Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... by Saeid Safiri (3713035)

“…National policy makers should learn from these differences, and allocate resources for preventative measures, based on their country-specific estimates. In addition, smoking and elevated FPG play an important role in the burden of bladder cancer and need to be addressed with prevention programmes.…”

National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050 by Marie, Ng

“…BackgroundOver the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA has resulted in a significant health and economic burden. Understanding current trends and future trajectories at both national and state levels is crucial for assessing the success of existing interventions and informing future health policy changes. …”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Marissa B Reitsma (8674341)

“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">We estimated the prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden for 204 countries and territories, by age and sex, from 1990 to 2019 as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study. …”

The Next Decade of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Qatar, a Gulf Cooperation Council Country: Projections from 2024 to 2033 by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…The exchange rates used were based on 2024 values (1QAR=0.27US$). </p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">This study offers valuable insights into the projected burden of CVD in Qatar, highlighting the need for effective preventive strategies to reduce risk.…”

Morphological changes in amblyopic eyes in choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in comparison to healthy eyes, and in retinal nerve fiber layer in comparison to fellow eyes through... by Masri, Oussama Samer

“…Results The method of measuring reflectivity is good to excellent reliability for all regions of interest except the fourth. The mean reflectivity of the choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in amblyopic eyes were significantly lower than in healthy eyes (p = 0.003 and p = 0.008 respectively). …”
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Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burd... by Katherine R Paulson (8674293)

“…The first metric is a global optimum and is based on the lowest observed mortality, and the second is a survival potential frontier that is based on stochastic frontier analysis of observed mortality and Healthcare Access and Quality Index.…”

Quantitative MRI iron load assessment in β-thalassemia patients beyond the liver and heart: A systematic review by Mustafa M. Almuqbel (6629681)

“…MRI-derived iron load markers (T2*/R2*) showed significant correlations with endocrine, metabolic dysfunctions and systemic iron burden. …”

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic social restrictions on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers in the Stateof Qatar: A cross-sectional study by Yasser Saeed Khan (17191735)

“…Out of these, 24 (41 %) reported a clinically significant increase in their care burden. Among caregivers reporting an increase in care burden, two-third were caring for individuals whose behaviour either remained unchanged or improved during social restrictions. …”

National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050 by Marie, Ng

“…BackgroundOver the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA has resulted in a significant health and economic burden. Understanding current trends and future trajectories at both national and state levels is crucial for assessing the success of existing interventions and informing future health policy changes. …”
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Robust design of electrical power-based stabilizers using tabusearch by Abido, M.A.

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SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts by Isra M. Ali (17869355)

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Automated Risk Detection Based on UAE National Health Survey Data: A Framework for the Construction and Optimization of Binary Classification Machine Learn... by Mohamed, AlShuweihi

“…This research motivated by the unprecedented increase in diabetes and specifically Type 2 Diabetes Miletus (T2DM), proposes two significant contributions. The first is a comprehensive ML framework for the construction of diagnostic binary classification high accuracy models to predict T2DM in the United Arab Emirates based on STEPS style National Health Survey. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based digital transformation for sustainable societies: the prevailing effect of COVID-19 crises by Tarhini, Abbas

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Stroke in the adult Qatari population (Q-stroke) a hospital-based retrospective cohort study by Yahia Z. Imam (9401836)

Novel Whole-Cell Inactivated Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Microparticles as Vaccine Formulation in Microneedle-Based Transdermal Immunization by Rikhav Gala (18069364)

“…Here we report that whole-cell-based gonococcal microparticle vaccine loaded in dissolvable microneedles for transdermal administration induced significant increase in antigen-specific IgG antibody titers and antigen-specific CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes in mice compared to gonococcal antigens in solution or empty microneedles. …”

The Impact Of Teachers’ Differentiated Initiations And Feedback On Students’ Responses: A Model Based On Audience Design And Bloom’s Taxonomy Of Cognitive Domains by ZAGHAB, MAI IDREES

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Whole-genome sequencing based molecular characterization of multi-drug resistant isolates of Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella aerogenes in Lebanon. (c2019) by Merhi, Georgi S.

“…They are commonly notorious for causing healthcare-associated infections and impose a significant burden on secondary health-centers. In the last few decades, the rise of ECC and K. aerogenes as successful nosocomial pathogens was paralleled by the global alarming emergence of multi-drug resistant clones of these bacteria. …”
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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) by Anas Hamad (9545771)

“…However, the cancer-related burden on patients, healthcare systems, and the economy is expected to expand; thus, cancer remains a significant public healthcare issue in Qatar. …”

Performance Evaluation of a New Fluorescent-Based Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Quantification of Hemoglobin A1c (HBA1c) in Diabetic Patients by Nadin Younes (4863280)

“…This need becomes challenging in low resources countries where the social burden of the disease is overwhelming. Recently, fluorescent-based lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) gained wide attention for small laboratories and population surveillance. …”

Hyper-Hypo study: A Retrospective Observational Study of Neonatal Hypoglycemia Related to Maternal Hypertension by Thiruveni Ramkumar (17075051)

“…On the other hand, neonates of hypertensive mothers administered with methyldopa showed a significant decrease of initial blood glucose reading.…”