Can Ease of Doing Business Shorten the Distance and Attract Foreign Direct Investment by AL KHOORI, YOUSUF

“…Abstract Due to the accelerating pace of globalization, Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) have increasingly employed foreign direct investment (FDI) to enter foreign markets. …”
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Optimization of Electric Vehicles Wireless Charging by Gesrou, Abdalla

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The prevalence of os acromiale by Yammine, Kaissar

“…The results of meta‐analyses of large‐sample studies revealed: (a) a crude overall prevalence of 7.0%, (b) a crude cadaveric prevalence of 7.6%, (c) a crude archeological (skeletal) prevalence of 5.6%, (d) a crude radiological prevalence of 4.2%, (e) a true anatomical prevalence of 9.6%, (f) a significantly higher frequency in persons of black ancestry than in persons of white, Native American and Middle Eastern ancestries (OR ≈ 3), (g) significantly higher unilateral and bilateral frequencies in black ancestry (OR of 2 and 4, respectively), (h) nonsignificant interactions of OA frequency with gender and side. …”
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Aerosol Optical Thickness over Large Urban Environments of the Arabian Peninsula—Speciation, Variability, and Distributions by Dillan Raymond Roshan (18094867)

“…<div><p>The Arabian Peninsula is one of the world’s largest sources of mineral dust that includes several major population hotspots. …”

Dynamic Hybrid Cross-Docking Model with Multiple Truck Types by Holla, Sitara

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The effect of indoor air quality on health and performance of labors in joinery factories by Sadeghi, Hengameh

“…In addition, the foundation of development has a significant rise since 2013 when EXPO 2020 awarded to Dubai. …”
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Large scale association analysis identifies three susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease by El-Khazen, Georges

“…One marker, rs6922269, in MTHFD1L was significantly protective against MI (OR = 0.68, p = 0.0035), while the variant rs4977574 in CDKN2A-CDKN2B was significantly associated with MI (OR = 1.33, p = 0.0086). …”
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Nursing Perception Towards Impact of JCI Accreditation and Quality of Care in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Central Saudi Arabia by Abolfotouh, Mostafa A.

“…Data on demographic characteristics such as; age, gender, nationality, education, job position, and specialty were collected. …”
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A Qualitative Investigation into Co-education in Elementary Schools and Its Impact on the Students’ Behaviours and Learning Environment: United Arab Emirates by EL-DABBAGH, ELHAM

“…The findings show that co-education does have an impact on the student’s behaviour and learning environment. Based on the analysis performed, it was observed that gender equality was achieved, and the students were able to gain more confidence, more engagement, and show more attention. …”
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Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy by Fazle Rakib (5768069)

“…Our results revealed that the total lipid and total protein content decreased significantly in the hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus after brain injury. …”

Colloid retention and mobilization mechanisms under different physicochemical conditions in porous media: A micromodel study by Safna Nishad (16932474)

“…However, for hydrophobic colloids, changes in solution chemistry significantly increase colloid retention where the colloid interaction become attractive with the increase in ionic strength and decrease in pH values. …”

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…This is projected to increase to more than 23 million by 2030, with the largest increase to occur throughout the Middle East, due in part to the adoption of the sedentary Western lifestyle.…”

Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors by Noura Aldous (15429873)

“…Upon differentiating iPSCs lacking RFX6 into pancreatic islets, a significant decrease in PDX1 expression at the PF stage was observed, although this did not affect PPs co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6.1. …”

Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults by Korkomaz, Aya

“…However, self-esteem, gender, and the number of online friends and their interaction with them lost significance. …”
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Lebanese students' beliefs about learning English and French by Diab, R.L.

“…Secondly, several similarities as well as some differences were observed in a comparison of the students'' beliefs about learning English and their beliefs about learning French, suggesting that there are obviously possibilities for variation in a particular group''s beliefs about learning different target languages. 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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Satisfaction of primary care physicians towards initiation of phone consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic management in Qatar: a cross-sectional study by Marwa Neshnash (12234704)

“…On the other hand, there was a statistically significant association between physicians’ age (<i>p</i> = 0.048) and gender (<i>p</i> = 0.014) and their level of satisfaction toward communication and support.…”

Unravelling the predictors of late cancer presentation and diagnosis in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of patients with lung and colorectal cancers by Damsees, Rana

“…Design This correlational cross-sectional study was based on face-to-face interviews and medical chart reviews from a cancer registry database. …”
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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms by Elgammal, Walid

“…Consequently, the purposes of this study are: 1) Present a summary of the most significant changes and framework of corporate governance of firms in developing/emerging countries. 2) Provide a summary of the most significant developments in Lebanon concerning corporate governance, including disclosure and framework. 3) Assess the outcomes obtained on the level of corporate governance disclosure practices and scores among 30 of the leading enterprises in Lebanon. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: Profiles and correlates of a large clinical sample by Fouad Alshaban (6176771)

“…<p dir="ltr">Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an increasingly prevalent disorder. Although around 15% of cases are caused by specific genetic causes, most cases involve a complex and variable combination of genetic risk and environmental factors that are not yet identified. …”

Anti-angiogenic effect of nano-formulated water soluble kaempferol and combretastatin in an in vivo chick chorioallantoic membrane model and HUVEC cells by Gowtham Kumar Subbaraj (17807615)

“…In addition, the mRNA expression levels of VEGF-A and FGF2 were significantly decreased compared with native forms. Therefore, the findings of this study indicate that nano-formulated water-soluble combretastatin and kaempferol suppress angiogenesis by preventing the activation of endothelial cells and suppressing factors of angiogenesis. …”