Is board compensation excessive? by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…Based on this, we then calculate whether directors of corporate boards are over- or undercompensated. On average, we find greater evidence of over- rather than undercompensation. …”
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An adaptive load-balancing approach to XML-based network management using JPVM by Sqalli, M.H.

“…In this paper, we propose a framework for adaptive load-balancing using JPVM for XML-based network management. The goal is to increase the efficiency of processing the management data, and decrease the communication time by distributing the management load across multiple XML/SNMP gateways. …”
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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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Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar by John M., Rivers

“…The remnants of large eolian dunes are preserved in the low-energy setting of the Inner Lagoon, segmenting the waterbody, and locally increasing restriction. The sedimentology of the arid-zone coastal Khor Al Adaid embayment may serve as an analogue for environmental settings that were perhaps more commonplace in arid zones of flooded continents during greenhouse times.…”
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Do high energy-efficient buildings increase overheating risk in cold climates? Causes and mitigation measures required under recent and future climates by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…While without adequate ventilation, the overheating risk in high-energy-efficient buildings can be higher than old buildings, where decreasing wall and window U-values and infiltration rate has a greater contribution to the increase of indoor temperature, while decreasing window SHGC has a lower contribution to the decrease in indoor temperature compared to the case with adequate ventilation. …”
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A Comprehensive Method of Ion Exchange Resins Regeneration and Its Optimization for Water Treatment by Al-Asheh, Sameer

“…Water conductivity, as an indicator of regeneration efficiency, was monitored over time at the different conditions and scenario. In general, it was observed that the conductivity decreases with time until one point is reached and then starts to increase as a result of resin saturation. …”
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Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study by Elkhansa Elbashier (14152815)

“…The results of the simulation calculations showed that as the nanopore diameter decreases, the adsorption energy increases exponentially due to the geometry of the smallest pore that increases the affinity of the molecules to the surface. …”

The effect of vancomycin doses greater than 2 grams on serum creatinine and vancomycin trough levels by Mansour, Hanine

“…The two subjects who did have a significant increase in serum creatinine were receiving concomitant nephrotoxins. …”
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A comprehensive design and rating study of evaporative coolers and condensers. Part I. Performance evaluation by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

“…Furthermore, it is noted that there is about 4.7% increase in outlet process fluid temperature of the evaporative fluid cooler. …”
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Postprandial lipaemia 10 and 34 hours after playing football: Does playing frequency affect the response? by Darren J. Paul (6905450)

“…<p dir="ltr">Elevated postprandial triglyceride (TG) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The time window for the last bout beneficial effect on postprandial lipaemia after football play is unknown. …”

Gaining or Losing Team Ball Possession: The Dynamics of Momentum Perception and Strategic Choice in Football Coaches by Walid Briki (688845)

“…Nonetheless, both variables displayed asymmetrical effects, in the sense that: (1) the strength of positive PM appeared to be easier to decrease than to increase; and (2) the greater the positive PM (or the negative PM), the lesser (or the greater) the coaches’ tendency to make a change in the organization of their teams. …”

Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…No significant difference was observed in the decrease in birth weight between the first- and second-cousin marriages. …”
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The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior by AL HEBSI, AHMED

“…It was found that the public sector has shifted its framework towards greater customer satisfaction, which has led to an increase in the workload of the managers. In addition, the results identified that two-thirds of the participants did not suffer from poor WLB due to NPM, although the remaining one-third did. …”
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Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis by George Nitzburg (18614989)

“…Second, we examined symptom queries preceding queries on the 12-step program at time lags of 0-7 days, 7-14 days, and 14-30 days, where the probability of asking about a medical symptom was greater in the 30-day time window preceding 12-step program information-seeking as compared to all previous times that the symptom was queried.…”

Optimizing emergency services in hospitals by Nature Research (16552612)

“…The emergency department is a primary healthcare unit that treats large numbers of patients. Timely treatment can save lives, but sometimes cannot be delivered owing to a lack of sufficient resources, particularly beds and qualified healthcare professionals. …”

Reducing Caesarean Rates in Qatar: A Pressing Public Health Imperative – Policy adjustments in Labour Inductions. by Morounfolu Thompson (17045472)

“…Maternal and neonatal morbidity did not increase compared to baseline unit data, and 50% of the women achieved a vaginal delivery, reducing the number of Caesarean sections.…”

Unravelling the predictors of late cancer presentation and diagnosis in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of patients with lung and colorectal cancers by Damsees, Rana

“…For lung cancer, Jordanians living in rural areas were 9.29 (95% CI 2.46 to 35.1) times more likely to report late diagnosis. Jordanians who did not screen for cancer in the past were 7.02 (95% CI 1.69 to 29.18) times more likely to report late diagnosis. …”
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The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among People with Flat Feet by Almutairi, Adel F.

“…Results The prevalence of LBP among participants with flat feet was 65.9%, among whom 51.6% suffered ALBP and 48.4% suffered from CLBP. Flat feet increased the chances of having ALBP by 3.28 times and CLBP by 4.5 times. …”
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In vivo immunomodulatory effect of wild carrot oil and its fractions by Taleb, RI

“…Animals were injected with 200 mg/Kg of DCOE or fractions and spleens were collected at 6 and 24 hrs post treatment. Whereas, DCOE and F1 did not induce a significant increase in IFN-γ levels at either interval, F2, F3, F4 and LPS caused 6.7, 4.6, 3.5 and 2.3 fold increases, respectively. …”
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Optimizing the number of players and training bout durations in soccer small‐sided games: Effects on mood balance and technical performance by Zouhaier Farhani (22330693)

“…Therefore, coaches should consider longer continuous bouts when planning SSGs‐based training to significantly decrease TMD and enhance technical‐tactical performance in soccer SSGs.…”