Effect of Girder Damage on the Structural Behavior of Slab-on-Girder Bridges by Elozn, Ahmed E.

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Factors affecting acoustically triggered release of drugs from polymeric micelles by Husseini, Ghaleb

“…A custom ultrasonic exposure chamber with real-time fluorescence detection was used to measure acoustically-triggered drug release from Pluronic P-105 micelles under continuous wave (CW) or pulsed ultrasound in the frequency range of 20 to 90 kHz. …”
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Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes by Abushanab, Dina

“…The financial value of PALYs was determined based on the gross domestic product (GDP) per full-time worker (i.e. US$80,573). The base-case model estimated the productivity burden of CVD, and interventional scenarios were simulated to assess potential gains resulting from improved control of modifiable risk factors, including reduced incidence of T2D, lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), decreased number of smokers, and reduced total cholesterol. …”
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The Use of Enumerative Techniques in Topological Optimization of Computer Networks Subject to Fault Tolerance and Reliability by Abd-El-barr, Mostafa

“…A fault tolerant network is able to function even in the presence of some faults in the network. In this paper, we propose one algorithm for optimizing the terminal reliability and another for optimizing the network reliability while improving the fault tolerance aspects of the designed networks. …”
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Determinants of deposits in Lebanese commercial banks-evidence from non-resident depositors by El Khoury, Rim

“…Motivated by the continuous increase of non-residents deposits in Lebanon, this paper will try to investigate the determinants of these inflows from the perspective of foreign depositors. …”
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Integrating technology into higher education: A case study in Lebanon by Hamzeh, Wael

“…The higher education sector in Lebanon has undergone significant changes in the past twenty years, with a rapid increase in the number of higher education institutions that differ greatly in their missions, methodologies, and regulations. …”
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Termination of Construction Contracts Under the UAE Law and FIDIC by KADRI, SARAH

“…Eventually, this resulted in an increase in the number of delays in the projects’ deliveries and, in numerous cases, resulted in the dissolution of the contracts. …”
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Realigning Risk and Enhancing Liability Frameworks for Design Errors in Traditional Construction Contracts: A Comparative Study of the UAE and Oman by AL GHASSANI, KHAWLAH SAID AHMED

“…Based on the findings of this research, the dissertation provides legal and contractual recommendations that can be used to increase the level of financial security, risk management, and legal flexibility in terms of the new forms of construction management. …”
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Study of Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Value Engineering and their use in UAE by AL SHELEH, ZEIN BASHAR

“…Life cycle cost analysis and value engineering are some of the most recently used techniques that evaluate and analyse all costs related to the project over its service life and give the essential project functions at the lowest possible cost. …”
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Effects and challenges in teaching robotics for elementary students by Addas, Alaa

“…Additionally, the results indicated that using programming blocks to teach programming helps the students to understand the majority of many programming concepts, but at the same time some concepts were difficult for the students to understand and apply.…”
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Assessment of resin systems as solution for well integrity challenge in carbonate reservoirs by Albertus Retnanto (17269237)

“…Additionally, the transit time showed a 26–42% range decrease in the travel period, indicating that the cement was stronger under increased pressure and temperature. …”

Choosing between the formal and informal economy by Abi Aad, Amine A.

“…Why do managers in emerging markets conduct some activities in the informal economy and others in the formal economy when they have a choice? …”
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FoxP3⁺ T regulatory cells in cancer: Prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets by Reem Saleh (3513056)

“…Proportions of Tregs in the peripheral blood of some cancer patients increase by approximately two-fold, compared to those in healthy individuals. …”

Trade Flow and Nation Brand Distance: A Structural Gravity Model Approach by AL BESHER, HUDA ISMAIL

“…The empirical findings shows that NBD influence both export and import volume in which less distant countries in term of nation brands are able to overcome the negative effect of geographical distance which can stimulates the export mainly and import flow to some extent. The results on the impact of NBD on FTA and trade flows provides some interesting insights as the there is a negative and significant moderation impact of NBD on the relationship between FTA and both export and import volume which suggest that a decrease of NBD will increase the effect of FTA on trade flow. …”
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A Parallel Algorithm for Inverse Halftoning and its Hardware Implementation by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…Some degradation in image quality is noticed due to parallelization. …”
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Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016 by Hou, Dongfang

“…Our EDTG-based survival analysis is at odds with some of the literature: for example, the demise of a leader and a larger share of transnational terrorist attacks increase the group’s odds of failure. …”
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Reduction of Leachability of Sewage Sludge by Alum Treatment by Mortula, Maruf

“…Batch experimental results indicated that alum treatment was capable of reducing phosphorus and other heavy metal leaching. However, some of the aluminium appeared to have leached into the water. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The latter suggests that some countries specialize in supplying UN peacekeepers as a money-making venture. …”
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT by ALBLOOSHI, ALYA JASEM

“…The paper also provides some future scopes to conduct research about the procedures and strategies of overcoming or managing the risks faced in various governmental activities. …”
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Using Educational Technology to Support Classroom Management in High Schools by ASANTE, KINGSLEY

“…Overall, English teachers believe ClassDojo has the components to help them increase student motivation and engagement.…”
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