Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Glazer, Evan

“…For example, a few years ago an extrahepatic metastasis effectively eliminated surgical resection, but a combination of chemotherapeutic options and surgical techniques has expanded the indications for resection and increased the population of patients who may benefit.1,2 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has increased the resectability rate by 11% to 37%.1 Unfortunately, greater than 80% of patients undergoing hepatic resection will have recurrences, mostly within the first 2 years.2 Nonetheless, the only hope for cure is resection, and prior surgical dogma based on the number of lesions, size of the tumor-free resection margin, and presence of resectable extrahepatic disease must be questioned.3- 5 The current standard approach to surgical planning is contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for specific tumor characteristics or contraindications to CT.6 Several series showed that focal extrahepatic disease, an isolated pulmonary lesion, can be safely resected, with 5-year survival rates of 29% to 58%.7,8 In 1 series,7 17 of 30 patients required 3 or more resections. …”
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Spatial modelling of contribution of individual level risk factors for mortality from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula by Oyelola A. Adegboye (4287826)

“…The odds of dying from the disease was found to increase as age increased beyond 25 years and was much higher for individuals with any underlying comorbidities.…”

Open access of evidence‐based publications by Yammine, Kaissar

“…We demonstrated that despite a 10‐fold increase in the number of evidence‐based publications in the past 10 years, the rate of free systematic reviews in the general biomedical literature did not change for the last two decades. …”
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Teaching the novel in a university english as a foreign language (EFL) context by Bacha, Nahla Nola

“…The aim of the present study is to explore the preliminary  effect of selected novels combined with film and student oral presentations on L1 Arabic EFL learners  use of vocabulary in one 20th Century American Novel course at an English medium university in Lebanon. Two literary essay tests were administered to 25 students, one at the beginning and another at the end of the semester, holistically scored and qualitatively analyzed for vocabulary variety. Main findings indicated that although the holistic scores did not significantly increase, there was use of a more diverse and use of vocabulary on Test 2. Recommendations are made for classroom practice and future research.…”
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The Impact Of E-Leadership On Employees by Khoury, Samantha El

“…Work-from-home became an increasingly common business practice and company offices increasingly became unoccupied. …”
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Modulation of Chronic Stress Outcomes by Dietary Sweeteners: A Comparative Study of Sucrose and Aspartame in Mice by Akil, Shaymaa

“…In contrast, aspartame did not appear to mitigate behavioral effects of stress. …”
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Thermal Properties of TiO2NP/CNT/LDPE Hybrid Nanocomposite Films by Moustafa Zagho (18059980)

“…The TONP incorporation did not modify the Xc %. Moreover, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) thermograms confirmed the increased thermal stability after introducing CNTs and hybrid fillers compared to TONP incorporation.…”

Comparative Evaluation of Membrane Filtration on the Tertiary Treatment of Synthetic Secondary Effluent by Mortula, Maruf

“…Moreover, as pressure increased there was a slight increase in the efficiency. …”
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The Influence of Transformational and Transactional Leadership on Employee Performance and Organizational Commitment A Case Study in the UAE Public Sector by Abdalla, Hani Gawdat

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Cooperative Learning and Second Language Acquisition: Learner Empowerment in the UAE by Iyer, Rekha Venkatraman

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Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning by Siddiqi, U.F.

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IMPROVING BER PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES BASED ON INTERMEDIATE DECODING RESULTS by Alghonaim, Esa

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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana by Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

“…Furthermore, the greater the percentage of blacks in a community, the greater the reductions in discharges. …”
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Risk Factors for Post-Cesarean, Surgical Site Infections in a Multi-Ethnic Population of Qatar by Sufia Athar (14777830)

“…In our hospital, the SSIs after CD were noted to increase in 2016 and first quarter of 2017. One of the methods implemented for SSI reduction included identifying modifiable risk factors.…”

Evaluation of heavy metals content in dietary supplements in Lebanon by Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

“…Results: Some samples had levels of metals above their maximum allowable levels (Fe: 24%, Zn: 33%, Mn: 27%, Se: 15%, Mo: 12% of samples), but did not pose any health risk because they were below permitted daily exposure limit and recommended daily allowance except for Fe in 6% of the samples. …”
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The relationship between the implementation of reader's workshop on MAP test result. (c2017) by Khoury, Megan

“…Two research questions guided the study: How did the MAP results compare prior to and post implementation of the Reader’s Writer’s Workshop and Words Their Way? …”
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Muscle protein anabolism in type 2 diabetes by Bassil, Maya S.

“…One study of chronic leucine supplementation in elderly T2DM patients did not increase muscle mass. However, they lacked sarcopenia and had adequate dietary protein intake, so may be atypical. …”
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Treatment of apixaban- and rivaroxaban-associated major bleeding using 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate by Sheikh-Taha, Marwan

“…Clinical hemostasis was achieved in 21 (72.4%) patients. Patients who did not achieve clinical hemostasis (27.6%) suffered from ICH, and all of them died during hospitalization except for two patients who were discharged with neurologic deterioration. …”
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Enhanced thermal conductivity of polyethylene nanocomposites with graphene, granulated graphene, graphene nanoplatelet, and their hybrids by Chaudhry Usman (14778280)

“…The hybrid fillers revealed that fillers with similar shape and different aspect ratios did not display any synergetic <i>κ_c</i>.…”

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on household food waste behaviour in Iran by Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari (17017701)

“…Indeed, according to the survey findings: (i) Iran's households have a positive attitude toward reducing food waste; (ii) food waste dropped during the pandemic; (iii) consumers made fewer shopping trips and spent less on groceries during the pandemic; (iv) food waste did not increase during the month of Ramadan. The survey results provide valuable insights to reduce food wastage and address food security risks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. …”