Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment حسب Christos Fountoukis (4722963)

"…The overall forecast error decreased from –51% to 8% for PM2.5 and from –88% to 20% for NOx while a significant improvement was observed in the diurnal profile of predicted ozone. …"

The Effect of Auditor Characteristics on the Quality of Segment Disclosures of Diversified Firms حسب Elkelani, Sarah Ahmed

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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana حسب Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

"…The study also tests whether changes in potential exposure to risks differ significantly across socioeconomic groups. The estimation results indicate that the higher the income levels, the more educated, and the more politically active the community, the greater the reductions in toxic discharges over time. …"
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Occupational Violence at Lebanese Emergency Departments حسب Dimassi, Hani

"…The questionnaire was distributed to all ED employees at participating hospitals and was completed by 256 ED workers (70.3% response rate). Multinomial and binary logistic regressions were used to investigate factors significantly associated with verbal and physical violence. …"
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Enhancing Thermal Comfort for the Revitalization of Pedestrian-Friendly Shopping Arcades in Dubai, UAE حسب RAJEEV, ANN MARIA

"…Using ENVI-met software, simulations are conducted in three stages: urban materials, building facade materials, and vegetation and landscaping, encompassing thirteen different combinations to examine four key aspects: temperature, humidity, wind speed, and PMV value, which significantly affect outdoor thermal comfort. The most favorable cases are selected from each phase, and the final reduction in temperature and PMV values of the optimized case indicates a substantial decrease of 3.76 degrees Celsius in air temperature post-implementation of passive design strategies. …"
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Dietary Curcumin Nanoparticles Improve Growth Performance, Oxidative Status and Immune Response of European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus Labrax</i>) حسب Albandari Bin-Ammar (16381128)

"…Growth performance (final body weight (FBW), daily weight gain (DWG), weight gain (WG), relative growth rate (RGR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER)) and feed uptake (feed conversion rate (FCR)) were improved significantly in CURNPs (100 and 150 mg/ kg)-supplemented groups. …"

Assessment of Brain Function After 240 Days Confinement Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy حسب Yahya, Fares

"…The FCN shows a significant decrease in most of the right frontal areas. …"
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A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans حسب Grey, Ian

"…Conclusion Only treatment acceptability was found to be related to decreases in behavioural frequency. No single intervention component was found to have a greater association with reductions in challenging behaviour…"
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Dynamic Change in Insulin Resistance Induced by Free Fatty Acids Is Unchanged Though Insulin Sensitivity Improves Following Endurance Exercise in PCOS حسب Myint Myint Aye (6404327)

"…Endurance exercise in PCOS improved VO2 max and HOMA-IR, but not weight, to those of pre-exercise control subjects. The glucose disposal rate during the lipid infusion was reduced following exercise in PCOS, indicating decreased IR (67 ± 5 vs. 50 ± 7%, p = 0.02), but IR was not altered in controls (49 ± 7 vs. 45 ± 6%, p = 0.58). …"

Driving and hypoglycemia حسب Stephen Beer (5480411)

"…Hypoglycemia has been associated with cardiac arrhythmia, a decreased ability to drive and driving mishap. Recent meta-analysis of 15 studies showed a risk road traffic collisions (RTC) of 12-19% greater than general populations. …"

Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave the Current Job among Expatriate Teachers in Three Private Schools of Dubai حسب Khan, Humera

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Effects of natural organic matter on aggregation kinetics of boron nanoparticles in monovalent and divalent electrolytes حسب Liu, Xuyang

"…Results from this study suggest that various NOM and electrolytes play significant and differing roles in the aggregation of boron nanoparticles in natural aquatic environments.…"
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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar حسب Monica Zolezzi (10115698)

"…Many countries worldwide have observed a decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking; however, the smoking rates among people with SMI have declined much less than in those without mental illness. …"

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

"…If applied properly, corporate governance enhances growth rate and economic efficiency of the firms. Also, it increases the confidence level in the national economy and promotes economic growth. …"
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Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery حسب 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. …"

Phase II National Study: Job Satisfaction and Workplace Environment Among Community Pharmacists in Lebanon: Pre and Post Economic Crisis حسب Salaheddin, Amira Talaat

"…Average weekly working hours decreased from 59.2 hours in Phase 1 to 49.8 hours in Phase II. …"
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Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries حسب Alim, Swarray-Deen

"…Although the overall trend is decreasing, this is mainly in high-income countries (HIC). …"
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A GRASP Approach for Solving Large-Scale Electric Bus Scheduling Problems حسب Raka Jovanovic (17947838)

"…The results of the conducted computational experiments indicate that an increase in infrastructure investment through high speed chargers can significantly decrease the size of the necessary fleets. …"

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Thermally- and Hydrogen-Reduced Graphene Oxide/TiO₂ Photocatalytic Nanocomposites Using the Zebrafish Embryo Model حسب Halema Al-Kandari (6316961)

"…However, both nanocomposites should be used with caution at concentration higher than the NOEC (400 mg/L), in particular RGOTi, which significantly (i) caused pericardial and yolk sac edema; (ii) decreased the hatching rate, locomotion, and hematopoietic activities; and (iii) affected the heart rate. …"

Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis حسب George Nitzburg (18614989)

"…Second, we examined symptom queries preceding queries on the 12-step program at time lags of 0-7 days, 7-14 days, and 14-30 days, where the probability of asking about a medical symptom was greater in the 30-day time window preceding 12-step program information-seeking as compared to all previous times that the symptom was queried.…"