Can Geneva Survive Astana? by Tutkal, Ferhat

“…By the initiation of the Astana process, the UN lost its monopoly in peacemaking, and its legitimacy as a mediator started to decrease gradually. Eventually, the UN's peacemaking in Syria became paralyzed, and UN mediation passed the point of credibility. …”
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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System Towards Smart Landscaping in UAE by Al Sulaimani, Fatma

“…In the GCC region, water is becoming a threat to the impact of climate change and the lack of water resources. The main source of water is mostly desalination plants. …”
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Utilizing Blockchain Technology in the UAE’s Construction Industry: Contract Administration and Management of Disputes and Claims by ALJEWAIR, TAMIM SALEH

“…However, due to the large number of participants in single construction projects, the centralisation of authority, poor contract administration, lack of database and system interoperability, the construction industry has been unable to digitise, leading to delays and cost overruns, and disputes. …”
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Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Oil and Gas Construction Industry by FANOUSSE, MARWA IMAD

“…With regard to design, the contractor’s need to decrease construction costs through a cheaper design was found to be a factor in design changes. …”
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What drives cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes: Coin versus market factors? by Lanouar Charfeddine (10705000)

“…These include lower market capitalization, lower trading volume, greater social media popularity, increased developer activity, and fewer exchanges trading them. …”

Grid electricity demand reduction through applying passive and active strategies for a house in Baghdad, Iraq by Al-Badri, Nadia Rashid

“…The research found that the use of Solar DHW is not worth comparing with the lack of PV energy production that is caused especially in hot climates. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

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Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students by Grey, Ian

“…However, disparities and lack of focus in existing social and behavioural science curricula may mitigate against the prioritization of this skill being established.…”
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Solar water heating in Lebanon by Houri, Ahmad

“…The domestic sector, which is a main energy-consuming sector, stands to benefit the most from the implementation of such systems. Despite the lack of encouraging legislation, the solar thermal market has been continuously growing over the past decade. …”
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Writing and publishing language studies in the Arab region [Khitabaat Journal] by Emad Abdul-latif (21841985)

“…Klein starts from an implicit assumption that writing and reading are individual activities and suggests that (individual) writers must decrease their production to enable their (individual) readers to read it. …”

Exploring the potential of applying Sustainable Retrofitting Policies & Regulations for existing low-rise small-scale Residential Buildings (Villas) in Dubai, UAE by Albedwawi, Khulood

“…Green retrofit for existing buildings has now become as one of the effective options to decrease energy consumption worldwide. It is crucial to develop sustainable retrofitting policies and regulations for the existing old villas since there is lack of regulations to retrofit old existing low scale residential buildings like villas in Dubai. …”
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Distribution and predictors of emergency department charges by Dimassi, Hani

“…Results: Findings revealed that the professional fee (40.9 %) followed by facility fee (26.1 %) accounted for the majority of the ED charges. While greater than 80 % of visit charges went to physician and facility fee for low acuity cases, these contributed to only 52 and 54 % of the high acuity presentations where ancillary services and solutions’ contribution to the total charges increased. …”
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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System towards Smart landscaping in UAE by ALSULAIMANI, FATMA

“…In the GCC region, water is becoming a threat with the impact of climate change and the lack of water resources. The main source of water is mostly desalination plants. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna Thomas (17337925)

Targeting arginine auxotrophy in pancreatic cancer cells using human recombinant arginase I-induced arginine deprivation. (c2017) by Khalil, Nathalie

“…Additionally, all five PC cell lines stained negative for annexin V and showed the lack of caspase activation following 24 and 48 hours of arginine deprivation. …”
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Combined bronchodilators (tiotropium plus olodaterol) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Ramadan, Wijdan H.

“…The combination of olodaterol and tiotropium provided additional improvements in lung function greater than monotherapy with each drug alone. Several well-designed randomized trials confirmed that the synergistic effect of both drugs in combination was able to improve lung function and health-related quality of life without a significant increase in adverse effects. …”
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Evaluating impact of electrified vehicles on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions reduction in Lebanese driving conditions using onboard GPS survey by Mansour, Charbel

“…This growth is mainly attributed to the raise of daily passenger trips and the increase of car ownership. Moreover, this increase in mobility demand results in severe congestion, mostly in Greater Beirut Area (GBA), which leads to chaotic traffic conditions. …”
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Rebound effects undermine carbon footprint reduction potential of autonomous electric vehicles by Nuri C. Onat (14779093)

“…<p dir="ltr">Autonomous vehicles offer greater passenger convenience and improved fuel efficiency. …”

Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Kamudoni, Penjani Rhoda

“…Intervention infants had greater birth length (P = 0.043) and abdominal circumference (P = 0.007) compared to controls, whereas other birth outcomes did not differ significantly. …”
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Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India by Lopes, Adrian

“…This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. …”
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