Supplementation of retrobulbar block with clonidine in vitreoretinal surgery by Abi Nader, Elie

“…The median number of postoperative analgesic requests per patient during the first 24 hours was higher in the control group than the clonidine group [2 (0-3) vs. 1 (0-3); P < 0.001]. …”
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Free-space-optical communications over turbulent channels. (c2009) by Bkassiny, Mario

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Rapid simulation of building physical processes using the coarse-grain method by Abi Shdid, Caesar

“…A primary objective of the approach is to facilitate real-time and accelerated-time visualization of such processes. …”
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Optimal scheduling algorithm for residential building distributed energy source systems using Levy flight and chaos-assisted artificial rabbits optimizer by D., Sathish Kumar

“…The increase in demand for MicroGrids (MGs) is a significant factor in the provision of electricity in the future, mainly due to the use of renewable energy sources, which reduces the release of hazardous gases. …”
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Tailoring motivational health messages for smoking cessation using an mHealth recommender system integrated with an electronic health record: a study protocol by Santiago Hors-Fraile (5950823)

“…The usage of tailored health messages to support quitting has been proved to increase quitting success rates. Technology can provide convenient means to deliver tailored health messages. …”

The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …”
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Viability of Amazon’s driven innovations targeting shoppers’ impulsiveness by Farah, Maya F.

“…The findings show that while retailers' tech-driven solutions would increase shoppers' impulsiveness, and hence sales, their continued interaction with such purchasing solutions would decline over time, making the overall innovation cycle much shorter.…”
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Environmental movement in Lebanon by Djoundourian, Salpie

“…The paper presents a summary of all the decisions, decrees, and laws pertaining to environmental protection that the Lebanese government has instituted over time, as well as all the conventions and agreements that the country has ratified and/or signed. …”
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The potential relationship between Organizational Justice, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in Government organizations in Abu Dhabi-UAE context: by Alkhatiri, Majid Hussain Ahmed

“…A self administered questionnaire was distributed randomly to a sample of 500 full-time employees used in this study, and the data was collected accordingly. …”
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Effects and challenges in teaching robotics for elementary students by Addas, Alaa

“…The programming assessments conducted three times during robotics course to show the progress of the students’ programming skills. …”
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Traffic fatality trends in four continents based micro level data for three decades by Hashim M. N. Al-Madani (19807239)

“…While fatlity and vehicular data for the developed countries and few other less developed countries take no time to compile; those for most of the other countries are highly time consuming and distracting, due to the presence of conflicting data, to be processed. …”

Arginine Deprivation in AML Cells Induces Ferroptosis, a Type of Autophagy-Mediated Cell Death by Tohme, Sara

“…In this study, we showed for the first time that arginine deprivation using a recombinant human arginase induces ferroptosis, an autophagy-mediated type of cell death in AML cells. …”
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Integrated Multi-Criteria Model for Long-Term Placement of Electric Vehicle Chargers by Heba M. Abdullah (16896384)

“…However, one of the key challenges in designing the novel EV system is to forecast the accurate time for the replacement of conventional vehicles and optimization of charging vehicles. …”

An examination of how climate change could affect the future spread of <i>Fusarium</i> spp. around the world, using correlative models to model the changes by Muhammad Riaz Ejaz (20487191)

“…In this study, we hypothesize that crop diseases caused by <i>Fusarium</i> spp. will increase across all four corners of the world by 2050 and 2070 in response to future climate conditions. …”

Assessment of Low-Impact development for managing aquatic ecosystem by Sa'd Shannak (17191363)

“…Given this knowledge gap, a Sub-hourly time step SWAT (Soil Water Assessment Tool) model was calibrated and validated to evaluate the potential impact of LID practices on aquatic life in the Blunn Creek Watershed in Austin-Texas.…”

Integrated Demand Side Management in Network Planning for Utility Companies by Khalfan, Fatma Mohamed

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Design and Assessment of an Innovative Thermal Management System for Electronic Cooling Using PCMs by Sheikh Mohammed, Yahya Abdulrahman

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A nonlinear PID servo controller for computer hard disk drives by Hawwa, M.A.

“…A nonlinear PID scheme is proposed as an efficient hard disk drive servo controller, reducing the settling time and lowering the required control effort. The controller is capable of increasing (decreasing) damping effect when the system output is moving away from (towards) the desired track. …”
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Long-Haul Northeast Travel Disrupts Sleep and Induces Perceived Fatigue in Endurance Athletes by Christopher J. Stevens (3391547)

“…Nap duration was likely increased on the first day after arrival (36 ± 65 min; 3.90; ±3.70). …”

An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure by Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

“…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …”