Second-law-based performance evaluation of cooling towers and evaporative heat exchangers by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

“…Furthermore, it is understood that the variation in the dead state does not significantly affect the overall efficiency of the system. © 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. …”
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Semi-supervised Clustering of Facial Expressions by Jalal, Ahsan

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Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon by Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

“…Statistical analysis of the data revealed significant differences in water quality. The differences could be attributed to the fact that whereas the Qaraaoun reservoir is receiving domestic waste discharges that lead to an increase in the CO2 content and a pH decrease, the Nahr-Ibrahim River is influenced by agricultural runoffs and industrial discharges that increase the pH values. …”
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Brain Connectivity Analysis Under Semantic Vigilance and Enhanced Mental States by Yahya, Fares

“…BRMUS factors, such as fatigue, depression, and anger, significantly decrease in the enhancement group compared to vigilance group. …”
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Patterns and distribution of de novo mutations in multiplex Middle Eastern families by Muhammad Kohailan (748774)

“…Additionally, we found that Middle-Eastern families with Arab ancestry had fewer DNMs than African families, although not significant (p value = 0.16). Finally, for families with diseased probands, we examined the difference in DNM counts and putative impact across affected and unaffected siblings, but did not find significant differences between disease groups, likely owing to the enrichment for recessive disorders in this part of the world, or the small sample size per clinical condition. …”

Frugal innovation for sustainable rural development by Mokter Hossain (14634969)

“…This study, therefore, aims to address this gap by examining how frugal innovation can contribute to sustainable development in rural areas. …”

Evaluating the impact of the Minimization of Aggression and Violence (MoAV) intervention on mechanical restraint use in Qatar's acute mental health setting by Ananth Nazarene (21239912)

“…The percentage of restrained patients decreased from 25 % to 4 %, p = (<0.001). The mean duration of restraint incidents slightly increased from 59.1 min in 2016 to 61.3 min in 2021, though this change was not statistically significant. …”

The clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with pulmonary hypertension in association with hyperthyroid state: A systematic review by Fateen Ata (12217764)

“…Various etiologies and treatments did not have any significant differences in the outcome of PHTN.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">PHTN can be present at the initial diagnosis of HTH, which is associated with better outcomes of PHTN. …”

Evaluating the Impact of Debate on Student Personal Epistemologies: Addressing Historical and Pedagogical Concerns by Manuele De Conti (22590398)

“…The findings revealed no significant differences in relativism or superficiality between the groups, challenging historical critiques, suggesting that debate does not promote relativistic or oversimplified thinking. …”

Giving anaemic cardiac surgery patients a better chance by Nature Research (16552612)

“…There was, however, a significant difference between the two groups in terms of mortality. …”

The safety of outpatient total shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abdulaziz F. Ahmed (14150082)

“…However, subgroup analyses demonstrated that there were no significant differences in all complication if the studies had matched controls and regardless of data source (database or nondatabase studies). …”

Hypospadias Reconstruction Training: Development of an Ex-Vivo Model for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skills by Tariq Abbas (368053)

“…Additionally, the mean power spectral density of the EMG signal decreased notably post-training. …”

Judgment of land ownership by young refugee Palestinian and U.S. children by Zebian, Samar

“…Children’s sense and reasoning about territory and land ownership may develop differently in contexts of poverty and where narratives of dispossession are a part of daily life and are of political and historical significance, as is the case in the Palestinian refugee context in Lebanon. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Proficiency Scores of University Students in the United Arab Emirates: The Effectiveness of Using a First Language When Teaching a Second Language in a Re... by Traish, Amira

“…The findings of the study, which indicate negligible differences in overall scores, demonstrate that the pedagogical practice has no significant impact on the scores obtained. …”
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An investigation into links between UAE STI Policy and the Federal Universities STEM Majors’ Enrolments, Graduates and Research Development: an evidence-based exploration of the im... by Khreibi, Rima Abou

“…HCT STEM majors’ graduates showed no significant differences from AY 2010 to the AY 2017; the latter shows that although STEM enrolments have increased in HCT, graduates of STEM are consistent and unchanged, meaning that somewhere during their tertiary education, students are not continuing their studies in STEM majors. …”
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Implications of the medication regimen complexity index score on hospital readmissions in elderly patients with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study by Asmaa Abdelbary (16400059)

“…There was no significant difference between high and low MRCI scores in their one-year readmission rate.…”

Dynamic Change in Insulin Resistance Induced by Free Fatty Acids Is Unchanged Though Insulin Sensitivity Improves Following Endurance Exercise in PCOS by Myint Myint Aye (6404327)

“…Skewed data were log transformed and expressed as mean ± SEM.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Before exercise, women with PCOS had a higher HOMA-IR and lower VO2 max than controls. …”

Degradation kinetics of stabilized Pluronic micelles under the action of ultrasound by Husseini, Ghaleb

“…Experiments also show no significant difference in degradation rates when employing the two frequencies in question at the same mechanical index.…”
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Efficient multi-objective neural architecture search framework via policy gradient algorithm by Bo Lyu (16522643)

“…While the multi-objective NAS research addresses these challenges, the individual training required for each candidate architecture demands significant computational resources. To bridge this gap, this work combines the efficiency of the differentiable NAS with metrics compatibility in multi-objective NAS. …”

Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery by Stephen L. Atkin (6684368)

“…MicroRNA expression was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and tested for significant changes after surgery.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><h3>Results: </h3><p dir="ltr">BMI decreased by 3.8 kg/m² 21 days postoperatively. …”