Why some firms export? An empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in the MENA region by Fakih, Ali

“…Also, they indicate that the propensity to export of these firms decreases with larger domestic market size. The empirical analysis reveals considerable variations in the effects of the determining factors when carrying out the estimation for individual countries.…”
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Genetic determinants of Vitamin D deficiency in the Middle Eastern Qatari population: a genome-wide association study by Nagham Nafiz Hendi (17064261)

“…Furthermore, our GWAS meta-analysis identified two novel variants at a known locus on chromosome 11, rs67609747 and rs1945603, that reached the GWAS significance threshold. …”

Assessing Key CE Strategies to Advance UAE Construction Circular Economy Practices by Wasef, Mark Moheb

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Optimization of Electric Vehicles Wireless Charging by Gesrou, Abdalla

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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

“…Although global age-standardised prevalence of smoking tobacco use decreased significantly between 1990 and 2019 (annualised rate of change: –1·21% [–1·26 to –1·16]), similar progress was not observed for chewing tobacco (0·46% [0·13 to 0·79]). …”

Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease by Asmaa, Al-mansouri

“…Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential analysis, including Mann – Whitney U test and two-way between groups analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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The anticancer effect of β-2 himachalen-6-ol from Lebanese wild carrot on human acute myeloid leukemia cells. (c2016) by Boulos, Joelle C.

“…Cell cycle analysis using flow cytometry revealed an increase in the sub-G1 population. …”
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Classification of Common Partial Discharge Types in Oil-Paper Insulation Using Acoustic Signals by Harbaji, Mustafa

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The pro-apoptotic effect of kefir in malignant T-lymphocytes involves a p53 dependent pathway by Rizk, Sandra

“…Results: Previous work in our lab has shown the anti-proliferative effect of kefir in both HTLV-1 negative as well as HTLV-1 positive leukemic cell lines with no significant cytotoxic effect on normal lymphocytes. …”
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Decomposition-based wind power forecasting models and their boundary issue: An in-depth review and comprehensive discussion on potential solutions by Yinsong Chen (16685508)

“…We first categorize decomposition-based models with the consideration of the boundary issue, wherein the treatment of the boundary issue varies over different hybrid model architectures (i.e., direct approach and multi-component approach) and decomposition techniques (i.e., empirical mode decomposition, variational mode decomposition, wavelet transform, singular spectrum analysis and hybrid decomposition). …”

ExoventQ: A Novel Low-Cost Portable Negative Pressure Ventilator Design and Implementation by Shahd Sameer Mohammed Gaben (14152416)

“…<p dir="ltr">The emergence of COVID-19 resulted in significant shortages of mechanical ventilators globally. …”

Waste-derived activated carbons for effective adsorptive removal of strontium, barium, and binary pollutants: A response surface methodology study by Shifa Zuhara (14150862)

“…A second-order polynomial regression equation was then developed to estimate the responses. The statistical significance of the independent variables and their interactions was assessed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with a 95 % confidence level (α = 0.05). …”

Optimum sizing of steam turbines for concentrated solar power plants by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…For capacity sizes of 10kWe up to 50MWe, the steam turbine efficiency increases and the steam turbine expected specific capital cost of the power block decreases at a high rate, whereas for larger sizes they remain almost constant. …”
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Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy by Fazle Rakib (5768069)

“…Our results revealed that the total lipid and total protein content decreased significantly in the hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus after brain injury. …”

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. …”

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. …”

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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A Cross-Sectional Study on the relation between Teachers' Organizational Commitment to Change and their Acceptance and Use of an LMS in the UAE Applied Technology High Schools by Ayoub, Shadi

“…The observed use of the LMS was significantly predicted by SRU. Then the study tested different moderation effects and found that gender is a significant moderator of the relationship between PE and BI while user type was a strong moderator of the association between FC and SRU. …”
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Which firms export? An empirical analysis for the manufacturing sector in the MENA region by Fakih, Ali

“…Also, they indicate that firms’ propensity to export decreases with larger domestic market size. The empirical analysis reveals considerable heterogeneity in the implications of firm characteristics for firms’ export behaviour through firm size categories and across MENA countries. …”
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Seventy‐year disruption of seasons characteristics in the Arabian Peninsula by Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

“…These data were analysed using two multivariate statistical methods: principal component analysis and cluster analysis. The results show that the characteristics of the four seasons differ from conventionally defined seasons. …”