The association between airborne pollen monitoring and sensitization in the hot desert climate by Maryam A. Al-Nesf (18519393)

“…There was a statistically significant association between Amaranthaceae, and asthma (r = 0.169, P = 0.016) and allergic rhinitis (r = 0.177, P = 0.012). …”

Mortality and associated risk factors of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in Qatar: A nationwide cohort study by Tarek Abdel Latif Ghonimi (16328413)

“…In a multivariate analysis, only ICU admission was found to be significantly associated with death [OR = 32.8 (3.5–305.4), p = 0.002)]. …”

Decreased Analgesic Requirements in Super Morbidly Versus Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Hamed Elgendy (14148846)

Bacteriuria in pregnancy varies with the ambiance: a retrospective observational study at a tertiary hospital in Doha, Qatar by Fathima Minisha (14585369)

“…Statistical analyses of associations between SB and bacterial isolates with respect to the ambient temperature and humidity were performed using Pearson’s correlation, the chi-square (χ2) test and the Kruskal-Wallis test.…”

Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults by Korkomaz, Aya

“…That being said, interventions regulating social media content to limit the spread of unrealistic beauty standards and media literacy campaigns educating people may be helpful to decrease body checking behaviors thus decreasing the risk of body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating.…”
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Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon by Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

“…Statistical analysis of the data revealed significant differences in water quality. The differences could be attributed to the fact that whereas the Qaraaoun reservoir is receiving domestic waste discharges that lead to an increase in the CO2 content and a pH decrease, the Nahr-Ibrahim River is influenced by agricultural runoffs and industrial discharges that increase the pH values. …”
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Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts by Jocelyn J. Bélanger (9603968)

“…</p><h3 dir="ltr">Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Findings from Studies 1A and 1B indicate a significant indirect effect of the search for meaning on criminal attitudes, mediated through deviant associations. …”

Optimization metaheuristic for software testing by Mansour, Nashat

“…This paper presents an evolutionary method for testing web applications. Although state-based testing has been reported, few papers have addressed modern web applications. …”
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Effect of corporate ethics and social responsibility on OCB: the role of employee identification and perceived CSR significance by El-Kassar, Abdul-Nassar

“…Based on a framework involving the resource-based view of the firm and the social identity theory, the CSR-OCB relationship is investigated with regard to employees’ perceived significance of CSR practices as well as their identification (association level) with the organization. …”
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Relationship Between the Critical Power Test and a 20-min Functional Threshold Power Test in Cycling by Bettina Karsten (2576641)

“…There was a 91.7% probability that CP (256 ± 50 W) was higher than FTP (249 ± 44 W). Indeed, CP was significantly higher compared to FTP (P = 0.041) which was associated with a trivial effect size (d = 0.04). …”

Modification of glucocorticoid effects on body weight gain, plasma lipids by changes in diet composition by Bouclaous, Carmel

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Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting by Tawa Olukade (11619453)

“…In line with IOM recommendations, we found that higher BMI was correlated with decreased GWG and BMI was significantly associated with GWG even after adjusting for maternal age, parity, and infants’ gestational age at birth. …”

Y-Chromosome and mtDNA Genetics Reveal Significant Contrasts in Affinities of Modern Middle Eastern Populations with European and African Populations by Khazen, Georges

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Dietary Calcium Intake of 1200 mg/d May Have Negative Correlation on Percent Body Fat by Dimassi, Hani I.

“…Calcium intake was not statistically correlated with body composition. The high-calcium group (intake ≥1200 mg/d) had a significantly higher mean caloric intake (P ≤ .01) and significantly lower percent body fat (P ≤ .05) than the low-calcium group (intake <1200 mg/d). …”
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Whole genome sequencing in the Middle Eastern Qatari population identifies genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits by Gaurav Thareja (459188)

“…We identify 281 distinct variant-trait-associations at genome wide significance that replicate known associations. …”

Metaheuristic algorithm for testing web 2.0 applications. (c2012) by Zeitunlian, Hratch Michel

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Virome-wide serological profiling reveals association of herpesviruses with obesity by Mohammad Rubayet Hasan (8602080)

“…Serum specimens from 457 Qatari adults (lean = 184; obese = 273) and 231 Qatari children (lean = 111; obese = 120) were analyzed by VirScan. Associations with obesity were determined by odds ratio (OR) and Fisher’s test (p values), and by multivariate regression analysis to adjust for age and gender. …”

Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar by Hanan F. Abdul Rahim (9330201)

“…Willingness to participate was significantly associated with basic literacy in genetics, a family history of genetic diseases, and previous experience with genetic testing through premarital screening. …”

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay, Ganji

“…Multivariate adjusted regression was applied to determine the association between serum 25(OH)D and body adiposity markers and bone mass. Serum 25(OH)D was significantly, inversely associated with body mass index (p < 0.0005), waist circumference (0.044), fat mass (p < 0.003), gynoid fat (p < 0.001), and android fat (p < 0.009). …”
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay Ganji (8710491)

“…Multivariate adjusted regression was applied to determine the association between serum 25(OH)D and body adiposity markers and bone mass. Serum 25(OH)D was significantly, inversely associated with body mass index (p < 0.0005), waist circumference (0.044), fat mass (p < 0.003), gynoid fat (p < 0.001), and android fat (p < 0.009). …”