PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy by Abi-Habib, Ralph

“…Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …”
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The mechanism of action of kefir and its effect on the motility of breast and colorectal cancer cells. (c2013) by Khoury, Nathalie El

“…In this study, we aim to determine a possible mechanism of action of kefir and to study its effect on the motility of colorectal and breast cancer cell lines. Results from the reverse-transcription PCR experiment have shown that kefir decreases the expression of TGF-α and TGF-β1 in HT-29 cells in a dose dependent manner. …”
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The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms by Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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Entropy generation due to Laminar Natural Convection over a Heated Rotating Cylinder by A.K. Abu-Hijleh, Bassam

“…Entropy generation decreased as the cylinder radius increased. For the same combination of Reynolds number and buoyancy parameter, entropy generation was mainly due to thermal effects at small cylinder radii and due to viscous effects at large cylinder radii.…”
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Unveiling the Nexus Between Land Use, Land Surface Temperature, and Carbon Footprint: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Building Energy Consumption in Arid Urban Areas by Ammar Abulibdeh (15785928)

“…This study hypothesizes that changes in LULC and LST will significantly increase the CF of buildings, especially during peak summer months in arid regions, while increased vegetation will help reduce this impact. …”

Neonatal Simulation Program: A 5 Years Educational Journey From Qatar by Mohammad A. A. Bayoumi (17993782)

“…The first attempt PICC insertion success rate has been also increased from 57.7% (218/378) to 66.9% (301/450) across 3 years. …”

Improving performance of collaborative question answering systems by using semantic resources by Javed, Muhammad Arshad

“…All these shared information on the web create a huge collection of data. This data is increasing day by day. Online social networks gather data from individual users and offer them to create link with other users of mutual interests in the same network. …”
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Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States by Agustín Indaco (21633494)

“…We also find that the agglomeration is largely driven by increases in the (white) working-age population. In addition, we show that high-risk tracts have typically grown more than low-risk tracts <i>within</i> the same county, suggesting the presence of highly localized amenities. …”

Optimal Dispatch of Mobile Energy Storage Unit to Support EV Charging Stations by Elmeligy, Mohamed Mostafa Abdelazim

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The Impact of Inquiry based Learning and Explicit Instruction of the Nature of Science on Students’ Views of the Nature of Science by HAWASH, WAEL ABOU

“…Similarly, all groups were taught the same science lesson i.e. same scientific concepts however as the research suggested with different techniques namely inquiry based, explicit instruction, and inquiry and explicit while the control group through direct instruction rote learning. …”
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Effect of Girder Damage on the Structural Behavior of Slab-on-Girder Bridges by Elozn, Ahmed E.

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Co‐operative learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream and special class settings by Grey, Ian M.

“…Active task engagement was found to remain relatively stable and passive task engagement was found to decrease for one child and remain stable for the other. …”
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The Islamist groups in Tripoli. (c2008) by Abbas, Nivine H.

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Sustainability within interior design curriculum in UAE & impact on design mindset by Ibrahim, Dina

“…Moreover, we should minimize the credit hours of the universities’ requirements and increase the core or the major credit hours in order to focus more in the market needs, as the completion out there is really high.…”
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Assessing membrane biofilm predevelopment strategies to improve anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent quality by Bou Nehme, Christelle

“…After reduction of flux, lower TMP was sustained for the same membrane, on which higher COD and trimethoprim removals were observed. …”
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Development and modeling of novel extensional ionic polymer transducers by Akle, Barbar

“…In this study the displacement of an extensional ionic polymer transducer is measured and compared to the bending of the same IPT actuator. The bending strain is measured to be approximately 2.5%, while the extensional strain for the same ionomer is in the order of 17.5%. …”
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Money and credit policies in small open less-developed economies by Shahin, Wassim Naim

“…The effect of varying policy instruments on regulated loans, money supply, and the monetary base depended on the instrument itself and the regime. The same results held in the case of increasing budget deficits and changing policy instruments to promote a market for government securities. …”
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A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans by Grey, Ian

“…Conclusion Only treatment acceptability was found to be related to decreases in behavioural frequency. No single intervention component was found to have a greater association with reductions in challenging behaviour…”
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Effects of natural organic matter on aggregation kinetics of boron nanoparticles in monovalent and divalent electrolytes by Liu, Xuyang

“…However, the attachment efficiency kept increasing in the presence of CaCl2 and alginate with the increase in the electrolyte concentration and was greater than unity at >4 mM CaCl2. The destabilization was attributed to bridging of the nanoparticles by the alginate–Ca2+ system. …”
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Optimum sizing of steam turbines for concentrated solar power plants by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…Finally, although the cost of electricity of a CSP plant with capacities greater than 1MWe is significantly reduced to less than 1US$/kWh, currently such technology can only become economically viable through supporting schemes.…”
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