Assessing the risk of angiotensin receptor blockers on major cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yara Wanas (8744844)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Forty-five RCTs comprising of 170,794 participants were included in the analysis. …”

The dissemination of antimicrobial resistance determinants in the environment through horizontal gene transfer. (c2019) by Moussa, Jennifer J.

“…Water samples were collected from El Qa’a refugee camp and five major rivers in Lebanon. All collected samples were diluted and inoculated on MacConkey agar. …”
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Machine Learning Assisted Approach to Design Lattices With Prescribed Bandgap Characteristics by Shendy, Mohamed

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Project Productivity vs. Health & Safety by Wilson, Stephen

“…Company A adopted a proactive intensive Health and Safety Management approach immediately prior to the 5 year period while Company B revised their approach to a more in depth safety management outlook midway through the five year period. …”
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Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…FindingsIn contrast with the decreasing trend of HF burden globally, EMR showed an increasing trend. …”
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Combined Noncoding RNA-mRNA Regulomics Signature in Reprogramming and Pluripotency in iPSCs by Salam Salloum-Asfar (656363)

“…Decreased levels of let-7a-5p showed an increase of SP8 as described previously. …”

Double versus triple arthrodesis for adult-acquired flatfoot deformity due to stage III posterior tibial tendon insufficiency: a prospective comparative study of two cohorts by Amr A. Fadle (14150298)

“…The mean Hibbs angle decreased from 153.07 to 142.32° (MD = 10.54°, p < 0.001). …”

Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes by 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. …”

YOLO-DefXpert: An Advanced Defect Detection on PCB Surfaces Using Improved YOLOv11 Algorithm by 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. …”

Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Nicholas, Steel

“…Exposure to these major risk factors differed by country, with trends of increasing exposure to high BMI and decreasing exposure to tobacco smoke observed in all countries during 1990–2021. …”
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Ethical awareness and ethical judgment among auditors in Lebanon. (c2012) by El-Cheikh, Rola

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Parliamentary consociationalism in Lebanon: equal citizenry vs. quotated confessionalism by Salamey, Imad

“…Analysis of the Lebanese parliament is made in light of five assessment areas identified as fundamental for the emergence of a stable democratic institution: political will and domestic support, representation, lawmaking, oversight, and management and infrastructure. …”
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Teachers' training and students' academic achievement. (c2005) by Kashani, Sedik Mosses

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Glass Selection for High-Rise Buildings in the United Arab Emirates Considering Orientation and Window-to-Wall Ratio by Tibi, Ghaith

“…This paper significantly expands the study by adding commercial buildings typology, considering two major building orientations and taking into account five different window-to-wall ratios. Energy prices and glass prices are also updated. …”
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Selective changes in cytosolic β-adrenergic cAMP signals and L-type Calcium Channel regulation by Phosphodiesterases during cardiac hypertrophy by Abi-Gerges, Aniella

“…Methods and Results CH was induced in rats by thoracic aortic banding over a time period of five weeks and was confirmed by anatomical measurements. …”
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Effects of Social Media Use and Dependence on Dietary Intake and Prevalence of Orthorexia in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women by Issa, Yara

“…The latter was increased in the stressful context of the Lebanese economic collapse which reduced food accessibility, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic-associated confinement which led to an increased use of social media as well as more unhealthy snacking. …”
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The changing face of Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Although Qatar has seen a significant improvement in under-five and maternal mortality rates, and lowest rates of communicable disease and all-cause mortality rates, it has an extremely high prevalence of obesity, and this is continuing to increase. …”

Effect of Flexural CFRP Sheets and Plates on Shear Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Nawaz, Waleed

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The Kumaraswamy Pareto IV Distribution by Tahir, M. H.

“…Various structural properties are derived including explicit expressions for the quantile function, ordinary and incomplete moments, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, mean deviations, mean residual life, mean waiting time, probability weighted moments and generating function. …”
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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

“…While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…”