Modulation of Chronic Stress Outcomes by Dietary Sweeteners: A Comparative Study of Sucrose and Aspartame in Mice by Akil, Shaymaa

“…Body fat and serum corticosterone were measured at multiple time points. Behavioral tests for anxiety, sociability, and cognition were conducted in the final week. …”
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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. …”

Project Portfolio Management for Successful Major IT Projects in Global Telecommunication Organization by Rubaiya Salem, Shamim

“…The research indicated that these factors like scope, time and cost of a project are not enough to control IT projects and obtain the expected result. …”
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Building roads with dynamic pricing to address congestion in Beirut, Lebanon by El Khoury, John

“…Home to approximately one third of the total country’s population, the greater Beirut area is plagued by extended hours of congestion. …”
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D 2IA: User-defined interval analytics on distributed streams by Awad, Ahmed

“…In most of the cases, data items and events are considered instantaneous, i.e., they are single time points in a discrete temporal domain. Nevertheless, a point-based time semantics does not satisfy the requirements of a number of use-cases. …”
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1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Transformation Reaction Compared With Its Transalkylation Reaction With Toluene Over USY Zeolite by Al-Khattaf, H

“…Kinetic parameters for the 1,2,4-TMB disappearance during the transalkylation reaction and in its conversion into isomerization and disproportionation products were calculated using the catalyst activity decay function based on time on stream (TOS). The apparent activation energies were found to decrease as follows: E-transalkylation > E-isomerization > E-disproportionation.…”
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The impact of technological innovation on organizations, work environment and personal lives by Beyrouti, Nouri

“…They are infiltrating every facet of our lives and adopting an increasingly organic quality as they become, literarily, part of us, rather than something "out-there", as they have been through out human history. …”
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Hybrid effect of carbon nanotubes and polypropylene microfibers on fire resistance, thermal characteristics and microstructure of cementitious composites by Mohammad R. Irshidat (8047913)

“…The improvement was less significant in the case of exposure temperatures greater than melting point of the fibers. Thermal conductivity of cement mortar is increased by the addition of the CNTs but not the PP fibers for all heating levels. …”

Thermodynamic analysis of models used in hydrogen production by geothermal energy by Kanoglu, Mehmet

“…The results show that as the temperature of geothermal water increases the amount of hydrogen production increases. …”
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Ultrasound-responsive Nanocarriers in Cancer Treatment: a review by Awad, Nahid S.

“…Using smart nanocarriers, the rate of release of the entrapped therapeutic(s) can be increased, and greater exposure of the tumor cells to the therapeutics can be achieved when the nanocarriers are exposed to certain internally (enzymes, pH and temperature) or externally applied (light, magnetic field, and ultrasound) stimuli that trigger the release of their load in a safe and controlled manner, spatially and temporally. …”
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OSRA Grant Cycle 5 Public Reports : Project Title: Coping with prenatal bereavement and perceived stress in current pregnancy: correlates to parental perception of the child and bo... by Pia Tohme Khalaf (17425551)

“…The couple's relationship quality also plays a significant role, with secure romantic attachment positively influencing prenatal attachment and promoting resilience in times of stress, while avoidant or anxious romantic attachment can lead to lower prenatal bonding and increased pregnancy-related worries.…”

Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Although the global age-standardised incidence rate of appendicitis has steadily decreased between 1990 and 2021, almost half of GBD regions saw an increase of greater than 10% in their age-standardised incidence rates. …”
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Pharmacological evaluation of aqueous extract of Althaea officinalis flower grown in Lebanon by Hage-Sleiman, Rouba

“…Increasing the dose to 500 mg/kg body weight caused a significant decrease in stool water content. No adverse effect on liver enzymes was observed. …”
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Modification of glucocorticoid effects on body weight gain, plasma lipids by changes in diet composition by Bouclaous, Carmel

“…All groups showed a decrease in relative intestinal absorption with time. …”
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The antioxidant and anticancer effects of Wild Carrot oil extract by Shebaby, Wassim Nasri

“…Also, DCOE demonstrated a significant increase in cell death and decrease in cell proliferation. The effect of DCOE on the cell lines exhibited time and dose-dependent responses. …”
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Modeling circadian clock–cell cycle interaction effects on cell population growth rates by El Khatib, N.

“…Particularly, we show that Cry 1, Cry 2 mutations decrease the growth rate of cells, Per 2 mutation enhances it and Bmal 1 knockout increases it for autonomous periods of the cell cycle less than 21 h and decreases it elsewhere. …”
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Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…Consanguinity, the marriage between relatives, has been associated with adverse child health outcomes because it increases homozygosity of recessive alleles. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of consanguinity on the birth weight of newborns in Greater Beirut, Lebanon. …”
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Designing constructed wetlands for reclamation of pretreated wastewater and stormwater by Tao, Wendong

“…Wastewater reclamation is getting greater attention as an alternative to conventional approaches to wastewater treatment and water supply due to increasing water stress coupled with more stringent water quality limitation for discharge of treated wastewater. …”
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The antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effect of kefir on human leukemic cell lines. (c2008) by Maalouf, Katia E.

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Successful Use of Intravenous B-blocker Therapy in Cardiogenic Shock Supported With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Series by Alaa Rahhal (14150403)

“…<p dir="ltr">Tachycardia in cardiogenic shock (CS) might reduce the cardiac output (CO) by decreasing the ventricular filling time. Nevertheless, heart rate (HR) control with agents that possess negative inotropy might decrease the CO. …”