Parental consanguinity and family history of coronary artery disease strongly predict early stenosis by Deeb, Mary E.

“…Consanguinity did not promote risk of CAD (p = 0.38), but did affect age of disease diagnosis (p < 0.001). …”
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries: a retrospective study by Ahammed Mekkodathil (4578838)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>A total of 4040 patients with fall-related injuries were identified in the study duration which corresponds to the rate of 2.34 per 10,000 population. Although the rate of fall-related injuries decreased over the years, the average number of patients per year remained high accounting for 32% of the hospitalized patients with moderate to severe injuries. …”

An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure by Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

“…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …”

Association of Vitamin D Metabolites With Embryo Development and Fertilization in Women With and Without PCOS Undergoing Subfertility Treatment by Thomas Keith Cunningham (9442886)

“…In slim PCOS, 25(OH)D₃ correlated with increased fertilization rates in PCOS, but other vitamin D parameters did not differ to matched controls.…”

Prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic patterns of lebanese dentists for the management of dentoalveolar abscesses by Mokhbat, J.

“…The patient's medical condition and age did not affect the decision to prescribe antibiotics 36.2% patients with pain and 11.8% patients with swelling were prescribed antibiotics. …”
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Isolation and study of Lipase activity of an olive oil degrading Thermoactionomyces SP. (c2002) by Al Khudary, Rami

“…A concentration of 10% (v/v) olive oil did not inhibit its growth. Lipase production was constitutive, and did not depend on the presence of olive oil. …”
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Evaluation of the appropriate use of commonly prescribed fluoroquinolones and the risk of dysglycemia by Kabbara, Wissam K.

“…However, concerns about increasing resistant microorganisms and the risk of dysglycemia associated with the use of these agents have emerged. …”
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Association Between Three-Months Vitamin D Supplementation and Depressive Symptomatology incidence among Saudi Arabian Adults by Khaddaj, Rashel

“…Results: The final sample size included 71 participants with an average age of 30.23 ±7.66and constituted of 59.2% females. The mean baseline 25(OH)D3 concentration was 16.92±7.23ng/ml in the vitamin D group and 16.44±5.91 ng/ml in the control group (p =0.76). …”
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Three essays on French colonial trade by El Kallab, Tania

“…Statistics also emphasize that the event of colonization was followed by an increase in trade between France and its own colonies, while colonization from Britain and other metropolis did not impact trade between France and British/ other colonies. …”
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Prostaglandin E2 regulates the level and stability of cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA through activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in interleukin-1β-treated human synovial fibr... by Faour, Wissam

“…The eicosanoid didn't potentiate IL-1β-induced COX-2 expression nor did it activate COX-2 gene expression in quiescent cells. …”
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The development of psychological and associated mental health disorders after road traffic crashes and other injuries by Anthony Joseph (3383735)

“…<p dir="ltr">Injury contributes approximately 12% of the world’s burden of injury and there is increasing evidence that injury results in the new onset of a range of psychiatric disorders. …”

Genetic Deletion of DNAJB3 Using CRISPR-Cas9, Produced Discordant Phenotypes by Shadi Nejat (19457212)

“…However, we did not observe the same changes in the other KO lines. …”

Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease in a Middle Eastern Cohort Using Whole Genome Sequencing by Mohamad Saad (214545)

“…However, the 9p21 locus did not replicate. Six suggestive (<i>P</i><10−5) new loci/genes with plausible biological function were identified (eg, <i>CORO7</i>, <i>RBM47</i>, <i>PDE4D</i>). …”

Tranexamic acid for the prevention of blood loss after cesarean section: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema (16328980)

“…TXA was associated with a beneficial effect in our secondary outcomes including decline in hemoglobin levels and the need for additional uterotonic agents. TXA increased the risk of non-thromboembolic adverse events but, based on limited data, did not increase the incidence of thromboembolic events. …”

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Undergraduate Students’ Stress and Anxiety in a University in the UAE by Alfalasi, Khulood

“…This study argues and claims that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a direct impact as an epidemic on student academic stress. …”
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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana by Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

“…A distance gradient analysis indicates that as distance from the nearest toxic source increases, the mean percentage of blacks in the community decreases and the mean percentage of whites increases. …”
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Optimization of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles with Clathrate Hydrates Thermal Energy Storage by Gadalla, Akram Mohamed

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Hyperaminoacidaemia at postprandial levels does not modulate glucose metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Bassil, M.

“…Whereas phosphorylation of AKTSer473, AKTThr308 mTORSer2448 and rpS6Ser235/236 increased (p < 0.05) with elevated amino acids, that of IRS-1Ser636/639 and IRS-1Ser1101 did not change. …”
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Identification of Cancer Stem Cells in Human Gastrointestinal Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors by Gaur, Puja

“…Although many primary cell lines failed to grow, CNDT96 ALDH+ cells formed spheres in anchorage-independent conditions, whereas ALDH- cells did not. CNDT2.5 ALDH+ cells formed spheres, whereas ALDH- cells did not. …”
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Risk factors for stoma outlet obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Toffaha (18111886)

“…Although age was assessed as a potential risk factor, it did not show a statistically significant association with SOO (OR 1.69, 95% CI 0.44–6.54).…”