Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete Columns Embedded with PET Bottles Under Concentric Axial Compression by Al Bayati, Sadiq Duraid

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Intermittent nesiritide therapy in outpatients with chronic heart failure by Sheikh-Taha, Marwan

“…Heart failure (HF) continues to be a significant health problem in the United States. Nearly 550,000 people are diagnosed annually with this condition, and HF is responsible for over 1 million hospitalizations per year.1,2 Despite advances in pharmacologic therapy, a small percentage of patients with severe HF remain refractory to maximum medical therapy. …”
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An evaluation of recruitment and selection processes in three organizations in the UAE by Al Tunaiji, Hessa Abdulla

“…This case study research reveals strong variation in recruitment and selection policies and practices in the small sample of three UAE organizations and also shows some significant areas of divergence from best practice models. …”
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Rhus coriaria L. (Sumac) Demonstrates Oncostatic Activity in the Therapeutic and Preventive Model of Breast Carcinoma by Peter Kubatka (11008854)

“…When compared to control specimens, evaluation of epigenetic alterations in rat tumor cells in vivo showed significant dose-dependent decrease in lysine methylation status of H3K4m3 and H3K9m3 and dose-dependent increase in lysine acetylation in H4K16ac levels (H4K20m3 was not changed) in treated groups. …”

Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from the UK by Maarraoui, Giorgio

“…Results show that increases in NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 significantly decrease the odds of longterm happiness and short-term mental health in the UK. …”
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STARD 13 in prostate cancer. (c2018) by Saab, Sahar S.

“…In this study, we investigate the role of StarD13, an inhibitor of RhoA and Cdc42 through its GAP activity, on prostate cancer cells proliferation and metastasis by manipulating its level of expression in the cells. Knocking down StarD13 by siRNA led to an increase in cell proliferation and adhesion yet a decrease in cell motility and cell speed in prostate cancer. …”
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Gut Microbiota in Familial Mediterranean Fever: Insights into Microbial Patterns and Disease Severity by Rukaya Basala

“…Minor compositional variations were observed, such as increased abundance of Synergistota in FMF patients; however, none reached statistical significance. …”
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Methylation at global LINE-1 repeats in human blood are affected by gender but not by age or natural hormone cycles by El Maarri, Osman

“…In females, although no correlation between LINE-1 or Alu methylation and hormone levels was observed, a significant stable individual specific level of methylation was noted. …”
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Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga therapy on anxiety and happiness among community-dwelling older adults: A quasi-experimental study by Mona Metwally El-Sayed (17725127)

“…The Geriatric Anxiety Scale and Arabic Scale of Happiness were used to evaluate the participants' anxiety and happiness levels.</p><p><br></p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A statistically significant decrease in anxiety level among the study group compared to the control group (Pre = 16.68 (7.35), immediate = 6.65 (2.89), post three-month = 7.68 (2.75), p=<0.001 and effect size = 0.715). …”

Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Numerical Modeling of Sequential Segmentation for Enhancement of Mixing Inside Microchannels by Abu Dagga, Ibragim

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Motivational Factors Affecting Emirati English Learners by Watt, Rachael

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An investigation into the impact of COVID-19 on school leadership in Dubai by Abukhalaf, Siham

“…In an attempt to gain an insight into their experiences, the aim of this small-scale research project was to explore the challenges that principals have encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the solutions they made to overcome these challenges. …”
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Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance, species richness and size of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in artificial vegetation by Bartholomew, Aaron

“…Increasing complexity appeared to lead to decreasing beetle widths. 9 beetle species were relatively rare in, or absent from, the higher complexity treatments, including 5 of the 6 largest species. 2 rare, small beetle species were only found in higher complexity treatments. …”
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Metformin treatment inhibits motility and invasion of glioblastoma cancer cells by Al Hassan, Marwa

“…The results show a significant decrease in the survival of SF268 cancer cells in response to treatment with metformin. …”
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Hypoxic Stress Induces Complement-Mediated Lysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Downregulating Factor H and CD59 by Ramada R. Khaswaneh (22224544)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">The loss of Factor H and CD59 in hypoxic MSCs can initiate their lysis and apoptosis mediated by activating MAC complex. Preserving the level of Factor H and CD59 in MSCs has significant clinical implication to increase their retention rate in hypoxic conditions and prolong their survival.…”

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

“…The FCN shows a significant decrease in most of the right frontal areas. …”
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Psychological inoculation against problematic social media use among adolescents: An experimental study by Sameha Alshakhsi (17032311)

“…Results indicated a significant decrease in PSMU levels following active inoculation, particularly in withdrawal, persistence, displacement, and deception symptoms. …”

Total and segmental liver volume variations by Abdalla, Eddie

“…Indeed, improvement in outcome and decrease in complications after extended hepatic resections of increasing complexity have been linked to preservation of adequate functional parenchyma.17 There are few studies in the literature describing the relative contributions of the anatomic hepatic segments to the TLV. …”
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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

“…Most of our sample's smoker participants experienced a change in their smoking level mostly, an increase. While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…”