Evaluation of waterpipe smoke toxicity in C57BL/6 mice model by Abi-Gerges, Aniella

“…Our results mainly showed a significant increase in urea serum levels (+28%) in SE mice along with renal pathological damage in both SE and DE mice compared to CON. …”
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Association of coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease in Lebanese population by Milane, Aline

“…We assessed the relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD) and renal dysfunction level (RDL) in a group of Lebanese patients. Methods: A total of 1268 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization were sequentially enrolled in a multicenter cross sectional study. …”
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Can salespeople use social media to enhance brand awareness and sales performance? The role of manager empowerment and creativity by Kalra, Ashish

“…The relationship between social media and brand awareness is magnified with the increase in salesperson creativity. Findings also show that manager empowerment increases salesperson creativity. …”
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The Impact of a Computerized Potassium Alert on Adverse Drug Events and Pharmacists' Interventions by Mansour, Hanine

“…Objective: To determine the effect of a computerized pharmacy alert on the number of adverse events related to hyperkalemia in a hospital setting and to study the impact of guidelines and education on pharmacist response to high potassium levels. Methods: An alert was built into the pharmacy computer system, which warned pharmacists about a potassium level greater than 5.1 mEq/L when processing an order that could increase potassium. …”
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The potential of technology in education. (c2016) by Zain, Farah

“…Regression analysis was deployed, and results showed that teachers‟ perceived usefulness of tablets in classrooms is determined by the level of perceived school support and their perceived computer self-efficacy. …”
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Adsorption and recovery of lithium ions from groundwater using date pits impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals and ionic liquid by Sara A. Wahib (17269246)

“…The thermodynamics constants of the adsorption process showed that the IL-CNC@DP was exothermic, did not favor a high level of disorder, and spontaneous in nature. At pH 6, there is a significant increase in the removal efficiency where it increased to 90%. …”

Enhancing the Sensing Performance of Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon to Detect NO, NO₂, and NH₃ Gases by Ehab Salih (17075206)

“…Moreover, the DOS results reflected a significant increase of the density at the Fermi level due to the improvement of ZGNR conductivity as a result of gas adsorption. …”

Determinants of nurse absenteeism and intent to leave: An international study by Burmeister, Elizabeth A.

“…Results The level of absenteeism and intent to leave varied significantly across countries, with registered nurses in Lebanon reporting the highest intention to leave within 12 months (43%) and registered nurses in Iceland and Australia the highest level of absenteeism (74% and 73%, respectively). …”
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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…We show that, on average, the director actual compensation level is above the efficient compensation level by around 63%. …”
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Pioglitazone Effect on Clinical Outcome and Inflammatory Response in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Eman Elmekaty (14777932)

“…A total of 4 patients died in the placebo group vs. 3 in the pioglitazone group (p =0.91). No statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in plasma CRP level at the end of the follow-up.…”

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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Immunoprofile of childhood diabetes by Meritxell Espino-Guarch (15430868)

“…When transcriptomic data was interrogated, an imbalance between ITGA4/ ITGB1 was observed in all groups where CD49d showed increased expression. Associated with these findings, anti-inflammatory Treg cytokines including IL-10 were decreased in T2D patients and elevated plasma levels of IL-17, which contributes to the insulin resistance and inflammation were observed.…”

Sustainability In Construction In The UAE by Al Fahim, Ahmed Taha

“…In this dissertation, this paper aims to provide a complex and detailed answer to the range of questions in the sphere of sustainable waste management for construction projects in the UAE. The significance of this theme was defined with the rising demand for realization of the construction projects in the country, and the associated increase of risk level for the organizations and stakeholders in the sphere of waste management. …”
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Depression, anxiety and obsessive–compulsive symptoms in relation to nutritional status and outcome in severe anorexia nervosa by Mattar, Lama

“…Future studies should use a better indicator for nutritional status than BMI alone, and should also consider the initial degree of weight loss and the rate at which weight was lost.…”
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A novel hybrid methodology for fault diagnosis of wind energy conversion systems by Khaled Dhibi (16891524)

“…Then, the sensitive and significant characteristics are transmitted to the RF model for classification purposes. …”

Natural resource dependence and war nexus: new insights by Al Shami, Farah

“…Using a panel probit model, we find that natural resources rents, military expenditures, and the presence of a common law tradition significantly increase the probability of war occurrence. …”
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Rhus coriaria L. (Sumac) Demonstrates Oncostatic Activity in the Therapeutic and Preventive Model of Breast Carcinoma by Peter Kubatka (11008854)

“…In treated rat carcinomas, we found significant caspase-3, Bax, and Bax/Bcl-2 expression increases; on the other side, a significant down-regulation of Bcl-2, Ki67, CD24, ALDH1, and EpCam expressions and MDA levels. …”

Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…There were significant country-specific differences in trends of HF burden from 1990 to 2019. …”
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Super Neurons by Serkan Kiranyaz (3762058)

“…It is highly desired to improve the receptive field size without increasing the kernel dimensions. This requires a significant upgrade over the generative neurons to achieve the “non-localized kernel operations” for each connection between consecutive layers. …”

Cushion plants act as facilitators for soil microarthropods in high alpine Sweden by Peter Ľuptáčik (14150913)

“…<p>Cushion plants can have positive impacts on plant richness in severe environments and possibly across trophic levels on arthropods, an under-studied topic. This study examined whether soil communities under cushions have higher richness and abundance of soil microarthropods than adjacent non-cushion vegetation, and whether differences in collembolan and mite abundance and species richness between cushions and adjacent vegetation increase with elevation. …”