The impact of scoliosis surgery on pulmonary function in spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review by Abduljabber Alhammoud (14152503)

“…Post-operative pulmonary function progressively declined for the majority of studies. Otherwise, pulmonary function: improved (two studies), were unchanged (two studies), had a decreased rate of decline (three studies), declined initially then returned to baseline (two studies). …”

Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Although mortality rates due to appendicitis decreased in all regions, there were large regional variations in the temporal trend in incidence. …”
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PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy by Abi-Habib, Ralph

“…Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …”
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Biochar from food waste: a sustainable amendment to reduce water stress and improve the growth of chickpea plants by Snigdhendubala Pradhan (9872262)

“…<p>The application of biochar in agriculture is a developing means to improve soil water retention, fertility, and crop yield. …”

Plasma volume variations in response to high intensity interval training in obese women: The influential role of menopausal status and age by Jabbour, Georges

“…Following HIIT, only menopause status accounted for 19 % of the variation in PV decreases after warm-up and 21 % of the variation in PV decreases after SCT. …”
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Deep learning-based modeling of land use/land cover changes impact on land surface temperature in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan (1980–2030) by Khaled F. Alkaraki (22051967)

“…Forested areas declined from 4.58 km2 (0.56%) in 1980 to 4.35 km² (0.53%) in 2023. …”

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)

“…</p> <h2>Conclusions</h2> <p>There has been a decline in global drowning rates. This study shows that the decline was not consistent across countries. …”

Wild carrot oil extract is selectively cytotoxic to human acute myeloid leukemia cells by Tawil, Mirna

“…In this study, we used Daucus carota oil extract (DCOE) to target acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. All the AML cell lines tested were sensitive to the extract while peripheral mononuclear cells were not. …”
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Transfusion of Plasma from Young Exercise mice ameliorates Aging-associated Cognitive Impairments on Learning and Memory through activation of Autophagy by Khoury, Reine

“…The brain’s cognitive skills gradually decline with aging. In old animals, damaged proteins accumulate in neurons since autophagy, a catabolic process responsible for organelle and protein degradation, decreases. …”
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Evaluation of high-temperature reverse osmosis for recycling boiler blowdown in industrial applications by Joel Minier-Matar (17052378)

“…The membrane rejection decreased from 97 % at 35°C to 92 % at 60°C; due to the increase in the diffusivities of ions at higher temperatures; however, the permeate quality met the boilers feedwater specifications. …”

Institutional development and the dowry death curve across states in India by Austin M. Mitchell (14778793)

“…<p dir="ltr">Why do some informal institutions increase in prevalence while other informal institutions decline? We study why dowry deaths have increased with economic development in some Indian states but have decreased in others. …”

Characterizing the Effect of Arginine Deprivation on Autophagic Response in Breast Cancer cells by Haidar, Fatemah

“…In this project, we first inspected ASS-1 expression in human breast cancer patients and found that it decreases progressively with tumorigenesis and metastasis. …”
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Intravitreal adalimumab in active noninfectious uveitis by Hamam, Rola N.

“…Seven out of 12 eyes had improvement of ≥2 ETDRS lines. Three out of three eyes had resolution of anterior chamber cells. …”
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A 5-year trend in the use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other oral antidiabetic drugs in a Middle Eastern country by Nancy Zaghloul (14147865)

“…Metformin use decreased from 23,926 (48.71%) in 2017 to 30,886 (45.70%) in 2020. …”

Functionalization of reverse osmosis membrane with graphene oxide to reduce both membrane scaling and biofouling by Mohammad Y. Ashfaq (14152290)

“…Results indicated that the permeate flux was reduced by only 15% at the end of the scaling experiment as opposed to the bared RO membrane which faced up to 22% decline in flux. The results of scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and X-ray diffraction confirmed that the bared RO membrane was extensively scaled by the CaSO4 precipitates. …”

Klotho overexpression protects human cortical neurons from β-amyloid induced neuronal toxicity by Mohammed R. Shaker (10316180)

“…Our data reveal that upregulation of <i>KLOTHO</i> significantly reduced β-amyloid-induced neuronal degeneration and apoptosis, as evidenced by decreased cleaved caspase-3 expression and preservation of axonal integrity. …”

Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment by Alsaka, Lilyan

“…Due to pore size shrinkage, the AC-kC and V-kC hydrogels achieved the highest PFOA rejection at pH 4, whereas the water flux decreased. Increasing the PFOA concentration reduced water flux and increased PFOA rejection. …”
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Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1 by Natalie C Galles (9715361)

“…However, over the past decade, global vaccine coverage broadly plateaued; 94 countries and territories recorded decreasing DTP3 coverage since 2010. Only 11 countries and territories were estimated to have reached the national GVAP target of at least 90% coverage for all assessed vaccines in 2019.…”

Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Hmwe Hmwe Kyu (8674014)

“…During the same period, LRI episodes and deaths in children younger than 15 years were estimated to have decreased, and the greatest decline was observed for LRI deaths in males younger than 5 years (–70·7% [–77·2 to –61·8]). …”

Life cycle assessment and sustainability enhancement of closed-loop carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery: Field-scale evaluation in Qatar’s Dukhan Reservoir by Razan Sawaly (19170910)

“…By Year 19, internal energy offset declined to 45.0% due to reduced fuel gas availability, and in Year 21, the fully closed-loop operation required complete reliance on external electricity. …”