Total and segmental liver volume variations by Abdalla, Eddie

“…This reproducible, noninvasive procedure is necessary because significant interpatient variation is believed to exist in the relative contributions of the hepatic segments to TLV.11 CT volumetry accurately predicts TLV on the basis of body surface area or body weight,12 which may achieve the true goal of preoperative CT volumetry of the liver, that is to estimate the individual patient's hepatic metabolic demands after resection or transplantation.7 Complications associated with technical aspects of liver surgery are decreasing, and focus has concurrently shifted to analysis of postoperative complications after major hepatic resection and liver transplantation on the basis of liver remnant volume and graft volume.3., 4., 6., 7., 8. and 13. …”
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Investigating The Efficacy of Ruxolitinib and CHIR-99021 in Targeting Pediatric Neuroblastoma Stem Cells by Al Sayyed, Fatima

“…Western blot analysis showed significant decrease in stem cell markers SOX-2 and Oct-4, and tumorigenic protein HMGA1, whereas it showed significant increase in apoptotic markers cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase-3. …”
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Effects of Different Processing Methods on the Antibiotic Enrofloxacin Residues Occurrence in Middle Eastern Dairy Products by Haddad, Rita

“…Results showed that pasteurization (Holder and High Temperature Short Time) significantly decreased ENF concentration. A significant increase in ENF by 3.5 folds was reported upon curding milk into Baladi, and by 1.9 folds upon acidifying/boiling the whey into Double Crème. …”
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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.…”

Inland Treatment of the Brine Generated from Reverse Osmosis Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Epuvalisation System by Qurie, Mohannad

“…At the end of the experiment, analysis of the effluent brine showed a remarkable decrease of electroconductivity (EC), PO43−, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and K+ with a reduction of 60%, 74%, 70%, and 60%, respectively, as compared to the influent. …”
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Effect of Acute and Chronic Moderate Red or White Wine Consumption on Fasted and Postprandial Lipemia in the Rat by Daher, Costantine F.

“…Phospholipid and cholesterol contents of CM, but not very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), were increased, indicating enhanced liver bile secretion; however, a significant increase in plasma VLDL concentration was observed. …”
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Improved properties and salt rejection of polysulfone membrane by incorporation of hydrophilic cobalt-doped ZnO nanoparticles by Muneer M. Ba-Abbad (14151660)

“…The hydrophilicity of PSf membranes was improved by adding of ZnO and doped ZnO NPs which showed a decrease in contact angle values from 82° to 62° with an increased flux with water. …”

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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Therapeutic Effect of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Extract in the Management of Sodium Orthovanadate-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats by Habchy, Chistabel

“…All doses of Cannabis oil caused significant decrease in serum urea, as well as in serum creatinine at a dose of 20mg/Kg. …”
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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. …”

Biomolecular changes and subsequent time-dependent recovery in hippocampal tissue after experimental mild traumatic brain injury by Sebnem Garip Ustaoglu (18460611)

“…Band area and intensity ratios, band frequency and bandwidth values of specific spectral bands showed that TBI causes significant structural and contextual global changes including decrease in carbonyl content, unsaturated lipid content, lipid acyl chain length, membrane lipid order, total protein content, lipid/protein ratio, besides increase in membrane fluidity with an altered protein secondary structure and metabolic activity in hippocampus 24 h after injury. …”

Reasons behind the non-application of the activity based costing system in developing countries, case of Lebanon by ElGammal, Walid

“…Two questionnaires are used; the first distributed to ABC system users and the second for non ABC users, also five interviews are conducted with senior level managers. The questionnaires are self-administered in order to increase the response rate, given the fact that the direct contact in the Lebanese culture proves to generate more efficient and effective data than the indirect contact. …”
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Design, Evaluation and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Demand Controlled Ventilation in Hot and Humid Climate by Sohoo, Mahmood Ali

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An investigation into links between UAE STI Policy and the Federal Universities STEM Majors’ Enrolments, Graduates and Research Development: an evidence-based exploration of the im... by Khreibi, Rima Abou

“…In terms of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), there has been a decrease in STEM programs enrolment, while STEM graduates in UAEU has stayed steady at 1/3 STEM majors compared to 2/3 non-STEM programs. …”
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Aorta deformation linked to heart disease by Nature Research (16552612)

“…They found that the mechanics of the aorta were altered, with the pulsatile change in aortic diameter, distention and elasticity of the aortic walls being significantly decreased, and aortic stiffness significantly increased, in HCM patients compared to the controls. …”

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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Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals by Angy Mallah (17831954)

“…Oncology nurses, having a direct significant contact with these patients, could be the first information source concerning food safety and play a pivotal role in reducing these risks.…”

Loss of FOXA2 induces ER stress and hepatic steatosis and alters developmental gene expression in human iPSC-derived hepatocytes by Maryam Aghadi (17128819)

“…Functional assays demonstrated an increase in lipid accumulation, bile acid synthesis and glycerol production, while a decrease in glucose uptake, glycogen storage, and Albumin secretion. …”

Impact of inflammation, gene variants, and cigarette smoking on coronary artery disease risk by Merhi, Mahmoud

“…Moreover, a significant smoking-gene interaction is determined with CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism rs4646903 and is associated with a decreased risk of CAD in current smokers (OR 0.52137). …”
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