Foreign Aid and the Quest for Poverty Reduction: Is Aid to Agriculture Effective? حسب Kaya, Ozgur

"…If agricultural development is more effective in reducing poverty than some other types of development, then foreign aid directed towards agriculture may be more efficient in increasing the well-being of the poor than aid directed to some other sectors or uses. …"
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Smart container loading. (c2008) حسب Makarem, Omar Chehayeb

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Renal Function Decline in Recipients and Donors of Kidney Grafts حسب Bahous, Sola Aoun

"…Background/Aims: Renal function decreases over time as a result of reduction in the number of functioning nephrons with age. …"
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A clustering metaheuristic for large orienteering problems حسب Almiqdad Elzein (13141038)

"…The metaheuristic aims to dramatically improve the computation time of a given Orienteering Problem algorithm without a significant decrease in the solution quality of that algorithm, especially for large Orienteering Problems. …"

Impact of inter-relay cooperation on the performance of FSO systems with any number of relays. (c2015) حسب Noun, Zeina K.

"…Many proposals have been discussed and considered in tackling this problem. Some proposals targeted the hardware aspect of the photodetectors and transmitters. …"
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DNA methylation signature in peripheral blood reveals distinct characteristics of human X chromosome numerical aberrations حسب El Maarri, Osman

"…The X inactivation process appears to be less effective in Klinefelter syndrome as methylation on the X was decreased compared to normal female samples. In a large number of individuals, we verified several loci by pyrosequencing and observed only weak inter-loci correlations between the verified regions. …"
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Microbial and operational factors affecting energy recovery potential for anaerobic membrane bioreactors treating different wastewater types حسب Ramadan, Lama

"…The third experiment treating poultry slaughterhouse wastewater (PSW) over three phases with decreasing hydraulic retention times (HRTs) concluded that the microbial adaptation to the high-strength wastewater can directly impact the energy produced from the system. …"
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Evaluation and Enhancement of Triaging Services Through Quality Improvement Tools at Primary Health Care Level: A Clinical Audit Study حسب Ansif Pallath Majeed (17993848)

"…Compliance with the suggested time target of 5 minutes for physicians to attend medical emergencies has shown a small improvement from 48% at baseline to 55% in the re-audit. …"

Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults حسب Bassil, MS

"…Methods: This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 63 adults aged 18–45 years with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than or equal to25 kg m−2 and normal kidney function at the American University of Beirut. …"
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An Experimental Investigation of R134a Clathrates with Liquid Additives حسب Gulzar, Hafiz M. Ahmad

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Association between sources of sexuality education, sexual beliefs and behaviours in Lebanese young adults حسب Bouclaous, Carmel H.

"…Sex and classes on reproductive health predicted a rise in SBI. The timing of classes, namely earlier introduction, and communication with family and religious figures predicted a decrease in SBI. …"
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Two-Surgeon Technique for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection of the Noncirrhotic Liver Using Saline-Linked Cautery and Ultrasonic Dissection حسب Aloia, Thomas

"…The UD+SLC group had a decreased duration of inflow occlusion (20 minutes versus 30 minutes, P = 0.01), blood loss (150 mL versus 250 mL, P = 0.034), and operative time (187 minutes versus 211 minutes, P = 0.027). …"
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Clinical correlates of white-matter abnormalities on head magnetic resonance imaging حسب Dimassi, Hani

"…Children with white-matter abnormalities and increased tone had a greater frequency of increased reflexes and tended to have more signal abnormalities than the other groups. …"
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Transport demand management - Impacts on congestion alleviation and road safety enhancement in urban areas حسب Kim Jraiw (19807236)

"…Transfer from private vehicles to public transport use is not fully acceptable solution by majority of the community in some countries beside lack of current public transport services. …"

Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) حسب Anas Hamad (9545771)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Some of the salient recommendations included the development of a formal, fast-track, preliminary approval pathway for drugs needed by patients with severe disease or in critical condition; and encouraging and promoting the conduct of local clinical trials and real-world observational studies using existing registry data. …"

Soluble ACE2 and angiotensin II levels are modulated in hypertensive COVID-19 patients treated with different antihypertension drugs حسب Mohamed A. Elrayess (21398687)

"…BB and CCB reduce mortality, according to some evidence. Their effect on circulating levels of ACE2 and angiotensin II, as well as the severity of COVID-19, is less well studied.…"

Comfort Assessment of a Fully/Semi-enclosed Courtyard: Case Study of Bahrain Low Rise Villa Housing Model حسب Al Awadhi, Maryam Hasan

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Anticancer Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against in vivo and in vitro Models of Squamous Cell Carcinoma حسب Azar Atallah, Shirine

"…Intraperitoneal treatment of mice with COE (10, 25 or 50 mg/kg; 9 weeks) showed a non-significant decrease in tumor volume with respect to control, without adverse effects on liver and kidney function. …"
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Blockchain implementations. (c2019) حسب Sabbagh, Ahmad Al

"…The results also show that the use of smart contracts in the implementation of the blockchain technology in the insurance sector leads to increase in efficiency and decrease in the costs, fraud and processing time.…"
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Operation optimization of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG Process: A novel integration of knowledge-based and constrained Bayesian optimization approaches حسب Roba Shady (22048043)

"…At large-scale LNG production (10,000 tons per day), the reduction in the SEC is translated into an 18 MW decrease in compression power, saving approximately 4.7 million $ per year for each C3MR train. …"