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Risk at the margins
Published 2019“…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
Published 2023“…<p>Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …”
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Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare
Published 2013“…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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Positron annihilation doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubber polymers
Published 1999“…This behavior can be understood as due to a combination of reduction in positronium formation as carbon black is added to the polymer, and the decrease in positron annihilation with valence electrons in the sample as the amount of carbon black-polymer links are increased. …”
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Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Published 2023“…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>…”
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Disrupted harvests: how Ukraine – Russia war influences global food systems – a systematic review
Published 2024“…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. …”
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A 5-year trend in the use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other oral antidiabetic drugs in a Middle Eastern country
Published 2022“…Among SGLT2is, empagliflozin prescriptions showed an increase from 537 (10.65%) to 2881 (34.40%) compared to dapagliflozin, which decreased by the end of 2018 from 4505 (89.35%) to 5494 (65.6%).…”
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The performance of banks in post-war Lebanon
Published 2004“…Although we find that Lebanese banks are profitable, most of them had accounting return on assets (ROA) greater than one percent over most of our test period, they are not as profitable as a control group of banks from five other countries located in the Middle East. …”
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A review of cleaner alternative fuels for maritime transportation
Published 2021“…<p>Environmental regulations have always been an essential component in the natural gas supply chain, with recent and greater emphasis on shipping operations. Recently more stringent regulations have been imposed by the International Maritime Organization on global maritime shipping operations. …”
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Insight into Faculty Open Access Perceptions: A Quantitative Analysis among UAE Faculty
Published 2022“…While there is a variety of extant literature broaching these perceptions, there are few quantitative analyses with an n greater than 100 respondents, and a notable lack of research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …”
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Arab women: No longer silent, but can they guarantee rights for themselves
Published 2012“…I will then discuss how political upheaval in the Arab region demonstrates a greater need for women/gender recognition and study. …”
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Targeting Breast Cancer Using Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated Liposomes Triggered with Ultrasound
Published 2021“…These modifications allow nannocarriers to achieve greater targeting specificity through binding to specific receptors overexpressed on the surface of the tumor cells. …”
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THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN K-12 EDUCATION
Published 2022“…The study found that technology-based assessments boost students' adherence to learning, boost their motivation for learning, increase their self-regulation, lower costs for schools, and promote greater equity for the student learning process. …”
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Improving the effectiveness of public sector organizations to manage change
Published 2008“…More so manage change effectively so as to increase the competitiveness of the states; else the increased diversification and ambitious growth strategies pursued by states can be rendered futile. …”
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Application of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> magnetite nanoparticles grafted in silica (SiO<sub>2</sub>) for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions
Published 2021“…Using an MD<sub>dose</sub> as low as 10 mg/L attained a %<sub>hdem</sub> in the range of 93% - 4.3% for O/W mixtures with C<sub>oil</sub> < 2000 mg/L, which slightly decreased to ~90% for higher concentrations. The reported %R<sub>oil </sub>(p-value <0.05) was >90 ± 0.1 for tests carried out with pH 7 and C<sub>sur </sub>0.1 g/L and declined at higher pH and Csur to % 86.5 due to the increase in emulsion stability. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series
Published 2024“…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …”
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SynergyGrids: blockchain-supported distributed microgrid energy trading
Published 2022“…The trading system shows 17.8% decrease in energy cost for consumers and 76.4% decrease in load over utility grids when compared with its counterparts.…”
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Unsustainability in emergent systems
Published 2017“…In this paper we present a detailed case study of the passenger road transport system in the Greater Beirut Area (GBA) where we identify the root causes of the major problems facing the system today and over the long-term. …”
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