Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar حسب Shikha Patel (14151027)

"…The LST data derived from remote sensing sources demonstrates an upward trend for summer and a contrasting trend for winter. Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …"

An Experimental Investigation of R134a Clathrates with Liquid Additives حسب Gulzar, Hafiz M. Ahmad

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The effect of vancomycin doses greater than 2 grams on serum creatinine and vancomycin trough levels حسب Mansour, Hanine

"…The use of doses greater than 2 grams of IV vancomycin did not show a statistically significance increase in serum creatinine. The two subjects who did have a significant increase in serum creatinine were receiving concomitant nephrotoxins. …"
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Hydroxyurea Use in Lebanese Patients With [beta]-Thalassemia Intermedia حسب Taher, Ali

"…Seven patients with [beta]-thalassemia intermedia received oral HU (10-20 mg/kg/d); the mean duration of therapy was 17.4 (range 6-46) months. …"
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Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics حسب Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

"…All blends show an increase in brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) compared to B0, with the maximum enhancement observed in B10 with an average increase of 13% across all speeds. …"

The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana حسب Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

"…A distance gradient analysis indicates that as distance from the nearest toxic source increases, the mean percentage of blacks in the community decreases and the mean percentage of whites increases. …"
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Sequential therapy in patients receiving Fluoroquinolones at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) حسب Homsi, Maria

"…Date of switch (if applicable), oral antibiotic chosen, mean time to switch, mean hospital duration, and mean treatment duration were also recorded. …"
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Targeting the MAP kinase pathway in astrocytoma cells using a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin as a way to inhibit cell motility and invasion حسب Al-Dimassi, Saleh

"…In this study, we describe for the first time the effect of the LeTx on cancer cell motility and invasion not cell survival making it a potentially selective brain tumor invasion inhibitor.…"
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Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions حسب Laith Kanaan (21632714)

"…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…"

Effect of fasting on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease in male subjects حسب Hamdan, Abdul-Latif

"…All subjects were evaluated while fasting for at least 12 h and non-fasting. By non-fasting we mean that they ate and drank during the day at their discretion with no reservation. …"
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The downside of cardiac devices insertion حسب Nature Research (16552612)

"…Echocardiography will be performed at a mean of one year post-pacemaker insertion to assess whether there is an increase in TR after lead implantation. …"

An adaptive load-balancing approach to XML-based network management using JPVM حسب Sqalli, M.H.

"…The goal is to increase the efficiency of processing the management data, and decrease the communication time by distributing the management load across multiple XML/SNMP gateways. …"
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Machine Learning-Based Adaptive Load Balancing Framework for Distributed Object Computing حسب Helmy, Tarek

"…In this paper, we address the issue of judicious load balancing in distributed object computing systems. In order to decrease response time and to utilize services effectively, we have proposed and implemented a new technique based on machine learning for adaptive and flexible load balancing mechanism within the framework of distributed middleware. …"
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Investigation of Forming a Framework to shortlist contractors in the tendering phase حسب DABASH, MOHANNAD SALAH

"…For the consultant, it will decrease the load of going through numerous tender packages and ensuring that the best companies will tender for the project. …"
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Assessment of strategic management practice in private nonprofit hospitals in Greater Beirut. (c1996) حسب Baltagi, Dima Abdallah

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Safety and Effectiveness of 100 mg/kg/day Deferiprone in Patients with Thalassemia Major حسب Taher, A.

"…None of the patients discontinued therapy. The mean serum ferritin level fell from 3,901 ± 3,618 to 1,790 ± 2,205 µg/l after 2 years (p < 0.05). …"
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Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery by transthoracic echocardiography before and after stenting حسب Tarcha, Walid

"…Results: Adequate visualization of the LAD was obtained in 25 out of 36 patients (70%). At rest the mean CFR was 1.5132 ± 0.33 (1.1–2.58). However, after stenting the mean CFR was significantly higher: 2.18 ± 0.55 (1.3–3.8), with P <0.01. …"
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Noninvasive Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve in the Left Anterior Descending Artery by Transthoracic Echocardiography before and after Stenting حسب Ghanem, Georges

"…Results: Adequate visualization of the LAD was obtained in 25 out of 36 patients (70%). At rest the mean CFR was 1.5132 ± 0.33 (1.1–2.58). However, after stenting the mean CFR was significantly higher: 2.18 ± 0.55 (1.3–3.8), with P <0.01. …"
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Water quality problems associated with intermittent water supply حسب Tokajian, Sima

"…A second controlled study was conducted to determine the effect of storage on the microbial quality of household storage tanks (500 L), which were of two main types - galvanized cast iron and black polyethylene. The mean bacterial count increased significantly after 7 d storage in both tank types. …"
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Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts حسب Habchi, W.

"…The results reconfirm the well-known observations that minimum film thickness is very little affected by lubricant compressibility while central film thickness decreases linearly with the increase in volume compression of the lubricant. It is also observed that the relative errors on central film thicknesses induced by the use of the Dowson and Higginson relationship for compressibility increase with load and temperature and are very little affected by mean entrainment speed. …"
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