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]). …”

High open-circuit voltage in wide-bandgap bromide perovskite solar cells: the role of hole transport materials by Mohammad Istiaque Hossain (17944964)

“…These results underscore the potential of bromide-based perovskites for high-voltage photovoltaic applications and emphasize the critical role of HTM selection in optimizing device performance.…”

Dynamic Hybrid Cross-Docking Model with Multiple Truck Types by Holla, Sitara

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How does diabetes mellitus impact on the prognosis of dental implants? by Gabriele Baniulyte (17885981)

“…<h3>Data sources</h3><p dir="ltr">Web of Science, Embase, PubMed and Cochrane Library databases were searched for publications up to August 2021.</p><h3>Study selection</h3><p dir="ltr">The study noted clear inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”

A geographic information system method to generate long term regional solar radiation resource maps: enhancing decision-making by Sachin Jain (19161721)

“…<p dir="ltr">A long-term regional solar energy assessment improves decision-making processes for the selection of the best solar energy technology and helps understand how to define focused policies and investments. …”

A Survey of Deep Learning Approaches for the Monitoring and Classification of Seagrass by Uzma Nawaz (21980708)

“…Deep learning approaches have made significant progress in digital image processing, particularly in object recognition and classification, and are among the most popular computer vision tools. …”

Project manager perceptions factors influencing the delivery of successful innovation in construction projects by DIAB, MOHAMED EL SAYED

“…The main findings show that there is an influence of project manager perceptions factors on delivering successful innovation at a construction project level with evidence that his leadership, capabilities/competences, personality traits, and skills (non-engineering skills) are relatively important for the significance influence. Based on this influence, construction organisations need to adopt an innovation policy, a culture for innovation, and innovation diffusion methods which concentrate more on the characteristics of the project manager’s job and his ability to contribute or assess delivering successful innovation at project level to increase the possibilities of his influence to innovation. …”
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Assessing left ventricular systolic function by emergency physician using point of care echocardiography compared to expert: systematic review and meta-analysis by Bilal Albaroudi (16122219)

“…Twelve studies were included (1131 patients, 1229 scans and 159 clinician sonographers). Significant heterogeneity was identified in patient selection, methods of assessment of LVSF, reference standards and statistical methods for assessing agreement. …”

Genetic and heuristic algorithms for regrouping service sites. (c2000) by Tabbara, Hiba

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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. …”

Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Factors and Whole-Genome Characterization of Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella aerogenes isolated from hospitals in Lebanon by Ghafari, Patricia

“…Co-selection of resistance and virulence characteristics could have provided a selective advantage. …”
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Electric Vehicle Batteries’ Lifecycle Management by Salem, AbdulRahman

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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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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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Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by Di Sandro, S.

“…Patients and Methods Among 179 patients who underwent OLT from January 2000 to December 2007, 25 (13.9%) received LDLT with HCC 154 (86.1%) received DDLT. Patients were selected based on the Milan criteria. Transarterial chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, percutaneous alcoholization, or liver resection was applied as a downstaging procedure while on the waiting list. …”
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Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication by Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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Evaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis and factors affecting the incidence of surgical site infections in cardiac surgery at a tertiary medical center in Lebanon. (c2004) by Khatib, Zein Ahmad El-

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