The predictive value of CTSI scoring system in non-operative management of patients with splenic blunt trauma: The experience of a level 1 trauma center by Ali Barah (14777533)

“…The management options can be either operative or non-operative management (NOM) with either conservative management or splenic artery embolization. The implementation of CT in emergency departments allowed the use of CT imaging as a primary screening tool in early decision-making. …”

Breaking the barriers towards large-scale microalgae-based bio-hydrogen production by Isra Koko (22631396)

Shear Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Hollow Slabs Voided with PET Void Formers by Hasan, Haider H.

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Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants by Bin, Zhou

“…Mean blood pressure also decreased in women in central and eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and, more recently, central Asia, Middle East, and north Africa, but the estimated trends in these super-regions had larger uncertainty than in high-income super-regions. …”
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Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Glazer, Evan

“…For example, a few years ago an extrahepatic metastasis effectively eliminated surgical resection, but a combination of chemotherapeutic options and surgical techniques has expanded the indications for resection and increased the population of patients who may benefit.1,2 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has increased the resectability rate by 11% to 37%.1 Unfortunately, greater than 80% of patients undergoing hepatic resection will have recurrences, mostly within the first 2 years.2 Nonetheless, the only hope for cure is resection, and prior surgical dogma based on the number of lesions, size of the tumor-free resection margin, and presence of resectable extrahepatic disease must be questioned.3- 5 The current standard approach to surgical planning is contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for specific tumor characteristics or contraindications to CT.6 Several series showed that focal extrahepatic disease, an isolated pulmonary lesion, can be safely resected, with 5-year survival rates of 29% to 58%.7,8 In 1 series,7 17 of 30 patients required 3 or more resections. …”
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Optimisation of PV Cleaning Practices: Comparison Between Performance Based and Periodic Based Approaches by ALHAJERI, RASHED ABDULLA

“…Solar energy has the largest untapped reserve in energy and is one of the fastest emerging energy markets. …”
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Platelet Protein-Related Abnormalities in Response to Acute Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…In addition, the antithrombotic platelet-related proteins, plasmin (p<0.05) and heparin cofactor II (HCFII, p<0.05), were increased in T2D. Normalization of glucose in the T2D cohort had no effect on platelet protein levels. …”

β-2-himachalen-6-ol protects against skin cancer development in vitro and in vivo by Daaboul, Hamid E.

“…Methods HaCaT-ras II-4 epidermal squamous cells were treated with HC (1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 μg/ml), and cell viability was evaluated with WST 1 assay kit. …”
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Space size relative to prey width and total cover in an area both influence the habitat choices of freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare in mesocosms by Bartholomew, Aaron

“…Prey survivorship can vary with average space size/prey width (Sp/Py) and total cover within an area (Ct/At). Hypotheses predict that prey survivorship is maximized at intermediate Sp/Py values and that prey survivorship increases rapidly from zero to low cover but increases at a slower rate as cover increases further. …”
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Building A Passive Thermal Management System Using Phase Change Material Embedded In Porous Media by Azzam, Mohammed H. A.

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Ervilia castanea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) populations adversely affected at CO2 seeps in the North Atlantic by Marta, Martins

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Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…Overall, consanguinity was associated with a decrease in birth weight for gestational age by 1.8% (ß = −0.018, 95% confidence interval: −0.027, −0.008). …”
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Why do some countries produce more capital intensive output than others? by Toukan, Amjad

“…Based on my model I offer an explanation for the variation in physical capital intensity across countries where the model predictions show that a lower quality of governance in a country results in a decrease in the output of capital-intensive goods and an increase in the output of labor-intensive goods. …”
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Arginine Deprivation in AML Cells Induces Ferroptosis, a Type of Autophagy-Mediated Cell Death by Tohme, Sara

“…This involvement of ROS is confirmed with the gradual increase in intracellular ROS levels, reaching a peak at 48 hours after treatment. …”
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Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…“Both Qatari nationals and expatriates should adopt healthier lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of these risk factors,” says Christos. Diabetes was the largest preventable risk factor to decrease heart attacks and strokes.…”

Enhancing the production of biogas through anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural waste and chemical pre-treatments by Fares Almomani (12585685)

“…Further improvement was achieved via alkalinity treatment with 1.0 g of NaHCO₃/gVS leading to decrease in lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose contents of feedstock by 3.5%, 10.5% and 15.9%, respectively, converting them to soluble fractions and improving the CMP by 11.2–29.7% based on substrate quality. …”

Tipping the Balance: Vitamin D Inadequacy in Children Impacts the Major Gut Bacterial Phyla by Parul Singh (191877)

“…The CT genotype in rs12512631, an SNP in the GC gene, was associated with low serum levels of vitamin D (ANOVA, p = 0.0356) and was abundant in deficient compared to non-deficient subjects. …”

Can Geneva Survive Astana? by Tutkal, Ferhat

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Qatar’s immigrants at higher risk of diabetes by Nature Research (16552612)

“…The researchers stress, however, that their preliminary results should be confirmed in future studies involving larger numbers of participants. 1 “We would advise the Qatari government to screen all immigrants entering the country, as this would decrease the risk of unnecessary complications due to the late diagnosis of diabetes,” says lead author Dennis Mook-Nakamori. …”

Human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater in the Gaza Strip by Basem, Shomar

“…Consequently, the hazard quotient (HQ) is larger than 1 for 35 % and 5 % of the exposure scenarios simulated for these ions. …”
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