The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study حسب Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

"…Most of our sample's smoker participants experienced a change in their smoking level mostly, an increase. While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…"

Colloid retention and mobilization mechanisms under different physicochemical conditions in porous media: A micromodel study حسب Safna Nishad (16932474)

"…However, hydrophilic colloids redeposited on gas-water-solid interfaces or thin water films because of their greater capillary potential. Therefore, greater filtration efficiency is achieved with the hydrophilic colloids compared to the hydrophobic colloids for which the efficiency can be improved by changing the solution chemistry. …"

Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE حسب SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

"…However, the previous studies have primarily focused on traditional methods of increasing the shading effect, such as by increasing buildings height / canyon width H/W ratio to provide the required compactness for desired solar access and energy saving target. …"
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Tabu search based circuit optimization حسب Sait, Sadiq M.

"…Such a strategy leads to sizable circuit speed improvement with minimum increase in the overall circuit capacitance. Compared to earlier approaches, the presented technique produces circuits with remarkable increase in speed (greater than 20%) for very small increase in overall circuit capacitance (less than 3%)…"
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Investigating the Food Waste Status in the Hospitality Sector of the Emirate of Dubai-UAE حسب Sadeh, Reham Zeyad

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Trends of the Dementia Burden in South Asia: An Analysis of 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study حسب Shubham Chauhan (21334742)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A slight decrease in incidence rates from 80.57 to 79 per 100,000 was observed, alongside a significant increase in mortality rates from 14.11 to 17.2 per 100,000. …"

Comparative study of the parameters affecting the performance of microchannels' heat exchangers: Latest advances review حسب Muhammad Asim (2235472)

"…When the fluid is added with nanoparticles, like, Al2O3 and copper oxide (CuO) with different volumetric fractions (φ) of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%, the performance of the microchannel rises with rising the Reynolds number but conversely when the fluid is used in pure form the performance decreases with the rising value of Reynolds number. …"

The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms حسب Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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Empiric antibiotic therapy of community-acquired Pneumonia at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) حسب Cherfan, Antoine

"…Special attention should be given to decrease hospitalization rate, to preserve fluoroquinolones, and to improve microbiological studies outcome.…"
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Hydrogen energy systems: Technologies, trends, and future prospects حسب Abdellatif M. Sadeq (16931841)

"…Presently, electrolysis efficiencies range between 60 % and 80 %, with hydrogen production costs around $5 per kilogram. Strategic advancements are necessary to reduce these costs below $2 per kilogram and push efficiencies above 80 %. …"

Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication حسب Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Letourneau, Ian D

"…Although the global age-standardised incidence rate of appendicitis has steadily decreased between 1990 and 2021, almost half of GBD regions saw an increase of greater than 10% in their age-standardised incidence rates. …"
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Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain حسب Riachi, N.

"…The expert panel recommended pregabalin, gabapentin and secondary amine tricyclic antidepressants (nortriptyline and desipramine) as first-line treatments for peripheral NeP. Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, tramadol and controlled-release opioid analgesics were recommended as second-line treatments. …"
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Phenotypic and Proteomic characterization of Clinical Candida albicans isolates resistant to Fluconazole حسب Geukgeuzian, Giovanni

"…The azole fluconazole is the first line of defense in hospital treatment. Azoles function by inhibiting Erg11 an enzyme involved in the synthesis of ergosterol, the main sterol found in fungi. …"
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Seasonal variations of trace metal chemical forms in bed sediments of a karstic river in Lebanon حسب Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

"…Dilution by clean sediment explained winter reductions in total Cd, Cu and Pb; Zn changes were less consistent. Iron occurred mostly (> 77 sum of fractions) in the residual fraction compared with 6– 31 for pollutants; residual Cu and Zn showed a small increase in winter whereas Cd and Pb did not change. …"
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Proteomic analyses of the cell walls of candida albicans PGA1 and PIR32 null mutants. (c2017) حسب Khoury, Pamela Milad El

"…Major virulence proteins like Hsp70 and Mp65 were not detected in the pga1 null strain. …"
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Road safety and traffic medicine in Iran: Achievements and challenges حسب A. Motevalian (19807242)

"…The number decreased to 23000 in 2010 and less than 18000 in 2013. The reduction in number of deaths happened despite a four-fold increase in number of motor vehicles. …"

Characterization of the dynamic flow response in microfluidic devices حسب Elgack, Mohammed Elmahdi

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Effect of Construction Void Defects on Flexural and Axial Load Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Members حسب Al Moukdad, Mohammad Mustafa

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Organizational Strategy and Employee Productivity in Oil and Gas Industry: The Case of the United Arab Emirates حسب Al-Ansari, Haima Ali Al-Mulla

"…Owing to the advent of globalization, there is an increasing demand for improved productivity and increased efficiency from employees. …"
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