Privacy-Preserving Fog Aggregation of Smart Grid Data Using Dynamic Differentially-Private Data Perturbation by Fawaz Kserawi (16904859)

“…Our experimental results show a possible decrease in data perturbation error by 51.7% and 61.2% for smart meters and fog-computing data aggregators perturbed data, respectively, compared to the commonly used Gaussian mechanism.…”

Spatial and temporal assessment of metal pollution in the sediments of the Qaraoun reservoir, Lebanon by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…Total metal concentrations and the environmental indices indicated increased pollution with time. Total organic carbon data showed a remarkable and significant increase in the organic fraction in 2013 relative to previous years. …”
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Rescue cerclage by Khoury, Alfred

“…OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of outcomes of rescue cerclage at our institution. METHODS: A retrospective study of women who received rescue McDonald cerclage, from January 2002 to December 2004, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Fetal Left Heart Hemodynamics During Gestational Stages by Huseyin Enes Salman (18131794)

“…<p dir="ltr">Flow-driven hemodynamic forces on the cardiac tissues have critical importance, and have a significant role in the proper development of the heart. …”

Feeder protection challenges with high penetration of inverter based distributed generation by Margossian, Haraj

“…The increasing proportion of inverter based distributed generation (DG) in the power system may limit the short circuit power available at distribution substations and consequently cause significant troubles for the protection of distribution feeders where DG are connected. …”
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Characterizing the dynamics of climate and native desert plants in Qatar by Meshal Abdullah (17746950)

“…These findings suggest a continued decrease in vegetation coverage, leading to more drought seasons and impacting water and food security. …”

Development and Validation of the Motivation for Tutoring Questionnaire in Problem-Based Learning Programs by Salah Eldin, Kassab

“…In addition, tutoring efficacy scores significantly increased by years of tutoring experience and predicted 38% of the variance in self-rated tutoring skills scores. …”
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Road deaths and injuries in India: Action required on the five pillars of road safety by Gopalakrishna Gururaj (19807233)

“…The economic losses from road crashes are estimated to be 3% of GDP and are increasing from year to year (2). Amidst significant regional variations, many Indian states have road deaths much above the national average. …”

What drives cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes: Coin versus market factors? by Lanouar Charfeddine (10705000)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Finance Research Letters<br> License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105861" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105861</a></p>…”

Students’ perceptions of Kahoot!: An exploratory mixed-method study in EFL undergraduate classrooms in the UAE by Alawadhi, Azza

“…In recent years, game-based student response systems (GSRS) such as Socrative, Quizlet, and Kahoot! has become a popular tool to increase motivation, enhance classroom engagement, and facilitate collaborative learning. …”
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The effect of Hydrogen Peroxide treatments on dental enamel porosity and protein structure and its long-term implications on tooth hardness and optical properties by Ovidiu, Ciobanu

“…ResultsShade analysis revealed that, in the short term, HP treatment significantly increased lightness and Hue and decreased chroma compared to DW (p < 0.05); however, 1 week after treatment some of the initial gains in tooth lightness were partially lost. …”
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Sustainability within interior design curriculum in UAE & impact on design mindset by Ibrahim, Dina

“…The United Arab Emirates is facing as serious situation, as the World Wide Fund for Nature organization WWF published the Living Planet Report in 2008, which declared that the UAE had a highest per capita Ecological Footprint. Consequently, the UAE government is playing a vital role towards sustainability nowadays. …”
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Functional disability of road traffic injury patients admitted to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka on admission and three months after discharge from the hospital by Roshan Chaminda Sampath (19774524)

“…At three months after the injury significant increase proportion of functional disability was observed with increase number of body regions injured (p=0.000) and with increase injury severity (p=0.000). …”

Thermal regulation of algae cultures in raceway ponds utilizing ground heat: Improving techno-economic feasibility and process sustainability of large-scale algae production in Qat... by Rihab, Rasheed

“…Algae can play a significant role in this, however the commercialization of microalgal biomass is still limited for techno-economic reasons. …”
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Thermal profiles of amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) in 3D printed tablets by fused deposition modelling (FDM): Production of tunable tablet doses by Heba Iqbal (17337667)

“…Aptly, there was a 35% increase in solubility and a significant increase (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in dissolution rates of ibuprofen from 3D printed ASD tablets compared to printed tablets of pure ibuprofen. …”

Optimal Planning of Distributed Generators and Shunt Capacitors in Isolated Microgrids With Nonlinear Loads by Yazdavar, Ameen H.

“…The effectiveness of the proposed planning approach has been validated using the PG&E 69-bus system, and the followings are observed: 1) the significance of applying suitable fundamental-power-flow and harmonic-power-flow algorithms for isolated microgrids, and 2) the possibility of avoiding a severe voltage distortion by utilizing an appropriate planning method and only small increase in the cost.…”
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Anticancer Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against in vivo and in vitro Models of Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Azar Atallah, Shirine

“…The anti-tumor effect of COE was also evaluated using a DMBA/TPA skin carcinogenesis mouse model. Intraperitoneal treatment of mice with COE (10, 25 or 50 mg/kg; 9 weeks) showed a non-significant decrease in tumor volume with respect to control, without adverse effects on liver and kidney function. …”
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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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Influence of physicochemical properties on the in vitro skin permeation of the enantiomers, racemate, and eutectics of ibuprofen for enhanced transdermal drug delivery by Capomacchia, Anthony C.

“…The eutectic emulsion had the highest permeation rate, a 2.21-fold increase in flux compared with saturated aIPA solutions of the racemate with a 2.03-fold increase in flux. …”
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Investigation and Optimization of Mxene functionalized Mesoporous Titania Films as Efficient Photoelectrodes by Iqbal, Anum

“…The anatase phase of TiO₂ was significantly augmented due to increased contents of Mxene and postdeposition heat treatments; as evidenced by structural analysis. …”
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