Quality improvement can decrease blood delivery turnaround time: Evidence from a single tertiary-care academic medical center by Hammad Y.A.

“…The transport time significantly decreased from an initial majority of > 15 mins duration, to a majority of < 15 mins transport time after the second audit; there was a 50% improvement in 30 mins response time; and the percentage of requests processed in < 10 mins were significantly higher after the second audit. …”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Whereas, the mean comfort temperature decreased with the elevation of the location and this difference was also statistically significant, t = −92.34 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). …”
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Burden of disease attributable to suboptimal diet, metabolic risks and low physical activity in Ethiopia and comparison with Eastern sub-Saharan African countries, 1990-2015: findi... by Melaku, Yohannes Adama

“…While the age-adjusted proportion of all-cause mortality attributable to CMU decreased significantly between 1990 and 2015, it increased from 10.8% [95% UI: 8.8-13.3] to 14.5% [95% UI: 11.7-18.0] for dietary risks and from 17.0% [95% UI: 15.4-18.7] to 24.2% [95% UI: 22.2-26.1] for metabolic risks. …”
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Rare case of norethisterone-induced hepatitis: A case report. by Arafa, Eiman A

“…We report a case of probable norethisterone-related liver injury, manifesting as a significant rise in liver transaminases in a 62-year-old woman. …”
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Assessment of treatment burden and its impact on quality of life in dialysis-dependent and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients by Al-mansouri, A.

“…Background The management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications places a significant burden on patients, resulting in impairment of their health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). …”
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apoA2 correlates to gestational age with decreased apolipoproteins A2, C1, C3 and E in gestational diabetes. by Ramanjaneya, Manjunath

“…Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at risk of adverse outcomes, including gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, and preterm delivery. …”
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Significance of pyrolytic temperature, application rate and incubation period of biochar in improving hydro-physical properties of calcareous sandy loam soil by Albalasmeh, Ammar A.

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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 Hamad, Anas

“…Background: In line with global trends, cancer incidence and mortality may have decreased for specific types of cancer in Qatar. 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. …”
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The Association between Zinc and Copper and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults by Al Kudsi, Dana Samir

“…0.13; p=0.01). High Cu significantly decreased the risk of MetS (0.121; p?0.001). …”
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Dynamic workload patterns prediction for proactive auto-scaling of web applications by Iqbal W.

“…Results show that the proposed solution yields significantly more accurate predictions of workload patterns and resource demands of web applications compared to existing approaches. ? …”
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Nutritional quality and health risk of pepper fruit as affected by magnesium fertilization. by Lu, Ming

“…Increasing health risk was mainly attributed to decreasing concentrations of Ca and Vc in pepper fruit, though the increased Mg intakes offset the impact of 1.74% to 14.4%. …”
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Dietary patterns associated with the risk of pancreatic cancer: Case-control study findings by Tayyem, Reema

“…The "Traditional"dietary pattern, which presented a diet rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, yogurt, and lentils, was associated with a significant decrease in the odds of PC (OR = 0.42, 95% CI = 0.21-0.84) for the third quartile compared to first one. …”
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Risk Management Assessments and Recommendations Among Students, Staffs, and Health Care Workers in Educational Biomedical Laboratories. by Rizk, Nasser M

“…Both laboratories were free from radiation hazards. There is a significant difference between adopted and recommended control measures in each laboratory in terms of likelihood, severity, and risk priority number (RPN). …”
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Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A caseecontrol study by Tayyem, RF

“…Background and Aims Dietary pattern and lifestyle have been reported to be significant risk factors in the development of coronary heart diseases (CHD). …”
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Psychiatric inpatients' views of their mental health, and their experience of social change, during the pandemic: A report from Qatar by Badanapurkar, Ashishkumar

“…Those reporting worsened mental health, attributable to the pandemic, were significantly more likely to report having experienced four negative social changes during the pandemic, namely reduced ability to discuss emotions/feelings with family members, decreased time spent exercising, decreased time spent relaxing and increased stress from the home. …”
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INTERACTION BETWEEN CLOCK GENE AND LIFESTYLE FACTOR IN RELATION TO OBESITY RISK FACTOR by ABDULKADER, HADIL

“…Participants with a high level of education also showed a decreased risk of obesity (OR: 0.60, 95% CL: 0.54-0.67) compared with a low education level. …”
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Consumption of some food groups is associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease among Jordanians by Tayyem, Reema

“…Increased consumption of fruits, vegetables and moderate consumption of vegetables oil and seeds and nuts are may be associated with decreased risk of CVD among Jordanian population.…”
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DVF-fog: Distributed virtual firewall in fog computing based on risk analysis by Kamoun-Abid, Ferdaous

“…Furthermore, the comparison with existing approaches based on the openstack framework illustrates that the fog-based distributed virtual firewall (DVF) approach decreases significantly the false positive rate (FPR) to be 0.0942% and increases the true positive rate (TPR) to be 99.9%. 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.…”
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Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A case-control study. by Tayyem, R F

“…Dietary pattern and lifestyle have been reported to be significant risk factors in the development of coronary heart diseases (CHD). …”
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Prediction of critical total drawdown in sand production from gas wells: Machine learning approach by Alakbari, Fahd Saeed

“…The RSM correlation decreased the average absolute percent relative error (AAPRE) by 12.7% compared to all published correlations' AAPRE of 22.6%–30.4%. …”
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