Orthodontic camouflage versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical treatment in borderline class III malocclusion: a systematic review by Maged S. Alhammadi (14150757)

“…The results are presented as pre- and post-treatment values or mean changes in both groups. Two studies reported significant retrusion of the maxillary and mandibular bases in OC, in contrast to significant maxillary protrusion and mandibular retrusion with increased ANB angle in OOS. …”

Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L. by Rafi Ullah (8146836)

“…These key environmental characteristics allowed us to identify four main associations: Group I: X. strumarium-C. sativa, Group II: X. strumarium-P. hysterophorus, Group III: X. strumarium-A. aspera and Group IV: X. strumarium-C. sativa. …”

The Relationship between Middle Manager Innovative Self-Efficacy and Innovation: The Case of the UAE Government Entities by BIN-MANA, ALFADHEL

“…Second, self-efficacy towards guiding groups is related to the innovative work behavior of middle managers. …”
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Harnessing digital health to objectively assess cognitive impairment in people undergoing hemodialysis process: The Impact of cognitive impairment on mobility performance measured... by He Zhou (224270)

“…However, the mobility performance was different between groups. The cognitive-impaired group spent significantly higher percentage of time in sitting and lying (Cohens effect size d = 0.78, p = 0.005) but took significantly less daily steps (d = 0.69, p = 0.015) than the cognitive-intact group. …”

Untargeted Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Differentially Expressed Serum Metabolites and Pathways in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with and without Cognitive Decline: A Cross-Sectional S... by Neyla S. Al-Akl (10914449)

“…We identified twenty DEMs, seven up- and thirteen downregulated in the DACD vs. DM group. Chemometric analysis revealed distinct clustering between the two groups. …”

Can the Salivary Microbiome Predict Cardiovascular Diseases? Lessons Learned From the Qatari Population by Selvasankar Murugesan (4376506)

“…Linear Discriminant Analysis Effect Size (LEfSe) analysis revealed that Clostridiaceae and Capnocytophaga were the most significantly abundant genera in the LR group, while Lactobacillus and Rothia were significantly abundant in the HR group. …”

Shear Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Hollow Slabs Voided with PET Void Formers by Hasan, Haider H.

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From Clinics to Communities: Understanding Public Perceptions of Dental Services in Pakistan by Kamran Ali (8861576)

“…Education and financial status showed the largest effect on perceptions. Although all groups agreed that dental professionals contribute positively to improving public health, those in the ‘No Education’ or ‘Poor’ groups showed fewer positive perceptions about the accessibility, quality, and affordability of dental services. …”

Lebanese students' beliefs about learning English and French by Diab, R.L.

“…Thirdly, significant differences in students'' beliefs were found related to variables such as gender, level of proficiency in English, language-medium background, and languages spoken at home, indicating that background variables may be important sources of within group variation in learner beliefs about language learning. …”
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Variable Selection in Data Analysis: A Synthetic Data Toolkit by Mitra, Rohan

“…The analysis has guided the grouping of the generated datasets into four groups of data complexity. …”
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Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…This thesis examines conceptual skills in leading public sector change through interviews and focus groups with a sample of 123 participants based around 18 focal leaders who were all top managers of government organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …”
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The Effects of Religion and Religiosity on Advertisement Assessment among Lebanese Consumers by Farah, Maya F.

“…Those sampled from each region were chosen based on religious sects’ distribution in each of the five local conglomerates, with a fair representation of gender and age groups. …”
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Digital activism by Melki, Jad

“…The study used a mixed methods approach, combining qualitative interviews, focus group, and participant observation methods. It found that digital activism is on the rise, and that social media platforms offer many perceived benefits for activism work, but also create significant obstacles in both the digital and offline realms. …”
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Health-promoting behaviors among American and Lebanese nursing students by Davis, Beena

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The effects of Social Determinants of Health on Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes (A1C) by Awad, Nathalie

“…Results: The primary outcome A1C was dichotomized into controlled (A1C< 7%) (n=131) and uncontrolled (A1C≥7%) (n=164) groups. Results of bivariate analyses showed significant differences between the controlled and uncontrolled groups for the independent risk factors: availability of certain house facilities (p<0.05), diabetes duration (p=0.00), diabetes complications (p<0.05), quality of life score (p=0.002), and self-monitoring of blood glucose (p=0.003).After multivariate analysis, only diabetes duration of 5-10 years remained significant in explaining the variability in HbA1C (OR=3.79; CI: 1.5-9.57; p=0.005, R2=0.342). …”
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Teachers and students interacting around the textbook by Ghosn, Irma K.

“…Qualitative differences in classroom discourse were identified that can be related to the textbook type. The two groups differed significantly in general and specific subject-matter reading comprehension. …”
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Preliminary Real-World Evaluation of an Intervention for Parents of Adolescents: The Open Door Approach to Parenting Teenagers (APT) by Desatnik, Alex

“…The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate the feasibility and real-world effectiveness of the Open Door Approach to Parenting Teenagers (APT), a six-session individually delivered face-to-face intervention for typically hard to engage parents of 11 to 21-year-olds. A one-group, pre-post evaluation design was adopted due to the naturalistic clinic-based setting of the study. …”
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Evaluation of nursing students' engagement in two different simulation modalities by Burcu Dogan (18505001)

“…Both groups were exposed to identical scenarios, and the sessions were conducted using similar instructional techniques. …”

A qualitative study on deaf individuals’ access to health knowledge and services in Lebanon by Bouclaous, Carmel

“…Conclusions Potential solutions include enhancing the accessibility of health information and patient-physician communication, especially through sign language interpretation, implementing logistical accommodations to facilitate navigation through the healthcare system, such as extended appointments, text-based booking systems, and virtual tours. Additionally, updating governmental policies and insurance guidelines, and incorporating cultural sensitivity training into medical education and practice, can significantly improve their experience. …”
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Application of hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE) to assess relative abundances of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by Scarascia, Giantommaso

“…Hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE), previously developed to rapidly quantify relative abundances of specific microbial groups of interest, was applied in this study to track the abundances of the important nitrifying bacterial populations. …”
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