OSRA Grant Cycle 5 Public Reports : Project Title: Coping with prenatal bereavement and perceived stress in current pregnancy: correlates to parental perception of the child and bo... by Pia Tohme Khalaf (17425551)

“…The couple's relationship quality also plays a significant role, with secure romantic attachment positively influencing prenatal attachment and promoting resilience in times of stress, while avoidant or anxious romantic attachment can lead to lower prenatal bonding and increased pregnancy-related worries.…”

Modeling of photovoltaic soiling loss as a function of environmental variables by Wasim Javed (6105866)

“…The ANN model performed significantly better in predicting daily ΔCIas well as cumulative CI than the linear model in term of R2 values and statistical error indexes. …”

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

“…However, most of the causes of cost overrun were found to follow the Log logistic distribution – a family of distribution associated with projects where the risk increases at the initial phase of the project and decreases later on. …”
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Validation of the geometric equivalent field concept in total scatter factor calculations, for half‐, quarter‐ and off‐isocenter asymmetric square fields by Mohammad Samir Hmodi (17746776)

“…Compared with the S_cp (IC), the S_cp (EFC) increased with increasing r, by up to 2% and 4% for 18/23 and 6 MV, respectively.…”

Development of a novel tailored ion-imprinted polymer for recovery of lithium and strontium from reverse osmosis concentrated brine by Sara M. Alshuiael (8882051)

“…It was noticed that the maximum adsorption capacity (Qm) was increased as the temperature rise from 714.3 mg/g at 25 °C to 2500 mg/g at 45 °C. …”

Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of nosocomial infection in adult patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Ait Hssain (9538617)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">An increasing number of patients requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for life support. …”

In-situ grown ternary metal hydroxides@3D oriented crumpled V₂C MXene sheets for improved electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction by Iqbal, Anum

“…Furthermore, we have utilized a more accurate value of half-cell standard reduction potential of the Hg/HgO electrode in the Nernst equation to represent all test voltages and to determine the overpotential values. …”
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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>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Our results showed for the first time that severe hypoxia can significantly impair Factor H secretion and CD59 expression in MSCs. …”

The Grid Iron Patterns & Detached Villas as the Main Drivers of Sharjah City’s Urban Sprawl by MOHAMED, SHAMSELDIN SAEED

“…The city of Sharjah is among the Gulf cities that have increased in size at an unprecedented rate by all standards, and within a period of time not exceeding four decades, after it remained confined within its old wall since its inception until the beginning of the seventies of the last century, with an area of 2.5 square kilometers. …”
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IoT empowered smart cybersecurity framework for intrusion detection in internet of drones by Syeda Nazia Ashraf (17541222)

“…In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the utilization of IoT-enabled drone data management technology. …”

An imageable retinoid acid derivative to detect human cancer xenografts and study therapeutic dosing to reduce its toxicity by Wang, Wei

“…In addition, retinoic acid can reverse premalignancy, significantly decrease second primary tumors and provide a treatment benefit in head and neck, lung, esophagus, colon and bladder cancer. …”
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Changes in growth patterns due to nutritional adjustment in children of Northeast Brazil by Carlos A Bruno da Silva (19772745)

“…</p><h3 dir="ltr">Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Mean cumulative weight-height gain was 4.8 kg and 0.63 cm/month for the boys, and 5.2 kg and 0.66 cm/month for the girls (p < 0.05). Body mass index increased throughout follow-up. Arm muscle area and tricipital skin fold increased significantly during the follow-up period.…”

Parametric Study of a Single Effect Lithium Bromide-Water Absorption Chiller Powered by a Renewable Heat Source by Tawalbeh, Muhammad

“…The heat source temperature, solution heat exchanger effectiveness and the size of the absorber were shown to be key parameters for the design and operation of absorption chillers. Moreover, increasing the heat source mass flow rate has a significant impact on both cooling capacity and coefficient of performance at low values (< 10 kg/s) and unnoticeable impact at higher values (> 10 kg/s).…”
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Residential Demand Response Scheduling with Consideration of Consumer Preferences by Raka Jovanovic (17947838)

“…In the existing literature, customers submit binary values for each time period to indicate their operational preferences. …”

Seismic Site Response, Analysis and Characterization of Major Cities in UAE by Irfan, Muhammad

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Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…However, it was observed that the number of double-lumen PICCs and their dwelling time in the experimental group was significantly higher (p = 0.003). …”
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Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy by Palavecino, Martin

“…Although transfusion rates can be reduced to almost 0 in uncomplicated hepatectomies, the blood transfusion rates associated with liver resection remain significant at tertiary referral centers, such as ours. …”
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Neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of clinical outcomes in critically ill COVID‐19 patients: A retrospective observational study by Husain S. Ali (11659423)

“…There was also a significant association between the requirement of mechanical ventilation (34.7% vs. 51.8%, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and increased ICU LOS (8 vs. 10 days, <i>p</i> < 0.01) in patients with ICU admission NLR ≥ 6.55.…”

Deep learning-based modeling of land use/land cover changes impact on land surface temperature in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan (1980–2030) by Khaled F. Alkaraki (22051967)

“…The results of modeling LST showed an increase in average LST for all land cover types, with the most significant increases evident within urban areas and Rangelands/Sparsely vegetated areas. …”

The synergistic effects of cationic surfactant and smart seawater on the recovery of medium-viscosity crude oil from low-permeability carbonates by Osama Massarweh (17012217)

“…Nevertheless, the adsorption values were significantly below 1 mg/g-rock. Smart SW + CTAB resulted in a total oil recovery of 76.71% of original oil-in-place (OOIP), compared to 71.70% of OOIP with unmodified SW + CTAB. …”