OSRA Grant Cycle 5 Public Reports : Project Title: Comprehensive Parenting Program to Enhance Preterm Infants’ Health and Development A Randomized Controlled Trial by Lama Charafeddine (6843536)

“…<p dir="ltr">This original research addresses the critical challenges faced by preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks, who are at high risk of developmental delays and disabilities. …”

Impact of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance on the performance of nonfinancial companies by Omnia Ahmed (22563962)

“…In addition, the higher the leverage in the GCC the less is the profitability of firms. Finally, the larger the company the better is the performance. …”

An Advanced Hierarchical Identity-Based Security Mechanism by Blockchain in Named Data Networking by Bing Li (43671)

“…Especially, the average response delay of the AHISM-B scheme is less by 8% than that of the classic NDN scheme. With the increase of the average arrival rate of Interest packets, the advantage of the AHISM-B could be enhanced further to 11%.…”

A Low-Cost Process for Fabricating Reinforced 3D Printing Thermoplastic Filaments by Hassanien, Mohamed

“…Improvements in tensile strength (up to 8%) and stiffness (up to 4.5%) were observed, but at low reinforcement levels (less than 2 wt%). Results showed that the proposed process could be used to fabricate filaments with multiple types of particles. …”
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Antibiotic use and escherichia coli resistance trends for quinolones and cotrimoxazole in Sweden by Farra, Anna

“…Similar trends could be seen in blood isolates from the same hospitals for the period 1991-98. Clinical laboratory data are subject to bias but surveillance over longer periods of time provides a useful method for detecting trends in increasing resistance and therefore functions as a resistance warning system.…”
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The relationship between the implementation of reader's workshop on MAP test result. (c2017) by Khoury, Megan

“…This quantitative longitudinal study follows the same cohort of elementary students over a period of two years and examines their standardized testing scores pre, during, and post implementation of the programs. …”
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Effect of clinical hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism on patent diabetes. 59 cases by Hirbli, K.

“…This incidence was significantly higher than the calculated probability of the two diseases occurring by chance in the same patient. Eleven out of 14 patients were insulin-treated. …”
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Misbehavior detection framework for community-based cloud computing by Abdel Wahab, Omar

“…In this architecture, cloud services sharing the same domain of interest are partitioned into a set of communities led by a central entity called master. …”
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Optoelectronic properties of highly porous silver oxide thin film by Ahmad Al-Sarraj (17151007)

“…The Ag₂O phase of silver oxide appears after 300 s of oxidation under the same conditions, while the optical transparency of the thin film decreases as plasma etching time increases. …”

Improving the performance of a commercial absorption cooling system by using ejector: A theoretical study by Hamza K. Mukhtar (17821004)

“…It was found that the increase in the ambient temperature not only increased the activation temperature, but it also decreased the COP and increased the circulation ratio (CR). …”

PFT: A Novel Time-Frequency Decomposition of BOLD fMRI Signals for Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection by Samir Brahim Belhaouari (9427347)

“…We use the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange dataset for model validation, demonstrating better results of the proposed PFT model compared to the existing models, including an increase in accuracy to 96.7%. These results show that the proposed technique is capable of analyzing rs-fMRI data from different brain diseases of the same type.…”

Business models innovation in investment banks: a resilience perspective by Boumediene Ramdani (14158881)

“…Specifically, investment banks adjust their business models through deploying alternative combinations of activities from a broad repertoire of activities. Within the same bank, divisions that respond to external challenges tend to sustain their performance, whereas resilient divisions that respond to both internal and external challenges tend to bounce back or achieve substantial increase in performance levels. …”

Hepatoprotective Effect of Oleuropein-Rich Extract from Olive Leaves against Cadmium-Induced Toxicity in Mice by Hedya Jemai (14571781)

“…(CD), administered five times during two weeks; and the third group received the same doses of Cd and simultaneously 16 mg/kg b.w. of oleuropein. …”

Effect of pH, ultrasound frequency and power density on the release of calcein from stealth liposomes by Ahmed, Salma E.

“…The results showed that, independent of the power density, the release was highest at 20 kHz. For the same frequency, release usually increased with increasing power densities. …”
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Implicit Vocabulary Acquisition in Project-Based Learning with iPad Technology by Nasser, Oumayma

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The Impact of Kinetic Façade on the Performance and Energy Efficiency of a Public Building in Dubai - The Case of Dubai Frame by Alawaysheh, Areen

“…The results of this research will benefit engineers and designers to design buildings with efficient energy both inside the UAE and abroad from countries that has the same climatic conditions.…”
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From Waste Reduction to Worker Comfort: Leveraging Lean Manufacturing and Ergonomics in Textiles Sewing Industries in UAE by ALAM, SAUD AMIR

“…By streamlining processes, reducing lead times, and increasing efficiency, organizations can produce more output with the same or fewer resources. …”
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How did an international football competition influence the number of 999 calls a national ambulance service had to respond to? A retrospective study by Reem Bassam Tluli (18505131)

“…The inability to cope with increased call volumes can negatively impact service performance and patient care. …”

Ab initio molecular dynamics study of the interlayer and micropore structure of aqueous montmorillonite clays by James L. Suter (1369596)

“…The (010) surface does not have the same interfacial hydrogen bonding structure; it is much less stable and we observe dissociation of half the terminal SiOH groups (SiOH→ SiO− +H+) in our models. …”

Transport, magnetic and structural properties of(Tl0.5Pb0.5)Sr2-xCexCa2Cu3Oy compounds by Hamdan, N.M.

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