Board Characteristics and Bank Stock Performance: Empirical Evidence from the MENA Region حسب Antoine B. Awad (21591401)

"…However, we found that having frequent board meetings per year and separate roles for the CEO and chairman have no impact on bank stock performance. …"

Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... حسب Saeid Safiri (3713035)

"…Age-standardised death rate decreased by 15.7% (8.6 to 21.0), during the period 1990–2019. …"

Nurse-Led System-wide Unit-based Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Reduction Project حسب Mariam Al-Mutawa (18505317)

"…HAPI is a significant patient safety issue in hospitalized patients and can lead to increased healthcare costs and a decreased quality of life for patients . A retrospective data analysis identified issues such as knowledge gaps, lack of continuity of care, and nursing practice variations. …"

Optimization of design and operation of solar assisted district cooling systems حسب Dana M. Alghool (18387132)

"…This research aims at making this technology more affordable by providing a holistic optimization design of solar assisted district cooling systems. Toward this end, a mixed-integer linear programming model (MILP) is proposed that captures the key design and operation variables of a solar-assisted district cooling system. …"

Shared Clean Mobility Operations for First-Mile and Last-Mile Public Transit Connections: A Case Study of Doha, Qatar حسب Afnan Fayez Eliyan (19517221)

"…Moreover, adding the carpooling option can significantly decrease the number of relocations operations at a minimal impact on the commuters’ trip performance.…"

Drive‐up INR testing and phone‐based consultations service during COVID‐19 pandemic in a pharmacist‐lead anticoagulation clinic in Qatar: Monitoring, clinical, resource utilization... حسب Eman N. Alhmoud (14778706)

"…Combined with teleclinics, using drive-up fingerstick International normalized ratio (INR) testing was recommended to decrease exposure risk of anticoagulation patients.…"

YOLO-DefXpert: An Advanced Defect Detection on PCB Surfaces Using Improved YOLOv11 Algorithm حسب Prabu Selvam (22330264)

"…Compared to the standard YOLOv11 model, the proposed YOLO-DefXpert attained an improvement of 9.3% and 13.2% in mAP50 and mAP95, an 11.25% increase in frames per second, and a 69.85MB decrease in model size. …"

Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria حسب Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu (22155178)

"…Notably, SSA and South Asia are the regions most lagging behind the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2, aiming for <12 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. Within SSA, Nigeria, the most populous country, records the highest number of neonatal deaths annually. …"

Comparative Study on Beneficial Effects of Hydroxytyrosol- and Oleuropein-Rich Olive Leaf Extracts on High-Fat Diet-Induced Lipid Metabolism Disturbance and Liver Injury in Rats حسب Ines Fki (14571855)

"…Equally, it showed a rise of the apoptotic markers (a decrease in the expression of the Bcl-2 and an increase of the P53). …"

The cost-benefit associated with the maturity of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program versus prematurity in Heart Hospital of Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar حسب Dina Abushanab (10696501)

"…With M-ASP, cost of hospital tests use ‘decreased’ by QAR 1,149 per 100-patient beds per year, cost of ASP personnel ‘decreased’ by QAR 125 per 100-patient beds with the M-ASP, cost of drug use ‘increased’ by QAR 176,848 per 100-patient beds, cost of resistance and hospitalization ‘increased’ by QAR 216,279 per 100-patient beds per year. …"

The effect of Ramadan focused education on patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis حسب 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. …"

Bone Benefits of Fish Oil Supplementation Depend on its EPA and DHA Content حسب Haissam Abou-Saleh (497840)

"…Bone mineral density (BMD) was analyzed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) before and after the dietary intervention. At the end of dietary intervention, bone resorption markers in serum and inflammatory markers in bone marrow and splenocytes and inflammatory signaling pathways in the bone marrow were analyzed. …"

Mitigating soil water deficit using organic waste compost and commercial water retainer: a comparative study under semiarid conditions حسب Hatem Zgallai (17792567)

"…<p dir="ltr">Semiarid regions have particularly been confronted with climate change effects reflected by the consistent decrease of rainfall and increase of evapotranspiration. …"

The impact of water table fluctuation and salinity on LNAPL distribution and geochemical properties in the smear zone under completely anaerobic conditions حسب Reem Elfatih Ismail (14151663)

"…In fluctuating columns, pore water sulfate decreased in the middle, but in stable columns, it decreased in the first 40 days, which suggested that sulfate was the primary electron donor and sulfate-reducing bacteria were present. …"

A customised fetal growth and birthweight standard for Qatar: a population-based cohort study حسب Thomas Farrell (3933833)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The regression model found a term optimal birthweight of 3,235 g for a Qatari nationality mother with median height (159 cm), booking weight (72 kg), parity (1) and gestation at birth (276 days) at the end of an uncomplicated pregnancy. Constitutional coefficients significantly affecting birthweight were gestational age, height, weight, and parity. …"

The Triple “S” Impact of COVID-19: Nationwide Evidence of the Impact of the Stress Associated With Restrictive Measures on Substance Use, Sleep, and Social Connectedness in Qatar... حسب Muna Abed Alah (18171346)

"…Of tobacco users in our sample, 36% reported increased tobacco use since the start of home confinement, while 41.6% of alcohol users reported decreased alcohol use. Concerning sleep, 46.1% reported an increase in average sleep duration per day (0.77 h mean increase, 95% CI: 0.66-0.88, P<0.001), and a third of participants reported poorer sleep quality. …"

Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes حسب Dina Abushanab (10696501)

"…The financial value of PALYs was determined based on the gross domestic product (GDP) per full-time worker (i.e. US$80,573). The base-case model estimated the productivity burden of CVD, and interventional scenarios were simulated to assess potential gains resulting from improved control of modifiable risk factors, including reduced incidence of T2D, lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), decreased number of smokers, and reduced total cholesterol. …"

Fourier-Transform Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation -ICPMS New Vistas for Biochemical Analyses of Ischemic Stroke in Rat Brain حسب Mohamed H. M. Ali (5768066)

"…Areas close to the stroke focus experienced decrease in the lipid and lipid acyl contents associated with an increase in lipid ester, olefin, and methyl bio-contents with a novel finding of Aβ1-42 in the PL-GM and L-WM. …"

A Sociodemographic Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19-Related Schools’ Closure on the Diet and Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents in Qatar حسب Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 1546 interviews were completed by the end of the study. Of the included sample, 845 (54.7%) were between 8 and 11 years of age (middle childhood), while the rest were 12–15 years old (young teens and teenagers). …"

The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20... حسب Sudabeh Alatab (11257335)

"…The age-standardised death rate decreased from 0·61 (0·55–0·69) per 100 000 population in 1990 to 0·51 (0·42–0·54) per 100 000 population in 2017. …"