Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants by Bin, Zhou

“…Global age-standardised prevalence of raised blood pressure was 24·1% (21·4–27·1) in men and 20·1% (17·8–22·5) in women in 2015. Mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure decreased substantially from 1975 to 2015 in high-income western and Asia Pacific countries, moving these countries from having some of the highest worldwide blood pressure in 1975 to the lowest in 2015. …”
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Simulation of the size-composition distribution of atmospheric nanoparticles over Europe by David Patoulias (4722960)

“…The ground level concentrations of particles with a diameter larger than 100 nm (N100) were reproduced with a daily normalized mean error of 40 % and a daily normalized mean bias of −20 %. …”

Economic Allocation of Reliability Growth Testing Using Weibull Distributions by Awad, Mahmoud

“…Modeling using Weibull is more realistic and increases the applicability of the proposed method in real life applications. …”
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Establishing A Guideline and Decision-Making Approach For UAE Solar Assets Waste Management By Utilising PVsyst by AL-ALI, AMEL

“…This paper studies solar PV waste in relation to EOL end-of-life management of PV assets installed in a solar park in the United Arab Emirates. …”
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Excess pCO2 and carbonate system geochemistry in surface seawater of the exclusive economic zone of Qatar (Arabian Gulf) by Connor, Izumi

“…CO2 is lost from the Gulf due to gas exchange, decreasing DIC, and reducing pCO2 to 464 μatm, similar to that observed. …”
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Did Usage of Mental Health Apps Change during COVID-19? A Comparative Study Based on an Objective Recording of Usage Data and Demographics by Maryam Aziz (15865175)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Life<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081266" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081266</a></p>…”

Association of genetic polymorphisms in FTO with Overweight/Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the Lebanese Population by Maroun, Veronica

“…Background and aims: Overweight and obesity are a worldwide threat to health and quality of life as they increase the risk of many chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Techno-economic and environmental analyses of the pyrolysis of food waste to produce bio-products by Mohammad Alherbawi (14155767)

“…The water footprint increased with increasing pyrolysis temperature but decreased with increasing moisture content in all scenarios. …”

Comprehensive analysis of circulating miRNA expression profiles in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in Qatari population by Khaoula Errafii (10914446)

“…In addition, intergroup comparison of circulating miRNA pinpointed 2 miRNAs: MiR-122 increased substantially in obese T2D subjects, with diagnostic value to predict obesity in T2D subjects, and let-7b increased significantly in lean T2D subjects. …”

Interactions of ultrashort laser pulses with hemoglobin: Photophysical aspects and potential applications by Mihajlo D. Radmilović (16538659)

“…<p>Hemoglobin (Hb), a life-sustaining and highly abundant erythrocyte protein, is not readily fluorescent. …”

Assessment of Diabetes and its Risk Factors Knowledge in AUS students by Hannan, Hadia

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Removal of Ciprofloxacin from Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using White Eggshells as Biosorbents by Bin Hammad, Maryam Khalid

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Production of Acidic Bio-Char from Food Waste by Pour, Fatemeh Hassan

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Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids for Efficient Extraction of Oil from Produced Water by Liaqat, Shehzad

“…Produced water contaminated with oil has adverse effects on human health and aquatic life. Providing an efficient method for the removal of oil from produced water is a challenging task. …”
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Portfolio Selection Problem Using CVaR Risk Measures Equipped with DEA, PSO, and ICA Algorithms by Abdelouahed Hamdi (14158899)

“…It was found that when solving the Mean-CVaR model with evolutionary algorithms, the risk decreased. …”

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…The LST data derived from remote sensing sources demonstrates an upward trend for summer and a contrasting trend for winter. Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …”
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The Effects of Local Aggregates on the Mechanical Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) by Obied, Michel

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Quality of palliative care. Perspective of Lebanese patients with cancer by Doumit, Myrna

“…The number of cancer patients in Lebanon is increasing, and patients are living longer due to early detection and enhanced methods of treatment. …”
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Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Zeana, Samir AlKudsi

“…Participants had shown moderate resilience (mean score: 27.64 (SD = 8.31)) and their mean score fear of COVID19 was 15.67 (SD = 6.54). …”
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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 by Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

“…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. …”