Size Increment During Surveillance in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Evidence Synthesis and Dose–Response Meta‐Analysis by Mohamed Badie Ahmed (10223510)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">It was concluded that progression over the threshold increases linearly over time at approximately less than 1% per year. …”

Sustainable Detoxification of Methylene Blue in Wastewater via Tea Residue Adsorption: Optimization and Kinetics by Farah F. Salameh (21797300)

“…Contact time showed a stable effect, and increasing the dosage enhanced MB adsorption. …”

Leishmania major by Daher, Costantine F.

“…Infected rats received daily injections of rIL-13 for eight consecutive days which resulted in increased pain perception for the first week post-infection assessed by thermal pain tests. …”
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Determinants of corporate sustainability message sharing on social media: A configuration approach by Knight, Hanne

“…With an increasing number of consumers receiving information on social media, companies have adopted these channels to communicate their sustainability efforts. …”
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A method for efficient NoC test scheduling using deterministic routing by Harmanani, Haidar

“…The method uses a deterministic routing algorithm that minimizes test time while avoiding blocking. The method is implemented and various benchmarks are attempted.…”
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Reply to Comments by Kakkar and Dahiya by Chahine, Elias B.

“…TO THE EDITOR: Chahine, Karaoui, and Mansour1 reviewed the efficacy and safety of bedaquiline in the treatment of adults with pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and generally agree with the comments made by Kakkar and Dahiya.2 Bedaquiline was approved by the Food and Drug Administration based largely on results from phase 2 studies using sputum conversion as a surrogate marker for efficacy rather than long-term mortality data.2 Bedaquiline was shown to be associated with an unfavorable side effect profile, including an unexplained increased risk of mortality, QT prolongation, and elevated liver function tests.2 However, it is important to acknowledge that bedaquiline is the first novel drug to be approved for the treatment of TB in more than 4 decades and the communities devastated by MDR-TB are in desperate need for more options to manage their patients. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by Lteif, Anthony

“…WEHI-3 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of COE to determine the IC50 after 24, 48 and 72-hours post treatment. …”
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Effects of paternal and chronological age on BEGAIN methylation and its possible role in autism by Ramya Potabattula (4401160)

“…<p dir="ltr">Children from old fathers carry an increased risk for autism spectrum (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders, which may at least partially be mediated by paternal age effects on the sperm epigenome. …”

Simulating blood vessel scaffolds by Nature Research (16552612)

“…According to their simulations, the amount of shear stress is highest at the endoluminal strut surface, where the stent comes into contact with the inner lining of the vessels, but very low at the areas where blood flows in and out of the device. …”

Error probability of coded multi-antenna systems in block fading environments by Zummo, S.A.

“…Results show that the optimal channel memory increases with increasing the number of transmit antennas.…”
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Question Processing for Arabic Question Answering System by Al Chalabi, Hani Maluf

“…Due to very fast growth of information in the last few decades, getting precise information in real time is becoming increasingly difficult. Search engines such as Google and Yahoo are helping in finding the information but the information provided by them are in the form of documents which consumes a lot of time of the user. …”
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An application framework for the distance learning domain (AFDL). (c2002) by Natafgi, Ahmad Maher

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An overview of diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with obesity by Mohammed Bashir (5593550)

“…<p>Rates of obesity are increasing world-wide with an estimated 1billion people projected to be obese by 2030 if current trends remain unchanged. …”

The Lebanese diasporic field by Tabar, Paul

“…Finally, the paper concludes that the ‘diasporic field’ is a useful analytical tool to capture the complexities of increasingly ubiquitous diasporic relations.…”
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Leading Insights Point of Care Ultrasound Education in Neurocritical Care: A Call to Action by Subramaniam, Thanujaa

“…Beyond its adaptation for procedural guidance, bedside ultrasound assessments can provide critical diagnostic information in a timely manner to guide real-time decision making for the acutely ill patient. …”
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Comparative outcome analysis of home-initiated non-medical interventions among toddlers with orally ingested substances by Alanazi, Menyfah Q.

“…P = 0.018); delayed arrival time significantly increased abnormal physical examination (Beta = 0.29, adj. …”
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Software-Defined-Networking-Based One-versus-Rest Strategy for Detecting and Mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in Smart Home Internet of Things Devices by Neder Karmous (19743430)

“…These are considered to be an increasing trend, and it will be a major challenge to reduce risk, especially in the future. …”

Pleiotropic functions of the tumor- and metastasis-suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-8 in mammary cancer in MMTV-PyMT transgenic mice by Julie Decock (44558)

“…In this aggressive mouse model of breast cancer, loss of MMP-8 accelerated tumor onset even further, such that 90% of MMTV-PyMT; Mmp8-null female mice were tumor-bearing at the time of weaning. Throughout the 14 weeks of the model, tumor burden increased in homozygous Mmp8-null mice compared to Mmp8-wild-type and -heterozygote animals. …”

Machine Learning Model for a Sustainable Drilling Process by Alsaidi, Ola

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Response of cauliflower (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress by Jing Ma (24574)

“…Our results illustrated that the increasing levels of Cd in the sand, significantly (P < 0.05) decreased shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, germination percentage, germination index, mean germination time, time to 50% germination, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in all genotypes of B. oleracea. …”