Non-Newtonian Effects in a Fluid-Structure Interaction Model for Atherosclerosis by El Khatib, N.

“…They also show that the Newtonian model slightly underestimates the stress over the plaque for usual shear rates, but that this underestimation can become significant for low shear rates.…”
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Mixed precision iterative refinement with adaptive precision sparse approximate inverse preconditioning by Noaman Khan (19810050)

“…<p dir="ltr">Hardware trends have motivated the development of mixed precision algorithms in numerical linear algebra, which aim to decrease runtime while maintaining acceptable accuracy. …”

Analysis and Design of Circular Shafts Using Finite Element Method by Chehadeh, Ali Saleh

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Characterization of the dynamic flow response in microfluidic devices by Elgack, Mohammed Elmahdi

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Faculty use of the course management system (CMS) iLearn at the American University of Sharjah by Prescott, David

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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

“…In a continuous variable analysis, the association between 25(OH)D and bone mass was significant, non-linear, inverse ‘U’. In conclusion, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was inversely associated with adiposity measures and non-linearly associated to bone mass in postmenopausal Qatari women.…”
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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)

“…In a continuous variable analysis, the association between 25(OH)D and bone mass was significant, non-linear, inverse ‘U’. In conclusion, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was inversely associated with adiposity measures and non-linearly associated to bone mass in postmenopausal Qatari women.…”

Measuring user interactions with websites: A comparison of two industry standard analytics approaches using data of 86 websites by Bernard J. Jansen (7434779)

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Awareness of Food and Drug Interactions (FDI) Among Nurses on General Medical Wards: A Cross-Sectional Study by Reem Elajez (9538581)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Food and nutritional supplements can interact with medication and cause drug interaction. …”

Decoding information on COVID–19: Ontological approach towards design possible therapeutics by Swaminathan K. Jayachandran (17057991)

“…In less than a year the disease has spread to almost all countries, though the mortality rates have varied significantly from country to country based on factors such as the demographical mix of the population, prevalence of comorbidities, as well as prior exposure to viruses from the corona family. …”

Release of colloids in saturated porous media under transient hydro-chemical conditions: A pore-scale study by Safna Nishad (16932474)

“…The objective of this study was to investigate, at the pore-scale, the impact of colloid interaction favorability on colloid deposition and subsequent release in response to perturbations of flow rate and solution chemistry in saturated porous media. …”

Analyzing the Influence of Climate and Anthropogenic Development on Vegetation Cover in the Coastal Ecosystems of GCC by Abhilash Dutta Roy (22466830)

“…Our results revealed significant changes in land cover, as seen by an increase in artificial built-up areas by 15.5% in two decades and a corresponding decrease in bareland and dense vegetation. …”

Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries by Alim, Swarray-Deen

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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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Methylation at global LINE-1 repeats in human blood are affected by gender but not by age or natural hormone cycles by El Maarri, Osman

“…Previously, we reported on inter-individual and gender specific variations of LINE-1 methylation in healthy individuals. …”
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Do near-bedtime usage of smartphones and problematic internet usage really impact sleep? A study based on objectively recorded usage data by Aftab Alam (5158601)

“…Regarding sleep distraction, multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that two hours before sleep was a significant and positive predictor of sleep distraction (β = 0.197, p = 0.003), whereas PIU was not significant. …”

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease by Deloukas, Panos

“…Here, we report an association analysis in 63,746 CAD cases and 130,681 controls identifying 15 loci reaching genome-wide significance, taking the number of susceptibility loci for CAD to 46, and a further 104 independent variants (r2 < 0.2) strongly associated with CAD at a 5% false discovery rate (FDR). …”
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Host Genetic Variants Potentially Associated With SARS-CoV-2: A Multi-Population Analysis by Maria K. Smatti (4675852)

“…Remarkably, Africans seem to carry extremely lower frequencies of SARS-CoV-1 susceptibility alleles, reaching to 32-fold decrease compared to other populations.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Multiple genetic variants, which could potentially modulate SARS-CoV-2 infection, are significantly variable between populations, with the lowest frequency observed among Africans. …”

Comparative experimental and modelling study of the thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of LLDPE/wax blends by Mafereka F. T. Mosoabisane (14151309)

“…Although cooling rate can be used to investigate blends' thermal and mechanical properties, it is inadequate to determine interactions between the molecules in the LLDPE/wax blends. …”

Formation of Trihalomethanes during Seawater Chlorination by Ahmed Abdel-Wahab (1748986)

“…Chlorination of seawater has shown significant increase in total THMs (TTHMs) and in bromoform concentrations. …”