Effect of Intravenous Mannitol on Intraocular Pressure Changes in Vitrectomized and Non-Vitrectomized Eyes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by HASHEM ABU SERHAN (19737499)

“…In vitrectomized eyes, notable decreases were observed: at 30 min, the Ratio of Means (ROM) was 0.81 (95% CI: 0.53; 1.24), indicating a 19% reduction; at 60 min, the ROM of 0.833 (95% CI: 0.77; 0.89) showed a 16.7% reduction; at 90 min, the ROM of 0.757 (95% CI: 0.755; 0.758) corresponded to a 24.3% reduction; at 2 h, the ROM of 0.726 (95% CI: 0.642; 0.820) reflected a 27.4% reduction; at 3 h, the ROM of 0.692 (95% CI: 0.600; 0.797) resulted in a 30.8% reduction; and at 4 h, the ROM of 0.700 (95% CI: 0.363; 1.350) indicated a 30% reduction. …”

Long-Haul Northeast Travel Disrupts Sleep and Induces Perceived Fatigue in Endurance Athletes by Christopher J. Stevens (3391547)

“…Nap duration was likely increased on the first day after arrival (36 ± 65 min; 3.90; ±3.70). There was also a likely increase in self-reported fatigue upon waking after the first night in the new destination (1.1 ± 1.6 AU; 0.54; ±0.41) and there were three athletes (25%) who developed symptoms of illness 3–5 days after arrival. …”

Tabu search based circuit optimization by Sait, Sadiq M.

“…Such a strategy leads to sizable circuit speed improvement with minimum increase in the overall circuit capacitance. Compared to earlier approaches, the presented technique produces circuits with remarkable increase in speed (greater than 20%) for very small increase in overall circuit capacitance (less than 3%)…”
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The Protective Effects of Daucus carota L. ssp. carota and Cannabis sativa L. Extracts against Cisplatin Induced Nephrotoxicity in Animal Models by Al Toufaily, Sahar

“…DCOE (100 mg/kg body weight) and HC (25 and 50 mg/kg body weight) were administered daily to rats for 10 days, and a single dose of cisplatin (7.5 mg/kg body weight) was administered on day five. …”
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Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study by Elkhansa Elbashier (14152815)

“…For methane, adsorption energy on the flat surface is-0.0025 eV/Ų, while on the smallest nanopore, it increases to-0.0139 eV/Ų. …”

Hemodynamics of small aneurysm pairs at the internal carotid artery by Jou, Liang-Der

“…The maximum wall shear stress increases for serial aneurysms, but decreases for parallel aneurysms. …”
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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)

“…In both species, fresh and dry weights were decreased, as compared to the control set. The fresh weight of the control was 0.85g, 0.65g in 30min, 0.78g in 60min and 0.61g in 120min exposure. …”

Removal of nitrate from JUST wastewater effluent: a case study by Al-Asheh, Sameer

“…From kinetic studies, equilibrium time was as short as 10 min. It was observed that pH plays an important role in the nitrate adsorption process. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the Generation of Waste in Marrakech, Morocco by Abdellah Ouigmane (18460623)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">The tonnage of household waste, construction and demolition waste and green waste was collected from the landfill and an analysis was made during the lockdown period in 2020 in comparison with the same period in 2019.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The analysis of solid waste tonnage in 2019 and 2020 showed that the lockdown had a significant impact on the various wastes; with a 27.61% decrease for household waste, 6.27% decrease in the case of green waste, and 57.40% decrease for construction and demolition waste.…”

A comparison of metals in sediments and water in the River Nahr-Ibrahim, Lebanon by Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

“…Bed load sediments and stream water were collected simultaneously from five sampling sites. Water pH and temperature were determined in situ. …”
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Effect of Bentonite Permeation on the Fabric and Strength of Ottawa Sand by Mourtada, Dani Imad

“…However, resonant column tests on bentonite-treated dry mixed Ottawa Sand samples showed a decrease of the small strain stiffness modulus (Gmax) and thus a decrease in the shear strength of the treated soil compared to that of clean Ottawa Sand samples. …”
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Outcomes of POCUS‐Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access in Difficult Venous Access Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Hany A. Zaki (17337673)

“…A systematic review of 15 studies with 1485 patients, sourced from five databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, showed POCUS significantly improved success rates (OR: 4.25), first‐attempt success (OR: 5.31), reduced attempts (MD: −0.83), and decreased procedure time (MD: −9.75 min). …”

Optimizing Functional Unit Binding During HighLevel Synthesis by Ouaiss, Iyad

“…When standard scheduling techniques are used, this solution assigns operations to the same hardware resource when those operations’ inputs or outputs are bound to the same storage units. …”
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Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…However, the previous studies have primarily focused on traditional methods of increasing the shading effect, such as by increasing buildings height / canyon width H/W ratio to provide the required compactness for desired solar access and energy saving target. …”
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Hygienic quality of chlorinated city water stored in household tanks in Byblos, Lebanon. (c2004) by Abi Chedid, Najib

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Parallel Algorithm for Hardware Implementation of Inverse Halftoning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…It can provide at least 4 times decrease in lookup table size when compared with serial lookup table method implemented multiple times for same number of pixels.…”
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Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis by George Nitzburg (18614989)

“…In addition to highlighting severe long-term consequences, brief interventions could be restructured to highlight how increasing substance misuse can worsen discomfort from common medical symptoms in the short term, as well as how these worsening symptoms could exacerbate social embarrassment or decrease physical attractiveness.…”

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

“…However, for hydrophobic colloids, changes in solution chemistry significantly increase colloid retention where the colloid interaction become attractive with the increase in ionic strength and decrease in pH values. …”

The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior by AL HEBSI, AHMED

“…It was found that the public sector has shifted its framework towards greater customer satisfaction, which has led to an increase in the workload of the managers. …”
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Glycemic Index of commonly consumed Lebanese mixed meals and desserts by Daher, C. F.

“…Their blood glucose levels were measured every 15 min over 2 h following the test food consumption. …”
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