Do high energy-efficient buildings increase overheating risk in cold climates? Causes and mitigation measures required under recent and future climates by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…While without adequate ventilation, the overheating risk in high-energy-efficient buildings can be higher than old buildings, where decreasing wall and window U-values and infiltration rate has a greater contribution to the increase of indoor temperature, while decreasing window SHGC has a lower contribution to the decrease in indoor temperature compared to the case with adequate ventilation. …”
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Effects of Different Processing Methods on the Antibiotic Enrofloxacin Residues Occurrence in Middle Eastern Dairy Products by Haddad, Rita

“…Over the past years, Lebanon has witnessed an increasing consumption of antibiotics through medications and food supply. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Membrane Filtration on the Tertiary Treatment of Synthetic Secondary Effluent by Mortula, Maruf

“…The experimental results also showed that synthetic wastewater was reliable in representing the treatability of real wastewater. Time did not seem to have an impact on the quality of filtration. …”
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Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar by Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

“…Participants who reported using the internet for PA information a great deal were more likely to increase their PA during pregnancy compared to those who used it somewhat or very little (57.6, 26.8, and 5.0%, p < 0.001; respectively). …”

The effect of vancomycin doses greater than 2 grams on serum creatinine and vancomycin trough levels by Mansour, Hanine

“…The two subjects who did have a significant increase in serum creatinine were receiving concomitant nephrotoxins. …”
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The lack of physical exercise in Arab states by Nature Research (16552612)

“…According to recent studies, however, only 40% of men and 27% of women in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries reported being physically active for that amount of time. In Qatar, nearly half of 18- to 19-year-olds have insufficient levels of physical activity, and this rate increases substantially with age. …”

3- DIMENSIONAL CONCRETE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY by ABDULJAWAD, NORAN AMER

“…Taking under consideration that every complex structure gives complex loads and dynamic nature, in addition to that it will increase time and cost which is very critical points in the construction stage. …”
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Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…No significant difference was observed in the decrease in birth weight between the first- and second-cousin marriages. …”
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Giving cancer patients the support they need by Nature Research (16552612)

“…</p><p>Sixty-seven per cent of the respondents indicated that they would like to receive psychosocial support. Twenty-six per cent did not show a preference for any particular type, but 20% preferred receiving religious support, another 20% preferred receiving physician-referred support, and 13% indicated they would like to receive all four forms of support.…”

Characterization of the potency and mechanism of action of a novel dual-selective intermolecularly complemented version of Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PAU2R200A- PAL1I207R/FP59) in Acute... by Farhat, Mirna

“…Finally, while IMC/LF treatment did not affect the expression of any of the proteases tested (uPAR, MMP2, and MMP9), treatment with IMC/FP59 did affect their expression with significant cytotoxic responses seen only in cells whose uPAR expression was not affected at any time point post-treatment. …”
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The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior by AL HEBSI, AHMED

“…It was found that the public sector has shifted its framework towards greater customer satisfaction, which has led to an increase in the workload of the managers. In addition, the results identified that two-thirds of the participants did not suffer from poor WLB due to NPM, although the remaining one-third did. …”
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Effect of nickel loading on hydrogen production and chemical oxygen demand (COD) destruction from glucose oxidation and gasification in supercritical water by Youssef, Emhemmed A.

“…The introduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) prior to the feed injection inhibited the catalyst activity and did not increase the hydrogen yield whereas the introduction of H2O2 after 15 min of reaction time increased the hydrogen yield from 0.62 mol/mol to 1.5 mol/mol. …”
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Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis by George Nitzburg (18614989)

“…Second, we examined symptom queries preceding queries on the 12-step program at time lags of 0-7 days, 7-14 days, and 14-30 days, where the probability of asking about a medical symptom was greater in the 30-day time window preceding 12-step program information-seeking as compared to all previous times that the symptom was queried.…”

Nano-aluminum by Doshi, Reeti

“…California red beans did not show uptake of aluminum, while the situation was different for rye grass where a 2.5-fold increase in Al concentration in the leaves was observed as compared with control tests. …”
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Non-medical cancer support for Qatari women by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Only 13% indicated that they would like to receive all four types of support, while just over one quarter did not indicate a preference. …”

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

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Reasons behind the non-application of the activity based costing system in developing countries, case of Lebanon by ElGammal, Walid

“…The outcome of the study provides a vital insight into the reasons behind such lag in the adoption of the ABC system in developing countries like Lebanon.…”
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Sources of stress for first year students and their perception of the university employed support services by Messarra, Leila Canaan

“…Peer interaction was the main non-academic service used by students although it did not reduce the stress for all students equally, for some it actually increased it.…”
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Home Automation Awareness in United Arab Emirates by AL SUWAIDI, MUNIRA ABDULLA

“…This research will highlight the importance of adopting smart technologies in this phase of time into your home. With the aim of conserving electrical power and water as well as increase comfort and security level, it will closely survey the user’s opinion by analyzing the smart home automation technology and the ways of selecting the right energy saving appliances, lighting fixture and water saving tools.…”
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In vivo immunomodulatory effect of wild carrot oil and its fractions by Taleb, RI

“…Animals were injected with 200 mg/Kg of DCOE or fractions and spleens were collected at 6 and 24 hrs post treatment. Whereas, DCOE and F1 did not induce a significant increase in IFN-γ levels at either interval, F2, F3, F4 and LPS caused 6.7, 4.6, 3.5 and 2.3 fold increases, respectively. …”
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