Digital Twin in the construction industry characteristics, benefits, and challenges by Sibaa, Noora

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Insulin detemir in combination with oral antidiabetic drugs improves glycemic control in persons with type 2 diabetes in Near East countrie by Echtay, Akram

“…The percentage of persons who achieved the target of HbA1c<7% increased from .7% at baseline to 39% at week 24. Mean FPG decreased significantly from 213.7 ± 60.1 mg/dL to 120.3 ± 25.7 mg/dL (P<.001), and mean PPG from 271 ± 65.3 mg/dL to 158.1 ± 36.4 mg/dL (P<.0001). …”
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Study of the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Changes on local climate in Six Mega Global Cities in the 21st Century by Sabobeh, Lara Ali

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The Impact of Building Orientation, Opening to Wall Ratio, Aspect Ratio and Envelope Materials on Buildings Energy Consumption in the Tropics by Ayyad, Tareq Maher

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Impact of the fear of Covid-19 infection on intent to breastfeed; a cross sectional survey of a perinatal population in Qatar by Shuja Mohd Reagu (12051406)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">The rates of Obsessive–compulsive symptoms were increased and the rates of intent to breastfeed were decreased when compared with pre pandemic rates. The obsessive–compulsive symptoms and the intent to not breastfeed were significantly associated with fear of infection to the new-born. …”

An Infrastructure-Assisted Crowdsensing Approach for On-Demand Traffic Condition Estimation by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…The proposed solution was validated through a combination of prototyping and simulated traffic traces, and the results show a significant reduction in terms of resources' consumption and network overhead, while reaching high accuracy for the traffic condition estimation.…”
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Prefabrication versus Conventional Construction in UAE’s Construction Industry by Okodi-Iyah, Edima YuYu

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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…Consequently, the purposes of this study are: 1) Present a summary of the most significant changes and framework of corporate governance of firms in developing/emerging countries. 2) Provide a summary of the most significant developments in Lebanon concerning corporate governance, including disclosure and framework. 3) Assess the outcomes obtained on the level of corporate governance disclosure practices and scores among 30 of the leading enterprises in Lebanon. …”
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Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…This over shading reduces the air temperature by 1.1 ͦ C within the canyon and directly reduces the conduction heat gain through the buildings envelop. …”
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Modeling the influence of daily temperature and precipitation extreme indices on vegetation dynamics in Katsina State using statistical downscaling model (SDM) by Mohammad, Hadi Ahmad

“…Climate change significantly impacts local, regional, and global vegetation changes. …”
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Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Oil and Gas Construction Industry by FANOUSSE, MARWA IMAD

“…With regard to design, the contractor’s need to decrease construction costs through a cheaper design was found to be a factor in design changes. …”
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Pulpotomy for treating primary molars with clinical symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis: A prospective single-arm pilot study by Nebu Philip (14779318)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Intra-group analysis of VAS pain scores revealed significant pain reduction 24-h and 7-d after the pulpotomy treatment procedure. …”

Rising mortality related to cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer amongst older men across the United States by Abdul Ahad (545575)

“…<h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">There is a significant association between cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and prostate cancer (PCa), leading to high mortality. …”

Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors by Noura Aldous (15429873)

“…Upon differentiating iPSCs lacking RFX6 into pancreatic islets, a significant decrease in PDX1 expression at the PF stage was observed, although this did not affect PPs co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6.1. …”

A Principal-Agent Approach for the Effective Design of a Renewable Energy Incentive for a Heavily Subsidized Residential Sector: The Case of Qatar by Sikandar Abdul Qadir (17947799)

“…The study quantifies the potential impact of the policy over a period of five years and estimates that 495 GWh of electricity could be saved, resulting in a significant reduction of 203,710 Tons of CO2e emissions. …”

Does trade openness mitigate environmental degradation in Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries? Implications for achieving sustainable developmen... by Karim Barkat (17823665)

“…Our findings suggest that as income levels rise, the indirect effect gradually outweighs the direct effect, leading to a significant reduction in long‐term CO₂ emissions in OECD countries.…”

The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France by Harakeh, Mostafa

“…Accordingly, we find that, following IFRS adoption, earnings management activities decrease among high-divergence firms prior to issuing SEOs. …”
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Antibacterial Properties of Polysulfone Membranes Blended with Arabic Gum by Souhir Sabri (9553808)

“…These changes were due to the amphiphilic properties of AG macromolecules that contained negatively charged hydrophilic residues. …”

Assessing the recyclability of spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst for sustainable dry reforming of methane by Ahmed Abotaleb (9596108)

“…<p dir="ltr">Spent catalysts are a significant source of metal-containing waste, and their disposal can pose environmental and economic challenges. …”

Explainable machine learning model and reliability analysis for flexural capacity prediction of RC beams strengthened in flexure with FRCM by Tadesse G. Wakjira (14779165)

“…The predicted flexural and load capacities of the beams based on the existing analytical models are highly scattered and either over-conservative or unsafe. A unified SHapley Additive exPlanations approach is employed to explain the output of the best ML model and identify the most significant input features and interactions that influence the capacity of FRCM-strengthened RC beams in flexure. …”