Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling by Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate how nicotine in the context of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) affects depression and anxiety-like behaviors associated with chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) in a male C57BL/6J animal model. The mice were exposed to WTS or received intraperitoneal injections of nicotine for thirty days, before being subjected to CSDS for ten days. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis for the installation of cogeneration CSP technology in Cyprus by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…The results indicate that the electricity unit cost or benefit for both cases of electricity purchasing tariff are decreased or increased with the increase of the capacity factor and the capacity size of the plant. …”
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Autophagy Mediates the Effects of Physical Exercise on Learning and Memory through Activation of Hippocampal BDNF by Jabr, Vanessa

“…These positive outcomes are mediated through the induction of the expression of a growth factor, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in the hippocampus. …”
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An empirical study on measuring operating efficiency and revenue of real estate assets in the UAE using data envelopment analysis by Alafifi, Abdulrahman

“…This method could produce a more informed and balanced approach to performance measurement. …”
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DNA methylation signature in peripheral blood reveals distinct characteristics of human X chromosome numerical aberrations by El Maarri, Osman

“…The X inactivation process appears to be less effective in Klinefelter syndrome as methylation on the X was decreased compared to normal female samples. In a large number of individuals, we verified several loci by pyrosequencing and observed only weak inter-loci correlations between the verified regions. …”
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Nebulized fentanyl for respiratory symptoms in patients with COVID-19 (ventanyl trial) by Nissar Shaikh (11659441)

“…The proposed theory behind that was that fentanyl decreased the rate of spontaneous respiratory rate, diminished the brain stem chemoreceptor response to hypoxia and hypercarbia, in addition to exhibiting a modulating effect on the brain stem. …”

Assessing the Electricity Production Capacities of Emerging Markets for the Sustainable Investments by Tamer Aksoy (17947802)

“…The purpose of this study is to evaluate the electricity production capacities of emerging markets. A new fuzzy decision-making model has been constructed to find a solution for this situation. …”

Prediction of critical total drawdown in sand production from gas wells: Machine learning approach by Fahd Saeed Alakbari (10701871)

“…<p></p><div> <p>Sand production is a critical issue in petroleum wells. The critical total drawdown (CTD) is an essential indicator of the onset of sand production. …”

Location matters: spatial dynamics of tumor-infiltrating T cell subsets is prognostic in colon cancer by Hehuan Zhu (4808445)

“…We demonstrated an increase in immune cell density and a decrease in the distance of CD3⁺CD8⁺ T cells to the nearest tumor cell, in the immune active, ICR High, immune subtypes. …”

Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors by Noura Aldous (15429873)

“…Upon differentiating iPSCs lacking RFX6 into pancreatic islets, a significant decrease in PDX1 expression at the PF stage was observed, although this did not affect PPs co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6.1. …”

The role of IT governance in enhancing the competitiveness of for-profit private schools' business by Jasim, Alaa H

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Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…These types of devices have been shown to significantly decrease VAD occlusion rates by 8.2%, when compared to a standard connector device (Jacobs et al., 2004). …”
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Whole-Genome Molecular Characterization and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Lebanon by El Hassan, Sarah

“…For the first time, we detected an untypeable SCCmec cassette harboring multiple ccr complexes or missing some of the conserved genes. Using the SCCmecFinder, we were able to predict the mec cassettes and showed that the SSA11 harbored a pseudo-SCCmec element resembling the one detected SCCmec type IV(2B). …”
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Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy by Palavecino, Martin

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate factors predictive of blood transfusion in hepatectomies performed at a tertiary referral center. Methods Records of 1,477 patients who underwent 1,557 liver resections between 1998 and 2007 were reviewed. …”
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The effect of Hydrogen Peroxide treatments on dental enamel porosity and protein structure and its long-term implications on tooth hardness and optical properties by Jelena Eric (21015107)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Shade analysis revealed that, in the short term, HP treatment significantly increased lightness and Hue and decreased chroma compared to DW (<i>p </i>< 0.05); however, 1 week after treatment some of the initial gains in tooth lightness were partially lost. …”

Tranexamic Acid Application in Facial Aesthetic Surgery: An Umbrella Review by Mohamed Badie Ahmed (10223510)

“…In addition, in 8 studies that were focusing on DOS, the majority showed a reduction in DOS with TXA use. While in the case of septorhinoplasty, 3 studies revealed that TXA use decreased BLV. …”

Chiropractic manipulations gone wrong by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Within 24 hours he was experiencing full right-sided paralysis and a deterioration of consciousness. MRI scans revealed tears in the inner walls of some arteries in his neck, ultimately blocking the blood supply to parts of his brain. …”

Part II.: Dissimilar friction stir welding of nickel titanium shape memory alloy to stainless steel – microstructure, mechanical and corrosion behavior by Parker West (17268946)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Advanced Joining Processes<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jajp.2021.100072" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jajp.2021.100072</a></p>…”

Effects of selenium in comparison to exendin-4 on the expression of GLP-1R, IRS-1 and preproinsulin in the pancreas of diabetic rats by Rizk, Sandra

“…Antioxidant supplements are considered as being favorable for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. There is a debate regarding the effect of selenium on the incidence of diabetes mellitus: even though some clinical trials studies suggested that high selenium supplementation resulted in an increased risk of incidence of diabetes mellitus, other studies showed that the level of serum selenium in diabetic patients was lower than its level in nondiabetic subjects, and high selenium status may exert a protective action against the incidence of diabetes mellitus. …”
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Independent and Combined Effects of Antioxidant Supplementation and Circuit Resistance Training on Selected Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Ayoub Saeidi (17331085)

“…These findings suggest that Zataria Multiflora supplementation by itself has little effect on measured adipokines; however, its combination with CRT produced noticeable effects on circulating levels of these adipokines, even more than CRT alone. Consequently, a combination of CRT and Zataria Multiflora supplementation may represent a potentially beneficial non-pharmacologic intervention on some selected adipokines in postmenopausal women.…”