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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case
Published 2021“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Evapotranspiration and water availability response to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa
Published 2021“…Outcomes reveal that the MENA region is indeed vulnerable to a surge in temperature, which can increase evapotranspiration losses and decrease water availability. Under the shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP2-4.5), the potential evapotranspiration (PET) has been projected to increase throughout the MENA region by up to 0.37 mm per year during the middle of the twenty-first century (2021–2050) and by up to 0.51 mm per year during the end of the twenty-first century (2071–2100). …”
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Energy-Efficient Cell Association and Load Balancing for Low Battery Users in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Published 2025“…This paper proposes improved cell association schemes based on the battery levels of UE and Deep Q-learning (DQL) to achieve load balancing and to decrease the power consumption of Low Battery Users (LBUs). …”
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The Effect of Number of Corrugation on Crashworthiness of Aluminum Corrugated Tube under Lateral Loading
Published 2017“…The results show that tubes with corrugations have a higher mean crushing force which is directly proportional to the number of corrugations. …”
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case
Published 2021“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Global time differences in road traffic injuries among children and adolescents between and 1990 and 2013: Regional and economical perspectives from global burden of diseases study
Published 2015“…Mortality rates for 1990 and 2013 were calculated considering in turn all categories of road users aggregated, VRUs and non-VRUs. For all road users aggregated, at country level RTI mortality rates decreased sharply within each country income level and each region between 1990 and 2013, but an increase of 21% was found in LMICs of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study
Published 2022“…The death rate and DALYs rate attributable to smoking have decreased 12% and 10%, respectively. The DALYs rate attributable to smoking was 37.4 (15.9-67.8) in Lebanon and 5.9 (2.5-10.6) in Saudi Arabia, which were the highest and lowest in the region, respectively.…”
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Vitamin D Deficiency in the Middle East With a Relevant Characterization of the Novel <i>SDR42E1 </i>Gene
Published 2023“…Cellular viability also decreased significantly after the knockout of SDR42E1 in the HCT116 cells.…”
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Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Published 2022“…Participants had shown moderate resilience (mean score: 27.64 (SD = 8.31)) and their mean score fear of COVID19 was 15.67 (SD = 6.54). …”
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Predictors of prolonged hospitalization among geriatric trauma patients using the modified 5-Item Frailty index in a Middle Eastern trauma center: an 11-year retrospective study
Published 2025“…The female/male ratio was 17.5%/82.5%, and the mean injury severity score was 13 ± 9. The injury rate for age ≥ 65 was 24 per 10,000 compared to 10 per 10,000 in the younger group age (≥ 55–64). 35% of injuries occurred at home due to falls. …”
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There Is Selective Increase in Pro-thrombotic Circulating Extracellular Vesicles in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Study of Patients From the Middle East an...
Published 2019“…<p dir="ltr">Stroke attacks were found to be present at a younger age in patients from Southeast Asia (SE) and the Middle East (ME) resident in the state of Qatar. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are small membrane vesicles with pro-thrombotic properties, may contribute to the high risk of stroke in this population. …”
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Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting
Published 2023“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The mean maternal age was 29.7 ± 5.5 years, prepregnancy BMI was 27.5 ± 5.8 kg/m2, GWG was 9.58 kg ± 6.87 kg and gestational age at birth was 38.5 ± 1.9 weeks. …”
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Persona Transparency: Analyzing the Impact of Explanations on Perceptions of Data-Driven Personas
Published 2019“…<p dir="ltr">Computational techniques are becoming more common in persona development. However, users of personas may question the information in persona profiles because they are unsure of how it was created. …”
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Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter?
Published 2022“…<p dir="ltr">This study aims to assess whether or not the presence of credit bureaus is associated with more or fewer financing constraints while considering the interfering effect of corruption in a sample of 18 countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period 2011–2014. …”
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The Gulf Cooperation Council states: Crystallization of the regional cooperation and alliances amid dwindling resources
Published 2021“…<p dir="ltr">The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states can be divided into two main camps in terms of hydrocarbon endowment per capita which can partially account for differences in policy directions. …”
