Kefir exhibits anti‑proliferative and pro‑apoptotic effects on colon adenocarcinoma cells with no significant effects on cell migration and invasion by Khoury, Nathalie

“…Kefir's anti‑cancer potential was tested on CRC cell lines, Caco‑2 and HT‑29, through cytotoxicity, proliferation, and apoptotic assays. …”
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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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Meta-Heuristic Algorithm-Tuned Neural Network for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Ultrasound Images by Ahila A (18394806)

“…Early diagnosis is the only way to increase the treatment options which then decreases the death rate and increases the chance of survival in patients. …”

Functional disability of road traffic injury patients admitted to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka on admission and three months after discharge from the hospital by Roshan Chaminda Sampath (19774524)

“…At three months after the injury significant increase proportion of functional disability was observed with increase number of body regions injured (p=0.000) and with increase injury severity (p=0.000). …”

A Parallel Algorithm for Inverse Halftoning and its Hardware Implementation by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…Abstract Lookup Table (LUT) method for inverse halftoning is computation less, fast and also yields goods results. This paper proposes a parallel algorithm for inverse halftoning by parallelizing the LUT method of inverse halftoning. …”
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A geoenvironmental application of burned wastewater sludge ash in soil stabilization by AI-Sharif, Munjed M.

“…The results show that the addition of 7.5 % of the burned sludge ash by the dry weight of the soil will increase the unconfined compressive strength and maximum dry density and also decrease the swelling pressure and the swell potential of the soil. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The analysis shows that UN missions are much less responsive to personnel spillovers, derived from other contributors' peacekeepers, than is the case of non-UN missions. …”
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Energy Performance of Public Housing Buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil An Evaluation of the Current Design Process by Leister, Alexandra Maria Aguiar

“…On the other hand, the worldwide population increase forced the implementation of mass production constructions to solve housing deficits. …”
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Assessment of ferrous chloride and Portland cement for the remediation of chromite ore processing residue by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…The remediation of COPR has been challenging due to the slow release of Cr(VI) from a clinker like material and thereby the incomplete detoxification of Cr(VI) by chemical reagents. …”
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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)

“…Health-care workers were significantly less likely to die from the disease compared with non-health workers [OR = 0.372, 95% CI: 0.151, 0.827]. …”

Investigating the Therapeutic Effects of Small Molecule Imipridones In Pediatric Neuroblastoma by El Soussi, Sarra

“…MYCN expression was significantly abrogated in the IMR-32 cell line with either drug treatment. The protein expression of Sox-2, Oct-4, FABP5 and HMGA1 was significantly reduced whereas cleaved PARP1 and caspase-3 and p-H2AX was increased 48 h after drug treatment in the MYCN-amplified IMR-32 cell line. …”
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A comprehensive design and rating study of evaporative coolers and condensers. Part I. Performance evaluation by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

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Rhus coriaria L. (Sumac) Demonstrates Oncostatic Activity in the Therapeutic and Preventive Model of Breast Carcinoma by Peter Kubatka (11008854)

“…However, only in lower dose of sumac were significant decreases in the expression of oncogenic miR210 and increase of tumor-suppressive miR145 (miR21, miR22, and miR155 were not changed) observed. …”

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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An experimental and numerical approach to understand the effect of the IPMC composition on its sensing and energy harvesting behavior by Akle, Barbar

“…Previous numerical work by the author, demonstrated that increasing the ionic concentration of the ionomer will increase the current and voltage generated by an IPMC. …”
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Implications on Educational Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Alfalasi, Khulood

“…Also, A-range students (students with a GPA of 3.7 and above) were significantly less stressed than B-range students (GPA of 2.7–3.3). …”
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Energy Performance of Earth Sheltered Spaces in Hot-Arid Regions by Al-Neama, Bahaa Hussein Ali

“…The hypothesis of the research is that underground spaces consume less energy for cooling and heating load in comparison to the above ground conventional spaces. …”
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Treatment with decitabine induces the expression of stemness markers, PD-L1 and NY-ESO-1 in colorectal cancer: potential for combined chemoimmunotherapy by Nassiba Taib (14557385)

“…</p><h2>Methods</h2><p dir="ltr">We compared the effect of DAC in primary 1076 Col and metastatic 1872 Col cell lines isolated and generated from patients’ tumor tissues. …”

Fitness training and work productivity in Lebanon. (c2006) by Jaber, Wael A.

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Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight by Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

“…Participants reported increased sitting/reclining time (1.94 h/day mean increase), screen times (2.05 h/day mean increase) with p < 0.001, and decreased exercise time (0.11 h/day mean reduction) with p < 0.001. …”