Liquidity Risk Management: A Comparative Study between Islamic and Conventional banks of United Kingdom by Abdulle, Maimun Mohamed

“…One of the most important countries to development Islamic banking and finance is the United Kingdom (UK). Like their conventional counterpart, Islamic banks face a number of risk areas, which may affect their operation and performance. …”
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Effects of exendin-4 and selenium on the expression of GLP-1R, IRS-1, and preproinsulin in the pancreas of diabetic rats by Barakat, Ghinwa

“…Therefore, exendin-4 and selenium may exert their antidiabetic effects by increasing GLP-1R, IRS-1, and preproinsulin expression in the pancreas and by increasing the number of pancreatic islets.…”
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Decreased Interfacial Dynamics Caused by the N501Y Mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike:ACE2 Complex by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

“…Additionally, we find that the N501Y mutant S1-RBD displays altered dynamics that likely aids in its enhanced interaction with ACE2. …”

The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study by Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari (9714440)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The age-standardized rates (95% UI) of PCa incidence, prevalence, and death in 2019 were 23.7 (18.5-27.9), 161.1 (126.6-187.6), and 11.7 (9.4-13.9) per 100,000 population. While PCa incidence and prevalence increased by 77% and 144% during 1990-2019, respectively, the death rate stagnated. …”

Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…FindingsIn contrast with the decreasing trend of HF burden globally, EMR showed an increasing trend. …”
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General developmental health in the VPA-rat model of autism by Khazen, Georges

“…We report increased rates of complete fetal reabsorption after both VPA doses. …”
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Potential mechanisms of human recombinant arginase I (Co)-PEG5000 [HuArgI (CO) - PRG5000] induced cytotoxicity in glioblastoma cells. (c2018) by El Jawhari, Yassmine

“…The addition of chloroquine, an autophagy inhibitor, increased the sensitivity of cells to [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000]-mediated arginine depletion at earlier time points. We also concluded that autophagy was activated in response to arginine depletion and plays a protective role at early time points. …”
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Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery by Stephen L. Atkin (6684368)

“…<h3>Background: </h3><p dir="ltr">Early metabolic responses following bariatric surgery appear greater than expected given the initial weight loss and coincide with improvement in diabetes. …”

Understanding the phenomenon of saltwater intrusion sourced from desalination plants at coastal aquifers by Farhat Abbas (5480)

“…Column Peclet numbers from the two analyses were identical for potassium ions but those for bromide ions were c. 60% greater from the two-region model than from the convective–diffusion equation. …”

Role of two efflux proteins, ABCB1 and ABCG2 in blood-brain barrier transport of bromocriptine in a murine model of MPTP-induced dopaminergic degeneration by Milane, Aline

“…Inflammation and Parkinson’s-like lesions induced by MPTP intoxication could lead to modification of drug pharmacokinetics and have clinical consequences, such as neurotoxicity.…”
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Proliferation and differentiation of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) into osteoblastic lineage are passage dependent by Faour, Wissam

“…Morphologically, cells in various subcultivation stages showed flattened shape at low density but spindle-like structures at confluency as judged by phalloidin staining. …”
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Protein prenylation restrains innate immunity by inhibiting Rac1 effector interactions by Murali K. Akula (9389280)

“…Non-prenylated Rac1 has a high affinity for the adaptor protein Ras GTPase-activating-like protein 1 (Iqgap1), which facilitates both GTP exchange and ubiquitination-mediated degradation of Rac1. …”

Editorial: Special Issue - Economics in Digital Construction by Georgios Kapogiannis (16654971)

“…The rapid adoption of technologies like Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital asset management systems has set a new paradigm in project efficiency and data utilisation. …”

RETRACTED_Impact of Activation, Optimization, and Regularization Methods on the Facial Expression Model Using CNN by Irfan Ali Kandhro (17541876)

“…Recently published studies have found that deep learning is becoming increasingly popular in the field of image categorization. …”

A study on Speaker Recognition System by Bakkar, Hazem Wa'il Mohammed

“…"The huge development in information technology opened the door for finding an increasing number of security gaps in the daily used systems like email accounts. …”
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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)

“…Among females, none of these 12 countries had significant decreases in prevalence of chewing tobacco use, whereas seven of 12 countries had a significant decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking use for the period. …”

Foreign currency borrowing by small firms in emerging markets by Mora, Nada

“…Bank relationships, however, do not increase the dollar debt likelihood. And finally, profitable firms are less likely to have dollar debt. …”
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Influence of co-current vapor flow on falling film over horizontal tube by Furqan Tahir (14429547)

“…First, the liquid load is varied between 0.02 and 0.05 kg/(m·s), and its effects on the film thickness and the wetting time are calculated, presented and discussed. Afterwards, the impact of co-current vapor flow on film distribution, wetting time, minimum thickness and its location are quantified and examined by increasing the vapor velocity up to 6 m/s with 2 m/s intervals. …”

Sustainable Detoxification of Methylene Blue in Wastewater via Tea Residue Adsorption: Optimization and Kinetics by Farah F. Salameh (21797300)

“…The impact of various parameters on MB removal was assessed, including solution pH, adsorbent dosage, pollutant concentration, and contact time. Optimal conditions were identified as pH 10, a dosage of 4 g/L, a concentration of 100 mg/L, and a contact time of 2 h, achieving nearly 99% removal efficiency at 25 °C. …”

Self-Organization and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Taxi Dispatch by Alshamsi Omran, Aamena Ali Ahmed

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