Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…No significant difference was observed in the decrease in birth weight between the first- and second-cousin marriages. …”
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The Effect of Different Doses of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine on the Properties of Subarachnoid Blockade: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohammad K Al Nobani (16561248)

“…</p><p><b>Results:</b> Intravenous dexmedetomidine, with loading dose of 1 mcg/kg, prolonged the sensory blockade duration of spinal anaesthesia by a mean difference of 49.6 min, P<0.001, and motor blockade duration by a mean difference of 44.7 min, P<0.001, while a loading dose of 0.5 mcg/kg prolonged the sensory blockade by a mean difference of 43.06 min, P<0.001, and motor blockade duration by a mean difference of 29.09 min, P<0.001. …”

Distribution of Doxorubicin in Rats Undergoing Ultrasonic Drug Delivery by Staples, Bryant J.

“…Ultrasound (US) increases efficacy of drugs delivered from micelles, but the pharmacokinetics have not been studied previously. …”
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Phospholipase C negatively regulates Rac/Cdc42 activation in antigen-stimulated mast cells by El-Sibai, Mirvat

“…The activation kinetics of both Rac and Cdc42 show a biphasic profile, consisting of an early transient peak at 1 min and a late sustained activation phase at 20–40 min. …”
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Leveling the curve of Spee using different sized archwires: a randomized clinical trial of blood flow changes by Raidan Ba-Hattab (17773230)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">In the 3 AWs group, BF of all measured teeth was reduced 20 min after force application. Afterwards, the BF values started to increase until the baseline values were almost restored within 1 week. …”

Effects of UV Radiation on Germination, Growth, Chlorophyll Content, and Fresh and Dry Weights of Brassica rapa L. and Eruca sativa L. by Hussan Ara Begum (17542320)

“…The germination percentage in control was recorded as 19.35%, while it was 18.65% in 30min and 19.00% in 120min exposures. Root and shoot growth of the seedlings was markedly reduced by increasing UV radiation. …”

Effect of nickel loading on hydrogen production and chemical oxygen demand (COD) destruction from glucose oxidation and gasification in supercritical water by Youssef, Emhemmed A.

“…The introduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) prior to the feed injection inhibited the catalyst activity and did not increase the hydrogen yield whereas the introduction of H2O2 after 15 min of reaction time increased the hydrogen yield from 0.62 mol/mol to 1.5 mol/mol. …”
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Development of a Flexible Framework Multi-Design Optimization Scheme for a Hand Launched Fuel Cell-Powered UAV by Al Rayes, Zaid

“…Optimization results showed a significant improvement in UAV flight endurance that reached up to 475 min with take-off ratio equals to 59 min/kg. Wind tunnel and bench-top tests and HiL simulation tests are performed to validate the results obtained from the optimization tools. …”
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Exergames versus self-regulated exercises with instruction leaflets to improve adherence during geriatric rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial by Peter Oesch (3572426)

“…Adherence was comparable at day one (38 min. in the EG and 42 min. in the CG) and significantly higher in the CG at day 10 (54 min. in the CG while decreasing to 28 min. in the EG, <i>p</i> = 0.007, ES 0.94, 0.39–0.151). …”

Wind shear coefficient, turbulence intensity and wind power potential assessment for Dhulom, Saudi Arabia by Rehman, Shafiqur

“…The study presents the local values of wind shear coefficient (WSC) estimated using wind speed measurements made at 20, 30 and 40 m above ground level (AGL) during November 01, 1998 and October 12, 2002. …”
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Children safety risk factors in Khorasan Razavi province by Ali Zayerzadeh (19774491)

“…Walking almost inevitably involves crossing a road, where the desire line of the pedestrian conflicts with the higher speed. Where speeds are high, this can result in either delay or risk for the pedestrian and when pedestrians are children the situation becomes more complicated. …”

Optimizing the Cleaning Frequency of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems Using Numerical Analysis by Kaiss, El-Cheikh Amer Kais

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The Assessment of Wind Power for Electricity Generation in Lebanon by Elkhoury, Michel

“…Implementing such wind farms would greatly decrease the harmful emission of greenhouse gases produced by the energy sector devoted to electricity generation by fuel (El-Fadel et al., 2003). …”
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Optimizing the number of players and training bout durations in soccer small‐sided games: Effects on mood balance and technical performance by Zouhaier Farhani (22330693)

“…Therefore, coaches should consider longer continuous bouts when planning SSGs‐based training to significantly decrease TMD and enhance technical‐tactical performance in soccer SSGs.…”

Reinforced steering Evolutionary Markov Chain for high-dimensional feature selection by Atiq ur Rehman (3044409)

“…(v) The effective size of successful agents is reduced recursively while progressing through different states to further facilitate the speed of convergence and decrease the number of features. …”

Colloid retention and mobilization mechanisms under different physicochemical conditions in porous media: A micromodel study by Safna Nishad (16932474)

“…However, hydrophilic colloids redeposited on gas-water-solid interfaces or thin water films because of their greater capillary potential. Therefore, greater filtration efficiency is achieved with the hydrophilic colloids compared to the hydrophobic colloids for which the efficiency can be improved by changing the solution chemistry. …”

Association of coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease in Lebanese population by Milane, Aline

“…CKD was defined as eGFR < 60 ml/min. Logistic regression model was performed using multivariate analysis including all traditional risk factors associated with both diseases. …”
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Quantification of Serum Exosome Biomarkers Using 3D Nanoporous Gold and Spectrophotometry by 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. …”

Comparison of the Effects of 15 and 60 ,ug/kg Fentanyl Used for Induction of Anesthesia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Abi Nader, Elie

“…Responses to 15 and 60 [mu]g/kg were similar. At 3 min the heart rate (HR) in patients given 15 [mu]/kg increased by 6; whereas the HR in those given 60 [mu]g/kg increased by 14 (P < 0.01). …”
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STARD 13 in prostate cancer. (c2018) by Saab, Sahar S.

“…Knocking down StarD13 by siRNA led to an increase in cell proliferation and adhesion yet a decrease in cell motility and cell speed in prostate cancer. …”
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