Mitigating undercooling and overheating risk in existing desert schools under current and future climate using validated building simulation model by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…Passive winter measures, including high insulation and airtightness level, and using double glass windows, reduce undercooling to less than 40 h but increase overheating to 180 h. …”
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Follow‐Up and Comparative Assessment of SARS‐CoV‐2 IgA, IgG, Neutralizing, and Total Antibody Responses After BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273 Heterologous Booster Vaccination by Salma Younes (6424865)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Homologous primary vaccination with ChAdOx1 not only showed less potent NTAb, TAb, anti‐S‐RBD IgG, and anti‐S1 IgA immune responses compared to primary BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273 vaccination regimens (<i>p</i> < 0.05) but also showed ~3‐fold less anti‐S1 IgA response compared to infection‐induced immunity (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”

Unsustainability in emergent systems by Haddad, Marc

“…In this paper we present a detailed case study of the passenger road transport system in the Greater Beirut Area (GBA) where we identify the root causes of the major problems facing the system today and over the long-term. …”
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Daucus carota Pentane-Based Fractions Suppress Proliferation and Induce Apoptosis in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma HT-29 Cells by Inhibiting the MAPK and PI3K Pathways by Shehaby, Wassim N.

“…Flow cytometric analysis indicated that both fractions induced sub-G1 phase accumulation and increased apoptotic cell death. Western blot revealed the activation of caspase-3, PARP cleavage, and a considerable increase in Bax and p53 levels, and a decrease in Bcl-2 level. …”
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Enhanced cellular uptake and photochemotherapeutic potential of a lipophilic strained Ru(II) polypyridyl complex by Mehanna, Stephanie

“…When compared to cisplatin, the photoproducts were more potent against all tested cell lines, implying that the complex acquired significant chemotherapeutic potential upon irradiation. …”
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Role of non-coding RNA networks in leukemia progression, metastasis and drug resistance by Ajaz A. Bhat (12984701)

“…<p>Early-stage detection of leukemia is a critical determinant for successful treatment of the disease and can increase the survival rate of leukemia patients. The factors limiting the current screening approaches to leukemia include low sensitivity and specificity, high costs, and a low participation rate. …”

PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications by Pramod Darvin (153341)

“…PD-L1 promoter was significantly hypomethylated in MCF-7 tumorspheres, but not from BT-549 tumorspheres, compared with their cell line counterparts. The active demethylation of PD-L1 promoter was confirmed by the increase in the distribution of 5hmC and decrease in 5mC levels and the upregulation of TET3 and downregulation of DNMTs enzymes in MCF-7 tumorspheres, compared with the cell line. …”

Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids for Efficient Extraction of Oil from Produced Water by Liaqat, Shehzad

“…The extraction efficiency was found to increase with increasing cation alkyl chain length from C2 to C10. …”
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Particle size and pH effects on remediation of chromite ore processing residue using calcium polysulfide (CaS5) by Moon, Deok Hyun

“…Ettringite formation, due to pH increase over time in the samples, where the initial pH was adjusted to 9, was verified by XRPD and SEM-EDX analyses, indicating that a pH less than 9 should be maintained to avoid ettringite formation.…”
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Assessing the Built Environment’s Reflectivity, Flexibility, Resourcefulness, and Rapidity Resilience Qualities against Climate Change Impacts from the Perspective of Different Sta... by Mohammed M. Al-Humaiqani (18325554)

“…<p dir="ltr">The frequency and severity of climate change are projected to increase, leading to more disasters, increased built environment system (BES) vulnerability, and decreased coping capacity. …”

Optimal scheduling algorithm for residential building distributed energy source systems using Levy flight and chaos-assisted artificial rabbits optimizer by M. Premkumar (12757280)

“…The execution time of the proposed LFCARO is less than 1 sec. for 10 numerical problems and less than 1.5 sec. for the resource scheduling of residential distribution systems. …”

Addressing Challenges of Distance Learning in the Pandemic with Edge Intelligence Enabled Multicast and Caching Solution by Kashif Bilal (16896357)

“…However, the existing 5G architecture does not support service-less multi-cast. In this article, we advance the case of Virtual Network Function (VNF) based service-less architecture for video multicast. …”

Sustainable urban development strategies to enhance outdoor thermal comfort and promote walkability in the United Arab Emirates by ALTENEIJI, AHMED SALIM AHMED SAIF

“…Moreover, individuals can walk less than 10 min in summertime before the feel very uncomfortable. while this duration significantly increases if the street is shaded. …”
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Joint analysis of diet quality, inflammatory potential of diet and ultra-processed food exposure in relation to chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer mortality by Tefera Chane, Mekonnen

“…Adjusting for DII attenuated UPF-related mortality risks by 39 % (CRD), 11 % (COPD), and 18 % (lung cancer), while HEI-2015 adjustment showed less attenuation. Additionally, the DII-mortality associations were less attenuated after adjusting for UPF intake but were offset after adjusting for HEI-2015. …”
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Modifying cellulose fibres with carbon dots: a promising approach for the development of antimicrobial fibres by Radha, Remya

“…Cytotoxicity assays on human cell lines showed no toxicity towards cells at concentrations of up to 100 µg ml−1 but exhibited increased toxicity at concentrations exceeding 1000 µg ml−1. …”
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Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…The financial value of PALYs was determined based on the gross domestic product (GDP) per full-time worker (i.e. US$80,573). The base-case model estimated the productivity burden of CVD, and interventional scenarios were simulated to assess potential gains resulting from improved control of modifiable risk factors, including reduced incidence of T2D, lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), decreased number of smokers, and reduced total cholesterol. …”

YOLO-DefXpert: An Advanced Defect Detection on PCB Surfaces Using Improved YOLOv11 Algorithm by Prabu Selvam (22330264)

“…Compared to the standard YOLOv11 model, the proposed YOLO-DefXpert attained an improvement of 9.3% and 13.2% in mAP50 and mAP95, an 11.25% increase in frames per second, and a 69.85MB decrease in model size. …”

The Impact of Labor Migration on Couple and Family Relationships and Dynamics: The Lebanese Women's Perspective by Arab, Nabila

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Board composition, CEO turnover and firm value by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…The results suggest an increase in the participation of independent directors at the expense of insiders. …”
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Cryptocurrency comovements and crypto exchange movement: The relocation of Binance by Mustafa Disli (17307716)

“…Using multivariate regression analysis, our results show that Binance experienced a significant decline in comovement with its origin market after moving to Malta. The results are less evident for the destination market; however, an increase in comovement immediately after the relocation of Binance is notable.…”