Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…Corporate governance is composed of several elements performing specific functions. The main elements are: audit committee, external auditor, internal audit, and board of directors. …”
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Assessing Energy Saving Potential in Existing Buildings in Abu Dhabi through Passive Retrofitting Strategies: Case Study –Office Buildings by Manneh, Abeer

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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Natalia V, Bhattacharjee

“…Livebirths were calculated by multiplying ASFR and age-specific female population, then summing across ages 10–54 years. …”
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Temporal patterns of cancer burden in Asia, 1990–2019: a systematic examination for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study by Rajesh, Sharma

“…Decomposition analysis was performed to gauge the change in cancer incidence between 1990 and 2019 due to population growth, aging and age-specific incidence rates. FindingsAll cancers combined claimed an estimated 5.6 million [95% uncertainty interval, 5.1–6.0 million] lives in Asia with 9.4 million [8.6–10.2 million] incident cases and 144.7 million [132.7–156.5 million] DALYs in 2019. …”
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Subjective wellbeing and its relationship with academic achievement and multilinguality among Lebanese university students by Ayyash-Abdo, Huda

“…There were differences in the five key variables across language groups, specifically between Arabic-only speakers and some other groups: Compared Arabic-only speakers, bilingual speakers of Arabic and either English or French scored higher on self-esteem, PA and optimism, and lower on NA, while trilingual speakers of Arabic, English, and French scored higher on self-esteem, PA and LS. …”
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Management assessment in the leading Lebanese broadcasting television stations. (c1995) by Al-Arab, Mona Ahmad

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the direct reasons leading the audience to watch a specific channel rather than the other. TV station policy and financial resources are crucial elements for success. …”
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Performance analysis of FSO cooperative communications with rf inter-connected relays in the absence and presence of channel state information. (c2018) by Hamad, Mustapha Ismail

“…Among the explored solutions, deploying cooperative schemes in the context of the FSO communication systems was proven to add another degree of freedom for the existent systems. More specifically, diversity methods and inter-relay cooperative schemes are the leading between the discussed techniques as they suggest exploiting the existing relays in the system without any extra needed hardware or resources. …”
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Merilyn Lock (9440240)

“…</p><h2>Conclusions</h2><p dir="ltr">Findings indicated no sex-specific differences for any fitness or performance outcomes. …”

The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Elysia M Alvarez (12229352)

“…Years of life lost (YLLs) were calculated as age-specific cancer deaths multiplied by the standard life expectancy at the age of death. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Sirota, Sarah Brooke

“…Morbidity was modelled with a Bayesian meta-regression tool using data from published studies identified via systematic reviews, population-based survey data, and cause-specific URI and otitis media mortality estimates. …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Joseph L Ward (9715619)

“…Improving global adolescent mortality will require action to address the specific vulnerabilities of this age group, which are being overlooked. …”

National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050 by Marie, Ng

“…Additionally, we derived state-specific estimates and projections for older adolescents (aged 15–24 years) and adults for all 50 states and Washington, DC. …”
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National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050 by Marie, Ng

“…Additionally, we derived state-specific estimates and projections for older adolescents (aged 15–24 years) and adults for all 50 states and Washington, DC. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global... by Farin Kamangar (63964)

“…The proportion of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma to all oesophageal cancers was extracted by use of publicly available data, and its variation was examined against SDI, the Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index, and available risk factors in GBD that are specific for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (eg, unimproved water source and indoor air pollution) and for oesophageal adenocarcinoma (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease). …”