The relationship between sleep duration and health status in Qatar’s population by Al-Thani, Maryam A.

“…Qatar’s population exhibited high prevalence of short sleep duration, which was significantly associated with poor rated health, obesity, and chronic illness independent of age, gender, or social class.…”
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Duration of symptoms is the only predictor of testicular salvage following testicular torsion in children: A case-control study by Zlatan Zvizdic (9212371)

“…Testicular salvage was possible in 18 (58.1%) patients. The duration of symptoms and a lesser degree of torsion indicated a testicular salvage in children and adolescents with testicular torsion, but in multivariate analysis only duration of symptoms (time to surgical detorsion) was significantly associated with the risk of non-salvage. …”

Association Between Three-Months Vitamin D Supplementation and Depressive Symptomatology incidence among Saudi Arabian Adults by Khaddaj, Rashel

“…Furthermore, the change between both groups was significantly different (-7.61 ±4.03 in the Vitamin D group, -3.50±1.54 in the control group; p=<0.001) Conclusion: The present study shows thata 50.000 IU/week dose of vitamin D supplementation for 3 months was enough to increase vitamin D levels beyond sufficient and decrease depression symptoms in Saudi Arabian Adults. …”
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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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The effects of Social Determinants of Health on Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes (A1C) by Awad, Nathalie

“…Results: The primary outcome A1C was dichotomized into controlled (A1C< 7%) (n=131) and uncontrolled (A1C≥7%) (n=164) groups. Results of bivariate analyses showed significant differences between the controlled and uncontrolled groups for the independent risk factors: availability of certain house facilities (p<0.05), diabetes duration (p=0.00), diabetes complications (p<0.05), quality of life score (p=0.002), and self-monitoring of blood glucose (p=0.003).After multivariate analysis, only diabetes duration of 5-10 years remained significant in explaining the variability in HbA1C (OR=3.79; CI: 1.5-9.57; p=0.005, R2=0.342). …”
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Extended Preoperative Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Pathologic Response and Increases Postoperative Liver Insufficiency After Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases by Kishi, Yoji

“…Methods A total of 219 patients underwent hepatic resection following FOLFOX with or without bevacizumab and were divided into 2 groups according to the chemotherapy duration: 1–8 cycles (short duration [SD]; N = 157) and ≥9 cycles (long duration [LD]; N = 62). …”
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Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country by Wakim, Gerard

“…No significant difference was observed in the decrease in birth weight between the first- and second-cousin marriages. …”
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β-2-himachalen-6-ol protects against skin cancer development in vitro and in vivo by Daaboul, Hamid E.

“…Also, there was a significant decrease in p-Erk and p-Akt protein levels. …”
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Renewable Energy, Coal as a Baseload Power Source, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Evidence from U.S. State-Level Data by Squalli, Jay

“…After controlling for other sources of emissions, U.S. states that produce a larger share of renewable energy are found to have lower GHG emissions. …”
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Preoperative and postoperative chemoradiation strategies in patients treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas by Spitz, F.R.

“…At a median followup of 19 months, no significant differences in survival were observed between treatment groups. …”
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Early reduction versus skin traction in the orthopaedic treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children under 6 years old by Hayek, Toni

“…Hip spica casting leads to significant reductions in weight-bearing delay, hospitalisation duration and pain. …”
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The Impact of the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction on the Reading Achievement of Ninth Grade Female Emirati students in the Qurtoba Public School in Dubai by Khadragy, Saada Abdelgawad Mohamed

“…Fifty-five students were put into two groups (the experimental and the control group). As the method of teaching was intended to be the main variable, instructional videos were designed for the experimental group only, while the control group was taught face to face in the usual way with what might be characterized as a student-centered approach. …”
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Double versus triple arthrodesis for adult-acquired flatfoot deformity due to stage III posterior tibial tendon insufficiency: a prospective comparative study of two cohorts by Amr A. Fadle (14150298)

“…There were no statistically significant differences between both groups in age, gender, laterality, or duration of follow-up. …”

Service user Outcomes of staff training in positive behaviour support using person‐focused training by Grey, Ian I.

“…Groups were matched on type of challenging behaviour, duration of challenging behaviour, gender and level of disability. …”
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Extended hepatectomy in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies with and without preoperative portal vein embolization by Abdalla, Eddie

“…The overall 3-year survival was 65% and the median survival duration was equivalent in the 2 groups (40 vs 52 months for those who did vs those who did not undergo PVE). …”
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Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance, species richness and size of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in artificial vegetation by Bartholomew, Aaron

“…Increasing complexity appeared to lead to decreasing beetle widths. 9 beetle species were relatively rare in, or absent from, the higher complexity treatments, including 5 of the 6 largest species. 2 rare, small beetle species were only found in higher complexity treatments. …”
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The Role of Levosimendan in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Rasha, Kaddoura

“…The highest lactate levels after between the second and the fourth days after ECPR were significantly higher (8.1 mmol/L vs 3.4 mmol/L; p = 0.046) and the duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support was significantly longer (4.2 days vs 1.9 days; p = 0.0019) with levosimendan. …”
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Caspofungin versus anidulafungin in patients with invasive candidiasis: a retrospective study with propensity-score-matched analysis by Reem Hasan Elajez (22504292)

“…Response rates were comparable between both groups, with the primary outcome of global response showing no significant difference (56.3% for the caspofungin group vs 63.3% for anidulafungin,<i> p</i> = 0.490). …”

Risk of Serious Infections in Patients Treated With Biologic or Targeted‐synthetic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Qatar by Sreethish Sasi (14151873)

“…Younger age groups (18–52 years) were predominantly affected. …”

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.…”