Defining Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education in Lebanon by Marji, Lama

“…Thus, given the proportion of children who spend significant portions of their day in settings outside their immediate family context, it may be fairly accurate to say that the main aim of public regulation of childcare centres is to ensure that children's rights are respected and their safety and well-being is maintained as a priority in their daily experience at the childcare center. …”
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An XML Document Comparison Framework by Tekli, Joe

“…Our approach consists of four main modules for i) discovering the structural commonalities between sub-trees, ii) identifying sub-tree semantic resemblances, iii) computing tree-based edit operations costs, iv) and computing tree edit distance. …”
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The correlation between urban form and travel behavior to have climate comfort by Nofal, Heba

“…The importance of the study is that it should provide the richness of a case study scenario to underpin the impact of the social construction of the urban form and provide a significant understanding of urban form and its implications on the environment. …”
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Toward more rigorous country brand assessments: the modified country brand strength index by Lahrech, Abdelmounaim

“…Purpose– This study focuses on country branding indices. The main purpose of this study is to build an objective country brand strength index using secondary data. …”
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Leadership Effectiveness of School Principals and Institutional Development: The Overarching Role of Leaders’ National Culture in Arabic Schools in UAE by NASR, INAS

“…School Leadership has remained a fundamental aspect of school development. This is based on the widespread assertion that quality leadership makes a good difference in school effectiveness and student outcomes. …”
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Investigating High School Boys’ Academic Underachievement in Second Language Classrooms by Samra, Nora

“…This qualitative research adopts two main tools, which are observations and semi-structured interviews with teachers, leaders, and students. …”
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On-demand mobile sensing framework for traffic monitoring. (c2017) by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…Moreover, we extend our approach by elaborating (1) cellular networks based model for selecting suitable set of mobile devices acting as data collectors and (2) inference rules based on deductive logic for traffic status classification inferred from both density and mean speed. …”
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Evaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis and factors affecting the incidence of surgical site infections in cardiac surgery at a tertiary medical center in Lebanon. (c2004) by Khatib, Zein Ahmad El-

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Association of Computed Tomography Morphologic Criteria With Pathologic Response and Survival in Patients Treated With Bevacizumab for Colorectal Liver Metastases by Shin Chun, Yun

“…Conclusion Among patients with colorectal liver metastases treated with bevacizumab-containing chemotherapy, CT-based morphologic criteria had a statistically significant association with pathologic response and overall survival.…”
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Human hepatic stellate cells and inflammation by Faour, Wissam H.

“…Conclusion: These new observations have to be taken into account in any future liver cell therapy application based on the use of HSCs.…”
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The new financial war. (c2013) by Safa, Waddah M.

“…Through policy and discourse analysis, it explores the behavior of the Lebanese financial system in crises showing how the Central Bank’s timely intervention in problematic situations has resulted in leveling international and domestic political pressures. The main question is: How has Lebanon sustained its leading role as one of the most important financial and banking centers in the Middle East based on its longstanding banking secrecy practices as well as complied with international standards regarding anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism; it is hoped that this thesis provides an informative and plausible answer.…”
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Identifying Friction in a Nonlinear Chaotic System Using a Universal Adaptive Stabilizer by Wadi, Ali

“…The discrepancy between the simulation and the experimental results is attributed to the limitations of the friction model. The main advantage of the proposed method is the significant reduction in computational needs and the time required relative to conventional optimization-based identification routines. …”
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Gender Perceptions in Lebanon: A Case Study of how Gender is Perceived in Lebanon and the Factors that Influence the Perceptions by Bitar, Khuloud

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In-depth study of spinal injuries from real world vehicle crashes in Saudi Arabia by Naif Khalaf Alshammari (19794165)

“…The factors which contribute to the problem and hence the solution are based of analysis of real world data. The incidence of spinal injuries in traffic accidents has been identified to be a significant problem in Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries (GCC). …”

Opportunities for Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation in the UAE through Academia-Industry Collaboration by Mirahmadi, Mirahmadi

“…A number of interviews were conducted based on the information attained from the literature. …”
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An additive manufacturing approach based on electrohydrodynamic printing to fabricate P3HT:PCBM thin films by Zulfikre Esa (19457344)

“…The EHDA printed thin-film’s topography, morphology and optical properties were systematically analyzed. The root-mean-square roughness was found to vary significantly with the annealing temperature and the flow rate and ranged from 1.938 to 3.345 nm. …”

Mirizzi Syndrome: Mastering the Challenge, Characterization and Management Outcomes in a Retrospective Study of 60 Cases by Yousef Yahia (19756989)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Among 8200 cholecystectomies, 60 cases of MS were identified, with type 1 being the most prevalent (90%). The mean age of the patients was 44 years, with male predominance (75%). …”

The Impact of the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction on the Reading Achievement of Ninth Grade Female Emirati students in the Qurtoba Public School in Dubai by Khadragy, Saada Abdelgawad Mohamed

“…The results showed the significant effect of the FCMI teaching method on teaching ESL reading skills.…”
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In silico virtual screening of lead compounds for major antigenic sites in respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein by Shilu Mathew (625826)

“…Using in silico virtual screening, we identified potential RSV inhibitors that bind two major antigenic sites on the RSV F protein. Using structure-based design and combination-based drug therapy, identified molecules could be modified to generate the next generation anti-RSV drugs.…”

An investigation into the Impact of Operational Readiness Factors on the Success of Airports Projects in the UAE by Al-Mazrouie, Jumah Rashid

“…The study uses mixed methods (triangulation), comprising firstly a focus group categorisation assessment of operational readiness fac-tors based on a study of the existing literature (enabling the design of a survey instrument). …”
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