Elucidating the Probiotic Potential of <i>Lactobacillus</i> and <i>Bifidobacterium</i> Species in Modulating Glucose Metabolism and Inflammation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A... by Sidra A Uzair (23124226)

“…Improvements in glucose metabolism were linked to short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), activating G-protein coupled receptors (GPRs), boosting GLP1 secretion, and insulin release. …”

Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon by Djoundourian, Salpie

“…The stochastic production and cost function estimates show that bank level inefficiency effects decreases with time and increases with number of branches, employees per branch, and ratio of staff to operating expenses.…”
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CEO gender and managerial entrenchment by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…We find that the presence of female CEO decreases the turnover-performance sensitivity, increases the E-index, and inflates CEO compensation. …”
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The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms by Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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Eating habits and obesity among Lebanese university students by Rizk, Sandra

“…Background: In the past year Lebanon has been experiencing a nutritional transition in food choices from the typical Mediterranean diet to the fast food pattern. As a consequence, the dietary habits of young adults have been affected; thus, overweight and obesity are increasingly being observed among the young. …”
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Association between body mass index (BMI) percentile and asthma in children of 5–12 years old: A case–control study using electronic medical records in Primary Health Care Corporat... by Shajitha Thekke Veettil1 (18103030)

“…Most epidemiological studies have proposed that a high body mass index (BMI) at infancy and early childhood increases the risk of asthma in children. A recently adopted electronic recording system for health service encounters in Primary Health Care Corporation of Qatar has provided a convenient opportunity to assess the possible link between asthma and obesity in children aged 5–12 years.…”

A marking technique for intraoperative localization of small liver metastases before systemic chemotherapy by Zalinski, Stephanie

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Using Social Network Analysis to Study Business Partnerships by KARIM, ROLA RASHAD ARIF ABDUL

“…Social network analysis is gaining increased interest due to the expansion of social media and networking websites. …”
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Exercise-induced Citrate Enhances Associative Memory Formation by Modulating Histone Acetylation in a Sex-dependent manner by El Masri, Diala

“…In fact, we found that citrate-dependent enhancement of learning and memory is linked to an increase in hippocampal histone acetylation, specifically acetylation of histone H4. …”
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The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study by Richard Charles Franklin (9154052)

“…Global age-standardised mortality rates decreased 57.4%, from 9.3 (8.5 to 10.0) in 1990 to 4.0 (3.8 to 4.1) per 100 000 per annum in 2017. …”

Review of current technologies used in municipal solid waste-to-energy facilities in Canada by Shareefdeen, Zarook

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Assessment of Student Engagement: An analysis of trends by Nauffal, Diane I.

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Performance Analysis of Coded Cooperation Diversity in Wireless Networks by Zummo, S.A.

“…Diversity is an effective technique in enhancing the link quality and increasing network capacity. When multiple antennas can not be used in mobile units, user cooperation can be employed to provide transmit diversity. …”
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The molecular mechanisms of plasticity in crystal forms of theophylline by Liu, Hongji

“…Extensive DFT calculations were performed to model the effects of increasing lattice strains on molecular packing. We discovered that the energy barrier associated with the strain-induced molecular rearrangement would link to the plasticity of THPa, and possibly other simple aromatic compounds. …”
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Co‐operative learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream and special class settings by Grey, Ian M.

“…Active task engagement was found to remain relatively stable and passive task engagement was found to decrease for one child and remain stable for the other. …”
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A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans by Grey, Ian

“…Conclusion Only treatment acceptability was found to be related to decreases in behavioural frequency. No single intervention component was found to have a greater association with reductions in challenging behaviour…”
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Associating learning technology to sustain the environment through green mobile applications by Haraty, Ramzi A.

“…With “quality education” a major issue for the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, it is a must that we loop together the “quality education” with education per se. It is imperative that we engage the youth in attaining this objective, for it is not enough that we empower them with the tools, we must encourage them to look at the current issues outside the box, through a worldwide view, where the focus nowadays is on the environment, be it in reducing fuel usage, decreasing air and water pollution, and recycling, in brief, being environment friendly. …”
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Early childhood exposure to media violence by Melki, Jad

“…Evidence suggests that preschool exposure may be linked to increased aggression and self-regulation problems. …”
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COPE for adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a brief cognitive–behavioral skill-building intervention to improve quality of life and promote positive mental health by Doumit, Rita

“…Lebanon has the highest per-capita concentration of refugees worldwide. …”
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