Evaluating impact of electrified vehicles on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions reduction in Lebanese driving conditions using onboard GPS survey by Mansour, Charbel

“…This growth is mainly attributed to the raise of daily passenger trips and the increase of car ownership. Moreover, this increase in mobility demand results in severe congestion, mostly in Greater Beirut Area (GBA), which leads to chaotic traffic conditions. …”
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Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Kamudoni, Penjani Rhoda

“…Intervention infants had greater birth length (P = 0.043) and abdominal circumference (P = 0.007) compared to controls, whereas other birth outcomes did not differ significantly. …”
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Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India by Lopes, Adrian

“…This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. …”
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Impact of Plant Life on Formaldehyde Levels in an Existing Office Setting In the UAE by AbuZayed, Isra Ibrahim

“…Recommendations for future research: 1) Conduct the research in a more controlled environment for optimized results. 2) Increase to plant / space ratio in order to achieve greater results.…”
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Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine by Debendra Muduli (20748758)

“…Furthermore, we have utilized seven Explainable AI methodologies: Vanilla Gradients (VG), Guided Backpropagation (GBP ), Integrated Gradients ( IG), Guided Integrated Gradients (GIG), SmoothGrad, Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (GCAM), and Guided Grad-CAM (GGCAM) for interpretability examination, aiding in the advancement of dependable and credible automation of healthcare detection of glaucoma.…”

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Pieter Francsois, Fouche

“…The methodological quality of the trials underwent assessment using the MASTER scale, and the meta-analysis applied the quality-effects method to adjust for methodological quality. ResultsSeven randomized controlled trials met the set criteria. …”
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Can Leadership-coaching Mind-set Substitute that of Crisis Management in Higher Education? by Chaika, Oksana

“…The term ‘crisis management’ includes the three stages, i.e. pre-crisis, crisis per se, and post-crisis management in higher education. …”
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Catalytic Transformation Of C-7-C9 Methyl Benzenes Over USY-Based FCC Zeolite Catalyst by Al-Khattaf, S

“…The sequence of reactivity of the three alkyl benzenes was found to decrease as the number of methyl group per benzene ring decreases, as follows: 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene > m-xylene > toluene. …”
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Sequential therapy in patients receiving Fluoroquinolones at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) by Homsi, Maria

“…While the mean time to switch was similar in the three groups, ciprofloxacin patients had a slightly longer duration of treatment at home. …”
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Journalism and media studies in Lebanon by Melki, Jad

“…The Q-analysis of 29 instructors revealed three groups of opinions towards journalism studies: one advocated a professional approach, one preferred a communication arts focus, and one pushed for a theoretical and research-intensive orientation. …”
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Thermo-economic analysis of an integrated solar power generation system using nanofluids by Alashkar, Adnan

“…After comparing the three modes of operation, it is established that the existence of a storage system leads to a higher power generation, and a lower LEC; however, the efficiency of the cycle drops. …”
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Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology of Double Crystalline PCL/PBS Blends Mixed with a Polycarbonate/MWCNTs Masterbatch by Thandi P. Gumede (18112762)

“…For the nanocomposites, three phases were formed: (i) The matrix (either PCL- or PBS-rich phase depending on the composition), (ii) dispersed polymer droplets of small size (either PCL- or PBS-rich phase depending on the composition), and (iii) dispersed aggregates of tens of micron sizes identified as PC/MWCNTs masterbatch. …”

The Effects of Local Aggregates on the Mechanical Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) by Obied, Michel

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Investigating the Food Waste Status in the Hospitality Sector of the Emirate of Dubai-UAE by Sadeh, Reham Zeyad

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Adsorption studies on the removal of coloring agent phenol red from wastewater using waste materials as adsorbents by K. Gupta, Vinod

“…Different thermodynamic parameters such as free energy, enthalpy, and entropy have been calculated and it was concluded that with the increase in temperature adsorption increases, indicating the endothermic nature of the process for both adsorbent materials. …”
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Corporate SDG adoption, share price synchronicity, and the role of incentive-compatible contracts in India by Sharma, Rajat

“…Using data from Indian firms, the analysis demonstrates that SDG adoption reduces share price synchronicity by enhancing stock market liquidity and attracting greater analyst coverage. The effect is stronger in non-state-owned firms and those with high institutional ownership. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The positive response to the population variable supports this conjecture for UN missions, because a greater population base provides the recruits for peacekeeping operations. …”
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Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for the UAE by ALSHAIKH, SHAIKHA AHMAD

“…Increased human populations, rapid economic developments, and climate change have driven many countries in the Middle East to suffer acute water shortages. …”
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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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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. …”