Cigarette use among Arab Americans in the Detroit metropolitan area by Kulwicki, A.

“…With the growing numbers of Middle Eastern immigrants, there is potential for a dramatic increase in smoking-related health problems.…”
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Effects of Radiotherapy on the Risk of Developing Secondary Malignant Neoplasms in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors by Abou-Antoun, Tamara

“…There were 6 cases of SMNs in the combined modality cohort and 5 cases in the CHT cohort. The mean RT dose in the combined modality cohort was 34.5 Gray (Gy) (SD ± 5.3). …”
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A meta‐analysis of the educational effectiveness of three‐dimensional visualization technologies in teaching anatomy by Yammine, Kaissar

“…The primary outcomes were scores of anatomy knowledge tests expressed as factual or spatial knowledge percentage means. Secondary outcomes were perception scores of the learners. …”
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Current rise criterion by Ammouri, A.H.

“…The CRI that accounts for the damage (including wear) suffered by the tool is calculated as the square root of the sum of the squared percent increase in the root mean square (RMS) current values of the spindle and drive motors. …”
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Investigation of Groundwater Depletion in the State of Qatar and Its Implication to Energy Water and Food Nexus by Hazrat Bilal (7367477)

“…Long-term temperature data indicates that the annual mean temperature increased significantly by 1.02 °C between 1987 and 2016, while total rainfall exhibited a slight decreasing trend. …”

Aerosol Optical Thickness over Large Urban Environments of the Arabian Peninsula—Speciation, Variability, and Distributions by Dillan Raymond Roshan (18094867)

“…An increase in AOT values between 2005 and 2009 is attributed to increased dust generation from the Sahel region in Northern Africa, and the Fertile Crescent (Syria, Iraq, Jordan) due to an extended dry period. …”

Internalized stigma and its correlates in families of persons with mental illness in Qatar: a cross-sectional study by Vahe Kehyayan (21241649)

“…A cross-sectional study of 106 family members was conducted using the Family Internalized Stigma Mental Illness Scale. The mean stigma score was 2.04 suggesting a mild level of stigma overall. …”

Establishing Autonomous AUS-Quadrotor by Al Younes, Younes

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Prediction of the Backwater Level Due to Bridge Constriction in Waterways by Assar, Kimia Haji Amou

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In-Between Projection Interpolation in Cone-Beam CT Imaging using Convolutional Neural Networks by Dweek, Samaa

“…The interpolated projections using the proposed method were compared to the corresponding original projections by calculating the peak-signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), root mean square error (RMSE), and structural similarity index measurement (SSIM). …”
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Pregnant Women's experiences with intimate partner violence one year after the COVID‐19 pandemic in Jordan by Sanaa Abujilban (12106945)

“…There were statistically significant (<i>p </i>≤ 0.05) higher mean DVQST scores for control IPV and psychological IPV during the pandemic (control IPV mean = 9.78, psychological mean = 7.03) versus before the pandemic (control IPV mean = 8.95, psychological mean = 6.62). …”

Skeletal and dentoalveolar effects of class II malocclusion treatment using bi-maxillary skeletal anchorage: a systematic review by Maged S. Alhammadi (14150757)

“…All studies reported retrusion of the maxillary base and advancement of the mandible (meaning reduced ANB angle). Three of the included studies reported an increase in the vertical jaw relation, which was contrary to what the fourth study reported. …”

Spatiotemporal Variation in Mangrove Chlorophyll Concentration using Remote Sensing Technique by Ali Mohamed (3546578)

“…Further validation using Leave-One-Out-Cross-Validation (LOOCV) yielded a high coefficient of determination (R2=0.785) and a low Root Mean Square Error (RMSE = 3.332 × 10-8 microgram/cm2). …”

Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling by Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh

“…Even though initially, WTS decreased anxiety-like behaviors it was found that prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. …”
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Nicotine induces resilience to chronic social defeat stress in a mouse model of water pipe tobacco exposure by activating BDNF signaling by Khalifeh, Mohamad

“…Even though WTS initially decreased anxiety-like behaviors, prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. …”
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Validation of a modified obstetric comorbidity index for prediction of postpartum adverse events including fetal morbidity - a retrospective cohort study from Qatar by Fouad Chaalan (22457797)

“…According to the modified scoring system, the mean OBCMI score in those who developed SMM was 2.18 (± 2.20) compared to a mean of 1.04 (± 1.40) in those who did not (median 1, IQR:1–3 versus median 0, IQR: 0–2; <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”

On the evolution of sub- and super-saturated water uptake of secondary organic aerosol in chamber experiments from mixed precursors by Yu Wang (12152)

“…With the increase of condensed SOA on inorganic seed particles throughout the experiments, the discrepancy of κHTDMA and κCCN became weaker (down to ∼0 %) and finally the mean κHTDMA was ∼60 % higher than κCCN on average when the SOA mass fraction approached ∼0.8. …”

Absence of cardiac siderosis by MRI T2* despite transfusion burden, hepatic and serum iron overload in Lebanese patients with sickle cell disease by Inati, Adlette

“…A total of 9 (49.9%) patients were splenectomized. The mean TR was 14.1 ± 13.2 Units/yr, and the mean hemoglobin level was 9.0 g/dL. …”
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A new concept to achieve optimal weight gain in malnourished infants on total parenteral nutrition by Abi Nader, Elie

“…Background Infants with intestinal failure (IF) are at increased risk of malnutrition and require adapted nutrition support. …”
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The impact of metformin therapy for gestational diabetes on fetal growth in women with risk factors for fetal growth restriction- a registry-based study from Qatar by Komal Rafique (17075074)

“…</p> <h3>Conclusion</h3> <p>The results of this study suggest that in women with additional risk factors for FGR, the concurrent use of metformin significantly decreases the birthweight and increases the risk for LBW, SFD, PTB and admission to NICU. …”