Background: Dietary risks were the leading risk factors for death worldwide in 2010. However,
current national estimates on fruit and vegetable consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi …

In the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), non-communicable diseases (NCDs)(cardiovascular
disease, diabetes mellitus, cancer and chronic pulmonary disease) accounted for 50…

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) laminates have been successfully used as
externally bonded reinforcements for retrofitting, strengthening and confinement of concrete …

Business shapes have been changed these days. Change is the main dominant fact that
change the way of business operations running. Topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, …

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The purpose of this paper is to detect the impact of audit committee characteristics on
Lebanese financially distressed and non-distressed banks. Four characteristics of the audit …

Aims The NLRP3 inflammasome is activated in the ischaemic heart promoting caspase-1
activation, inflammation, and cell death. Ischaemic injury establishes both a priming signal (…

With its well adapted management and the guidance of the country's central bank, the
Lebanese banks managed to cross over the 2008 financial crisis with an insignificant amount of …

The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is at
alarmingly high levels, especially among young people. The objective of this research was to …

… in the front of Delta are about 9.5 and 7.1 m at Alexandria and Rashid, respectively. The
minimum estimated run-up height is about 2 m at Salloum on the western Egyptian coast. …