Characterization of the Urinary Metagenome and Virome in Healthy Children by Eman Wehedy (13275305)

“…Our data reflected much variation in the microbial fingerprints of children. Girls had significantly higher levels of Firmicutes, whereas boys had significantly higher levels of Actinobacteria. …”

Environmental movement in Lebanon by Djoundourian, Salpie

“…Using the total number of established environmental organizations and the level of reported activities aimed at spreading environmental awareness and educating people as indicators of private sector involvement in the environmental movement, the paper concludes that the post war era is characterized by a significant increase in the number of established organizations. …”
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E-cigarettes in the Middle East: The known, unknown, and what needs to be known next by Mohammed, Al-Hamdani

“…The prevalence of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is increasing globally. Population-level data from several nations suggest that a higher proportion of youth and young adults are using e-cigarettes compared to the general population. …”
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Trade Flow and Nation Brand Distance: A Structural Gravity Model Approach by AL BESHER, HUDA ISMAIL

“…The results on the impact of NBD on FTA and trade flows provides some interesting insights as the there is a negative and significant moderation impact of NBD on the relationship between FTA and both export and import volume which suggest that a decrease of NBD will increase the effect of FTA on trade flow. …”
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Teaching Leadership in UAE Business and Education Programmes: A Habermasean Analysis within an Islamic Context by ELKALEH, EMAN

“…Results were integrated at the interpretative level and abductive reasoning was used as the logic of justification. …”
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Which factor explains the life‐history of <i>Xanthium strumarium</i> L., an aggressive alien invasive plant species, along its altitudinal gradient? by Rafi Ullah (8146836)

“…<p dir="ltr">Invasive biology acknowledges the concept of better performance by invasive plants in the introduced range. …”

Thermo-economic Optimization of Hybrid Combined Power Cycles Using Heliostat Field Collector by Saghafifar, Mohammad

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Gasoline fume inhalation induces apoptosis, inflammation, and favors Th2 polarization in C57BL/6 mice by Nour-Eldine, Wared

“…The latter was consistent with increases in the transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines [Interleukins (ILs) 4 and 6], respectively by ~ 6- and 4-fold in the lungs of GE mice compared to CON. …”
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The Integration of Agile Methodology in the Development of Software Project by ALMHEIRI, MOHAMMED

“…In many scenarios, greater quality was associated to higher levels of agile approach adoption, however the effects were not linear. …”
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The role of social networks on the progress of English attainment: a study of Year 10 EAL boarding pupils by Sabawi, Aimon

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The English Language Centre Community College Qatar: A Position Report by Irum Naz (17948078)

“…</p><p dir="ltr">With regard to the curriculum, participants felt that the existing program would benefit from significant revisions. These would include narrowing the focus of courses and providing sets of very specific learning objectives for students, with attention to preventing repetition between levels and subjects. …”

Evaluation of nutrition support practices: Results from a nationwide survey by Abi Saleh, Wajdy

“…Assessing the current level of nutrition support practice is the first step to understand the barriers and ultimately implement potential strategies to increase guideline adherence and promote quality nutrition support in hospitals. …”
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Eight Weeks of Plyometric Training Improves Ability to Change Direction and Dynamic Postural Control in Female Basketball Players by Yosser Cherni (18174172)

“…In summary, the addition of 8 weeks plyometric training to the usual in-season basketball regimen of top-level female basketball players enhanced their ability to change direction and reduced the risk of falls and injuries by improving postural control, but did not increase the H/Q measure of knee stability.…”

Developing a Framework for Evaluating Accessibility Density and Coverage by Trabulsi, Eyad B.

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Effect of Diverse Seismic Hazard Estimates on Performance and Overall Cost of RC Shear Wall Buildings in Dubai, UAE by Aly, Nader Essam

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Biochemical Characterization of Halotolerant Bacillus safensis PM22 and Its Potential to Enhance Growth of Maize under Salinity Stress by Muhammad Atif Azeem (17542080)

“…Furthermore, PM22-inoculated plants showed markedly enhanced photosynthetic pigment, carotenoid, leaf relative water content, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) activity, salt tolerance index, total soluble sugar, total protein, and ascorbic acid contents compared to non-inoculated control maize plants. PM22 substantially increased antioxidant (enzymatic and non-enzymatic) activities in maize plants, including ascorbate peroxidase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, total flavonoid, and phenol levels. …”

Interleukin-35 and Thymoquinone nanoparticle-based intervention for liver protection against paracetamol-induced liver injury in rats by Maisa Siddiq Abduh (16381125)

“…Additionally, IL-35 or THYO decreased TNF-α, NF-κB, IL-10, IL-6 and IFN-γ in contrast to the PAR control group. Moreover, levels of Capase-3, and cytochrome C were significantly reduced by THYO or IL35, while, levels of Bcl-2 were markedly increased. …”

The impact of environment concern and attitude on green purchasing behavior by Dagher, Grace K.

“…The findings revealed that green marketers could benefit from increasing the level of environmental concern and attitude among both males and females. …”
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Akkermansia, a Possible Microbial Marker for Poor Glycemic Control in Qataris Children Consuming Arabic Diet—A Pilot Study on Pediatric T1DM in Qatar by Arun Prasath Lakshmanan (16444663)

“…The results have revealed that the subjects who had undergone CSII therapy had increased microbial diversity and genus <i>Akkermansia</i> was significantly enriched in the subjects without CSII therapy. …”

Cognitive Vigilance Enhancement using Audio Stimulation of Pure Tone at 250 Hz by Yahya, Fares

“…The entropy measures show that the temporal profile of the EEG signals has significantly increased with VE. The classification results showed that SVM technique with DE features across all frequency bands can detect VE levels with accuracy varying between (92.10±02.24)% to (98.32±01.14)%, sensitivity of (92.50±02.33)% to (98.66±01.00)%, and specificity of (91.70±02.32)% to (97.99±01.05)%. …”
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