Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer by Abdalla, Eddie

“…Results There were 219 patients in the early era and 109 in the late era. …”
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Empiric antibiotic therapy of community-acquired Pneumonia at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) by Cherfan, Antoine

“…Outcome variables evaluated were the length of stay, success or failure of therapy. …”
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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Monica Zolezzi (10115698)

“…Results: Of 346 patients included in the cohort, 196 (56.6%) had their smoking status documented, of which 72 (36.7%) were “currently smoking.” Significantly more males than females were “current smokers” (62.9% versus 15.0%, respectively, p < 0.001). …”

Competition, regulation, and systemic risk in dual banking systems by Indria Ernaningsih (17871056)

“…Our results also reveal a non-linear relationship between competition and systemic risk. Specifically, greater competition leads to increased systemic stability, but beyond a certain threshold, higher competition exacerbates banks' systemic risk. …”

Catalytic Transformation Of C-7-C9 Methyl Benzenes Over USY-Based FCC Zeolite Catalyst by Al-Khattaf, S

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Priority-Driven Area Optimization in High-Level Synthesis by Abi Saad, Maria

“…The simulation environment "Eridanus" has been developed in order to support implementation and testing. Several benchmarks were tested and the numerical results consisting of the execution time along with the best solution were recorded to illustrate the performance of the proposed technique. …”
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Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students by Grey, Ian

“…This study investigates the effects of a three-week student project where students selected a healthbehaviour and implemented a self-management program to increase or decrease that behavior. Behaviours were (1) smoking reduction, (2) caffeine reduction, (3) reduction in consumption of saturated fats, (4) increasing physical activity and (5) increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables. 121 first year medical students conducted a seven day baseline assessment of the selected behavior. …”
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Efficient area optimization in high level synthesis using priority-driven simulated annealing. (c2009) by Abi Saad, Maria

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Tragopogon porrifolius improves serum lipid profile and increases short-term satiety in rats by Zeeni, Nadine

“…Body weight, food intake and intra-abdominal fat were also lower in animals given the plant extract (100 and 250 mg/kg). …”
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Exploring the potential of applying Sustainable Retrofitting Policies & Regulations for existing low-rise small-scale Residential Buildings (Villas) in Dubai, UAE by Albedwawi, Khulood

“…The highest energy savings were achieved from changing the AC set point 5.61%. …”
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Exploring the dynamics of algae-associated microbiome during the scale-up process of Tetraselmis sp. microalgae: A metagenomics approach by Hoda, Hosseini

“…Microbial profiling of each successive stage revealed lower abundance of eukaryotic organisms, whereas bacterial abundance increased notably resulting in a significant decrease in Tetraselmis sp. abundance. Furthermore, several bacteria with algae growth-promoting properties were found throughout the various culture stages including Balneola, Roseovarius, and Marinobacter. …”
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Global imbalances by El Kallab, Tania

“…We show that the increase in US consumption would indeed cause a rise in capital ows towards the US (fact 1), but interest rates would rise rather than decrease (fact 2), and the share of american assets in global portfolios would not be a ected (fact 3).…”
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Confinement Effectiveness in Rectangular Concrete Columns with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Wraps by Tabbara, Mazen

“…Rectangular and square cross sections of variable corner radii were investigated with reference to a circular cross section. …”
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Revealing the Adoption Factors of Electric Vehicles in Dubai by BIN HUMAID, HUDA

“…Hence, it is critical to consider public views regarding environmental concerns in the transportation industry. There were many factors related to the adoption of EVs, and this study specifically investigates the impact of economic factors, performance, and charging infrastructure on the willingness to adopt EVs. …”
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A Cross-cultural study of pragmatically requestive speech act realization patterns by Elsayed, Elsayed Mahmoud

“…It also looks at the types of politeness strategies, which could increase or decrease the degree of the imposion on the hearer(s), employed by the two groups in terms of the aforementioned sociolinguistic variables. …”
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Coping strategies, optimism, and resilience factors associated with mental health outcomes among medical residents exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 in Qatar by Malek Smida (14777104)

“…The coping mechanisms were assessed with the Brief-COPE, and resilience was measured by the Brief Resilience Scale.…”

Hemodynamics of small aneurysm pairs at the internal carotid artery by Jou, Liang-Der

“…The maximum wall shear stress increases for serial aneurysms, but decreases for parallel aneurysms. …”
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Alterations in blood Lipoprotein & Apolipoprotein B profile induced by moderate acute & chronic alcohol intake in the rat model. (c2002) by Berberi, Rania

“…In the two months chronic study, TAG, cholesterol and phospholipid concentrations were slightly increased in the chylomicron fractions of both beer and whisky groups while apo B48 concentrations were significantly increased in both groups relative to control. …”
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COVID-19 biomarkers for severity mapped to polycystic ovary syndrome by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…However, it is observed that in metabolic conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome expressed proteins differ compared to control women [2] and PCOS patients have increased platelet aggregation and decreased plasma fibrinolytic activity, resulting in a prothrombotic propensity [3, 4], with elevated coagulation markers [5]. …”

The Impact of Perceived Economic Threat on Turnover Intentions in Lebanese Universities by Moukalled, Lara

“…SPSS was used to analyze the collected data. Participants were informed of the anonymity of the study and were provided with a detailed consent form. …”
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