A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions by Fakih, Ali

“…Stochastic dominance comparisons of distributions based on ordinal data arise in many areas of economics. This paper develops a testing procedure for such comparisons under survey sampling from large finite populations with nonresponse using the worst-case bounds of the distributions. …”
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Impact of seafood and fruit consumption on bone mineral density by Zalloua, Pierre A.

“…Dietary and supplemental intakes were assessed by a simple, one-page questionnaire tailored to collect nutritional information from large rural populations. …”
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Iterative Querying in Web-Based Database Application by Haraty, Ramzi A.

“…Web applications are increasingly relying on databases. The traditional method offered by most web sites of submitting a query across the Internet and getting a response from a server packed in a Hyper Text Markup Language page is no longer satisfying [1][3][4][5]. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in biogas conversion to microbial protein: A pathway for sustainable resource recovery from organic waste by Hafiz Muhammad Aamir Shahzad (6687767)

“…Despite advancements, challenges such as inefficient fermenters, MOB inhibition, and safety issues hinder large-scale MP production. Further investigation into the life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TCA) of these integrated technologies is essential for enhancing and establishing a sustainable MP production system.…”

An enhanced k-means clustering algorithm for pattern discovery in healthcare data by Haraty, Ramzi A.

“…Mainly, we study k-means clustering algorithms on large datasets and present an enhancement to k-means clustering, which requires k or a lesser number of passes to a dataset. …”
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355-nm photodissociation of CH4 and production ofhydrogen by Gondal, M.A.

“…The ethylene and propylene are raw materials for producing polyethylene and polypropylene and the demand for these polymers is increasing at an immense growth rate. In spite of many research programs, there is no direct conversion process so far reported which is capable of large scale production of these products from methane which could be described as high yield and highly selective process. …”
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Hydrogen Sulfide (H₂S) Sensor: A Concept of Physical Versus Virtual Sensing by Ahmed Alsarraj (16876014)

“…To overcome the limitations of producing physical sensor arrays, this article proposes a concept of virtual sensing that enables to augment a single sensing platform into a virtual array, thus, increasing the detection accuracy at no extra cost of producing a large physical sensors array. …”

Design, Evaluation and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Hybrid Solar-Wind Power Generation System in UAE by Kulkarni, Chaitanya Bipin

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Simulation study of a coincidence detection system for non-invasive determination of arterial blood time-activity curve measurements by Yassine Toufique (8252550)

“…Addition of extra axial detection rings to the half-ring configuration provided increases in system sensitivity by a factor of approximately 10.…”

Coats disease in Saudi Arabia by Alqahtani, Abdullah A.

“…The reason for presentation was decreased vision in 11 cases (55 %), strabismus in 4 (20 %), leukocoria in 2 (10 %), and others in 3 (15 %) . …”
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Modulation of Human Valve Interstitial Cell Phenotype and Function Using a Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Formulation by Najma Latif (250130)

“…Some VICs and some valve endothelial cells expressed FGF2 in valve tissue and this expression was increased in calcified valves. VICs in DMEM exhibited large, spread cells whereas VICs in fibroblast media were smaller, elongated and spindly. …”

Trends in Necrotizing Fasciitis‐Associated Mortality in the United States 2003–2020: A CDC WONDER Database Population‐Based Study by Saad Khan (296295)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">From 2003 to 2020, a total of 19,158 NF‐related deaths were recorded, marking a 120.6% increase, rising from 824 deaths in 2003 to 1842 in 2020. …”

Reduced HDL-cholesterol in long COVID-19: A key metabolic risk factor tied to disease severity by Jamila, Al-Zadjali

“…Findings indicated significant metabolic shifts in severe Long-COVID-19 cases, mainly a marked drop in HDL-C levels and a doubled increase in ferritin levels and insulin resistance compared to the mild cases and controls. …”
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A comprehensive review of hydrogen generation by water splitting using 2D nanomaterials: Photo vs electro-catalysis by Fares Almomani (12585685)

“…As a result, their use as electro and photo-catalysts in W<i>sp</i> to solve energy and environmental challenges has increased. …”

Annona cherimola Seed Extract Activates Extrinsic and Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathways in Leukemic Cells By Peter Nasr A thesis by Nasr, Peter

“…Annona cherimola Mill is a large green fruit with black seeds widely known to possess toxic properties due to the presence of Annonaceous acetogenins. …”
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Performance analysis of a new PV array reconfiguration approach: Simulations and outdoor experiments under fixed and moving shadows by Abinisha Thiruchuthan (23073046)

“…<p dir="ltr">Partial shading can significantly impair photovoltaic (PV) array performance in large-scale systems, by reducing power output and increasing the complexity of wiring and maintenance. …”

Malware detection for mobile computing using secure and privacy-preserving machine learning approaches: A comprehensive survey by Faria Nawshin (21841598)

“…The chances of mobile attacks are rapidly increasing with the growing use of mobile devices. Exploiting vulnerabilities from devices as well as stealing personal information, are the principal targets of the attackers. …”

Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan (IT DRP) Framework – A study on IT Continuity for Smart City in Abu Dhabi Smart Government by AL HASSAN, LINDA KHALED MOHAMMED

“…Past literature in the area of smart cities and information technology had led to the identification of the gap of IT disaster recovery which is found missing. While a large extent of the literature deals with securing firms in the event of a natural disaster, however, no significant finding was made in terms of a well-developed IT disaster recovery framework. …”
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Techno-economic optimisation of carbon dioxide purification and allocation for industrial sinks: a two-stage simulation and optimisation framework by Razan Sawaly (19170910)

“…CO₂ purification costs ranged from 73.89 USD/ton at 91.2 % purity to 155.60 USD/ton at 99.9 % purity, demonstrating a nonlinear cost escalation with increasing purity. …”

Extended Reality “X-Reality” for Prosthesis Training of Upper-Limb Amputees: A Review on Current and Future Clinical Potential by Aya Gaballa (16494149)

“…While many factors influence acceptance, prosthesis training methods relying on novel virtual reality systems have been cited as a critical factor capable of increasing the likelihood of long-term, full-time use. …”