Role of nutritional indices in predicting outcomes of vascular surgery by Jabbour, Jana

“…The eight-category nutritional status was more predictive of operative death than age alone (C statistic, 0.74 vs 0.63). A high discrimination multivariable model for operative death was derived (C statistic, 0.851). …”
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Smoking cessation advice: the self-reported attitudes and practice of primary health care physicians in a military community, central Saudi Arabia by AlAteeq, Mohammed

“…Higher education levels were significantly more associated with positive attitude than lower education levels (adj. odds ratio [OR] 95% confidence interval [CI] =17.9 [1.3–242.3]; adj. …”
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Application of Fe₃O₄ magnetite nanoparticles grafted in silica (SiO₂) for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…Demulsification process best fits the combined Langmuir-Freundlich (L-F) isotherm with highest adsorption capacity (Q_max) of 186.0 ± 5 mg_oil/g_MD compared to 86.0 ± 5 mg_oil/g_MD for Fe₃O₄, which is 1.1 folds greater than Q_max reported in the literature for other demulsifiers.…”

Immune Checkpoints in Circulating and Tumor-Infiltrating CD4+ T Cell Subsets in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Salman M. Toor (8854751)

“…We also found that CD4⁺CTLA-4⁺ T cells in circulation are increased in patients with advanced disease stage. …”

Cerebrospinal α‐Synuclein Oligomers Reflect Disease Motor Severity in DeNoPa Longitudinal Cohort by Nour K. Majbour (8809316)

“…CSF oligomeric-α-synuclein levels appear to increase with diseases severity and reflect PD motor rather than cognitive trajectories. © 2021 The Authors. …”

Inequalities in cardiovascular disease among elderly Indians: A gender perspective analysis using LASI wave-I (2017-18) by Bijaya K Padhi (16823745)

“…Morbidity influences CVD presence more among women than men, with individuals suffering from three or more diseases having markedly increased odds (Men: OR: 3.89; 95% CI: 3.54-4.3, Women: OR: 6.97; 95% CI: 6.48-10.11). …”

The Association Between Estrogen‐Containing Oral Contraceptive Pills and Hypothyroidism by Lama Alkahlout (22392196)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disorder that affects 10 times more females than males, with substantial health impacts. The role of estrogen‐containing oral contraceptives (OCPs) in influencing thyroid function remains relatively underexplored. …”

Spectrum Sensing Algorithms for Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks by Hassan, Yasmin Adel

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Pushing an existing villa in Dubai to nearly Zero Energy Building passing through AL SA’AFAT rating system by Al Ali, Meera Hamid Obaid

“…During the years between 1980 and 2003 the consumption of energy had been doubled and it is still increasing and by 2025 it is expected to increase even more by 50% (Pless & Torcellini, 2009). …”
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Optical coherence tomography findings in autoimmune retinopathy by Abazzari, Azin

“…Macular OCT showed reduced central macular and foveal thicknesses in 6 patients (mean thickness 143 ± 30 μm and 131 ± 29 μm respectively). …”
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Rising blood pressure in Bangladesh by Nature Research (16552612)

“…They found that nearly a quarter of the study population had hypertension, affecting relatively more men than women. People aged 66 to 74 were found to be significantly more at-risk than those in other age groups. …”

Reducing terrorism with development ; the United Nations' new path. (c2009) by Kassis, Maria-Rita

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Sunitinib induces PTEN expression and inhibits PDGFR signaling and migration of medulloblastoma cells by Castellino, R.C.

“…However, sunitinib did not induce apoptosis in either cell line at any time point, indicating that the anti-migratory effects of sunitinib were not due to impeding cell survival. …”
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The Economic Impact of Optimizing a COVID-19 Management Protocol in Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease Patients by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…Overall, regardless of critical care status, the optimization of the initial COVID-19 protocols in patients with preexisting CVD did not reduce overall health care costs, but increased it by QAR80,529 (USD 22,117) per patient.…”

Application of Low-Fermenting Yeast Lachancea thermotolerans for the Control of Toxigenic Fungi Aspergillus parasiticus, Penicillium verrucosum and Fusarium graminearum and Their M... by Randa Zeidan (14778388)

“…Very interestingly, it was shown that even 7 yeast colonies reduced <i>Fusarium’s</i> growth and the synthesis of its mycotoxin, deoxynivalenol (DON). Moreover, decreasing yeast nutrient concentrations did not affect the inhibition of fungal growth, but reduced DON synthesis. …”

Fluid-Structure-Acoustic coupling analysis for external laminar and turbulent fluid flows by Tohid, Adibi

“…The results indicate that the transmission loss is 27% more at the elastic plate’s highest position. By decreasing the length of the elastic plate by 50%, the mean transmission loss is reduced by 9%. …”
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Is board compensation excessive? by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…On average, we find greater evidence of over- rather than undercompensation. For companies that overpay, the average excess compensation is greater than $60,000 per director, while directors that are underpaid receive about $33,000 less than predicted. …”
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Raising awareness of menopause in Iran by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Women with one or two children had greater awareness than those with more than four. Those with a higher income and level of education had significantly greater awareness than those with average or low income and education. …”

Wound healing potential of quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside and myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside isolated from Pistacia lentiscus distilled leaves in rats model by Wiem Elloumi (17148337)

“…Moreover, the cutaneous wound tissues treated with PDL 20, MM, and QM exhibited significantly higher hydroxyproline content than the negative control group, which means a high collagen biosynthesis in wound tissues. …”

Integrated transcriptional‐phenotypic analysis captures systemic immunomodulation following antiangiogenic therapy in renal cell carcinoma patients by Darawan Rinchai (742366)

“…These changes were paired with an increase of the expression of transcripts reflecting activation of immune-effector functions. …”