Initial risk assessment for pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD by Yammine, Joe

“…Diffusion capacity was lower but did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.07). In multivariate analysis, statistically significant independent variables were >3% decrease in exercise oxyhemoglobin saturation and decline in prebronchodilator FEV1 (P = 0.01 and P = 0.04, respectively). …”
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Analyzing the Influence of Climate and Anthropogenic Development on Vegetation Cover in the Coastal Ecosystems of GCC by Abhilash Dutta Roy (22466830)

“…Our results revealed significant changes in land cover, as seen by an increase in artificial built-up areas by 15.5% in two decades and a corresponding decrease in bareland and dense vegetation. …”

An Investigation into the factors influencing Arabic speaking students’ proficiency in the Arabic language in Dubai British School by AL AHMAD, ALAAEDDIN MEHY

“…Given the high number of British as well as other non-Arabic schools in Dubai, this is a significant issue as many Arabic-speaking students are failing to achieve proficiency in their native language. …”
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The impact of water table fluctuation and salinity on LNAPL distribution and geochemical properties in the smear zone under completely anaerobic conditions by Reem Elfatih Ismail (14151663)

“…At the source zone, benzene and toluene reached their maximum concentration after 30 and 10 days for the stable and the fluctuating columns, respectively. Significant decrease in benzene and toluene concentrations occurred under the fluctuating water table. …”

Turkronicles: diachronic resources for the fast evolving Turkish language by Togay Yazar (22828175)

“…Regarding writing conventions, we found a noticeable decrease in the use of circumflex. …”

Implementation of Deep Learning for Measurement of Penile Curvature on Real 2D Intraoperative Images by Sriman Bidhan Baray (15302398)

“…</p><h3 dir="ltr">Discussion</h3><p dir="ltr">This study demonstrates the successful implementation of deep learning and keypoint-based measurement of PC that could significantly improve patient assessment by surgeons and hypospadiology researchers.…”

Use of Ultrasound and Ionic Liquids to Enhance the Extractive Desulfurization of Oils by Zuraiqi, Karma

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Reduction of laboratory utilization in the intensive care unit by Diab, Khalil

“…We hypothesized that a program that involves physician and staff education and alters the current ICU order sets will lead to a sustained decrease in routine laboratory test ordering. …”
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Boron doped silver-copper alloy nanoparticle targeting intracellular S. aureus in bone cells by Tahir Abdulrehman (8697696)

“…The ACB-OBAb nanoparticles showed a 1.32 log reduction of intracellular S. aureus at a concentration of 1mg/L. …”

Pleiotropic functions of the tumor- and metastasis-suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-8 in mammary cancer in MMTV-PyMT transgenic mice by Julie Decock (44558)

“…Using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, we tracked the expression of the entire Mmp and Timp gene families, observing a significant decrease in Mmp3 expression in Mmp8-null tumors compared to wild-type and heterozygotes throughout the time course of the model, which was confirmed at the protein level. …”

Comparative Study on Beneficial Effects of Hydroxytyrosol- and Oleuropein-Rich Olive Leaf Extracts on High-Fat Diet-Induced Lipid Metabolism Disturbance and Liver Injury in Rats by Ines Fki (14571855)

“…Equally, it showed a rise of the apoptotic markers (a decrease in the expression of the Bcl-2 and an increase of the P53). …”

Effects of Social Media Use and Dependence on Dietary Intake and Prevalence of Orthorexia in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women by Issa, Yara

“…However, social media use was not significantly associated with orthorexia. Regression analyses showed that both social media use (p<0.001) and having a social media account (p=0.023) were predictors of reduced intuitive eating, with social media use being the most significant predictor. …”
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Managing Endothelial Dysfunction in COVID-19 by Matli, Kamal

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Effect of sintering temperature of NBT–6BT lead-free ceramics on the structural, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties by Slimani, Ahmed

“…The XRD results show that the 850 °C is the best calcination temperature, where the NBT-6BT ceramic had the largest crystallite size with a dense sample, 96% of the theoretical value. However, the density decreased significantly with increasing the calcination temperature above 850 °C due to the secondary phase formation. …”
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Relationship between Asymmetry Indices, Anthropometric Parameters, and Physical Fitness in Obese and Non-Obese High School Students by Monoem Haddad (5345357)

“…Grouping participants based on body fat percentage had a significant effect on the AIs (p < 0.05) of the CMJ and YBT. …”

Metaheuristic algorithm for testing web 2.0 applications. (c2012) by Zeitunlian, Hratch Michel

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Nurses’ work environment and intent to leave in Lebanese hospitals by Dimassi, Hani

“…Regression analysis revealed that for every 1 point score decrease on career development there was a 93% increase in likelihood of reporting intent to leave country. …”
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Assessing the State of Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation in Gifted Education in UAE Schools by ALHAFI, LUBNA OMAR SULEIMAN

“…This discrepancy was primarily attributed to systemic challenges, including insufficient specialised teacher training, curriculum and time constraints, resource limitations, and standardised testing pressures, rather than a lack of value for ICI. …”
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Fourier-Transform Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation -ICPMS New Vistas for Biochemical Analyses of Ischemic Stroke in Rat Brain by Mohamed H. M. Ali (5768066)

“…</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The FTIR results revealed that in the lesioned gray matter the relative distribution of lipid, lipid acyl and protein contents decreased significantly. Also at this locus, there was a significant increase in aggregated protein as detected by high-levels Aβ1-42. …”

Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study by Muhammad Atif Butt (10849980)

“…We find that input quantization partially degrades the efficacy of adversarial and backdoor attacks at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy over clean inputs. …”