Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... حسب Marissa B Reitsma (8674341)

"…Although prevalence of smoking had decreased significantly since 1990 among both males (27·5% [26·5–28·5] reduction) and females (37·7% [35·4–39·9] reduction) aged 15 years and older, population growth has led to a significant increase in the total number of smokers from 0·99 billion (0·98–1·00) in 1990. …"

Metabolomics of Dynamic Changes in Insulin Resistance Before and After Exercise in PCOS حسب Anna Halama (545988)

"…IS was lower in PCOS (p < 0.001) and was further decreased by the lipid infusion in both PCOS and controls. …"

Exploring Unique Physiological and Genetic Features of Desert-dwelling Legumes حسب Madhurima Chatterjee (5331215)

"…Similar to other desert plant species, legumes have acquired multiple survival mechanisms, including physiological and genetic alterations, to inhabit the desert environment. However, recent climatic disasters and civilization practices are deteriorating the soil quality and vegetative lands, resulting in decreased plant growth and yield, negatively affecting human health and dietary habits. …"

Influence of thermo-mechanical properties of coatings on friction in elastohydrodynamic lubricated contacts حسب Habchi, W.

"…Furthermore, a combination of soft coatings with low thermal inertia is shown to maximize friction reduction while hard coatings with high thermal inertia maximize friction increase. These effects are found to increase with the coating thickness.…"
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Customer Acceptance and Bank Employee Perceptions of Internet Banking حسب Aminzadeh, Arezoo

"…According to the results, they perceive IB useful, efficient and effective,profitable, increasing customer satisfaction and market effects, reducing overall cost and no security issues.Findings from this study provides insights for the banks in Dubai by identifying the significant IB drivers, understanding key attributes for customer satisfaction and user loyalty to IB and recommendations to enhance the IB system to increase the number of online subscribers, motivate the users to utilize the IB in performing their transactions and retain the current users in order to reduce the overall cost of the bank, increase the volume of the sale,maintain good image in the market, sustain their competitive position in the market and increase the bank profitability.…"
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The role of methanolic extract of Quercus infectoria bark in lipemia, glycemia, gastric ulcer and bacterial growth حسب Khouzami, L.

"…After one month of chronic extract (0.5% w/v) intake via drinking water, there was a significant increase in serum HDL-cholesterol level. …"
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Modeling and simulation of PV arrays under varying conditions حسب Ghajar, R.

"…The penetration of renewable energy technologies into energy markets is on the increase due to significant drops in their capital cost, increase in their efficiency and improvement in storage system and power electronic interface. …"
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Metabolic Profiling of Exercise-induced Autophagy-dependent Metabolites in Mouse Plasma حسب Fadel, Joanna

"…Our results show that exercise induced distinct metabolic changes in mouse plasma, with several metabolites, including pregeijerene, androsterone glucuronide, meproscillarin, and N-acetyl methionine, showing significant increases in the exercise group. These changes were largely attenuated by CQ treatment, suggesting their dependence on autophagy. …"
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Enhancing Organisational Transparency through Talent and Performance Management حسب Al-Shareef, Aisha Mustafa

"…Therefore, it is necessary to examine some ways on how we can effectively increase the practice of transparency within the semi government and government organisations. …"
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The impact of switching from fluorescent lights to full-spectrum fluorescent and LED lighting in schools: An experiment in Victoria Int’l School in Sharjah حسب SEJARI, NOURHAN JAMAL

"…In the workplace and in school, it can increase engagement and on-task behavior. This study develops experimental research for effects of LED, fluorescent, and full spectrum lighting on classroom’s children. …"
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Micropollutants Removal from Water using Microfiltration Membrane Modified with ZIF-8 Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) حسب Ragab, Doaa

"…The synergy provided by using ZIF-8 particles and the significant regeneration volume reduction ratio demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach for increasing the overall micropollutants removal capacity and allows for its further consideration for development of viable continuous membrane adsorption techniques for decontamination of water resources.…"
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Investigating the acoustic release of doxorubicin from targeted micelles حسب Husseini, Ghaleb

"…The main problem associated with the administration of anti-cancer medication is that the drug is delivered throughout the body causing undesirable side effects. Therefore, it is important to synthesize drug carriers capable of minimizing the adverse side effects of chemotherapy by preferentially targeting tumor cells both actively (e.g. a folate receptor) and using external stimulus (e.g. ultrasound). …"
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An investigations into the factors that associated with writing anxiety for english language learners in UAE universities حسب Hussein, Sulaiman

"…Despite increasing interest in investigating the effects of second/foreign language writing anxiety on L2 learners’ writing performance and attitudes over the last three decades, the potential sources of that phenomenon have not been widely researched and identified, particularly in Arabic EFL contexts. …"
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Serviceability and Flexural Behavior of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) Bars Exposed to Harsh Conditions حسب Alkhraisha, Hakem

"…Test results also indicate that increasing the reinforcement ratio did not result in a directly proportional increase in the moment capacity. …"
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Teaching English Language Vocabulary to ESL Learners via mobile phone applications short message service (SMS): An Investigation Based on Arabic-speaking Learners حسب Abdou, Ali

"…An analysis of the result showed no significant difference between both groups in the immediate post-test while there was a significant difference in the delayed post-test which signifies the effectiveness of using mobile phone applications in teaching and learning English vocabulary.…"
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Application of Zn-ferrite towards thermochemical utilization of carbon dioxide: A thermodynamic investigation حسب Rahul R. Bhosale (6467102)

"…However, as the gas-to-gas heat recovery effectiveness increases to 0.9, this difference decreases to 11.8 kW. …"

Valorization of Gas-To-Liquid Sludge as a Sustainable Soil Organic Amendment for Cotton Cultivation حسب Oumaima Mabrouk (17679435)

"…On the other hand, the adverse effects generally related to industrial sludge reuse were not significant and did not affect the designed agro-environmental system. …"

The Interactions of Business Environment, Generic Strategy, Operations Strategy, and Business Performance in the Lebanese Industries حسب Ghazal, Ziad

"…The results confirmed the significance of the direct effects at the aggregate level. …"
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Investigating the Leadership Styles and National Culture of Emirati Female School Principals حسب Al Khatib, Soulafa

"…Background: With the growing expectations from the field of education day by day, increases the importance of effective school leadership. …"
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An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - Are your sorted cells getting SICS? حسب Gerald Pfister (17075275)

"…Recently, the flow cytometry community has become increasingly aware about the potential negative effects this could have on sorted cells and the term “sorter induced cell stress” (SICS) has been proposed. …"