The strength of the Lebanese banking system in the face of political instability. (c2008) by Hobeika, Maya T.

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What’s So Great About Home? by Marroum, Marianne

“…Physically scattered all over Beirut, they moved intellectually in different circles and became increasingly feminist in their orientation.4 Other critics, such as Mona Amyuni, reject Cooke’s classification of al-Shaykh as a Beirut Decentrist because none of her works were written while in Lebanon. …”
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Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Hmwe Hmwe Kyu (8674014)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">In this analysis of data for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019, we used clinician-diagnosed pneumonia or bronchiolitis as our case definition for LRIs. We included International Classification of Diseases 9th edition codes 079.6, 466–469, 470.0, 480–482.8, 483.0–483.9, 484.1–484.2, 484.6–484.7, and 487–489 and International Classification of Diseases 10th edition codes A48.1, A70, B97.4–B97.6, J09–J15.8, J16–J16.9, J20–J21.9, J91.0, P23.0–P23.4, and U04–U04.9. …”

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for th... by Jaimie D Steinmetz (18015919)

“…However, the number of cases increased for both avoidable blindness (10·8% [8·9 to 12·4]) and MSVI (31·5% [30·0 to 33·1]). …”

Prevalence and risk factors of poor indoor air quality and sick house syndrome symptoms in Dubai by ALI, MUNA IBRAHIM

“…Recently, an increasing range of diseases related to poor Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) commonly referred to as Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) symptoms – or Sick House Syndrome (SHS) in case of housing related symptoms –which are evolving as a global concern. …”
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Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17 by Aniruddha Deshpande (4377094)

“…Although some units improved access to the safest drinking water or sanitation facilities since 2000, a large absolute number of people continued to not have access in several units with high access to such facilities (>80%) in 2017. …”

Novel biomarkers for potential risk stratification of drug induced liver injury (DILI) by Mohammed Ibn-Mas’ud Danjuma (13192169)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion:</h3><p dir="ltr">With the increasing validation of some of the novel liver biomarkers such as K-18, mir-122, HMGB-1, and GLDH, there is the potential for improvement in the diagnostic uncertainty commonly associated with cases of DILI.…”

Cyber law in lebanon. (c2019) by Soueid, Fatima Ali

“…With the increasing rate of digital crimes, Lebanon was in need of a law addressing issues such as e-payments, e-signatures, e-transactions, and cyber-crimes that are often associated with electronic transaction cases. …”
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D 2IA: User-defined interval analytics on distributed streams by Awad, Ahmed

“…Nevertheless, a point-based time semantics does not satisfy the requirements of a number of use-cases. …”
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Therapeutic Use of Extraembryonic-Derived Tissues by Michael Uhlin (2735023)

“…<p dir="ltr">Instead as being seen as medical waste, umbilical cord blood (UCB), placenta-derived cells, and other extraembryonic tissue are increasingly accepted as a high-quality source of cells for therapeutic use. …”

Nonlinear Multimode Vibration Attenuation Using Passive Circuits by Kadri, Khaled

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D2IA: Stream Analytics on User-Defined Event Intervals by Awad, Ahmed

“…Nevertheless, a point-based time semantics does not satisfy the requirements of a number of use-cases. …”
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Embedding and global stability in periodic 2-dimensional maps of mixed monotonicity by Al-Sharawi, Ziyad

“…In both cases, we prove the existence of a globally attracting cycle.…”
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Epigenetic analysis of Paget’s disease of bone identifies differentially methylated loci that predict disease status by Ilhame Diboun (3522413)

“…These loci, including two characterized as functional through expression quantitative trait-methylation analysis, were associated with functions related to osteoclast differentiation, mechanical loading, immune function, and viral infection. A multivariate classifier based on discovery samples was found to discriminate PDB cases and controls from the cross-validation with a sensitivity of 0.84, specificity of 0.81, and an area under curve of 92.8%. …”

Epidemiological impact of public health interventions against diabetes in Qatar: mathematical modeling analyses by Asalah Alareeki (16390194)

“…An active commuting intervention approach, specifically increasing cycling and walking, averted 8.5% of new T2DM cases by 2050. …”

The Impact of Distance Learning on Identifying Primary Students with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) During COVID-19 in Two Schools in Ajman City in the UAE by Mona Abuhattab

“…The significance of this study arises from the sacristy of research, at least locally, and the increasing numbers of cases of learning difficulties, as well as the lack of awareness among all stakeholders on dealing with such cases.…”
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The Impact of Distance Learning on Identifying Primary Students with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) during COVID-19 in Two Schools in Ajman City in the UAE by ABUHATTAB, MONA

“…The significance of this study arises from the sacristy of research, at least locally, and the increasing numbers of cases of learning difficulties, as well as the lack of awareness among all stakeholders on dealing with such cases. …”
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The genetic basis and the diagnostic yield of genetic testing related to nonsyndromic hearing loss in Qatar by Shaza Alkhidir (21633587)

“…<p dir="ltr">Hearing loss is the most predominant sensory defect occurring in pediatrics, of which, 66% cases are attributed to genetic factors. The prevalence of hereditary hearing loss increases in consanguineous populations, and the prevalence of hearing loss in Qatar is 5.2%. …”

Covid-19 Spread Simulation based on control measures in UAE by Yaseen, Amer

“…By February 2021, the total number of reported COVID-19 cases are over 110 million with 2.4 million death cases. …”
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Frugal innovation for sustainable rural development by Mokter, Hossain

“…We developed a classification that identifies the increasing positive and decreasing negative parameters of SDGs to assess the extent to which frugal enterprises contribute to specific SDGs. …”
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