Reliability of high strain ionomeric polymer transducers fabricated using the direct assembly process by Akle, Barbar

“…Ionic liquid based transducers are demonstrated to operate in air for over 400 000 cycles with little loss in performance, and are reliable up to 1 million cycles with a performance loss of less than 43%. The main source of degradation is the adhesion of the conductive surface to the high surface area electrode. …”
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Andrographolide pre-treatment enhances the anti-tumor activity of topotecan on acute myeloid leukemia cells in vitro by Rizk, Sandra

“…However, due to its dose-limiting cytotoxicity, combination treatments have been investigated to achieve better outcome with less side effects. Andrographolide (AG) is a plant-derived compound that was reported to induce apoptosis and autophagy in acute myeloid leukemia cell lines. …”
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Accelerating Care: Enhancing Patient Satisfaction through a Quality Initiative in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Department at Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar by Lolwa Al Ansari (18466227)

“…The proportion of patients spending less than 8 hours in the OB ED observation beds rose from 74% in January 2022 to over 98% in 2023. …”

The role of objectively recorded smartphone usage and personality traits in sleep quality by Aftab Alam (5158601)

“…Furthermore, smartphone users with the conscientiousness trait had a longer sleep duration, earlier sleeping time, less sleep distraction, and earlier wakeablity. Sleep distraction was positively associated with openness. …”

Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine by Debendra Muduli (20748758)

“…For mass fundus image-based glaucoma classification, an improved automated computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) model performing binary classification (glaucoma or healthy), allowing ophthalmologists to detect glaucoma disease correctly in less computational time. We proposed learning technique called fast discrete curvelet transform with wrapping (FDCT-WRP) to create feature set. …”

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Many of the heart attack and stroke patients had diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and/or were smokers, whereas controls were much less likely to have these factors.</p><p>All of these factors are associated with reduced physical activity and increased consumption of high-fat foods. …”

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Pieter Francsois, Fouche

“…Administering TXA in the out-of-hospital setting is associated with reduced mortality compared to inhospital administration, and less mortality with TXA in systemic trauma is noted compared with traumatic brain injury specifically.…”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

“…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…”
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Double versus triple arthrodesis for adult-acquired flatfoot deformity due to stage III posterior tibial tendon insufficiency: a prospective comparative study of two cohorts by Amr A. Fadle (14150298)

“…The mean Hibbs angle decreased from 153.07 to 142.32° (MD = 10.54°, p < 0.001). …”

Biomarkers show promise for treatment of heart valve disease by Nature Research (16552612)

“…They also found that levels of sclerostin, a signalling protein involved in inhibiting bone formation, were four times higher in the serum of CAVS patients. …”

Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Abeer A Omar (21623774)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 825 participants with mean age 29.2 years (5.9) of which 365 (44.2%) were males. …”

Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals by Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …”

Helping patients understand osteoporosis by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Most were aware that osteoporosis was related to post-menopause, low bone density and an increased risk of fractures. …”

The Economic Impact of Optimizing a COVID-19 Management Protocol in Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease Patients by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…In the critically ill patients, however, the cost increased from QAR202,094 (USD 55,505) to QAR292,856 (USD 80,433) per patient, with added cost of QAR90,762 (USD 24,928). …”

The changing landscape in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer by El Amm, Joelle

“…The past few years have brought increasing advances in the therapeutic management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with the approval of several agents, including vaccine therapy with sipuleucel-T, second-line chemotherapy with cabazitaxel, the bone-targeted pharmaceutical denosumab, and the novel antiandrogen therapy abiraterone acetate. …”
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Dietary Curcumin Nanoparticles Improve Growth Performance, Oxidative Status and Immune Response of European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus Labrax</i>) by Albandari Bin-Ammar (16381128)

“…Growth performance (final body weight (FBW), daily weight gain (DWG), weight gain (WG), relative growth rate (RGR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER)) and feed uptake (feed conversion rate (FCR)) were improved significantly in CURNPs (100 and 150 mg/ kg)-supplemented groups. …”

Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna Thomas (17337925)

“…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…”

Shear Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Hollow Slabs Voided with PET Void Formers by Hasan, Haider H.

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An Analysis of Thermal Comfort at the School Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study of the American School of Creative Science, Dubai, UAE by ABU-QULBAIN, LANA

“…The enhanced outcome was evaluated against the initial one, using PET (physiological equivalent temperature), revealing that shade separately had the highest impact on its corresponding location with a decrease of up to 16% in PET, but no decrease to the overall PET of the microclimate. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…FindingsIn 2021, the global age-standardised mortality rate of appendicitis was 0·358 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 0·311–0·414) per 100 000. Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
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