Business Continuity Management Maturity Model for Banks in UAE by Mahal, Ashish

“…According to a BCM survey conducted by KPMG (2006), same is the case with organizations in UAE, where only 20% of the organizations have an integrated organization-wide BCM. …”
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One-year experience of hybrid closed-loop system in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes previously treated with multiple daily injections: drivers to successful outcomes by Goran Petrovski (129836)

“…HbA1c decreased from 8.2 ± 1.4% (66 ± 15.3 mmol/mol) at baseline, to 6.7 ± 0.5% (50 ± 5.5 mmol/mol) at 3 months (p = 0.02) and remained stable to 7.1 ± 0.6 (54 ± 6.6 mmol/mol) at 12 months (p = 0.02). …”

Kinetics and thermodynamics of acoustic release of doxorubicin from non-stabilized polymeric micelles by Husseini, Ghaleb

“…The release and re-encapsulation of Dox into Pluronic® P105 micelles was measured by recording the fluorescence of a solution of 10 μg/ml Dox and 10 wt% P105 polymer in phosphate-buffered saline, during and after insonation by ultrasound at three temperatures (25 °C, 37 °C and 56 °C). …”
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Fracture Behavior of ASTM A633 steel plate specimens with edge crack at tensile test by Abi Shdid, Caesar

“…This paper evaluates the effect of crack length on the load-displacement curve and also fracture behavior of steel specimens is investigated after tensile tests. Results show that with crack length increasing, yield strength, the ultimate tensile strength, and fracture stress show a decreasing trend. …”
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Novel proteins implicated in lipid metabolism disorders by Nature Research (16552612)

“…After feeding, its expression is decreased, promoting the uptake of dietary lipids in fat tissue. …”

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

“…One of two frequencies with identical mechanical index and intensity was delivered for 15 min to one tumor immediately after systemic injection of micellar Dox. Pharmacokinetics in myocardium, liver, skeletal muscle, and tumors were measured for 1 week. …”
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Bulk passivation of perovskite films utilizing halide anion ionic liquids by Alashkar, Adnan

“…The decay of charge carriers within the perovskite film before and after passivation with ILs was measured by Time Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy (TRPL). …”
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A single-institution review of 157 patients presenting with benign and malignant tumors of the ampulla of Vater by Azar, Riad

“…For ampullary adenocarcinoma postoperative survival rates are rising. Recent series report 5-year postoperative survival rates of 53–68%.7 Successful endoscopic removal of high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, in situ tumors, and focal T1 cancers has been reported, but is not widely practiced.8, 9 and 10 For patients with slow-growing benign tumors, endoscopic resection is an attractive alternative with decreased cost and morbidity.11 and 12 Endoscopic papillectomy has a recurrence rate of 30% with 13.9% of endoscopically treated patients subsequently undergoing follow-up surgery. …”
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Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling by Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh

“…Even though initially, WTS decreased anxiety-like behaviors it was found that prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. …”
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Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe Torquato (14158845)

“…A step further is now required to determine whether these platform foundations should be converted to reefs after their decommissioning (i.e., Rigs to Reefs approach).…”

3D FEM Model on the Parameters’ Influence of EPB-TBM on Settlements of Single and Twin Metro Tunnels During Construction by Masoud Forsat (14158980)

“…By increasing the face pressure in the single tunnel, the place of maximum settlement moved back while the grout pressure is insignificant for decreasing the settlements. Furthermore, the influence of the clear distance in the twin tunnels led to zero after the length of 30 m. …”

Cost-benefit analysis for the installation of cogeneration CSP technology in Cyprus by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…The results indicate that the electricity unit cost or benefit for both cases of electricity purchasing tariff are decreased or increased with the increase of the capacity factor and the capacity size of the plant. …”
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Nonlinear Control of Brushless Dual-Fed Induction Generator With a Flywheel Energy Storage System for Improved System Performance by Mohammed Hamidat (3722086)

“…To optimize parameter tuning within the control system, the Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA) is applied, ensuring optimal performance of the proposed framework. After optimization, the SMC settling time was significantly reduced from 0.7 seconds to 19.97 milliseconds, achieving a 96.9% improvement in response speed, while its steady-state error decreased from 0.48 to 0.06, marking an 87.5% reduction in tracking error. …”

Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... by Saeid Safiri (3713035)

“…Age-standardised death rate decreased by 15.7% (8.6 to 21.0), during the period 1990–2019. …”

Understanding the phenomenon of saltwater intrusion sourced from desalination plants at coastal aquifers by Farhat Abbas (5480)

“…For the two-region model, dispersion coefficients were well defined and remained unchanged from the convective–diffusion equation for potassium ions but decreased for bromide ions. Retardation factors for bromide ions were approximately the same, but those for potassium ions, though > 1, were poorly defined. …”

Genetic Deletion of DNAJB3 Using CRISPR-Cas9, Produced Discordant Phenotypes by Shadi Nejat (19457212)

“…However, we did not observe the same changes in the other KO lines. Taken together, the phenotype of the DNAJB3 KO 47 mice was consistent with the metabolic changes and low levels of DNAJB3 reported in human subjects. …”

Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans by Kevin S. Chen (9201767)

“…Together with artificial intelligence-driven in silico and in vitro screening, this C. elegans model identified five compounds that reduced motor dysfunction induced by α-synuclein. …”

Towards the development of an integrated model for examining the determinants affecting the use of Queue Management Solutions in Healthcare by ALQUDAH, ADI AHMAD ALI

“…The patient’s journey was split into five stages: identification, wait to triage, triage process, wait to treatment, and treatment process. …”
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Effectiveness and specificity of a classroom-based group intervention in children and adolescents exposed to war in Lebanon by Dimassi, Hani

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness and specificity of a classroom-based psychosocial intervention after war. All students (n=2500) of six villages in Southern Lebanon designated as most heavily exposed to war received a classroom-based intervention delivered by teachers, consisting of cognitive-behavioural and stress inoculation training strategies. …”
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Phosphorus supplement alters postprandial lipemia of healthy male subjects by Bassil, Maya

“…Postprandial blood samples (~10 ml) were collected every hour for 6 hours after meal ingestion. Changes in different parameters were analyzed using a 2-factor repeated-measure ANOVA. …”
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