Education, democracy, and pollution a nonlinear and panel causality frameworks by Maroua Chaouachi (23739900)

“…Our results show that a higher level of school enrollment (EDU) increases the level of pollution. Also improvement in the political life of developing countries can have less pollution. …”

Drivers obesity and road crash risks in the United States by Junaid Ahmad Bhatti (366799)

“…Compared to non-obese controls, obese drivers had significantly higher risks for fatality (1.10≤aOR≤1.47), seat-belt non-use (1.00≤aOR≤1.21), need for extrication (1.01≤aOR≤1.23), and ambulance transport time ≥30min (1.01≤aOR≤1.28). Compared to non-obese controls, obese drivers were less likely to drink-drive (0.41≤aOR≤0.72) and speed ≥65mph (0.78≤aOR≤0.93).. …”

Arab female and male perceptions of factors facilitating and inhibiting their physical activity: Findings from a qualitative study in the Middle East by Tam Truong Donnelly (4264201)

“…The purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers influencing PA of adult Arab men and women living in Qatar and to understand what they think would be helpful to increase PA. …”

Environmentally-friendly replacement for mercurous nitrate test of copper alloys by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…The objectives of the mercurous nitrate replacement tests are: � Provides timely results. � To be less hazardous to personnel and the environment. � To be implemented in current production environments, preferably using existing facilities. …”
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Composite hydrogels from carrageenan-cl-carboxymethyl chitosan–PVA incorporated ZiF-8 as dressing material for wound healing applications by Tooba Yasin (19131382)

“…With increased gel fraction, the increasing ZiF-8 shifted wettability from more hydrophilicity to less hydrophilicity. …”

New media and new practices of exploitation by Uzunoglu, Sarphan

“…Karl Marx had made a clear distinction between manual labour an immaterial labour and he based his analysis on manual labour which was the leading labour type of his time. If he was alive, he would be responsible to analyze new exploitation mechanisms came into our lives through the introduction of new technologies, especially new media.We need to handle the new media and exploitation issues through four key terms: Posession, censorship, exploitation and political content production. …”
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Targeting potential arginine auxotrophy in glioblastoma (GBM) cells using human recombinant arginase I (CO)-PEG 5000 [HuArgl (Co)-PEG5000]. (c2013) by Khoury, Oula

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

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Agent Based Modeling to Optimize Supermarkets Spatial Dimensions by NASIF, MAJD

“…It is the situation where the shoppers feel that the supermarket is overloaded with people at certain times. We solved this problem by providing an optimal area range for the supermarket where we reduced the crowding levels dramatically, while avoiding unnecessary increase in space dimensions. …”
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Short-Term Load Forecasting in Active Distribution Networks Using Forgetting Factor Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter by Mena S. ElMenshawy (17983807)

“…Results have demonstrated that the FFAEKF improves the forecasting performance through providing less MaxAE and less RMSE. In which, the FFAEKF MaxAE and RMSE are reduced by two and three times, respectively, compared to the AEKF MaxAE and RMSE.…”

Predictive factors for giftedness among Syrian refugee students: A focus on academic achievement, gender, and school context by Ali M. Alodat (22508036)

“…Middle school students were less likely to be identified compared to secondary students, while gender differences were not significant. …”

Roles of RhoA, RhoC and RhoG in Secretion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) by Astrocytoma Cells and Angiogenesis in Vascular Endothelial Cells. (c2015) by Fakih, Amira K.

“…As the tumor size increases, cancer cells stimulate neighboring vascular endothelial cells to proliferate and form new blood vessels in order to irrigate the tumor. …”
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Assessing additional fuel consumption from cabin thermal comfort and auxiliary needs on the worldwide harmonized light vehicles test cycle by Mansour, Charbel

“…Regulatory drive cycles, defined as specific time-speed patterns, are used to measure levels of fuel consumption and emissions. …”
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Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities by El-Khalil, Raed

“…In addition, respondents have indicated that cost conversion reduction, productivity increase, and inventory reduction are the three main drivers of lean implementation…”
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Strategie trading company (STC). (c1994) by Rbeiz, Marc

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An optimized approach to video traffic splitting in heterogeneous wireless networks with energy and QoE consideration by Abbas, Nadine

“…However, the continuous use of multiple wireless interfaces will increase the system performance but at the expense of more energy. …”
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Mobile-banking adoption by Farah, Maya F.

“…Research limitations/implications A cross-sectional study was conducted due to time constraints. Practical implications Bank managers must focus on improving customers’ intentions to use m-banking as well as on providing facilitating conditions to increase its actual use. …”
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Long-term antibiotic resistance surveillance of gram-negative pathogens suggests that temporal trends can be used as a resistance warning system by Sorberg, Mikael

“…The analysis of resistance levels and antibiotic consumption in the present study suggests different mechanisms for the increased resistance. The significant trend of increased resistance to antibiotics over time constitutes an important warning system.…”
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Effect of Implementing Sustainable Management Practices on Construction Claims Mitigation by Thabet, Zeina

“…Numerous studies have investigated the influence of integrating sustainable management practices (SMPs) in construction projects on specific project performance objectives, such as cost, time, and quality; however, none has considered the effect of implementing SMPs on claims and dispute resolution. …”
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A photoactivatable Ru (II) complex bearing 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline by Mansour, Najwa

“…Upon photoactivation, complex 1 exhibited time-dependent cytotoxic activity with a phototoxicity index (P Index) of >100 after 72 h. …”
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