473 results match your criteria: "American University of the Middle East[Affiliation]"

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected e-learning, leading to a surge in research output from 2020 to 2022. This increase is attributed to the rapid transition to online education, presenting challenges and opportunities for teachers. The shift to online education has also prompted the exploration of innovative approaches and educators' as well as learners' perceptions and experiences in e-learning.

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Neuronal cell dysfunction plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative stress can disrupt the redox balance within neuronal cells and may cause neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) to uncouple, contributing to the neurodegenerative processes. Experimental studies and clinical trials using nNOS cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH) and antioxidants in neuronal cell dysfunction have shown inconsistent results.

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Phosphorus recovery and tetracycline Mitigation: The role of Bacillus cereus LB-9 in struvite biomineralization from wastewater.

Chemosphere

September 2024

Water Research Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China. Electronic address:

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  • - The study explores how Bacillus cereus LB-9 aids in struvite biomineralization for recovering phosphorus from wastewater, highlighting its effectiveness in creating an alkaline environment that recycles nitrogen and phosphorus.
  • - Tetracycline (TC), an antibiotic commonly found in wastewater, initially hinders struvite formation; however, at lower concentrations (below 10 mg/L), it can actually boost struvite production by enhancing the growth and metabolism of LB-9.
  • - The resulting struvite is free of TC, meeting agricultural safety regulations, making this process a promising method for producing phosphorus-rich fertilizers while addressing TC pollution in wastewater treatment.
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  • * The measurements utilized both semileptonic and hadronic decays of top quarks, along with events focused on single top quark production in the electroweak t channel.
  • * The combined result for the top quark mass is 172.52 GeV, with a reduced total uncertainty of 0.33 GeV, showcasing an improvement of 31% over previous measurements.
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  • The study addresses body dissatisfaction in Arabic speakers by validating the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised (PACS-R) to assess physical comparison, which can lead to issues like eating disorders and depression.
  • The PACS-R was translated into Arabic and tested on 359 Lebanese adults, showing a strong one-factor structure and excellent internal consistency, indicating reliability of the scale.
  • Results demonstrated that PACS-R scores negatively correlated with self-esteem and positively correlated with psychological distress, confirming its relevance for research and clinical use among Arabic-speaking populations.
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A search is presented for baryon number violating interactions in top quark production and decay. The analysis uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of 138  fb^{-1}. Candidate events are selected by requiring two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons) and exactly one jet identified as originating from a bottom quark.

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In this study, a novel perovskite solar cell (PSC) architecture is presented that utilizes an HTL-free configuration with formamide tin iodide (FASnI) as the active layer and fullerene (C60) as the electron transport layer (ETL), which represents a pioneering approach within the field. The elimination of hole transport layers (HTLs) reduces complexity and cost in PSC heterojunction structures, resulting in a simplified and more cost-effective PSC structure. In this context, an HTL-free tin HC(NH)SnI-based PSC was simulated using the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS) within a one-dimensional framework.

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Exergames as an Effective Alternative to Real Environmental Tennis Training for Adolescents.

Sports (Basel)

June 2024

Insight: Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, Piaget Institute, 1950-157 Lisboa, Portugal.

(1) Background: The popularity of motion-sensing computer-based games, like virtual reality (VR) exergames, is increasing among adolescents. However, their efficacy compared to conventional physical training methods remains unclear. This study investigated whether VR exergames produce effects on reaction time (RT) comparable to traditional tennis training in school-aged adolescents.

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The growing application of carbon dioxide (CO) in various environmental and energy fields, including carbon capture and storage (CCS) and several CO-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques, highlights the importance of studying the phase equilibria of this gas with water. Therefore, accurate prediction of CO solubility in water becomes an important thermodynamic property. This study focused on developing two powerful intelligent models, namely gradient boosting (GBoost) and light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) that predict CO solubility in water with high accuracy.

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In the current article, a defective interface is characterized by "D," representing the smallest diameter of nanosheets crucial for effective conduction transfer from the conductive filler to the medium, and by "ψ" as interfacial conduction. These parameters define the effective aspect ratio and operational volume fraction of graphene in the samples. The resistances of the graphene and polymer layer in contact zones are also considered to determine the contact resistance between adjacent nanosheets.

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Introduction: Cubeb, L., has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and culinary practices, with a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities.

Objective: Herein, we determined the phytochemical profile, mineral, fatty acids, and amino acid contents of berries and assessed the dermacosmeceutical properties of their water extract and essential oil (EO).

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Introduction: Motor Competence (MC) is related to the development of healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents, and many studies have compared it with different variables, including sports participation. This investigation aimed to characterize the components and total scores of MC regarding different physical activity practices, such as physical education (PE) classes, futsal, volleyball, and ballet, and to compare MC regarding sports, sex, and age-groups.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional study, 398 Portuguese children and adolescents (398 participants: 200 boys and 198 girls; 12.

