The Effects of Online Formative and Summative Assessment on Test Anxiety and Performance: A Study Among First-Year Undergraduate Students at A Higher Education Institution in Abu D... by ALSUWAIDI, MUNA

“…The presented study was conducted to provide greater insight into the potential positive, neutral and/or negative effects of online formative and summative assessment on test anxiety and performance. …”
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Sustainability performance of space-cooling technologies and approaches by Omer Abedrabboh (17346847)

“…<p dir="ltr">Global warming causes an increase in the average ambient temperatures worldwide, resulting in a further increase in the cooling load demand of indoor spaces such as buildings and agricultural greenhouses; both are critically important for humans and other living creatures. …”

Home Automation Awareness in United Arab Emirates by AL SUWAIDI, MUNIRA ABDULLA

“…Internet of things, Home Automation and smart home technologies will transform our homes and the way we live drastically. Home Automation empowers users to control and monitor their houses remotely. …”
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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). …”

The Anti-Tumor Effect of Flaxseed Lignan Derivatives on Different Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cancer Cells by Tannous, Stephanie

“…Moreover, Cell Death ELISA analysis showed a dose-dependent increase in apoptosis, as revealed by an increase in DNA fragmentation. …”
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The Impact of Sporting Events on Air Pollution: An Empirical Examination of National Football League Games by Nicholas Watanabe (19450285)

“…From this, multiple regression analysis was utilized to estimate whether the number of fans was related to changes in air pollution. (3) Results: The regression models found that Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide levels increased as more individuals attended NFL games. Additional robustness checks and falsification tests suggest that the average NFL event results in an approximately two-percent increase in Ozone levels. (4) Conclusions: The findings from this study contribute to the literature by providing evidence that highly attended sporting events increase pollution levels in the areas near stadiums. …”

Designing a Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing System Considering a Circular Shaped Layout by AlDuaij, Awrad Khalid

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Cost and Sustainability Optimization of Desalinated Water Supply Chains by Freihat, Sami Taher

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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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Acute pain management and assessment by Zeitoun, Abeer A.

“…Appropriateness of pain management was determined as per World Health Organization guidelines. Institutional Review Board approvals were obtained from each hospital. …”
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Reply to Comments by Kakkar and Dahiya by Chahine, Elias B.

“…TO THE EDITOR: Chahine, Karaoui, and Mansour1 reviewed the efficacy and safety of bedaquiline in the treatment of adults with pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and generally agree with the comments made by Kakkar and Dahiya.2 Bedaquiline was approved by the Food and Drug Administration based largely on results from phase 2 studies using sputum conversion as a surrogate marker for efficacy rather than long-term mortality data.2 Bedaquiline was shown to be associated with an unfavorable side effect profile, including an unexplained increased risk of mortality, QT prolongation, and elevated liver function tests.2 However, it is important to acknowledge that bedaquiline is the first novel drug to be approved for the treatment of TB in more than 4 decades and the communities devastated by MDR-TB are in desperate need for more options to manage their patients. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by Lteif, Anthony

“…WEHI-3 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of COE to determine the IC50 after 24, 48 and 72-hours post treatment. …”
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Towards electric digital twin grid: Technology and framework review by Md. Mhamud Hussen Sifat (17337913)

“…Thus, the power grid transmission loss and location of the overheated line and power connection missing can be detected in addition decision-making and self-healing can possible. …”

Effects of paternal and chronological age on BEGAIN methylation and its possible role in autism by Ramya Potabattula (4401160)

“…<p dir="ltr">Children from old fathers carry an increased risk for autism spectrum (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders, which may at least partially be mediated by paternal age effects on the sperm epigenome. …”

Dexamethasone Promotes a Stem-Like Phenotype in Human Melanoma Cells <i>via</i> Tryptophan 2,3 Dioxygenase by Marta Cecchi (21363581)

“…Moreover, dex stimulates spherogenesis of both cell lines, which is mediated by TDO, evident by its suppression with 680C91, a TDO inhibitor. …”

Mortality and socio-economic outcomes among patients hospitalized for stroke and diabetes in the US: a recent analysis from the National Inpatient Sample by Aya Tabbalat (14150019)

“…In those patients, the mean (SD) age slightly decreased from 70 (13) years to 69 (13) years (p-trend < 0.001). …”

The effect of StarD13 on colorectal cancer proliferation and invasion. (c2013) by Nasrallah, Anita I.

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ROS-Mediated Autophagic Death in Glioblastoma Cells Upon Treatment by Human Recombinant Arginase I (Co)- PEG5000 [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000] by Abdel Khalek, Maya

“…In this study, we examine the mechanism of HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000-induced cell death in both partially and completely auxotrophic GBM cell lines. Our results first showed a significant increase in HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000 treated cells for both U251 and A172 in autophagosome formation; suggesting activation of autophagy in response to arginine deprivation. …”
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The Extent to Which Schools with Mechanistic Structures and their Job Characteristics are Likely to Generate Teachers’ Organisational Commitment: Study Conducted in a Private Schoo... by Mansour, Hadi

“…Staff are motivated due to their perception of the importance of their roles however an increase in autonomy and authority in decision making as well as diversifying the job skills used during teaching could further increase motivation. …”
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Phase II National Study: Job Satisfaction and Workplace Environment Among Community Pharmacists in Lebanon: Pre and Post Economic Crisis by Salaheddin, Amira Talaat

“…Average weekly working hours decreased from 59.2 hours in Phase 1 to 49.8 hours in Phase II. …”
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