The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study حسب Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

"…While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…"

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

"…However, there remains a debate regarding the role played by LIDs in protecting aquatic life due to a lack of large-scale evidence. 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.…"

Transforming power sharing حسب Salloukh, Bassel F.

"…Lebanon’s corporate consociation is in institutional crisis. Given domestic constraints, however, a shift from corporate to liberal consociation is not an option. …"
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Gender Differences in Executive Compensation on British Corporate Boards حسب Al-Shaer, Habiba

"…We exploit the effectiveness of the Davies Report (2011), which urged FTSE 350 companies to increase female representation on corporate boards to examine the potential effect that this may have on the gender pay differential at the executive level. …"
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Excessive managerial entrenchment, corporate governance, and firm performance. (c2019) حسب Antounian, Christelle

"…Our main focus is on firms’ excess managerial entrenchment, which is calculated by finding the difference between firm’s E-index and its industry median in a given year. Our findings suggest that an increase in excess CEO entrenchment reduces the likelihood of CEO turnover due to poor performance. …"
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Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016 حسب Hou, Dongfang

"…Unlike most extant group data sets, the extended data on terrorist groups (EDTG) is not tied to terrorist groups and attacks listed in the RAND terrorism data; rather, EDTG is linked to terrorist groups and attacks given in the Global Terrorism Database. Terrorist groups’ variables in EDTG include ideology, main goals, start date, duration, base country, attack diversity, peak size, alternative endings (if relevant), and others. …"
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PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy حسب Abi-Habib, Ralph

"…Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …"
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Regulation of visceral sympathetic tone by A5 noradrenergic neurons in rodents حسب Kanbar, Roy

"…This effect presumably contributes to the increase in visceral sympathetic nerve activity elicited by acute hypoxia. …"
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Effects of electrode morphology on the performance of BPSH and PATS ionic polymer transducers حسب Akle, Barbar J.

"…The electromechanical coupling in ionomeric materials is due to the charge motion in the polymer backbone. Increasing the capacitance of the actuator increases the motion of the charges and the actuation performance of ionic polymer transducers has been shown to be strongly correlated with charge motion. …"
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The effects of structural integrity of graphene on the thermoelectric properties of the n-type bismuth-telluride alloy حسب Farah M. El-Makaty (14157090)

"…It is also shown that as the milling time of graphene increases, the Seebeck coefficient improves. …"

Quantification of Serum Exosome Biomarkers Using 3D Nanoporous Gold and Spectrophotometry حسب Amera Al Mannai (16078459)

"…Nitric acid treatments at different times resulted in a variety of pore sizes. Despite the increase in the size of the pores, the number of exosomes found in the porous gold substrate treated for 10 min nearly doubled compared to the one treated for 5 min. …"

Modulation of Chronic Stress Outcomes by Dietary Sweeteners: A Comparative Study of Sucrose and Aspartame in Mice حسب Akil, Shaymaa

"…Results: Consumption of sucrose led to increased adiposity compared to aspartame or water, consistent with its caloric properties. …"
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Evidence-based safety education and training for traffic injury prevention حسب Abbas Motevalian (338825)

"…Stronger GDL programs achieve greater fatality reduction. A systematic review on the effects of post-license driver education, provides no evidence of its effects on preventing road traffic crashes or injuries. …"

Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar حسب Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

"…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Many pregnant women use the internet to access information about PA and diet, and greater use is associated with more positive lifestyle changes. …"

Evaluating machine learning technologies for food computing from a data set perspective حسب Nauman Ullah Gilal (17302714)

"…However, the specific characteristics of food image data, like visual heterogeneity, make the food classification task particularly challenging. To give an overview of the state of the art in the field, we surveyed the most recent machine learning and deep learning technologies used for food classification with a particular focus on data aspects. …"

Understanding Loneliness in Younger People: Review of the Opportunities and Challenges for Loneliness Interventions حسب Hurmat Ali Shah (18192889)

"…It is also shown to increase the risk of heart diseases and other physical illnesses. …"

Enterprise risk management in healthcare organizations حسب SAJWANI, REHAB

"…Organizational Risk Management (ERM) emerged as a new approach for managing organizational risks, concentrating on mechanisms to increase corporate governance and risk management in a holistic manner across many enterprise domains. …"
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The Economic Impact of Optimizing a COVID-19 Management Protocol in Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease Patients حسب Dina Abushanab (10696501)

"…In the critically ill patients, however, the cost increased from QAR202,094 (USD 55,505) to QAR292,856 (USD 80,433) per patient, with added cost of QAR90,762 (USD 24,928). …"

Fixed Shading Scenarios to Optimize Lighting Performance and Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings Case Study of Dubai Design District حسب Hamad, Khadije

"…The annual energy consumption of the optimal scenario is reduced from 1670 MWh to 1532MWh in the Egg-crate scenario three, which is a high reduction of 138MWh per year. Moreover, daylighting analysis shows decreased average illuminance levels from 407.8 to 154.97 Lux, equivalent to a 60% reduction in December and June. …"
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Board independance and the efficiency of internal capital markets حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and exchange listing requirements led to an increase in the percentage of independent members on company boards. …"
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