Effects of organic enrichment on macrofauna community structure: an experimental approach by Rodrigo Riera (10476249)

“…A reduction in abundance of individuals and species richness was found as between the control and organic-enriched treatments. Significant changes in assemblage structure were also found, mainly due to the decrease of the sensitive tanaid Apseudes talpa in organically-enriched treatments. …”

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Expatriates, who make up more than 70% of the population of the small Gulf state, made up the rest.</p><p>About 40% of the study participants were overweight and an additional 30% were obese. …”

The Impact of Different Urban Configurations on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study of the Military Camps in Abu Dhabi, UAE by Ahmed, Amal Mohamed

“…Also, it was concluded that both height and orientation had negligible effects in comparison to urban form and courtyard proportion on reducing air temperatures in this particular study. One main conclusion is that bioclimatic urban design can be used to achieve a significant improvement of outdoor thermal comfort. …”
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Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: evidence from Lebanon by Al Gharib, Fairouz

“…The estimated increase in the probability of having central air conditioning for a one microgram per cubic meter increase in Particulate Matter 2.5 concentration is 6.4%. …”
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The effect of graphene structural integrity on the power factor of tin selenide nanocomposite by Manal Alsalama (17316895)

“…The increased power factor is attributed to the homogeneous distribution of graphene, which results in a significant increase in electrical conductivity. …”

Effect of COVID-19 on the Generation of Waste in Marrakech, Morocco by Abdellah Ouigmane (18460623)

“…In addition, changes in living conditions can induce significant variation in the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of waste.…”

Impacts of twenty years of experimental warming on soil carbon, nitrogen, moisture and soil mites across alpine/subarctic tundra communities by Juha M. Alatalo (2931234)

“…A significant plot-scale impact on mites suggests that small-scale heterogeneity may be important for buffering mites from global warming. …”

Photostimulation of Phox2b medullary neurons activates cardiorespiratory function in conscious rats by Kanbar, Roy

“…Photostimulation increased BP (4 mmHg) and renal sympathetic nerve discharge (43%) while decreasing heart rate (15 bpm). Conclusions: Photostimulation of ChR2-transfected RVLM Phox2b neurons produces a vigorous stimulation of breathing accompanied by a small sympathetically mediated increase in BP. …”
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Processing Effects on the Oxytetracycline and Tylosin Antibiotic Residues in Middle Eastern Dairy Products by Saidy, Liz

“…Pressing and salting did not have any significant effect on OTC and TYL, while cheese boiling in making Halloum significantly decreased the concentration of both antibiotics. …”
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Transfer function analysis between arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity at cardiac pacing frequencies in the rat by Kanbar, Roy

“…The gain of the transfer function from AP to RSNA measured at HR frequency was always associated with a strong, significant coherence and was stable between 6 and 9 Hz (P = 0.185). …”
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Assessing the eco-environmental aspects of fossil fuels-based units substitution of Point Aconi thermal power plant by green-based energies: a case study of Canada by Nima Amiri (21842687)

“…Replacing these materials with the proposed green units makes it possible to reduce environmental pollution by eliminating almost 165 tons of CO₂ and other pollutants per hour while increasing the plant’s efficiency and independence from fossil fuel price variations. …”

Numerical Modeling of Sequential Segmentation for Enhancement of Mixing Inside Microchannels by Abu Dagga, Ibragim

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Modeling electricity consumption patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic across six socioeconomic sectors in the State of Qatar by Ammar, Abulibdeh

“…The results demonstrate variations in electricity consumption within and between the six sectors. …”
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Developing a Stochastic Model to Predict Cost Overrun due to the Causes of Projects Delay in Oil Fields Construction Industry by ALKHOORI, KHALID ABDUL MAJEED

“…The research results revealed that poor contractor works was found to have the most significant positive impact in the delay experienced by the projects considered in this work. …”
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Characteristics and health implications of fine particulate matter near urban road site in Islamabad, Pakistan by Sabir Hussain (1332675)

“…Furthermore, a significant variation was found in the mass concentration of PM2.5 when comparing samples collected in the morning and evening. …”

Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…Innovation in public management has been categorised into three main types: political leadership during crisis, organisational turnaround, and bottom-up leadership. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Fog Aggregation of Smart Grid Data Using Dynamic Differentially-Private Data Perturbation by Fawaz Kserawi (16904859)

“…<p>The edge of the smart grid has a massive number of power and resource-constrained interconnected devices. Mainly, smart meters report power consumption data from consumer homes, industrial buildings, and other connected infrastructures. …”

Noise2Weight: On detecting payload weight from drones acoustic emissions by Omar Adel Ibrahim (18394779)

“…Rooted on a sound methodology and validated by an extensive experimental on-field campaign carried out on a reference 3DR Solo drone, we characterize how the differences in the thrust needed by a drone to carry different payloads affect the speed of the motors and the blades and, in turn, introduces significant variations in the resulting acoustic fingerprint. …”

Enhancing the properties and performance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes using citric acid based deep eutectic solvent additives by Yousef Elhamarnah (17869382)

“…Zeta potential measurements revealed an increase in negative surface charge, particularly notable at 1.00 wt% and 2.00 wt% CA concentrations, which significantly enhanced dye rejection capabilities. …”

Rate Adaptation in Dynamic Adaptive Video Streaming Over HTTP by Abdelhafez, Nada

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