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

"…In contrast to our theoretical assumptions, we found that the moderating effect of the ease of doing business index on the relationship between geographical distance and FDI is negatively significant. Interestingly, the result further indicates that the ease of doing business scoring does not moderate the relationship between cultural distance and FDI inflow. …"
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Stability and thermophysical properties test of carbide-derived carbon thermal fluid; a comparison between functionalized and emulsified suspensions حسب Ismail W. Almanassra (14151321)

"…Increasing the CDC loading was found to increase the viscosity and decrease the specific heat of the suspensions. …"

ROS-Mediated Autophagic Death in Glioblastoma Cells Upon Treatment by Human Recombinant Arginase I (Co)- PEG5000 [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000] حسب Abdel Khalek, Maya

"…Secondly, the results also showed in both U251 and A172 cells, an increase in the percentage of the survival of cells co-treated with HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000 and chloroquine; indicating that autophagy is contributing to cell death at late time points in GBM cells. …"
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Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon حسب Djoundourian, Salpie

"…Using data from 1993 to 2002, we observe that the sector grew significantly in size as measured by assets, but the growth in assets was not accompanied by a similar growth in profits. …"
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Trends in Necrotizing Fasciitis‐Associated Mortality in the United States 2003–2020: A CDC WONDER Database Population‐Based Study حسب Saad Khan (296295)

"…Additionally, urban–rural analysis indicated that large central metropolitan areas had consistently elevated mortality rates, whereas smaller metropolitan and noncore areas experienced sharper increases.…"

Acquiring firms' stock returns حسب Raad, Elias

"…This study examines the effects of the method of payment, change in leverage, and management equity ownership on the acquiring firm's stock returns around the initial announcement date of the merger. Results indicate that stockholders of mergers financed with stocks suffer significant losses. …"
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Feast Your Eyes حسب Malli, Dana

"…A focus group of 9 participants was conducted after data collection to understand the level of awareness of participants on the effect of social media exposure on BID, mood, and cravings. Results: Results indicated significantly higher scores of state BID, reported feelings of stress, sadness, hunger, and exhaustion as well as higher salty, savory, and fatty food cravings when participants were exposed to junk food content as compared to control content exposure. …"
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Association Between Hypothyroidism and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study in the United States حسب Hassan, Manal M.

"…Restricted analyses among hepatitis virus–negative subjects, nondrinkers, nondiabetics, nonsmokers, and nonobese individuals indicated a significant association between hypothyroidism and HCC, with an approximate two-fold to three-fold increased risk of HCC development. …"
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Dihydromyricetin and Salvianolic acid B inhibit alpha-synuclein aggregation and enhance chaperone-mediated autophagy حسب Jia-Zhen Wu (6844793)

"…In both cell-free and cellular models of α-synuclein aggregation, after administration of DHM and Sal B, we observed significant inhibition of α-synuclein accumulation and aggregation. …"

Theoretical insight into effect of cation–anion pairs on CO₂ reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts حسب Sun Hee Yoon (7179263)

"…The adsorption energy (Eads) and work function (Wf) of the anions increases with decreasing anion size (i.e., Cl⁻ > Br⁻ > I⁻). …"

Rapid mercury removal using living indigenous microalgal communities for water treatment applications حسب Amr Nasr Fekry (22521185)

"…Advanced characterization revealed significant surface modifications, with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) showing increased surface roughness, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) indicating involvement of hydroxyl, protein, and carbohydrate functional groups, and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) confirming Hg(II) binding to oxygen-containing moieties with distinctive Hg 4f peaks at 101.78 and 105.8 eV. …"

Consanguinity حسب Mumtaz, Ghina

"…Overall, infants of consanguineous parents had a statistically significant 1.6-fold net increased risk of being born at less than 33 weeks’ gestation compared with infants of unrelated parents. …"
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Characterization of the potency and mechanism of action of a novel dual-selective intermolecularly complemented version of Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PAU2R200A- PAL1I207R/FP59) in Acute... حسب Farhat, Mirna

"…We showed evidence that PAU2R200A/FP59, from the IMC variant, induced a cytotoxic response that matched the pattern of IMC/FP59, as such indicating that uPA/uPAR is the rate limiting factor in the activation of IMC/FP59.In addition, staining for Annexin V/PI post IMC/FP59 treatment showed an increase in double positive cells indicating non-apoptotic cell death. …"
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Electrochemical and thermodynamic study on the corrosion performance of API X120 steel in 3.5% NaCl solution حسب Khuram Shahzad (575887)

"…The surface topography result indicates that the API X120 steel interface in PEI presence is smoother than CO₂ with Cl⁻ ions or Cl⁻ ions only. …"

Orthodontic camouflage versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical treatment in borderline class III malocclusion: a systematic review حسب Maged S. Alhammadi (14150757)

"…Regarding the vertical jaw relation, one study reported a significant decrease in mandibular plane inclination in OC and a significant increase in OOS. …"

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Iraq حسب Dujaili, Juman Abdulelah

"…ResultsAfter the 2-month intensive phase, physical well-being, functional well-being, and the overall total scores were significantly increased (p<0.01). Furthermore, at completion of TB treatment, there were significant improvements in the overall HRQL as indicated by the FACIT-TB total score and all subscales, except social and economic well-being and spiritual well-being. …"
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Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors حسب 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. …"

Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar حسب John M., Rivers

"…The overall landward increase in salinity is accompanied by a decrease in the diversity of benthic fauna and their skeletal remains. …"
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Total hip arthroplasty: Evolution of the use of dual mobility cups in Lebanon حسب Assi, Chahine

"…Recurrent dislocation, being a major reason for revision total hip arthroplasty (THA), was found to decrease significantly using dual mobility cup (DMC) compared to standard cups (SC), and that in both primary and revision THA. …"
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PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications حسب Pramod Darvin (153341)

"…PD-L1 promoter was significantly hypomethylated in MCF-7 tumorspheres, but not from BT-549 tumorspheres, compared with their cell line counterparts. …"