Qatar’s Evolving National Identity in Schools: A Twitter Perspective from 2015 to 2019 by Aisha Mohammed Al-Mansoor (20433395)

“…While the overall school twitter activity decreased over the years, the percentage of tweets by schools on nationalism remained high throughout the years, suggesting that it has remained an important topic post-blockade. …”

Dicarbonyl stress, protein glycation and the unfolded protein response by Naila Rabbani (291722)

“…An optimized inducer of Glo1 expression, trans-resveratrol and hesperetin combination, normalized increased MG concentration, corrected insulin resistance and decreased low grade inflammation in overweight and obese subjects. …”

Non-diabetic ketoacidosis secondary to primary hyperthyroidism by Abdulrahman F. Al-Mashdali (17148316)

“…This was associated with decreased appetite and weight loss.</p><h3>Diagnosis</h3><p dir="ltr">Laboratory findings were significant for high anion gap metabolic acidosis, positive ketones in the urine, and high serum B-hydroxybutyrate. …”

Impact of Work-Life Balance on Female Employee Motivation by Haleema Raja (22196926)

“…The study has revealed a link between work-life balance and employee motivation, suggesting that businesses that prioritize work-life balance policies will likely experience better levels of employee engagement, Productivity, well-being, retention, and decreased levels of stress. Yet, our data also showed that there was no connection between employee motivation, marital status, or parental status and work-life balance. …”

Fanconi–Bickel Syndrome: A Review of the Mechanisms That Lead to Dysglycaemia by Sanaa Sharari (12561952)

“…Dysfunctional mutations and decreased GLUT2 expression leads to dysglycaemia (fasting hypoglycemia, postprandial hyperglycemia, glucose intolerance, and rarely diabetes mellitus), hepatomegaly, galactose intolerance, rickets, and poor growth. …”

Factors Associated with Meeting Current Recommendation for Physical Activity in Scottish Adults with Diabetes by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Furthermore, meeting the recommended physical activity levels decreased with age (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.95–0.97), having a longstanding illness (OR 0.56; 95% CI 0.34–0.93) and body mass index (OR 0.94; 95% CI 0.92–0.97), but increased with higher fruit and vegetable intake (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.07–1.25) and mental wellbeing (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.02–1.06). …”

Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment by Christos Fountoukis (4722963)

“…The overall forecast error decreased from –51% to 8% for PM2.5 and from –88% to 20% for NOx while a significant improvement was observed in the diurnal profile of predicted ozone. …”

Bacterial diseases of Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer): A review for health management strategies and future aquaculture sustainability by Sk Injamamul Islam (14111241)

“…Aquaculture has rapidly expanded and become a global food industry, spurred by population expansion, increased seafood consumption, and decreased captured fisheries. Nonetheless, the exponential growth of aquaculture has emerged as a significant contributor to anthropogenic changes. …”

Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment by Alsaka, Lilyan

“…Due to pore size shrinkage, the AC-kC and V-kC hydrogels achieved the highest PFOA rejection at pH 4, whereas the water flux decreased. Increasing the PFOA concentration reduced water flux and increased PFOA rejection. …”
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Novel paclitaxel formulations solubilized by parenteral nutrition nanoemulsions for application against glioma cell lines by Najlah, Mohammad

“…Clinoleic loaded with paclitaxel decreased the viability of U87-MG cell to 6.4±2.3%, compared to Intralipid loaded with paclitaxel (21.29±3.82%). …”
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Topical Vancomycin for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection after Craniotomy: Meta-analysis and Systematic Literature Review by Ahmed Saleh (3150639)

“…Meta-analysis showed that topical vancomycin decreased incidence of cSSIs (OR 0.13; 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.43).…”

A Multidecadal Assessment of Haze Development and Fluctuations in Visibility for Arabian Peninsula by Luqman Atique (16036586)

“…Visibility in KWT was 0.5 km in 1994, indicating a period of exceptionally poor visibility whereas the daily mean visibility for KSA was approximately 0.6 km. …”

The impact of climatic conditions on the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk of BTEX compounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh (15989705)

“…These results can be used by policymaking to focus on decreasing exposure to BTEX, particularly in climatic conditions with higher hazards.…”

The effects of long-term testosterone treatment on endocrine parameters in hypogonadal men: 12-year data from a prospective controlled registry study by Aksam Yassin (14779204)

“…This was accompanied by an increase in estradiol levels by 14.9 pmol/L (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), and decreases in progesterone (0.2 ng/mL, <i>p</i> < 0.0001), LH (10.4 U/L, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and FSH (8.4 U/L, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) were demonstrated at 12-years. …”

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

“…This meta-analysis indicated an 11% decrease in the death risk at 1 month after TXA use (odds ratio [OR] 0.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.84 to 0.95) with a number needed to treat of 61 to avoid 1 additional death. …”
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Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating by Sreedevi, Paramparambath

“…The synthesized W-G-H composite is proposed to decrease the working temperature of semiconductor devices. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

“…Among the typed IVA-positive cases, 33.4% were H1N1, and 7.7% were H3N2. A significant decrease in influenza infections was reported in vaccinated DM patients (14.5%) when compared to non-vaccinated patients (18.9%) (p-value = 0.006). …”
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Regional variations in incidence of surgical site infection and associated risk factors in women undergoing cesarean section: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by Nazmul, Islam

“…Meta-regression showed a significant decrease in SSI incidence in HICs. Maternal factors, procedural aspects, and care quality were associated with SSI. …”
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The effect of Ramadan focused education on patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hoda Gad (6470522)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">This systematic review and meta-analysis shows that Ramadan-focused diabetes education leads to a decrease in HbA1c and LDL, but an increase in TG and weight during Ramadan. …”

Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga therapy on anxiety and happiness among community-dwelling older adults: A quasi-experimental study by Mona Metwally El-Sayed (17725127)

“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A statistically significant decrease in anxiety level among the study group compared to the control group (Pre = 16.68 (7.35), immediate = 6.65 (2.89), post three-month = 7.68 (2.75), p=<0.001 and effect size = 0.715). …”