Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties following the beirut port explosion: The roles of mentalizing and resilience. by Tohme, Pia

“…Higher mentalizing capacities were positively correlated with higher resilience scores and lower indices of mental health difficulties. Each unit increase in resilience scores was associated with a 3% reduction in meeting PCL-5 cutoff, and poorer mentalizing abilities was associated with a 2-fold increase in the risk of meeting PCL-5 cutoff. …”
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The Combined Effect of Loading Frequency, Temperature, and Stress Level on the Fatigue Life of Asphalt Paving Mixtures Using the IDT Test Configuration by Al-Khateeb, Ghazi

“…The IDT fatigue test was conducted in the stress-controlled mode of loading using five stress levels: 288, 360, 432, 504, and 576 kPa (approximately in the range of 42-84 psi loading) representing truck or heavy traffic loadings in real-life conditions, two intermediate temperatures: 20 and 30C, and four loading frequencies: 3, 5, 8, and 10 Hz representing truck speeds of about 12.5-45 km/h. …”
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Using Data Mining and Text Mining Techniques in Predicting the Price of Real Estate Properties in Dubai by Khashan, Deena Younis Abo

“…It is found that the results of linear regression prediction have been improved significantly after adding text mining to the experiments. The root mean squared errors RMSEs for all data subsets have decreased leading to enhancing the accuracy of prediction. …”
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Growth hormone treatment modulates active ghrelin levels in rats by Haddad, Haytham

“…Introduction: Impairments in neuroendocrine regulation of food intake and postprandial satiety are leading causes to obesity. Ghrelin peptide is a GI hormone known to increase food intake partly through induction of growth hormone. …”
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Dexmedetomidine for improved quality of emergence from general anesthesia by Aoud, MT

“…Percent increase in heart rate was lower than control in groups D 1 and D 0.5 but not in group D 0.25. …”
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Applications of bioconvection for tiny particles due to two concentric cylinders when role of Lorentz force is significant by Lei Zhang (38117)

“…The graphical simulations are performed for flow parameters with specific range like 1≤Re≤5, 1≤Ha≤5, 0.5≤Nt≤2.5, 1≤Nb≤3, 0.2≤Sc≤1.8, 0.2≤Pe≤1.0 and 0.2≤Ω≤1.0. …”

Effect of Flexural NSM-FRP Bars on the Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Saleh, Rayyan Bashar

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Developments in Coarse-Grain Modeling of Transient Heat-Flow in Buildings by Abi-Shdid, C.

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Formation of Bromate in Pet Bottle Water by Sharif, Haifa

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Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: evidence from Lebanon by Al Gharib, Fairouz

“…Findings This study finds that local air pollution positively and significantly affects the presence of central air conditioning in dwellings. The estimated increase in the probability of having central air conditioning for a one microgram per cubic meter increase in Particulate Matter 2.5 concentration is 6.4%. …”
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In vivo immunomodulatory effect of wild carrot oil and its fractions by Taleb, RI

“…Whereas, DCOE and F1 did not induce a significant increase in IFN-γ levels at either interval, F2, F3, F4 and LPS caused 6.7, 4.6, 3.5 and 2.3 fold increases, respectively. …”
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The impact of maternal care on child development by Sayour, Nagham

“…Studying heterogeneous effects reveals a differential impact by child's age. An increase of 6.5 h per week in the time 2-year-olds spend with their mothers significantly improves their non-cognitive skills.…”
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Response of cauliflower (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress by Jing Ma (24574)

“…Our results illustrated that the increasing levels of Cd in the sand, significantly (P < 0.05) decreased shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, germination percentage, germination index, mean germination time, time to 50% germination, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in all genotypes of B. oleracea. …”

Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting by Tawa Olukade (11619453)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The mean maternal age was 29.7 ± 5.5 years, prepregnancy BMI was 27.5 ± 5.8 kg/m2, GWG was 9.58 kg ± 6.87 kg and gestational age at birth was 38.5 ± 1.9 weeks. …”

Electrochemical response in ionic polymer transducers by Akle, Barbar J.

“…Ionomeric polymer transducers consist of an ion-conducting membrane, usually Nafion or Flemion, sandwiched between two metal electrodes. By applying a low voltage (up to 2 V), a relatively large bending deformation (>5% strain) can be obtained. …”
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Thermo-economic analysis of an integrated solar power generation system using nanofluids by Alashkar, Adnan

“…The first mode assumes no storage, while the second and the third assume a storage system with a storage period of 7.5 h and 10 h respectively. …”
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Efficacy of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Extract in the Treatment of Folic Acid-Induced Renal Fibrosis in Rats by Bylan, Diana

“…Cannabis oil extract was administered at increasing doses of 5, 10, or 20 mg/kg to the Folic acid-treated groups for 2 weeks. …”
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Evaluation of an Integrated PTSC/Thermal Energy Storage System Using Nano-Fluid Particles by Alashkar, Adnan

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Durability of Cardiometabolic Outcomes Among Adolescents After Sleeve Gastrectomy: First Study with 9-Year Follow-up by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…The preoperative mean body mass index (BMI) (45.60 ± 6.50 kg/m2) decreased at year 1 (30.04 ± 4.96 kg/m2, P=0.001) and was maintained up to 9 years (30.20 ± 3.92 kg/m2, P = 0.001). …”

Is embolization of segment 4 portal veins before extended right hepatectomy justified? by Kishi, Yoji

“…Background Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) is increasingly used as a preparation for major hepatectomy in patients with inadequate liver remnant volume or function. …”
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