Association between Healthy Lifestyle Index and Cognitive decline In Community- Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults by Ezzeddine, Maha

“…Objective: Normal aging is often associated with cognitive deterioration in older adults, but the prevalence of cognitive decline like cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has been increasing lately. …”
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Lower limb EMG activation during reduced gravity running on an incline. Speed matters more than hills irrespective of indicated bodyweight by Rod Whiteley (14150088)

“…Increasing running speed was associated with the largest change in activity, with smaller effects for increasing bodyweight and inclination. …”

Prevalence and risk of cognitive impairment among patients with asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Ganesh Bushi (19709574)

“…The results underscored the substantial correlation between asthma and heightened risks of cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">This review found a notable association between asthma and an increased risk of cognitive decline, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease. …”

CFD Study of Particle Concentration and Stokes Number Effect on Erosion Profile. by Salim, Wahib Mufid

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Screen Time Soars and Vision Suffers: How School Closures During the Pandemic Affected Children and Adolescents’ Eyesight by Muna Abed Alah (18336771)

“…Furthermore, logistic regression analysis showed that local students and those with a history of visual disturbances were 1.7 times (AOR: 1.73, 95%CI 1.18–2.54, <i>p</i> = 0.005) and 2.5 times (AOR: 2.52, 95%CI 1.69–3.76, <i>p</i> < 0.001) more likely to experience decline of visual acuity respectively. School closures in Qatar were associated with a significant increase in screen time among students and a notable decline in their visual acuity. …”

Characteristics of aerosols and planetary boundary layer dynamics during biomass burning season by Muhammad Zeeshaan Shahid (18131689)

“…The results illustrate the key contributors to this haze event and showed the there is significant increases in aerosol components such as sulfate, black carbon, organic carbon, dust and aerosol optical depth (AOD). …”

Combined bronchodilators (tiotropium plus olodaterol) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Ramadan, Wijdan H.

“…For patients not sufficiently controlled on a single long-acting bronchodilator, a combination of different bronchodilators has shown a significant increase in lung function. Tiotropium, a once-daily dosing LAMA, demonstrated sustained improvements in lung function as well as improved health-related quality of life, reduced exacerbations, and increased survival without altering the rate of decline in the mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) with fairly tolerable side effects. …”
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Examining time-to-transport decisions in Emergency Medical Services by Hassan Farhat (9000509)

“…The Schoenfeld plot (Figure 2) demonstrates that multiple variables have a significant impact on increasing the time-to-handover.…”

Does the CEO effect differ in times of crisis? Evidence from US and China during the global financial crisis by Kleindienst, Ingo

“…Utilizing multilevel modeling on a 15-year dataset of US firms and assessing three performance metrics, we identify a significant decline (increase) in the CEO effect on accounting-based (market-based) performance measures (measure) from the pre-crisis to the crisis period, followed by a significant rebound post-crisis. …”
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Cadmium-induced endothelial dysfunction mediated by asymmetric dimethylarginine by Hamda A. Al-Naemi (14151675)

“…<p dir="ltr">Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring toxic heavy metal with no known essential biological functions. Exposure to Cd increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by disrupting vascular homeostasis at the endothelium. …”

Essays on the effects of oil price shocks and monetary shocks on labor reallocation by Karaki, Mohamad B.

“…This finding indicates that there is a significant costly labor reallocation process associated with an unanticipated increase in interest rates. …”
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Viability of Amazon’s driven innovations targeting shoppers’ impulsiveness by Farah, Maya F.

“…The findings show that while retailers' tech-driven solutions would increase shoppers' impulsiveness, and hence sales, their continued interaction with such purchasing solutions would decline over time, making the overall innovation cycle much shorter.…”
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Cryptocurrency comovements and crypto exchange movement: The relocation of Binance by Mustafa Disli (17307716)

“…Using multivariate regression analysis, our results show that Binance experienced a significant decline in comovement with its origin market after moving to Malta. …”

Hybrid PCDTBT:PCBM:Graphene-Nanoplatelet Photoabsorbers by Mahyar Mohammadnezhad (8463819)

“…This is manifested by a significant decline in photo-oxidation, followed by improved thermal stability and suppressed phase separation and aggregation of the PCBM molecules. …”

The Russia-Ukraine war, soaring food prices, and the Turkish economy: insights from computable general equilibrium by Ozcan Ozturk (14606326)

“…The findings reveal significant effects on agricultural imports of crops (wheat, maize, barley, rice, and cereal grains), fruit and vegetables, and oil products, leading to an increase in both import and domestic prices, resulting in food inflation in the country. …”

Safety and Efficacy of Inclisiran in Hyperlipidemia: An Updated Meta‐Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Jawad Basit (19231376)

“…Our pooled analysis demonstrated that inclisiran was associated with a significant decline in the % of LDL‐C levels (MD = −50.42, 95% CI: −56.15 to −44.70), % of PCSK9 levels (MD = −78.57, 95% CI: −81.64 to −75.50), % of total cholesterol levels in the body (MD = −31.22, 95% CI: −33.08.15 to −29.37), and apo B levels (MD = −41.47, 95% CI: −44.83 to −38.11) when compared with the control group. …”

Reduced HDL-cholesterol in long COVID-19: A key metabolic risk factor tied to disease severity by Jamila, Al-Zadjali

“…Findings indicated significant metabolic shifts in severe Long-COVID-19 cases, mainly a marked drop in HDL-C levels and a doubled increase in ferritin levels and insulin resistance compared to the mild cases and controls. …”
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Mixed matrix membranes containing aspartic acid functionalized graphene oxide for enhanced oil-water emulsion separation by Omnya Abdalla (17100211)

“…Water permeability increased by 97 % at 0.2 wt.% fGO membrane compared to pristine membrane and oil rejection reached 97.9 % upon filtration of 200 mL oil emulsion. …”

Economic policy uncertainty: Global energy security with diversification by Dagar, Vishal

“…The results reveal that when EPU increases, the spectrum of energy sources declines, negatively impacting energy security. …”
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Network Analysis and its Applications in Financial and Digital Assets by Almazloum, Ward

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