Performance Analysis of FSO Communications With Diversity Methods by Abou-Rjeily, Chadi

“…By comparing the MIMO and cooperative methods with point receivers, we reach the central result that it is always better, from a diversity gain point of view, to add more apertures to the source and destination rather than adding more relays in their vicinity despite the fact that the fading variance along FSO links decreases with the distance. For receivers that implement aperture averaging, we derive conditions under which MIMO techniques are unconditionally better than cooperative techniques with any network topology.…”
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Fracture Behavior of ASTM A633 steel plate specimens with edge crack at tensile test by Abi Shdid, Caesar

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Performance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes incorporating graphene oxide nanoparticles functionalized with different generations of poly(amido amine) by Ahmed T. Yasir (17302753)

“…The number of these hydrophilic groups increases exponentially with increasing PAMAM generation. …”

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

“…Education of science has increasingly attracted new and novel approaches. Recent studies have sought to introduce strategies and methods for teaching science that will significantly enhance learners’ capacity to appreciate science. …”
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Improving the Accuracy of English-Arabic Statistical Sentence Alignment by Mansour, Nashat

“…Multilingual natural language processing systems are increasingly relying on parallel corpus to ameliorate their output. …”
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Quantification of relaxor behavior in (1 − x)Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 – xCaTiO3 lead-free ceramics system by Roukos, Roy

“…Ceramics exhibit normal ferroelectric properties at room temperature, and then they develop relaxor characteristics with increasing temperature showing the same dispersive properties. …”
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A utility-based algorithm for joint uplink/downlink scheduling in wireless cellular networks by Saad, Walid

“…By jointly considering the time varying channel conditions in both the uplink and the downlink directions, the proposed algorithm avoids wasting of resources and achieves notable performance gains in terms of increased number of active connections, lower packet drop rate, and increased network throughput. …”
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Information security awareness in Lebanese community. (c2017) by Sinno, Abir Mohammad

“…In an interconnected economy, as technology evolves and reliance on information increases, new information security threats emerge. …”
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Connecting Water Resources across Political Borders: A Pearl River Delta Special Ecological Area by Carlow, Jason

“…Climate change, urbanization, and pollution from industrial and agricultural development threaten the steady supply of fresh water to the Pearl River Delta and its cities, while population growth in the region only increases demand. At the same time, Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen's increasing economic, political and cultural interdependency presents the possibility to tackle these challenges holistically. …”
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An Investigation into the factors influencing Arabic speaking students’ proficiency in the Arabic language in Dubai British School by AL AHMAD, ALAAEDDIN MEHY

“…However, those Arabic-speaking students attending non-Arabic schools become less proficient in the Arabic language and continually fall behind their peers in Arabic schools. This is despite the fact that both groups of students are native Arabic speakers, and that both groups of students attend Arabic classes that use the same curriculum and textbooks. …”
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Development and modeling of novel extensional ionic polymer transducers by Akle, Barbar

“…In this work novel extensional IPT actuators are developed for the purpose of increasing the overall displacement of the actuator. …”
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Epstein–Barr Virus Epidemiology, Serology, and Genetic Variability of LMP-1 Oncogene Among Healthy Population: An Update by Maria K. Smatti (4675852)

“…EBV is highly prevalent since it affects more than 90% of individuals worldwide and has been linked to several malignancies including PTLDs, which are one of the most common malignancies following transplantation. …”

The Lebanese diasporic field by Tabar, Paul

“…Finally, the paper concludes that the ‘diasporic field’ is a useful analytical tool to capture the complexities of increasingly ubiquitous diasporic relations.…”
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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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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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Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing escherichia coli. (c2014) by Cheaito, Katia Anis

“…The increasing prevalence of Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamases in many countries including Lebanon, a country with a dynamic population represents a challenge for the healthcare systems. …”
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Nonclassicality of open circuit QED systems in the deep-strong coupling regime by Tomohiro Shitara (18508206)

“…In contrast, when the two couplings are of the same type (for instance, both are inductive), by increasing the R–W coupling strength, the average number of virtual photons increases and the quantum superposition realized in the Q–R entangled ground state is partially degraded. …”

Control of Flow Past an Airfoil Section Using Rotating Cylinders by Nazari, Argin

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