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The objective of this study is to generalize the roughness of a fuzzy set-in three-dimensional structure by introducing ternary multiplication. Many results and theorems of rough fuzzy ideals have been extended from semigroup and semiring, to ternary semiring by introducing the definition of a rough fuzzy subset of ternary semiring. By using the concept of set-valued homomorphism and strong set-valued homomorphism, it is proved generalized lower and upper approximations of -fuzzy ideals (semiprime and prime ideals) of ternary semirings are -fuzzy ideals (semiprime and prime ideals) respectively.

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Maintaining stable voltage levels is essential for power systems' efficiency and reliability. Voltage fluctuations during load changes can lead to equipment damage and costly disruptions. Automatic voltage regulators (AVRs) are traditionally used to address this issue, regulating generator terminal voltage.

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  • Cancer is a leading cause of illness and death globally, highlighting the urgent need for more targeted treatment strategies.
  • Recent studies show that natural products, particularly phytochemicals from plants, can contribute to innovative cancer therapies by acting as both chemotherapeutic and preventive agents.
  • A comprehensive literature review was performed to evaluate the anticancer properties of various medicinal plants, focusing on their active compounds, mechanisms of action, and potential side effects against common cancers.
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  • Resilience is key for mental health, and the study aims to explore its relationship with personality traits, particularly in Lebanese adults, noting a gap in research in Lebanon and the Arab world.
  • A total of 387 adults participated in a cross-sectional study using validated scales to assess resilience, post-traumatic growth, and personality traits.
  • Results indicate that post-traumatic growth acts as a mediator between certain personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness) and resilience, suggesting that promoting post-traumatic growth can enhance resilience in individuals facing adversity.*
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Chemical products (CPs) such as carbamazepine and naproxen, present in aquatic environments, pose significant risks to both aquatic life and human health. This study investigated the use of hydrothermally carbonized food waste-derived hydrochar (AC-HTC) at three distinct temperatures (200, 250, and 300 °C) as an adsorbent to remove these CPs from water. Our research focused on the impact of hydrothermal carbonization temperature on hydrochar properties and the effects of chemical activation with phosphoric acid on adsorption capacity.

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A search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson () with a mass of 125 to a pair of light pseudoscalars is performed in final states where one pseudoscalar decays to two quarks and the other to a pair of muons or leptons. A data sample of proton-proton collisions at corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 recorded with the CMS detector is analyzed. No statistically significant excess is observed over the standard model backgrounds.

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In this paper, an analytical model based on the percolation theory has been developed to predict the subbands effect on the effective electrical resistivity of carbon nanotubes (CNT)-based polymer nanocomposites. The CNTs are considered as randomly distributed or aligned channel material in the polymer transmitting electrons through tunneling. The tunneling effect takes into account the electron transmission between each connected pair of CNTs to evaluate electrical resistivity.

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Automated epileptic seizure detection from ectroencephalogram (EEG) signals has attracted significant attention in the recent health informatics field. The serious brain condition known as epilepsy, which is characterized by recurrent seizures, is typically described as a sudden change in behavior caused by a momentary shift in the excessive electrical discharges in a group of brain cells, and EEG signal is primarily used in most cases to identify seizure to revitalize the close loop brain. The development of various deep learning (DL) algorithms for epileptic seizure diagnosis has been driven by the EEG's non-invasiveness and capacity to provide repetitive patterns of seizure-related electrophysiological information.

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Polyaniline (PANI) stands out as a highly promising conducting polymer with potential for advanced utilization in high-performance pseudocapacitors. Therefore, there exists a pressing need to bolster the structural durability of PANI, achievable by developing composite materials that can enhance its viability for supercapacitor applications. In this particular study, a pioneering approach was undertaken to produce a novel NiMnO/PANI supercapacitor electrode material.

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Background And Aim: Identifying clinical characteristics and outcomes of different ethnicities in the US may inform treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Aim of this study is to identify predictors of mortality among US races/ethnicities.

Design Setting And Participants: We retrospectively analyzed de-identified data from 9,873 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized at 15 US hospital centers in 11 states (March 2020-November 2020).

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Aim: To assess the mediating role of emotion regulation and emotional intelligence in the relationship between stress and academic engagement among Saudi undergraduate nursing students.

Design: This study employed a quantitative cross-sectional research design.

Methods: The study recruited 367 Saudi undergraduate nursing students at a major Saudi university.

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Neuroarchitecture: How the Perception of Our Surroundings Impacts the Brain.

Biology (Basel)

March 2024

Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Kalhat, Tripoli P.O. Box 100, Lebanon.

The study of neuroarchitecture is concerned with the significant effects of architecture on human behavior, emotions and thought processes. This review explores the intricate relationship between the brain and perceived environments, focusing on the roles of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and parahippocampal place area (PPA) in processing architectural stimuli. It highlights the importance of mirror neurons in generating empathetic responses to our surroundings and discusses how architectural elements like lighting, color, and space layout significantly impact emotional and cognitive experiences.

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