Cushion plants act as facilitators for soil microarthropods in high alpine Sweden by Peter Ľuptáčik (14150913)

“…<p>Cushion plants can have positive impacts on plant richness in severe environments and possibly across trophic levels on arthropods, an under-studied topic. This study examined whether soil communities under cushions have higher richness and abundance of soil microarthropods than adjacent non-cushion vegetation, and whether differences in collembolan and mite abundance and species richness between cushions and adjacent vegetation increase with elevation. …”

Hybrid Multimodule DC-DC Converters for Ultrafast Electric Vehicle Chargers by Mena ElMenshawy (18810244)

“…<p dir="ltr">To increase the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), significant efforts in terms of reducing the charging time are required. …”

Sustainable urban development strategies to enhance outdoor thermal comfort and promote walkability in the United Arab Emirates by ALTENEIJI, AHMED SALIM AHMED SAIF

“…Moreover, individuals can walk less than 10 min in summertime before the feel very uncomfortable. while this duration significantly increases if the street is shaded. The result if simulations shows that street orientation and H/W aspect ratio can contribute to enhancement of 2 °C. …”
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Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation by Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

“…Compound 2a activated PPARγ with an EC50 value of 3.4 μM in a Gal4-hybrid reporter gene assay, indicating partial agonistic action. …”
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E-health literacy among university students amid a global pandemic by Rowaida Elyamani (9639306)

“…To analyse the data we used descriptive statistics, bivariant analysis. Statistical significance was set at a level of p ≤0.05 (Two-tailed).…”

Teaching the novel in a university english as a foreign language (EFL) context by Bacha, Nahla Nola

“…The aim of the present study is to explore the preliminary  effect of selected novels combined with film and student oral presentations on L1 Arabic EFL learners  use of vocabulary in one 20th Century American Novel course at an English medium university in Lebanon. Two literary essay tests were administered to 25 students, one at the beginning and another at the end of the semester, holistically scored and qualitatively analyzed for vocabulary variety. Main findings indicated that although the holistic scores did not significantly increase, there was use of a more diverse and use of vocabulary on Test 2. Recommendations are made for classroom practice and future research.…”
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The Impact of Diabetes Educational Interventions on Nurses’ Knowledge of In-Patient Diabetes Management in Hospitals in Abu Dhabi & Dubai by ALISHAQ, ZEINAB DAHIR AWAD

“…Programs for patients and nurses DM awareness were found compulsory in the UAE to increase their level of understanding, management, and compliance to enable them to avoid disease complications. …”
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Synergistic Effect of Epigenetic Inhibitors Decitabine and Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid on Colorectal Cancer In vitro by Najem, Sonia A.

“…Results: Our results showed that SAHA and DAC, separately, significantly decreased cell proliferation, induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of Caco-2 cell line. …”
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Pushing an existing villa in Dubai to nearly Zero Energy Building passing through AL SA’AFAT rating system by Al Ali, Meera Hamid Obaid

“…Our surrounding environment is effected significantly due to the buildings impact which is a result of excessive energy consumption. …”
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Synthesis and analysis of silver–copper alloy nanoparticles of different ratios manifest anticancer activity in breast cancer cells by Sara Al Tamimi (9692615)

“…Furthermore, we observed the cell death pathway by the apoptosis marker Annexin-V which showed non-significant results, while the exposure of AgCu-NP in MCF-7 cells leads to toxicity and also caused significant increase in MMP-9 level, which suggests the cell death may be associated with other pathways such as autophagy and oxidative stress related.…”

How FIFA World Cup 2022™ can meet the carbon neutral commitments and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?: Reflections from the tree nursery project in Qatar... by Ioannis Spanos (2086933)

“…Tree nurseries with stress-tolerant variants play a significant role in cutting the excess emissions from Qatar 2022, thereby supporting long-term sustainable development. …”

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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Qatar’s Ambulance Paramedics’ evaluation of the conventional versus a revised Glasgow Coma Scale including a pupil score by Zynri Jacobs (18505057)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Based on the participants’ GCS scoring results, the GCS-P tool appeared to make participants’ over score the simulated patients’ level of consciousness. The chi-squared test results suggest that more training is needed to increase the familiarity in using the tool.…”

Partnering for Sustainability: Parent-Teacher-School (PTS) Interactions in the Qatar Education System by Maryam A. Al-Hail (18595765)

“…Furthermore, while almost all parents recognize the significance of parental involvement and show a high level of interest in being on the ‘Board of Trustees’, in reality, very few participate or volunteer in school activities, and they rarely visit classrooms or interact with teachers or schools, mainly due to their increasing job-related commitments. …”

Finite Element Modelling of FRCM-Confined RC Columns Exposed to Fire by Talo, Reem

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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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Project Productivity vs. Health & Safety by Wilson, Stephen

“…It was found in both cases that the improved safety management approaches had a great effect on the workforce both in improving accident reporting statistics matched by significant gains in productivity. The outcome of the surveys also supported this showing great increase in the perception of safety in the work place and increased levels of motivation and good feeling towards the management of each Company. …”
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Hydroxyurea Use in Lebanese Patients With [beta]-Thalassemia Intermedia by Taher, Ali

“…We read with great interest the recent paper by Karimi et al 1 describing the safety and efficacy of hydroxyurea (HU) in reducing complications of extramedullary hemopoiesis as well as increasing Hb levels in Iranian patients with thalassemia intermedia. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic social restrictions on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers in the Stateof Qatar: A cross-sectional study by Yasser Saeed Khan (17191735)

“…Out of these, 24 (41 %) reported a clinically significant increase in their care burden. Among caregivers reporting an increase in care burden, two-third were caring for individuals whose behaviour either remained unchanged or improved during social restrictions. …”

The effect of sperm DNA fragmentation on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome by Kareim Khalafalla (14148807)

“…This cohort reported that the clinical reproductive outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection showed no statistical significance with increase sperm DNA fragmentation levels. …”