Cigarette smoke extract induces p38-mediated expression and ROS/rho-mediated translocation of alpha 2C adrenoceptor in human microvascular smooth muscle cells حسب Manal M. Fardoun (22303813)

"…Here, we show that cigarette smoke extract (CSE) upregulates the expression of α₂_C-AR in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in VSMCs extracted from human dermal arterioles. …"

Agent Based Modeling to Optimize Supermarkets Spatial Dimensions حسب 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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Targeting potential arginine auxotrophy in glioblastoma (GBM) cells using human recombinant arginase I (CO)-PEG 5000 [HuArgl (Co)-PEG5000]. (c2013) حسب Khoury, Oula

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

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Sleep, Diet and Chrononutrition: Studying the Dual Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) on Sleep and Dietary Habits حسب Nicolas, Petra Joseph

"…Results: Preliminary analysis revealed improvements in sleep outcomes in the CBTi group, including a 10.57% increase in total sleep time (TST) (p = 0.043) and a 61.8% reduction in wake after sleep onset (WASO) (p = 0.018). …"
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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai حسب KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

"…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…"
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On the selection of constitutive equation for modeling the friction stir processes of twin roll cast wrought AZ31B حسب Ammouri, A.H.

"…On average, the ZA6 equation showed improvements in solution time by 5.4% as compared with the Johnson–Cook equation and almost identical solution time (0.9% increase) with that of the ST equation. …"
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CEO gender and managerial entrenchment حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…We find that the presence of female CEO decreases the turnover-performance sensitivity, increases the E-index, and inflates CEO compensation. …"
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The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms حسب Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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A photoactivatable Ru (II) complex bearing 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline حسب 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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Long-term antibiotic resistance surveillance of gram-negative pathogens suggests that temporal trends can be used as a resistance warning system حسب 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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A green route to the synthesis of highly porous activated carbon from walnut shells for mercury removal حسب Albatrni, Hania

"…The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of several factors including mass dosage, pH, initial concentration of mercury, temperature, and contact time, on the efficiency of mercury removal. It was observed that the adsorption process exhibited spontaneity, endothermicity, and an increase in entropy. …"
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Assessing additional fuel consumption from cabin thermal comfort and auxiliary needs on the worldwide harmonized light vehicles test cycle حسب 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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An optimized approach to video traffic splitting in heterogeneous wireless networks with energy and QoE consideration حسب Abbas, Nadine

"…In this work, we aim at devising real-time traffic splitting strategies between WiFi and cellular networks to maximize user experience, reduce delay, and balance the needed energy consumption. …"
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DNA damage induced by micellar-delivered doxorubicin and ultrasound: comet assay study حسب Husseini, Ghaleb

"…However, when cells were incubated with 10 μg/ml free DOX for up to 9 h, DNA damage increased with incubation time (P=0.0011). Exposure of cells to the same concentration of DOX in the presence of 10-wt% P-105 showed no significant DNA damage for up to 9 h of incubation. …"
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Roles of RhoA, RhoC and RhoG in Secretion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) by Astrocytoma Cells and Angiogenesis in Vascular Endothelial Cells. (c2015) حسب 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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Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities حسب El-Khalil, Raed

"…The lean dimensions that the survey examined include” the 7 wastes, 5S’s, standardization, total productivity maintenance (TPM), supplier related (performance), problem-solving, statistical process control (SPC), Total quality management (TQM), setup time improvement or reduction, pull system (based on demand), and customer requirement or need. …"
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Vocal Changes in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome حسب Hannoun, Antoine

"…There was no statistically significant difference in the acoustic parameters except for an increase in the relative average perturbation (P value = 0.035) and a decrease in maximum phonation time (P value = 0.001) in patients with PCOS. …"
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Clinical relevance of aortic stiffness in end-stage renal disease and diabetes : implication for hypertension management حسب Bahous, Sola Aoun

"…The hallmark of accelerated aortic stiffening in these patients associates the presence of vascular calcification, which is considered as a time-dependent process. Aortic stiffness represents a marker of structural but also functional arterial damage associated with increased pressure pulsatility. …"
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Cigarette use among Arab Americans in the Detroit metropolitan area حسب Kulwicki, A.

"…Subjects who had smoked for the longest time were the least well educated. Arab Americans in this sample had a higher smoking rate, a lower quitting rate, and a much lower quit ratio when compared with national and State of Michigan data. …"
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