3D printing of circular materials: Comparative environmental analysis of materials and construction techniques by Shoukat Alim Khan (14778226)

“…For each such innovation, it is essential to ensure its environmental sustainability at an early stage of development. This study aims to assess the potential environmental advantages and disadvantages of newly developed construction and demolition waste (CDW)-based geopolymer materials for 3D printing of built-environment structures. …”

Pore-scale simulation of fine particles migration in porous media using coupled CFD-DEM by Ahmed Elrahmani (17128837)

“…In order to control fine particles transport in porous media, the behavior itself needs to be predicted and analyzed. Which could be quite costly to do in a laboratory experiment, hence the modelling of such a behavior would be an optimum way to study. …”

Immunoprofile of childhood diabetes by Meritxell Espino-Guarch (15430868)

“…In order to be functional, the CD49d integrin needs to form a heterodimer with ITGB1 protein. When transcriptomic data was interrogated, an imbalance between ITGA4/ ITGB1 was observed in all groups where CD49d showed increased expression. …”

Comparison of Burr-Hole Craniostomy versus Twist-Drill Craniostomy Operations for Patients with Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi (13105835)

“…We found that dBHC significantly decreased recurrence and reoperation rates compared with TDC (RR = 0.55, CI, 0.33–0.90 and RR = 0.48, CI, 0.24–0.94, respectively). …”

The promise of tirzepatide: A narrative review of metabolic benefits by Sara Sokary (17337724)

“…Tirzepatide also significantly decreased food intake, reduced overall appetite scores and increased fasting visual analog scale scores for satiety and fullness across different clinical trials. …”

Efficient Integration of Direct Air Capture With HVAC System by Yasser Mohamed Mohamed Taher Abdellatif (20741534)

“…Under humid conditions, replacing Lewatit with S-TEPA decreases thermal energy consumption from 425 kJ/molCO₂ to 325 kJ/molCO₂, and using S-PEI-L reduces it further to 275 kJ/molCO₂. …”

Assessing the risk of angiotensin receptor blockers on major cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yara Wanas (8744844)

“…Risk of all-cause mortality and stroke decreased with ARB when the proportion of smokers in a population was < 25% (RR 0.91; 95%CI 0.84–0.98) and in females (RR 0.76; 95%CI 0.68–0.84), respectively.…”

Efficacy and safety of using Etelcalcetide for controlling secondary hyperparathyroidism by Tarek Fouda (18472476)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Patients within the PTH target range of 150 to 500pg/ml improved from 8% in June 2021 (on Cinacalcet) to 54% in June 2023 (on Etelcalcetide) (p=0 .0032) while patients with PTH above 1,000pg/ml decreased from 50% to 4% during the same period (p=0.00001) (Figure 2). …”

Evaluating the Successful Initiation of a New Dialysate Potassium Management Protocol: “Reduced Emergency Department Admission with Hyperkalemia in Hamad General Hospital Dialysis... by Shajahan Joseph K (18472465)

“…New guidelines for using various potassium buffer solution were proposed aiming to reduce the HD patient admission to the ED with hyperkalemia from 12% to <2% between January 2022 and January 2023, and to reduce the number of patients using low potassium buffer solution in the Dialysis units.…”

Understanding the phenomenon of saltwater intrusion sourced from desalination plants at coastal aquifers by Farhat Abbas (5480)

“…Modeling the trends of saltwater intrusion needs theoretical understanding and thorough logical experimentation. …”

Ratings of Perceived Exertion Misclassify Intensities for Sedentary Older Adults During Graded Cycling Test: Effect of Supramaximal High-Intensity Interval Training by Georges Jabbour (754884)

“…For both groups, RPE decreases with SCE at 10 min following graded test correlated significantly to V˙O₂ (r = 0.61, p < 0.01). …”

Essays on Digital Financial Inclusion and Financial Resilience for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jamila Abubakar (22653059)

“…A significant body of literature suggests the SSA’s middle class’s vulnerability to financial shocks, and our findings, indicating savings volatility and decreased savings accumulation due to financial shocks for the middle-income class groups, support these claims. …”

Glycolytic overload-driven dysfunction of periodontal ligament fibroblasts in high glucose concentration, corrected by glyoxalase 1 inducer by Amal Ashour (6752957)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">In high glucose concentration cultures, there was a ca. twofold increase in cellular MG, cellular protein MG-H1 content and decreased attachment of PDLFs to collagen-I. This was driven by increased hexokinase-2 linked glucose metabolism and related increased MG formation. …”

Differences in protein expression, at the basal state and at 2 h of insulin infusion, in muscle biopsies from healthy Arab men with high or low insulin sensitivity measured by hype... by Ilham Bettahi (363910)

“…Among the 835 proteins, two showed differential responsiveness to insulin; ATP5F1 protein was decreased, and MYLK2 was higher in the LIS group compared with that in the HIS group. …”

High-sensitive detection and quantitation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from capillary/fingerstick and venepuncture whole-blood using fluorescence-based rapid lateral flow i... by Samar Shurbaji (9938696)

“…To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate three different blood withdrawal techniques for evaluating POCT of TSH. </p><h3>Aim </h3><p dir="ltr">We aim to evaluate the performance of a new fluorescence-based LFIA and its Finecare™ fluorescent reader for quantitative measurement of TSH from a fingerstick, venepuncture whole-blood, and serum. …”

Monitoring the Athlete Match Response: Can External Load Variables Predict Post-match Acute and Residual Fatigue in Soccer? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis by Karim Hader (2548618)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Using a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature, the aim is to determine which monitoring variables would be the strongest predictors of acute (immediately) and residual (up to 72 h) fatigue states in soccer. …”

Occurrence and removal characteristics of phthalate esters from bottled drinking water using silver modified roasted date pits by Fedae A. Alhaddad (14152161)

“…<h2>Background</h2> <p>This paper aims to investigate the occurrence and removal characteristics of phthalate esters from bottled drinking water using silver modified roasted date pits. …”

Prognostic effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) start time and the interval between CPR to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) on patient outcomes under e... by Amir Vahedian-Azimi (11177056)

“…These outcomes included longer CPR duration (OR: 1.779, 95%CI: 1.218–2.605, <i> P</i> = 0.034) and decreased survival rates for ECMO at 24 h (OR: 0.561, 95%CI: 0.183–0.903,<i> P</i> = 0.009) and 28 days (OR: 0.498, 95%CI: 0.106–0.802, <i> P</i> = 0.011). …”

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Marissa B Reitsma (8674341)

“…Timely and comprehensive estimates of the prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden are needed to guide tobacco control efforts nationally and globally.…”

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)

“…Robust estimates of routine vaccine coverage are needed to identify past successes and persistent vulnerabilities. …”