Salafi Jihadism in post-2005 Lebanon. (c2015) by Al Hassan, Farah

“…The link that exists between sectarian division, its outcomes and Salafi Jihadism forms a pattern that can similarly be used to look into the increase in sectarian tension in Lebanon since 2005 and the ascendancy of Salafi Jihadism ever since the civil war in Syria began in 2011. …”
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Ablation of LAT2 Transporter Causes Intramuscular Glutamine Accumulation and Inhibition of Fasting‐Induced Proteolysis by Meritxell Espino‐Guarch (22565774)

“…Further, chronic Gln accumulation and decreased proteolysis were found to induce the early onset of an age‐related muscle phenotype.…”

Arab women: No longer silent, but can they guarantee rights for themselves by Sayed, Sana

“…What strategies can women active in protest movements pursue to increase the likelihood that they actually achieve full citizenship? …”
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Analyzing the Efficiency of Working Capital Management: a New Approach Based on DEA‑Malmquist Technology by Mohamed Habib, Ahmed

“…The findings of this study have impor tant implications for stakeholders to increase their awareness of companies’ WCM performance before and during a crisis. …”
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Effectiveness of Career Guidance and Counselling: A Study among Higher Education Emirati Female Students in Northern Emirates by Al Rasbi, Sumayya

“…Implications: Overall, all recommendations indicate the need to increase the awareness of the importance of the role of the career counsellor and students need to refer to their campus career counsellor for any career major issues. …”
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Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…The variation along the short direction of the urban block has a greater positive effect and the saving in cooling energy consumption reaches 4.6 %. …”
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Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants by Bin, Zhou

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Gene selection for microarray data classification based on Gray Wolf Optimizer enhanced with TRIZ-inspired operators by Abu Zitar, Raed

“…Modified Gray Wolf Optimizer (MGWO) is used as a wrapper approach to seek further small sets of genes. In MGWO, new optimization operators inspired by the TRIZ-inventive solution are coupled with the original GWO to increase the diversity of the population. …”
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Factors associated with baseline smoking self-efficacy among male Qatari residents enrolled in a quit smoking study by Mohammed Al Thani (7487684)

“…This study examines factors associated with baseline self-efficacy among treatment seeking participants enrolled in a pilot feasibility smoking cessation study. …”

Who Uses Mhealth? User Archetypes for Physical and Mental Health Apps by Maryam Aziz (15865175)

“…Further, with these findings, apps can be tailored to optimize user experience and satisfaction which may help to increase user retention. Policymakers may also benefit from these findings since understanding the populations’ needs may help to better invest in effective health technology.…”

Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Comfort, Haley

“…Findings: In 2021, the global stillbirth rate was 23·0 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 19·7–27·2) per 1000 births (stillbirths plus livebirths) at 20 weeks' gestation or longer, compared to 16·1 (13·9–19·0) per 1000 births at 28 weeks' gestation or longer. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Austin, Carter

“…In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa had the highest PUV of 999·9 (857·4–1154·2) per 100 000 population, but this was a 64·5% (58·8–69·4) reduction in PUV from 2003 to 2021. …”
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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 questionnaires are self-administered in order to increase the response rate, given the fact that the direct contact in the Lebanese culture proves to generate more efficient and effective data than the indirect contact. …”
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Optimizing indoor air quality and energy efficiency in multifamily residences: Advanced passive pipe system parametrics study by L. M. Obeidat (19239451)

“…These recommendations promise to inform sustainable urban planning and building management strategies, offering a scalable solution for cities seeking to balance growth with environmental sustainability. …”

Exploring pre‐hospital healthcare workers' readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the State of Qatar: A cross‐sectional study by Hassan Farhat (9000509)

“…</p><h3>Aims</h3><p dir="ltr">This study aimed to explore the reliability and validity of a satisfaction survey, answered by Specialized Emergency Management (SEM) personnel from a national Middle Eastern ambulance service, with a “Hazardous Material Incident Management” course offered to them as a continuing professional development activity and seek their opinion regarding Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service personnel needs for other HazMat-CBRN related training topics.…”

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

“…We hypothesized that PET uptake levels were artificially decreased after chemotherapy. That is, lesions that appeared to be nonmalignant were actually viable malignant lesions.…”
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Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for th... by Jaimie D Steinmetz (18015919)

“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Global crude prevalence of avoidable vision impairment and blindness in adults aged 50 years and older did not change between 2010 and 2019 (percentage change −0·2% [95% UI −1·5 to 1·0]; 2019 prevalence 9·58 cases per 1000 people [95% IU 8·51 to 10·8], 2010 prevalence 96·0 cases per 1000 people [86·0 to 107·0]). …”

Prioritizing health promotion in Saudi Arabia by Nature Research (16552612)

“…<p>The World Health Organization defines health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.” …”

Mental health literacy in Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: A systematic review by Rowaida Elyamani (9639306)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Mental health literacy (MHL) has been relatively neglected, despite the increase of mental health illnesses worldwide, as well as within the Middle East region. …”

Stress in the workplace and job performance. (c1995) by Abdallah, Amal Mahmoud

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