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. …"

An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar حسب Monica Zolezzi (10115698)

"…Many countries worldwide have observed a decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking; however, the smoking rates among people with SMI have declined much less than in those without mental illness. …"

Design and analysis of PV fed high-voltage gain DC-DC converter using PI and NN controllers حسب Madisa V.G., Varaprasad

"…To reuse the leakage-inductor (LI) energy of the CI with the help of a passive clamp circuit for reducing the voltage stress across the switch, similarly switch has less resistance so conduction losses also decreased. …"
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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. …"

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. …"

Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study حسب Abeer A Omar (21623774)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 825 participants with mean age 29.2 years (5.9) of which 365 (44.2%) were males. …"

Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals حسب Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …"

Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics حسب Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

"…All blends show an increase in brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) compared to B0, with the maximum enhancement observed in B10 with an average increase of 13% across all speeds. …"

Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar حسب Swapna Thomas (17337925)

"…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…"

Accelerating Care: Enhancing Patient Satisfaction through a Quality Initiative in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Department at Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar حسب Lolwa Al Ansari (18466227)

"…The proportion of patients spending less than 8 hours in the OB ED observation beds rose from 74% in January 2022 to over 98% in 2023. …"

The role of objectively recorded smartphone usage and personality traits in sleep quality حسب Aftab Alam (5158601)

"…Furthermore, smartphone users with the conscientiousness trait had a longer sleep duration, earlier sleeping time, less sleep distraction, and earlier wakeablity. Sleep distraction was positively associated with openness. …"

Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine حسب Debendra Muduli (20748758)

"…For mass fundus image-based glaucoma classification, an improved automated computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) model performing binary classification (glaucoma or healthy), allowing ophthalmologists to detect glaucoma disease correctly in less computational time. We proposed learning technique called fast discrete curvelet transform with wrapping (FDCT-WRP) to create feature set. …"

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar حسب Nature Research (16552612)

"…Many of the heart attack and stroke patients had diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and/or were smokers, whereas controls were much less likely to have these factors.</p><p>All of these factors are associated with reduced physical activity and increased consumption of high-fat foods. …"

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials حسب Pieter Francsois, Fouche

"…Administering TXA in the out-of-hospital setting is associated with reduced mortality compared to inhospital administration, and less mortality with TXA in systemic trauma is noted compared with traumatic brain injury specifically.…"
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar حسب Swapna, Thomas

"…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…"
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Dietary Curcumin Nanoparticles Improve Growth Performance, Oxidative Status and Immune Response of European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus Labrax</i>) حسب Albandari Bin-Ammar (16381128)

"…Growth performance (final body weight (FBW), daily weight gain (DWG), weight gain (WG), relative growth rate (RGR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER)) and feed uptake (feed conversion rate (FCR)) were improved significantly in CURNPs (100 and 150 mg/ kg)-supplemented groups. …"

The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study حسب Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

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

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses حسب Merilyn Lock (9440240)

"…Data were sub-grouped for men and women, baseline training level, mean age, intervention type, and intervention length. …"

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in the Adult General Medicine Setting in Qatar حسب Dina Abushanab (10696501)

"…</p><h3> Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The operational costs of the program decreased with maturity by cost savings of QAR125 per 100-patient beds per year. …"

Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 حسب Joan B Soriano (6458528)

"…Premature mortality from chronic respiratory diseases seems to be highest in regions with less-resourced health systems on a per-capita basis. …"