Exam scheduling algorithms. (c1999) by Mikati, Ziad

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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Reliability of high strain ionomeric polymer transducers fabricated using the direct assembly process by Akle, Barbar

“…Large voltage and large strain are proven to decrease the life of the transducer. Formamide based samples are stable for 3 days under a 1 V actuation signal, while they are only reliable for 3–4 h under a 2 V actuation signal. …”
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Evidence-based safety education and training for traffic injury prevention by Abbas Motevalian (338825)

“…Bicycle skill training for children and youth may increase their safety knowledge, but not necessarily improve their behavior or decrease their injury rates. …”

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)

“…Although there was a clear global decrease in the age-standardised death, and DALY rates, some countries experienced an increase in these rates. …”

The impact of green supply chain management practices on environmental performance during COVID-19 period: the case of discretionary companies in the G-20 countries by El Khoury, Rim

“…Findings Using a panel data regression and structural equation modeling (SEM), results indicate that discretionary firms with internal solid GSCM practices combined with external environmental monitoring of suppliers are likely to outperform their peers in environmental issues. Using hierarchical regression, results indicate that both ISO 9000 and S&QM have moderating effects at some level of performance. …”
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Tabu search based circuit optimization by Sait, Sadiq M.

“…Such a strategy leads to sizable circuit speed improvement with minimum increase in the overall circuit capacitance. Compared to earlier approaches, the presented technique produces circuits with remarkable increase in speed (greater than 20%) for very small increase in overall circuit capacitance (less than 3%)…”
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Cost-effectiveness of novel treatment of hepatitis C virus in Lebanese patients by Nasser, Soumana C.

“…Outcomes of early treatment with DAAs upon HCV diagnosis led to an incremental cost of 27,268 euro per QALY gained at first year of treatment, and of 1527 euro per additional life-year extended. Sensitivity analysis showed that a 25% decrease in the cost of dual drug option resulted in a decrease of incremental cost to 16,982 euro per QALY gained at first year of treatment with DAAs upon early HCV diagnosis. …”
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Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study by Spencer L James (8673927)

“…At the global level, the age-standardised mortality caused by fire, heat and hot substances significantly declined from 1990 to 2017, but regionally there was variability in age-standardised incidence with some regions experiencing an increase (eg, Southern Latin America) and others experiencing a significant decrease (eg, High-income North America).…”

The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana by Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

“…A distance gradient analysis indicates that as distance from the nearest toxic source increases, the mean percentage of blacks in the community decreases and the mean percentage of whites increases. …”
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A Comprehensive Method of Ion Exchange Resins Regeneration and Its Optimization for Water Treatment by Al-Asheh, Sameer

“…The strong acidic cation polymeric exchanger resin is commercially called MERCK 104765 cation exchanger IV with capacity greater than 3.2 mmol/ml, while the strong basic anion polymeric exchanger resin is commercially called MERCK 104767 anion exchanger III with capacities greater than 1.0 mmol/ml. …”
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Estimation of Virtual Trust on Driverless Cars using Type-1 Fuzzy logic by Mohamed Kayed Alhyasat, Khaled

“…Because they improve our daily life and also how they help us in various ways. They are also referred to as robotic automobiles. …”
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field by Lesèche, Guy

“…Radiation-induced accelerated atherosclerosis has been recognized for some time.1, 2, 3 and 4 Because of the prolonged survival of patients treated with radiation,5 the frequency of this long-term side effect is expected to increase. …”
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Daucus Carota oil extract, a chemotherapeutic agent, acts as an antidepressant that promotes resilience to chronic social defeat stress by Houbeika, Rouba

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Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from the UK by Maarraoui, Giorgio

“…This paper uses life satisfaction data to help the design of climate mitigation policies in the United Kingdom. …”
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Colloid retention and mobilization mechanisms under different physicochemical conditions in porous media: A micromodel study by Safna Nishad (16932474)

“…However, for hydrophobic colloids, changes in solution chemistry significantly increase colloid retention where the colloid interaction become attractive with the increase in ionic strength and decrease in pH values. …”

The Effects of New Public Management on Managers’ Work-Life Balance and Behavior by AL HEBSI, AHMED

“…It was found that the public sector has shifted its framework towards greater customer satisfaction, which has led to an increase in the workload of the managers. …”
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The Protective Effects of Daucus carota L. ssp. carota and Cannabis sativa L. Extracts against Cisplatin Induced Nephrotoxicity in Animal Models by Al Toufaily, Sahar

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Induction of Resistance to Fluconazole and Caspofungin in Candida glabrata Followed by Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization by Chedraoui, Christy Antonios

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE CYBERSECURITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR by Badi, Sulafa

“…With the twenty-first century called the golden age of digital transformation in the oil and gas sector, the increased connectivity of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) will generate new opportunities for organisations such as greater safety, reliability, and efficiency.…”
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