A Cross-cultural study of pragmatically requestive speech act realization patterns by Elsayed, Elsayed Mahmoud

“…It looks at how the speech acts’ requesting strategies differ across different cultures in terms of the social distance, size of imposition and power. It also looks at the types of politeness strategies, which could increase or decrease the degree of the imposion on the hearer(s), employed by the two groups in terms of the aforementioned sociolinguistic variables. …”
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Extraction and characterization of biofunctional lignocellulosic fibers from Pulicaria undulata plant and the effect of alkali treatment on their bio-physicochemical properties by Mohammed, Alsafran

“…In contrast, alkali-treated fibers showed a significant decrease in radical scavenging activity (almost 7–8 fold) and reducing power potential (6-fold) and exhibited no antifungal activity, potentially due to the loss of bioactive components such as lignin and essential oils. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Fog Aggregation of Smart Grid Data Using Dynamic Differentially-Private Data Perturbation by Fawaz Kserawi (16904859)

“…<p>The edge of the smart grid has a massive number of power and resource-constrained interconnected devices. …”

Nonlinear effects in locally resonant nanostrip phononic metasurface at GHz frequencies by Feng Gao (3548)

“…Due to the nonlinearity, the resonance frequency of the device decreases with the increase in stimulation power. The underlying mechanism of the nonlinearity is found to be the power-dependent coupling of the adjacent nanostrips. …”

Genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in Lebanon. (c2012) by Harastani, Houda Haitham

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Optimizing the Cleaning Frequency of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems Using Numerical Analysis by Kaiss, El-Cheikh Amer Kais

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How global spine sagittal alignment and spinal degeneration affect locomotive syndrome risk in the elderly by Ramada R. Khasawneh (6837734)

“…Except for L1–L2 and L5–S1, lumbar disc height (LDH) decreased with higher LS risk stages. LOF occurrence increased notably with higher LS risk stages. Spinal inclination angle (SIA) significantly increased with advancing LS risk stages.…”

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…Increasing asymptomatic treatment coverage among FSWs from 0 % to 50 % decreases prevalence from 8.2 % to 0.4 %, 0.6 % to 0.1 %, and 0.2 % to 0.0 %, respectively, with very low prevalence when coverage exceeds 50 %. …”
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Trends in prescribing and outcomes in obese versus non-obese patients receiving rivaroxaban therapy: an observational study using real-world data by Majdoleen Alalawneh (13961580)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The number of patients initiated on rivaroxaban therapy significantly increased from 152 (3.3%) in 2015 to 1342 (28.9%) in 2020 (p <0.001). …”

Exploring Ultra-Processed Foods: Impact on Satiety, Eating Patterns, Blood Glucose Levels and Food Addiction by Mamo, Tracy G.

“…Characterized by hyper-palatable ingredients and extensive processing, UPFs contribute to increased caloric intake, impaired satiety signals, and a higher prevalence of addictive-like eating behaviors. …”
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The genetic basis and the diagnostic yield of genetic testing related to nonsyndromic hearing loss in Qatar by Shaza Alkhidir (21633587)

“…<p dir="ltr">Hearing loss is the most predominant sensory defect occurring in pediatrics, of which, 66% cases are attributed to genetic factors. The prevalence of hereditary hearing loss increases in consanguineous populations, and the prevalence of hearing loss in Qatar is 5.2%. …”

Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war by Doumit, Myrna

“…In the multivariate analysis, the significant predictors for distress were: years of education and increase in religiosity after release. …”
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Assessment of Brain Function After 240 Days Confinement Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Yahya, Fares

“…The FCN shows a significant decrease in most of the right frontal areas. …”
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Gestational Diabetes in the Gulf Region: Streamlining care to optimise outcome by Gbemisola Okunoye (19772769)

“…<p dir="ltr">The burden of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has notably been on the increase in many countries. This observed trend feeds into the growing problem of obesity and type 2 diabetes, especially in regions with higher background prevalence of diabetes such as the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC). …”

Preparation of albumin-targeted liposomes and the study of their release characteristics using ultrasound by Turki, Renad

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Corporate Governance and the diversification discount by Boumosleh, Anwar

“…However, we find that the sensitivity of the diversification discount to CEO power decreases significantly after the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which implies that the restrictions and regulations passed by the act enhance corporate governance and limit the misallocation of resources and the diversification discount respectively.…”
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Challenges of morbid obesity in gynecological practice by Albert A. Opoku (17019078)

“…In gynecology, there is a higher prevalence of menstrual disorders and infertility and reduced success rates of assisted reproduction; increased risk of miscarriage; pelvic organ prolapse; and endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancers. …”

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…STI positivity rates increased post-COVID-19 onset, although this increase was not statistically significant. …”
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Depression in migrant workers and nationals of Qatar: An exploratory cross-cultural study by Salma M Khaled (6742259)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The odds of depression were significantly increased in LMs (OR = 3.31, 95% CI = 2.36–4.65) and WCMs (OR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.04–1.90) compared with non-migrants. …”

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Merilyn Lock (9440240)

“…</p><h2>Limitations and Risk of Bias</h2><p dir="ltr">Publication bias is unlikely to have significantly influenced results for V̇ O_2max or power_AT, but the meta-analysis of PPO could have benefitted from additional study data to strengthen results. …”