Do Prisoners Mentalize Differently? Investigating Attachment and Reflective Functioning in a Sample of Incarcerated Lebanese Men by Abi-Habib, Rudy

“…Insecure attachment and deficits in mentalizing have been consistently found to be correlated with increased delinquency, conduct disorder and antisocial behaviors. …”
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COPE for adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a brief cognitive–behavioral skill-building intervention to improve quality of life and promote positive mental health by Doumit, Rita

“…Feasibility and acceptability findings indicated that the COPE program was a positive experience for teens. Significant decreases in depression and anxiety, and increases in QOL were also reported. …”
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Re-examining post-acceptance model of information systems continuance: A revised theoretical model using MASEM approach by Anubhav, Mishra

“…The results confirm the significance of all the relationships proposed in the original model. …”
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SVM-based task admission control and computation offloading using lyapunov optimization in heterogeneous MEC network by Abbas, Nadine

“…Results demonstrate high performance gains of the proposed solution that employs SVM-based task admission and Lyapunov-based computation offloading strategies. Significant increase in number of completed tasks, energy savings, and cost reductions are resulted as compared to alternative baseline approaches.…”
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Community formation in socially enabled wireless networks. (c2018) by Hakla, Mohammad

“…D2D leverages prevalent low-power and ISM-band technologies to augment existing infrastructure-based wireless systems to achieve significant increase in effective bit rates. There exist, nonetheless, various challenges that hinder the proliferation of D2D communications in public settings mainly due to interference, privacy and trust concerns. …”
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External strengthening of shear deficient reinforced concrete beams with flexural CFRP laminates by Hawileh, Rami

“…It could be concluded that external flexural CFRP reinforcement has a significant effect on the concrete shear strength of beams and could be used as a valid alternative when the vertical sides of RC beams are not accessible.…”
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The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France by Harakeh, Mostafa

“…Given that equity financing becomes less costly, we find that the propensity to issue new SEOs increases among high-divergence firms after IFRS adoption. …”
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Investigation of an integrated hydrogen production system based on nuclear and renewable energy sources: Comparative evaluation of hydrogen production options with a regenerative f... by Orhan, Mehmet Fatih

“…Also, a parametric study is conducted on these efficiencies to see the effect of various operating conditions.…”
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Keyed Watermarks: A Fine-grained Tracking of Event-time in Apache Flink by Yasser, Tawfik

“…In this paper, we present a novel strategy called keyed watermarks to overcome data loss and increase the accuracy of data processing to at least 99% in most cases. …”
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Investigating vulnerability for developing eating disorders in a multi-confessional lebanese sample by Khazen, Georges

“…Results: Results showed that anxiety had the greatest effect on increasing the predisposition to ED, followed by stress level, BID, depression and restrained eating. …”
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Riding the waves: A study of retrun spillovers and inter-sector linkages in US equity markets during the COVID-19 pandemic by Umar Kayani (17986576)

“…<p>In times of crisis, stock markets experience a significant increase in return volatility, which leads to spillovers across equity sectors. …”

Human Action Recognition: A Taxonomy-Based Survey, Updates, and Opportunities by Md Golam Morshed (19420537)

“…One of the most challenging issues for computer vision is the automatic and precise identification of human activities. A significant increase in feature learning-based representations for action recognition has emerged in recent years, due to the widespread use of deep learning-based features. …”

Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in Academic and Engineering Sectors to Enhance Employee Productivity by AlNaqbi, Humaid Abdalla

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The Global Economic crisis & organisation change: case studies in the UAE by Al Hashemi, Khalid

“…Much of the restructuring took place under the banner of increasing corporate financial performance, but a significant byproduct of the deep-rooted organisational change it involves is additional strain on the organisation’s relationship with employees, communities, taxpayers, governments & stakeholders (Heugens, P., Schenk, H. 2004). …”
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Modelling of Concrete Waste Using Life Cycle Assessment & Damage Cost by SAEED, MOHAMED DARWISH MOHAMED

“…There is a massive quantity of concrete waste in the city of Dubai and in United Arab Emirates (UAE) landfills, due to the enormous growth of infrastructure in the last two decades that has resulted in an increase in the number of construction and demolition sites, and currently there is no effective management option to reduce the concrete waste in the landfills by sustainable methods. …”
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Organizational Strategy and Employee Productivity in Oil and Gas Industry: The Case of the United Arab Emirates by Al-Ansari, Haima Ali Al-Mulla

“…To enable this, employers have to adopt organizational strategies, aligned at promoting their employees to work effectively, and efficiently. The prime focus of this research is to understand how organizations can increase employee productivity in the oil and gas industry in Emirate of Abu Dhabi, by making use of suitable organizational strategies. …”
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Opportunities for Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation in the UAE through Academia-Industry Collaboration by Mirahmadi, Mirahmadi

“…Competition and technological changes continue to increase at a rapid rate which leads to a significant growth in the need for connection between firms and universities, not only to discover knowledge but also to achieve improvements in performance. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Alumina HDPE Composites by Mohamed Saleh (11255823)

“…<div><p>In this study, effects of two different types of porous alumina nanoparticles have been incorporated into high-density polyethylene (HDPE) to study their impact on the properties of the HDPE composite. …”

Performance evaluation of 3D-printed PLA composites doped with WE43 magnesium alloy for bone tissue engineering applications by Sumama Nuthana Kalva (17302906)

“…Adding WE43 alloy to PLA decreased the average pore sizes of the composites. …”

Isolation and Evaluation of Qatari Rhizobacteria: Antagonistic Potential Against Phytopathogens and Growth Promotion in Tomato Plants by Amina BiBi (17679402)

“…The results indicated significant growth inhibition, reaching up to 50%. Subsequent in-vivo evaluations were conducted under greenhouse conditions, revealing that local strains exhibited significant growth-promoting effects. …”