Energy and economic impact of the new Dubai municipality green building regulations and potential upgrades of the regulations by Abu-Hijleh, Bassam

“…Enhancing HVAC efficiency was also identified as a potential approach to save on the electricity used to provide the required cooling load, around 30% reduction when increasing the HVAC′ EER from the minimum current value of 8.53–12.2 (at T1 conditions). …”
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Analysis of Partial Discharges in Oil-Impregnated Transformer Paper Insulation and PET-G Insulation by Sayed Mohammad Kameli (22467040)

“…Experiments demonstrate that a significant increase in PD activity was observed for PET-G-based cylindrical voids with heights exceeding 1 mm.…”

Identification of potential transcription factors that enhance human iPSC generation by Nuha T. Swaidan (18595219)

“…In this study, using RNA-seq platform we have identified and validated the differential gene expression of five transcription factors (TFs) (GBX2, NANOGP8, SP8, PEG3, and ZIC1) that were associated with a remarkable increase in the number of iPSC colonies generated from a patient with Parkinson's disease. …”

Thermoelectric effect for auto industry by Bothina Hamad (17772408)

“…Semiconductor materials potentially produce superior thermoelectric devices due to their higher ratio of electrical to thermal conductivity as compared to metals since the latter possess low Seebeck coefficients of 10 μV/K [2]. In this work, we present two types of thermoelectric materials designed from intermetallic Fe2VAl Heusler alloy, which comprise a new class of TE materials that are promising for many auto industry applications. …”

Ethno political conflict in the Transcaucasus. (c2004) by Dabliz, Heba

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Basel II and securitising bank holdings of foreign currency government debt by Shahin, Wassim

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Breast cancer screening in Lebanon: Understanding knowledge, attitudes and barriers by Elias-Rizk, Tamina

“…Background Breast cancer (BC) has been increasing in both prevalence and incidence in Lebanon. …”
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Mobile-banking adoption by Farah, Maya F.

“…Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was utilized to evaluate customer responses on a five-point Likert scale. …”
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Insulin Inertia Among People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Qatar: The INERT‐Q Study by Mohammed Bashir (5593550)

“…The mean HBA1c at 6th month, 12th month and 2nd year was 8.5 ± 1.8%, 8.4 ± 1.8% and 8.5 ± 1.7%, respectively. …”

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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Unmasking Hidden Gluten: Evaluating the Compliance of Gluten-Free Products and Consumer Exposure in Lebanon by Assi, Ranim Mohammed

“…Notably, 65% of respondents were celiac, and 27% purchased for celiac relatives, increasing clinical risk. Conclusion: Lebanon’s retail gluten-free sector is largely compliant, yet a substantial risk persists in domestically produced breads and snack items. …”
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Role of Ca in Ni-Ca/Fumed-SiO₂ Catalysts for CO₂ Catalytic Conversion to Methane by Ahmed Aheed Ali Mohammed (22155979)

“…The findings showed that the addition of 0.5% Ca increases the catalyst reducibility, promotes dispersion of Ni sites on the surface of fumed SiO₂ support and prevents the metal from agglomerating. …”

Polysulfone Membranes Embedded with Halloysites Nanotubes: Preparation and Properties by Nagla Kamal (17092960)

“…Compared to the pristine PSF membrane, results show that the total porosity and pore size of PSF/HNTs composite membranes increased when HNTs loadings were more than 0.5 wt % and 1.0 wt %, respectively. …”

Cryogenic Drilling of AZ31 Magnesium Syntactic Foams by Kannan, Sathish

“…AZ31 magnesium matrices were reinforced with hollow alumina ceramic microspheres with varying volume fractions (5%, 10%, 15%) and average bubble sizes. Experimental results showed that the drilling thrust forces increased by 250% with increasing feed rate (0.05 to 0.6 mm/tooth) and 46% with the increasing volume fraction of alumina microspheres (5% to 15%). …”
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Theoretical investigation of the structural, elastic, electronic, and dielectric properties of alkali-metal-based bismuth ternary chalcogenides by Syam Kumar R (18597073)

“…All the compounds under investigation are found to be thermodynamically and mechanically stable, with a semiconductor band structure. The Kohn-Sham band gaps range between 0.80 eV and 1.80 eV, when calculated with semilocal functionals, values that increase to 1.24–2.47 eV with hybrid ones. …”

Toxicity assessment of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate using zebrafish embryos: Cardiotoxic potential by Azza Naïja (19137067)

“…In the current study, we investigated the potential toxicity of DEHP using Zebrafish as a biological model. Five ascending concentrations of DEHP were tested in embryos throughout 96 hpf: 0.0086, 0.086, 0.86, 8.6, and 86 mg/L. …”

Remediation of chromite ore processing residue using ferrous sulfate and calcium polysulfide by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…However, when sufficient acid was added, the pH value was controlled at less than 9.27 for a curing period of 1.5 years, which prevented the formation of ettringite.…”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

“…We also compared these trends to those of smoked tobacco over the same time period. </p><h3>Findings </h3><p dir="ltr">In 2019, 273·9 million (95% uncertainty interval 258·5 to 290·9) people aged 15 years and older used chewing tobacco, and the global age-standardised prevalence of chewing tobacco use was 4·72% (4·46 to 5·01). 228·2 million (213·6 to 244·7; 83·29% [82·15 to 84·42]) chewing tobacco users lived in the south Asia region. …”

Andrographolide potentiates the antitumor effect of topotecan in acute myeloid leukemia cells through an intrinsic apoptotic pathway by Hodroj, Mohammad Hassan

“…Treating the cells with TP alone led to specific cell-cycle arrest at S phase that was more prominent upon pretreatment combination with andrographolide. Using Annexin V/PI staining to assess the proapoptotic effect following the pretreatment combination showed an increase in the number of apoptotic cells, which was supported by the Western blot results that manifested an upregulation of several proapoptotic proteins expression. …”
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Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis with placement of self-expandable metallic stents by Azar, Riad R.

“…When significant variables were added to a multiple-predictor regression model, the odds of PEP from SEMS placement increased to 6.8 (95% CI, 2.2, 21.4). …”
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