The use of household budget surveys to estimate the availability of fruits and vegetables for consumption in Swiss households after deduction of food waste by Bouclaous, Carmel

“…Families with children are less likely to meet the recommendations than other types of households. …”
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Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles by Ahmad K. Sleiti (14778229)

“…On the other hand, the increase of the TIT improves the cycle efficiency (by 8.6%) but also increases the consumed fuel by (57%).…”

Novel paclitaxel formulations solubilized by parenteral nutrition nanoemulsions for application against glioma cell lines by Najlah, Mohammad

“…Both nanoemulsions were less toxic to the normal glial cells (SVG-P12), decreasing the cell viability to 25–35%. …”
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Effect of Construction Void Defects on Flexural and Axial Load Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Members by Al Moukdad, Mohammad Mustafa

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Parallel multi-voltage power minimization in VLSI circuits. (c2013) by Younes, Rabih Halim

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Effect of location of thickened concrete slabs and type of material on the seismic behavior of structure buildings by EL-FEQY, KHALED HAMED ABD ELHADY

“…The research also attempts to find a practical solution which doesn’t need advanced technology by increasing the slab thickness in certain floors to reduce the seismic drift. …”
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Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm by Abu Zitar, Raed

“…In the DE-based RDH method, finding spaces that create less distortion in the marked image is a significant challenge, and has a high insertion capacity. …”
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Chemical, rheological, and sensory properties of wheat biscuits fortified with local buckwheat by Ahmed Hussein (683680)

“…</i> tataricum contained less protein and fat than the sample with <i>F</i>. esculentum. …”

The role of objectively recorded smartphone usage and personality traits in sleep quality by Aftab Alam (5158601)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The results indicated that more smartphone usage was associated with reduced sleep duration, increased sleep distraction, and later bedtime. Furthermore, smartphone users with the conscientiousness trait had a longer sleep duration, earlier sleeping time, less sleep distraction, and earlier wakeablity. …”

Optimum sizing of steam turbines for concentrated solar power plants by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…Thus, there is significant efficiency gains to be realized and large cost savings in increasing the turbine size up to 50MWe. 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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Assessing the Electricity Production Capacities of Emerging Markets for the Sustainable Investments by Tamer Aksoy (17947802)

“…For countries to have energy independence, they need to increase their electricity generation capacity. …”

Giving fragile bones a stronger foothold by Nature Research (16552612)

“…In the West, diagnosis, treatment and research of the condition, which causes bones to become fragile, have increased. But less attention is given to it in the Middle East and Africa, with only a few countries in both regions providing accessible guidelines for its prevention and treatment. …”

Artificial neural network algorithms. (c1999) by Ramadan, Samer N.

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The anti-neoplastic activity of novel platinum II and IV complexes against A549 lung cancer cells by Al Sayegh, Rouba

“…While AK1 exhibited faster uptake and greater cytotoxicity, AK2 was by far less toxic to normal mesenchymal stem cells. Further in vivo studies are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of AK1 and AK2.…”
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Road safety and traffic medicine in Iran: Achievements and challenges by 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. …”

Towards a Critical Construction Management Research Agenda in the MENA Region by Abu-Salah, Alaa'

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Assessing and mitigating overheating risk in existing Canadian school buildings under extreme current and future climates by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…The calibrated building model achieved an RMSE of less than 0.6 C compared with measurements, a Maximum-Absolute-Difference of less than 1.9 C, and a 1 C Percentage-Error of less than 10 %. …”
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Effect of national culture on the design of management control systems of multinational enterprises by Elgammal, Walid

“…Companies increasingly need to know whether management control systems or tools that are effective in one national setting will have alternate levels of effectiveness if used in a different national setting. …”
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A review on the current status and post‑pandemic prospects of third‑generation biofuels by Maliha, Azra

“…The rapid increase in fossil fuel depletion, environmental degradations, and indus trialization have encouraged the need and production of sustainable fuel alterna tives. …”
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Crisis Communication Management Model in the Public Sector of Dubai by Ali, Budoor Hussain

“…In a legendary city like Dubai, the fast growing businesses and the infrastructure developments as well as the population increase, any crisis type might be expected. The government organizations generally share common foundations of strategies and processes to achieve the Emirate's vision; hence they need to ensure preserve the positive reputation and image of it. …”
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