Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…Furthermore, although director excess compensation is not significantly inversely related to the firm’s future performance, it has an indirect negative effect on future performance through its impact on the entrenchment performance relationship. …"
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Effects of the addition of a high energy density fuel, adamantane to diesel on its cetane number, sooting propensity, and soot nanostructural properties حسب Al Zaabi, Alanood

"…The addition of up to 6.75 wt% of adamantane in diesel significantly increased the smoke point of diesel from 18 to 29 mm (and threshold sooting index decreased by 44%), indicating a drastic drop in fuel sooting tendency. …"
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Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study حسب Muhammad Atif Butt (10849980)

"…However, despite the significant impact of AI design on human interests, the security and trustworthiness of edge AI applications are not foolproof and ethicalneither foolproof nor ethical; Moreover, social norms are often ignored duringin the design, implementation, and deployment of edge AI systems. …"

Intravenous administration of gold nanoparticles in rats exhibit alterations in sphingomyelins, bile acids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol esters levels حسب Haya Al-Sulaiti (5449256)

"…Results indicate that AuNPs treatment significantly impacted several metabolic pathways. Notably, there was an increase in sphingomyelin (SM 34:2) levels (estimate 0.23, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.001), which are critical for cell membrane structure and signalling. …"

The effect of Hydrogen Peroxide treatments on dental enamel porosity and protein structure and its long-term implications on tooth hardness and optical properties حسب Jelena Eric (21015107)

"…Hardness analysis revealed significant decreases in microhardness in the bleached group compared to the control group (<i>p </i> < 0.05). …"

A kinetic evaluation of nutrient and organic matter removal in greywater for green Walls: Assessing the performance of Mineral-Based, Organic, and Waste-Derived plant support media حسب Shaheeda Marakkar Anangadan (19239607)

"…However, when accounting for leaching, which was significant in some organic media but expected to decrease with time, most organic media (SCG, date seeds, coco coir and bone) achieved around 80 % TOC removal. …"

The effect of microbiome therapy on COVID-19-induced gut dysbiosis: A narrative and systematic review حسب Mahmoud Yousef (9900837)

"…This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in addressing gut dysbiosis associated with COVID-19, as well as their impact on related disease severity and clinical outcomes.…"

Phosphorus supplement alters postprandial lipemia of healthy male subjects حسب Bassil, Maya

"…In the phosphorus (P) supplemented group, postprandial serum P increased (p = 0.00), while changes in insulin, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and triglyceride (TG) were not significantly different than that of placebo. Concurrently, phosphorus supplementation increased postprandial concentrations of apolipoprotein B48 (ApoB48) (p < 0.05) and decreased that of apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB100) (p < 0.05). …"
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Hepatitis serology predicts tumor and liver-disease characteristics but not prognosis after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma حسب Abdalla, Eddie

"…The presence of hepatitis did not significantly affect the survival rate, but hepatic fibrosis and vascular invasion predicted a decreased survival rate. …"
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Digital Marketing’s Effect on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Banks’ Success: Unleashing the Economic Potential of the Internet حسب Robert Gharios (21393863)

"…The significance of digital transformation and ESG integration in promoting competitive advantages and long-term growth in the MENA banking sector is highlighted by these findings, which have important implications for policy, investors, and bank executives.…"

National Culture and Leadership in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) حسب MORADKHAN, EALBRA

"…However more specifically the study revealed that Charismatic, team oriented, humane oriented and autonomous leadership behaviours are culturally endorsed whereas self- protective and participative leadership behaviours are significantly correlated to NC. Leadership is a competitive advantage that influences organisations’ sustainable performance results. …"
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Influence of co-current vapor flow on falling film over horizontal tube حسب Furqan Tahir (14429547)

"…It is found that the vapor flow significantly affects the film distribution on the upper half of the tube. …"

Upgrading co-pyrolysis products from ternary biomass: An investigative study of commercial and locally-made catalysts حسب Sabah Mariyam (14150859)

"…<p dir="ltr">Catalysts play a pivotal role in influencing product yields and compositions in pyrolysis processes, offering significant advantages for biomass conversion. This study investigates the impact of natural and commercial catalysts on the co-pyrolysis of ternary biomass at two different temperatures (550 °C and 750 °C). …"

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar حسب Shikha, Patel

"…Rapid urbanization primarily converts naturally vegetated areas and pervious surfaces into impervious built-up areas, significantly transforming microclimates and ecological dynamics. …"
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The promise of tirzepatide: A narrative review of metabolic benefits حسب Sara Sokary (17337724)

"…Furthermore, limited evidence showed that lost body weight may be primarily due to fat mass reduction. Tirzepatide also significantly decreased food intake, reduced overall appetite scores and increased fasting visual analog scale scores for satiety and fullness across different clinical trials. …"

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar حسب Shikha Patel (14151027)

"…<p>Rapid urbanization primarily converts naturally vegetated areas and pervious surfaces into impervious built-up areas, significantly transforming microclimates and ecological dynamics. …"

Oxy-methane combustion characteristics in a vertical porous plate reactor حسب Furqan Tahir (14429547)

"…The outlet and maximum temperatures vary from 1,587 K to 1,621 K and 1,751 K to 2,341 K upon increasing the oxidizer ratio from 0.20 to 0.35; correspondingly, it shows that the maximum temperature within the reactor is significantly affected by the oxidizer ratio. …"

Optimisation of PV Cleaning Practices: Comparison Between Performance Based and Periodic Based Approaches حسب ALHAJERI, RASHED ABDULLA

"…Although the biggest costs involved in this technology is the installation/capital costs, the subsequent running costs (although less than traditional sources of energy) such as cleaning and maintenance can increase or decrease the feasibility of these panels. Soiling, which is the deposition of materials (usually dust) that obstruct solar radiation falling on the panel and is one of the major factors of production losses in PV panels, and thus managing it will result in a positive economic and technical impact on PV plant feasibility. …"
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Decreased Interfacial Dynamics Caused by the N501Y Mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike:ACE2 Complex حسب Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

"…<p dir="ltr">Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a massive health crisis across the globe, with some genetic variants gaining enhanced infectivity and competitive fitness, and thus significantly aggravating the global health concern. …"

Nonlinear Control of Brushless Dual-Fed Induction Generator With a Flywheel Energy Storage System for Improved System Performance حسب Mohammed Hamidat (3722086)

"…After optimization, the SMC settling time was significantly reduced from 0.7 seconds to 19.97 milliseconds, achieving a 96.9% improvement in response speed, while its steady-state error decreased from 0.48 to 0.06, marking an 87.5% reduction in tracking error. …"