Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Natalia V, Bhattacharjee

“…CCF50 was modelled using an ensemble approach in which three sub-models (with two, three, and four covariates variously consisting of female educational attainment, contraceptive met need, population density in habitable areas, and under-5 mortality) were given equal weights, and analyses were conducted utilising the MR-BRT (meta-regression—Bayesian, regularised, trimmed) tool. …”
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A positive change in energy balance modulates TrkB expression in the hypothalamus and nodose ganglia of rats by Zeeni, Nadine

“…Adult male Wistar rats were given one of three diets for 6 weeks: high-carbohydrate, high-fat or high-fat pair-fed diets. …”
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Global pattern, trend, and cross-country inequality of early musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019, with projection from 2020 to 2050 by Yingzhao, Jin

“…The disease burden of gout, LBP, and OA attributable to high BMI and gout attributable to kidney dysfunction increased, while the contribution of smoking to LBP and RA and occupational ergonomic factors to LBP decreased. Between 1990 and 2019, the slope index of inequality increased for six MSK disorders, and the relative concentration index increased for gout, NP, OA, and OMSKDs but decreased for LBP and RA. …”
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Origin of arrhythmias in a heart model by Sheheitli, Hiba

“…We compute critical bifurcation values of the coupling constant, αn, using both numerical methods as well as perturbations.…”
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Treatment of produced water using graphene by Abou Chacra, Lamis

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Environmental Footprint and Economics of a Full-Scale 3D-Printed House by Abdalla, Hadeer

“…The conventional construction method had higher impacts when compared to the 3D printing method with global warming potential of 1154.20 and 608.55 kg CO2 eq, non-carcinogenic toxicity 675.10 and 11.9 kg 1,4-DCB, and water consumption 233.35 and 183.95 m3, respectively. …”
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Efficient multi-objective neural architecture search framework via policy gradient algorithm by Bo Lyu (16522643)

“…Notably, compared with other multi-objective NAS methods, our NAS framework effectively decreases the computational burden (accounting for just 1/6 of the NSGA-Net). …”

Performance of Membrane Biological Reactor for Tobacco Wastewater Treatment by Alhajar, Abdallah Hazim Abdallah

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Effect of chronic and non-chronic moderate wine consumption upon rat lipoprotein profile in the blood. (c2002) by Slaiby, Rita

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A CFD- RSM study of cuttings transport in non-Newtonian drilling fluids: Impact of operational parameters by Abdelrahman M. Awad (16932519)

“…The current article provides a theoretical study of the impact of three operational parameters on cuttings transport in non-Newtonian drilling fluids. …”

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. …”

Stimulation of sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling as an alveolar cell survival strategy in emphysema by Diab, Khalil J.

“…Administration of sphingosine decreased the ceramide-to-S1P ratio in the lung and inhibited alveolar space enlargement, along with activation of prosurvival signaling pathways and decreased lung parenchyma cell apoptosis. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of antimicrobial stewardship program in a cancer setting in Qatar by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…Cost avoidance was the expenses saved due to decreased hospital stays and fewer adverse drug events (ADEs). …”

The effect of Hydrogen Peroxide treatments on dental enamel porosity and protein structure and its long-term implications on tooth hardness and optical properties by Ovidiu, Ciobanu

“…Hardness analysis revealed significant decreases in microhardness in the bleached group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). …”
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Power System Transient Stability Assessment Based on Machine Learning Algorithms and Grid Topology by Senyuk, Mihail

“…This work employs machine learning methods to develop and test a technique for dynamic stability analysis of the mathematical model of a power system. …”
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The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study by Richard Charles Franklin (9154052)

“…GBD 2017 used standard GBD methods for estimating mortality from drowning.</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>Globally, unintentional drowning mortality decreased by 44.5% between 1990 and 2017, from 531 956 (uncertainty interval (UI): 484 107 to 572 854) to 295 210 (284 493 to 306 187) deaths. …”

Thermoelectric power of (Cu0.5Tl0.5)-1223 superconducting phase added with BaSnO3 nanoparticles by Srour, A.

“…BaSnO3 nanoparticles were prepared by chemical co-precipitation method, while (BaSnO3)x/(CuT1)-1223 superconducting samples with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 1.50 wt% were prepared using the solid-state reaction method. …”
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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults by Nowell H, Phelps

“…FindingsFrom 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity in adults decreased in 11 countries (6%) for women and 17 (9%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 that the observed changes were true decreases. …”
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Novel polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes incorporating polydopamine functionalized graphene oxide with enhanced flux and fouling resistance by Abedalkader Alkhouzaam (15842647)

“…The FRRs of the pristine PSF after three fouling cycles (FRR3) against BSA and HA were recorded to be 57.8% and 70.7% respectively. …”

Self-assembly of Pseudo-Dipolar Nanoparticles at Low Densities and Strong Coupling by Mariano E. Brito (18622741)

“…This system self-assembles in a rich variety of string-like configurations, depicting three clearly distinguishable regimes with decreasing temperature: fluid, composed by isolated colloids; string-fluid, a gas of short string-like clusters; and string-gel, a percolated network. …”