aoun

"…Results: Decline in renal function was estimated at 1-year post-transplantation and annually thereafter (median follow-up 8 years, range 3.6-18.3), as the mean of the annualized decrease in the glomerular filtration rate. …"
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Drive‐up INR testing and phone‐based consultations service during COVID‐19 pandemic in a pharmacist‐lead anticoagulation clinic in Qatar: Monitoring, clinical, resource utilization... حسب Eman N. Alhmoud (14778706)

"…Patients' experience was explored through a structured survey.</p> <h3> Results</h3> <p>There was no statistically significant difference between clinic-based and phone-based anticoagulation services in mean time and number of visits within therapeutic range (<i>P</i> = .67; <i>P</i> = .06 respectively); mean number of extreme subtherapeutic and supratherapeutic INR values (<i>P</i> = .32 and <i>P</i> = .34, respectively); incidence of thromboembolic complications and warfarin related hospitalization. …"

Energy Efficient Refurbishment for Existing Office Building in UAE حسب Kalkura, Subraya

"…The other principles are to decrease the energy use and related operational expenses while to increase use of environment-friendly materials and renewable energy sources. …"
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Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis حسب Charbel Abi Khalil (14150028)

"…TAVR was associated with 37% (95% CI [0.51–0.78) mean RR reduction of post-procedural PPM, a decrease that was not affected by the surgical risk at inclusion, neither by the transcatheter heart valve system. …"

Enhancing Thermal Comfort for the Revitalization of Pedestrian-Friendly Shopping Arcades in Dubai, UAE حسب RAJEEV, ANN MARIA

"…The most favorable cases are selected from each phase, and the final reduction in temperature and PMV values of the optimized case indicates a substantial decrease of 3.76 degrees Celsius in air temperature post-implementation of passive design strategies. …"
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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms حسب Elgammal, Walid

"…It also helps the organization to determine the means to achieve its objectives and monitor its performance. …"
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Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals حسب Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …"

Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study حسب Abeer A Omar (21623774)

"…Associations between bicarbonate levels and the outcomes were analyzed using multivariable linear and logistic regression and then stratified by gender.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 825 participants with mean age 29.2 years (5.9) of which 365 (44.2%) were males. …"

The effect of bullying-themed literature on the bullying behavior of upper elementary students in Lebanon. (c2012) حسب Bazzy, Anissa

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The Use of Cutting-Stone-Slurry-Waste in Engineering Practice حسب Attom, Mousa

"…The two sets of samples were tested for the unconfined compressive strength at two different percentages of water content (first set) and cutting stones slurry (second set) and at three different initial dry densities. …"
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The Kumaraswamy Pareto IV Distribution حسب Tahir, M. H.

"…The usefulness of the new model is illustrated by means of three real-life data sets. In fact, our proposed model provides a better fit to these data than the gamma-Pareto IV, gamma-Pareto, beta-Pareto, exponentiated Pareto and Pareto IV models.…"
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Dynamic Change in Insulin Resistance Induced by Free Fatty Acids Is Unchanged Though Insulin Sensitivity Improves Following Endurance Exercise in PCOS حسب Myint Myint Aye (6404327)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Insulin resistance (IR) is the hallmark of PCOS and it is known that exercise may decrease it. …"

Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar حسب Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

"…Descriptive and analytic statistics were employed for data analysis.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 327 pregnant women (mean age of 29.5 years ± 4.0) completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate: 87.5%). …"

Insulin detemir in combination with oral antidiabetic drugs improves glycemic control in persons with type 2 diabetes in Near East countrie حسب Echtay, Akram

"…The percentage of persons who achieved the target of HbA1c<7% increased from .7% at baseline to 39% at week 24. Mean FPG decreased significantly from 213.7 ± 60.1 mg/dL to 120.3 ± 25.7 mg/dL (P<.001), and mean PPG from 271 ± 65.3 mg/dL to 158.1 ± 36.4 mg/dL (P<.0001). …"
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Exploring the potential of applying Sustainable Retrofitting Policies & Regulations for existing low-rise small-scale Residential Buildings (Villas) in Dubai, UAE حسب Albedwawi, Khulood

"…The highest energy savings were achieved from changing the AC set point 5.61%. While the lowest energy savings comes from adding external shadings with 0.87%. …"
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