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Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter?
Published 2022“…Our findings suggest that curbing corruption creates more efficient credit bureaus that, in turn, decrease financial constraints for firms. The subsample estimations confirm these findings and show that the higher and longer-term corruption in MENA countries than in Eastern European countries make credit bureaus’ less effective, imposing more financial constraints. …”
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IoT‐based mock oxygenator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation simulator
Published 2023“…The approach is intrinsically costly since it relies on disposable medical equipment (i.e., oxygenators, heat exchangers, and pumps) that must be replaced regularly due to the damage caused by the liquid used to simulate blood. …”
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Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals
Published 2023“…Knowledge scores were higher among nurses holding a graduate degree (mean = 85; p < 0.05), and those who attended a training course (mean = 79; p < 0.05). …”
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Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm
Published 2022“…In the DE-based RDH method, finding spaces that create less distortion in the marked image is a significant challenge, and has a high insertion capacity. …”
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Effective non-intrusive load monitoring of buildings based on a novel multi-descriptor fusion with dimensionality reduction
Published 2020“…The latter can not only reduce feature dimensionality, but it can also effectively decrease the intra-class distances and increase the extra-class distances of appliance features; and (iii) a powerful decision bagging tree classifier is implemented to accurately classify electrical devices using the reduced features. …”
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Automated detection of posterior urethral valves in voiding cystourethrography images: A novel AI-Based pipeline for enhanced diagnosis and classification
Published 2024“…Traditional diagnosis relies on subjective interpretation of imaging techniques. …”
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Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Improvements at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years—Are the Initial Benefits Sustained?
Published 2025“…Mean HbA1c significantly decreased from 8.1%preop to 6.77%<sub>year 9</sub>. …”
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Review of phosphate removal from water by carbonaceous sorbents
Published 2021“…<p>In the last decades, phosphate is considered the main cause of eutrophication and has received substantial attention from the scientific community. …”
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Forecast of the outbreak of COVID-19 using artificial neural network: Case study Qatar, Spain, and Italy
Published 2021“…The model sensitivity was analyzed using the root mean square error (RMSE), the mean absolute percentage error and the regression coefficient index R2, which yielded highly accurate values of the predicted correlation for the infected and dead cases of 0.99 for the dates considered. …”
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Machine Learning and Carbonate Reservoirs : A Production Data Perspective on Permeability Modelling
Published 2024“…</p><p dir="ltr">The ANN was rigorously tested, showing remarkable accuracy with the highest mean squared error (MSE) being 7.02 and the lowest MSE being 1.19, demonstrating its capability of modeling permeability. …”
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Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight
Published 2021“…Participants reported increased sitting/reclining time (1.94 h/day mean increase), screen times (2.05 h/day mean increase) with p < 0.001, and decreased exercise time (0.11 h/day mean reduction) with p < 0.001. …”
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Central and peripheral muscle fatigue following repeated‐sprint running in moderate and severe hypoxia
Published 2020“…No significant differences between conditions for mean distance occurred in set 2. There was a decrease in maximal voluntary contraction torque (Δ = −31.4 ± 18.0 N m, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and voluntary activation (%VA; Δ = −7.1 ± 5.1%, <i>P</i> = 0.001) from Pre- to Post-set 1, but there was no effect of hypoxia. …”
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Factors Affecting Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Qatar
Published 2021“…<h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">Recent data show an increase in the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) among university students in the Arab Gulf region alongside an attitude of social acceptability and a perception that WTS is less harmful than traditional cigarette smoking. …”
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Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals
Published 2023“…Knowledge scores were higher among nurses holding a graduate degree (mean = 85; p < 0.05), and those who attended a training course (mean = 79; p < 0.05). …”
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Endocrine contribution to the sexual dysfunction in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and the role of hyperprolactinemia
Published 2021“…Patients with hyperprolactinemia received treatment with cabergoline 0.5 mg once per week for 6 months and were re-evaluated. …”
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Removal of phenols and dyes from aqueous solutions using graphene and graphene composite adsorption: A review
Published 2021“…Amongst the different technologies used to decrease pollutant levels in water, adsorption technology is highly effective even at low pollutant concentrations. …”
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Adaptive Effects of Seeing Green Environment on Psychophysiological Parameters When Walking or Running
Published 2019“…However, the effects of seeing colors on self-selected behaviors have received little attention from physiologists and psychologists. …”
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Oxygen targets following cardiac arrest: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Published 2023“…</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>Conservative oxygen therapy did not decrease mortality, improve neurologic recovery, or decrease ICU LOS as compared to a liberal oxygen regimen. …”
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The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention
Published 2025“…No statistically significant difference in mean arterial pressure was observed between the two groups (MD -5.15, 95% CI [-10.38 to 0.08 mmHg], <i>P</i> = 0.09). …”
