Engaging with readers: Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the use of pronouns in building reader-writer relationships by Debra, Myhill

“…Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …”
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A new quadratic asymmetric error correction model: does size matter? by Ayman Mnasri (16932486)

“…Although our estimation of the Okun’s Law for the USA confirms previous findings on the direction of the sign asymmetry, its reveals that the magnitude of the impact of economic downturns on unemployment decreases faster than the impact of upturns. Forecasting results show that our new model performs better than NARDL.…”

The effect of graphene structural integrity on the power factor of tin selenide nanocomposite by Manal Alsalama (17316895)

“…The calculated power factor increases with the addition of graphene and with increasing graphene milling time. …”

Reinforcement R-learning model for time scheduling of on-demand fog placement by Farhat, Peter

“…Nevertheless, taking a real-life scenario, the cloud might limit the number of fogs to place for minimizing the complexity of monitoring a large number of fogs and cost for volunteers that do not offer their resources for free. This implies choosing the right time and best volunteer to create a fog which the cloud can benefit from is essential. …”
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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.…”

The Influence of Performance Management Feedback on Employee Performance: The Moderating Role of Organizational Justice and its Dimensions (Procedural, Distributive, Interactional) by Maaz, Fatima

“…In modern organizations, providing feedback is critical for increasing employee performance; nevertheless, little is known about how performance management feedback quality influences employee performance. …”
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Traffic safety outcomes of traffic law application and the adoption of new technology in traffic control by Hassan Younis Salman (19774620)

“…This comprehensive plan granted greater attention to developing the infrastructure and providing the necessary facilities. …”

Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis by Charbel Abi Khalil (14150028)

“…Additionally, self-expandable valves were associated with a higher decrease in gradient than balloon ones (beta = 0.38; 95% CI [0.12–0.64]). …”

Effect of COVID-19 on the Generation of Waste in Marrakech, Morocco by Abdellah Ouigmane (18460623)

“…</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.…”

Characteristics and health implications of fine particulate matter near urban road site in Islamabad, Pakistan by Sabir Hussain (1332675)

“…Additionally, the average concentration of bacteria (308.64 CFU/m³) was notably greater than that of fungi (203.55 CFU/m³) throughout the study. …”

Con-Detect: Detecting Adversarially Perturbed Natural Language Inputs to Deep Classifiers Through Holistic Analysis by Hassan Ali (3348749)

“…Even in the worst case, we note a 100% increase in the required number of queries and a 50% increase in the number of words perturbed, suggesting that Con-Detect is hard to evade. …”

Durability of the bond between CFRP plates and concrete exposed to harsh environment by Al-Tamimi, Adil

“…It was observed that the specimens exposed to the sun and saline environments experienced an increase in both the bond strength and attained peak loads because exposure of the adhesive to elevated temperature increased the bond because of greater polymer crosslinking, thus creating complex interactions in the polymer matrix. …”
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Con-Detect: Detecting adversarially perturbed natural language inputs to deep classifiers through holistic analysis by Hassan, Ali

“…Even in the worst case, we note a 100% increase in the required number of queries and a 50% increase in the number of words perturbed, suggesting that Con-Detect is hard to evade.…”
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field by Lesèche, Guy

“…Follow-up duplex scans showed asymptomatic recurrent stenosis greater than 60% in 3 patients, 2 of whom with stenosis greater than 80% underwent repeat operation. …”
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Risk at the margins by Pollock, William

“…In light of these issues, we quantitatively assess the landslide risk profile of Lebanon, finding a 75% increase in landslide risk since the start of the Syrian crisis. …”
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Engaging with readers: Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the use of pronouns in building reader-writer relationships by Debra Myhill (12042048)

“…<p>Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …”

Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare by Gahramanov, Emin

“…In general equilibrium, however, such time inconsistent behavior with survival misperception is conducive to aggregate capital accumulation and greater equilibrium bequest income. The latter effects can produce substantial welfare gains. …”
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Technical assessment of different extraction methods and transcriptome profiling of RNA isolated from small volumes of blood by Mahesh Kumar Reddy Kalikiri (17886695)

“…The samples isolated manually displayed a higher variability in the transcriptomic data as compared to the other samples. The TURBO DNA Free treatment affected the RNA samples negatively, decreasing the RNA yield and reducing the quality and reproducibility of the transcriptomic data. …”

Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis by Mohamed Said Ghali (16810713)

“…In addition, AAS is found to decrease the need for radiological images and NA rate more than Alvarado</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Surgery Open Science<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sopen.2023.07.007" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sopen.2023.07.007</a></p>…”

Disrupted harvests: how Ukraine – Russia war influences global food systems – a systematic review by Hamid El Bilali (15864930)

“…The decrease in food availability led to increased food prices and inflation, which, combined with the disruption of agri-food trade, markets, and supply chains, affected food access, especially for the poor and vulnerable people and groups. …”