Barriers to the Implementation of a Unique Identifier and a Track and Trace System in the Lebanese Pharmaceutical Sector by Rached, Stephanie

“…Through a three-steps operational research, data was collected from local manufacturers through structured or semi-structured interviews, data was also collected form a purposive sample of pharmacies through focus groups and interviews, and finally key informants and policy makers were interviewed for a presentation of results and providing recommendations. …”
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‘Writing’ small states: contextualizing the construct in the Arab Gulf by Larbi Sadiki (14153025)

“…The problematic comes to the fore in a context of these two countries’ increasing regional and international visibility, as well as what seems to be renewed scholarly interest in small states, more generally. …”

Citizenship and National Identity in International Schools in the UAE: A Case Study of Three American Schools in Dubai by Alaryani, Aysha Salmeen

“…The methodology is an interpretive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. …”
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Investigating High School Boys’ Academic Underachievement in Second Language Classrooms by Samra, Nora

“…This qualitative research adopts two main tools, which are observations and semi-structured interviews with teachers, leaders, and students. …”
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Daucus carota pentane-based fractions arrest the cell cycle and increase apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells by Shebaby, Wassim N.

“…In this study we examined the anticancer effect of Daucus carota oil extract (DCOE) fractions on the human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 and clarified the mechanism of action. …”
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Investigating The Efficacy of Ruxolitinib and CHIR-99021 in Targeting Pediatric Neuroblastoma Stem Cells by Al Sayyed, Fatima

“…In this study, we investigate the efficacy of two small molecules Ruxolitinib, a JAK/STAT inhibitor, and CHIR-99021, a GSK-3 inhibitor, in targeting pediatric neuroblastoma stem cells by testing them on human MYC-N amplified, IMR-32, and non-MYC-N amplified, SK-N-SH, cell lines. Treating neuroblastoma cells with Ruxolitinib and CHIR-99021 resulted in significant reduction in cellular proliferation, viability, apoptosis and tumorsphere formation capacity in both IMR-32 and SK-N-SH cell lines. …”
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A control algorithm to increase the efficient operation of wind energy conversion systems under extreme wind conditions by Nyam Jargalsaikhan (17380429)

“…<p dir="ltr">This paper aims to increase the power production of gearless permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind energy conversion systems (WECS) in strong (greater than 25 m/s) wind speed regions. In general, most wind turbines cut off when wind speed is over the cut-out rate; as a result, the power generation of the wind farm decreases. …”

Screening for antiretroviral drug resistance among treatment-naive human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals in Lebanon by Mokhbat, Jacques M.

“…Introduction: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been successful at decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. …”
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Sunitinib induces PTEN expression and inhibits PDGFR signaling and migration of medulloblastoma cells by Castellino, R.C.

“…However, sunitinib did not induce apoptosis in either cell line at any time point, indicating that the anti-migratory effects of sunitinib were not due to impeding cell survival. …”
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Macular ultrastructural features in amblyopia using high-definition optical coherence tomography by Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias

“…Enhanced high-definition single line macular scans of amblyopic eyes were obtained using SD-OCT and compared with fellow eyes. …”
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In vitro ischemia suppresses hypoxic induction of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α by inhibition of synthesis and not enhanced degradation by Sleiman, Sama F.

“…We validated the use of a reporter containing the oxygen-dependent degradation domain of HIF-1α fused to firefly luciferase (ODD-luc) to monitor quantitatively distinct biochemical events leading to hypoxic HIF-1α expression or stabilization in a human neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y). When OGD was imposed following a 2-hr hypoxic stabilization of ODD-luc, the levels of the reporter were reduced, consistent with prior models proposing that OGD enhances HIF prolylhydroxylase (PHD) activity. …”
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Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting by Tawa Olukade (11619453)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The mean maternal age was 29.7 ± 5.5 years, prepregnancy BMI was 27.5 ± 5.8 kg/m2, GWG was 9.58 kg ± 6.87 kg and gestational age at birth was 38.5 ± 1.9 weeks. In line with IOM recommendations, we found that higher BMI was correlated with decreased GWG and BMI was significantly associated with GWG even after adjusting for maternal age, parity, and infants’ gestational age at birth. …”

A Case Study Exploring ESL Instructors’ Perspectives of Blended Learning in UAE Higher Education by Alawadhi, Azza

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The effect of soft background music, Mozart music, on the three levels of students' engagement. (c2016) by Al Bizri, Dima Bashir

“…The following five instruments were used: SESQ-ENG, TERF-N, semi-structured interviews with the teachers, focus group interviews with the students, and observations. …”
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Magnetorheological Elastomer based torsional vibration isolator for application in a prototype drilling shaft by Thaer M. I. Syam (21250799)

“…Unwanted vibration in machines can cause severe damage and machine breakdown. In this work, a semi-active vibration isolator using MRE is proposed for a potential application in a drilling system to isolate the torsional vibration. …”

Effect of UV Ageing on the fatigue life of bulk polyethylene by Hamza Lamnii (18806002)

“…This study focuses on investigating the effect of UV irradiation on the fatigue properties of bulk semi-crystalline polymer; the low density Polyethylene (LDPE). …”

A Novel Downlink IM-NOMA Scheme by Abdullateef Almohamad (16870074)

“…Hence, the linear relation between the number of served users and the required (orthogonal or semi-orthogonal) resources in the orthogonal multiple access (OMA) schemes is no longer sufficient. …”

Drivers and challenges for implementing ISO 14001 environmental management systems in an emerging Gulf Arab country by Waxin, Marie-France

“…We adopt an explorative, qualitative methodology, using semi-structured interviews with environmental managers in 11 organizations (6 private and 5 public) from different industrial sectors. …”
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An Investigative study to Explore Teachers` Attitude Towards the Inclusion of Learners on the Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learners with Meares Irlen Syndrome in Private Schools in... by ABDULHAMEED, TAGHREED NAEED

“…The first one was an online survey that was designed for the purpose of this research, reflective responses written by teachers of students with Autism and MIS to explore their views of their teaching experience, and the third tool was a group of semi-structured interviews with staff members in special education department to explore the support these departments offer to the teachers of ASD and MIS students to achieve a successful inclusion. …”
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Effectiveness of Scrum Methodology in the management of software development projects by JANAHI, ABDULRAHIM YAQOOB

“…The research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with ten managers from ten different software organizations and an online survey with sixty (60) participants. …”
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