Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis حسب Mohamed Said Ghali (16810713)

"…It requires proper management to decrease mortality and morbidity. Clinical scoring systems for diagnosing AA aimed to decrease the use of radiological scans and the rate of negative appendectomies (NA). …"

Development of a thermodynamical approach for the prediction of the bulk modulus of spherical cubic silicon carbide <i>(β−SiC)</i> nanosolids حسب Esam H. Abdul-Hafidh (19420882)

"…The bulk modulus was found to decrease with respect to the size of the SiC NPs and was thus inversely proportional to their surface to volume ratio. …"

The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series حسب Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

"…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …"

BRET-Based Biosensors for Nucleic Acid Detection and Impact of Molecular Crowding Monitoring حسب Asfia Sultana (19170880)

"…While flexible biosensor exhibited a faster decrease in enzymatic activity compared to rigid biosensor. …"

SynergyGrids: blockchain-supported distributed microgrid energy trading حسب Moayad Aloqaily (14158932)

"…The trading system shows 17.8% decrease in energy cost for consumers and 76.4% decrease in load over utility grids when compared with its counterparts.…"

A dramatized method for teaching undergraduate students responsible research conduct حسب Kuei-Chiu Chen (14108854)

"…RCR test question scores showed only a slight decrease in correct answers from 2 to 10 weeks. Theatrical presentation is an inexpensive yet engaging approach that provides students with a chance to actively consider the importance of RCR and the complexities of contexts surrounding ethics decisions before starting a research career.…"

Effect of Hypoxia on Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate During Incremental Cycling : Relationship to the Gas Exchange Threshold حسب Youmna Elsayed Hassanein (21547490)

"…Furthermore, the decrease in fat oxidation was apparent in HYPO compared to NORM at all workloads. …"

Simulation of the size-composition distribution of atmospheric nanoparticles over Europe حسب David Patoulias (4722960)

"…The ground level concentrations of particles with a diameter larger than 100 nm (N100) were reproduced with a daily normalized mean error of 40 % and a daily normalized mean bias of −20 %. …"

Rhus coriaria L. (Sumac) Demonstrates Oncostatic Activity in the Therapeutic and Preventive Model of Breast Carcinoma حسب Peter Kubatka (11008854)

"…In the mouse model, R. coriaria at a higher dose (1%) significantly decreased tumor volume by 27% when compared to controls. …"

Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities حسب Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

"…Surveying showed that, between 1984 and 2020, urban areas grew by 777%, and bare lands decreased by 54.7%. In addition, Doha witnessed various climatic changes with a notable increase in air temperature (+ 8.7%), a decrease in surface wind speed (− 19.5%), and a decrease in potential evapotranspiration losses (− 33.5%). …"

Electrospun polylactic acid/date palm polyphenol extract nanofibres for tissue engineering applications حسب Khadija M. Zadeh (14152338)

"…Increasing the polyphenol concentration caused the tensile strength and Young’s modulus to decrease. The SEM graphs indicated a decrease in fibre diameter with increasing DP content. …"

Association between thermal responses, medical events, performance, heat acclimation and health status in male and female elite athletes during the 2019 Doha World Athletics Champi... حسب Sebastien Racinais (318896)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Peak T_core during competition reached 39.6°C±0.6°C (maximum 41.1°C). T_skin decreased from 32.2°C±1.3°C to 31.0°C±1.4°C during the races (p<0.001). …"

Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions حسب Laith Kanaan (21632714)

"…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…"

Performance comparison of different flow arrangements of 4-fluid internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifiers حسب Ali Pakari (14158902)

"…The approximate difference between the best and poorest performing flow arrangements in terms of the decrease in supply air humidity ratio and enthalpy is 4.3% and 10.5%, respectively. …"

Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan حسب Mahmoud A. Alomari (14780446)

"…Being a male is associated with a “decrease” and being a female is associated with an “increase” in nighttime sleeping hours (p < 0.05). …"

Welding of Semiconductor Nanowires by Coupling Laser-Induced Peening and Localized Heating حسب Kelly M. Rickey (19568770)

"…The morphology results show that laser peening can decrease porosity and bring nanowires into contact and pulsed laser heating fuses those contacts. …"

Psychological inoculation against problematic social media use among adolescents: An experimental study حسب Sameha Alshakhsi (17032311)

"…The passive inoculation group showed a significant decrease in deception only. No changes were observed in the control group. …"

Experimental investigation of double-pipe heat exchangers in air conditioning applications حسب Saud Ghani (7205633)

"…By increasing the DIW flowrate in the evaporator, the compressor work was shown to decrease, while the COP was shown to increase. In comparison with a standard rated air conditioning unit, using a double-pipe evaporator and condenser units with the maximum DIW flowrates resulted in a decrease of about 53% in the compressor work and a similar percentage of increase in the system COP.…"

Novel Concrete Mix for 3D Concrete Printing with Special Functions حسب Malek Omar Mohammad (20433575)

"…To address some of the limitations of conventional concrete construction, the proposed research develops a novel concrete material that possesses better thermal insulation properties, which can decrease energy consumption during the building’s operational phase, and is applicable for 3D concrete printing (3DCP), which removes the need for formwork, increases building design flexibility, and can improve the environmental effect. …"

Reinforced steering Evolutionary Markov Chain for high-dimensional feature selection حسب Atiq ur Rehman (3044409)

"…(iv) Agents moving in the right way are rewarded with an increase in their associated transition probability, while the agents going in the wrong direction are discouraged with a decrease in their associated transition probabilities; this promotes the establishment of an equilibrium state and leads to convergence. …"