Effects of statins on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia by Zeenny, Rony M.

“…CURB-65 criteria were used to assess the severity of pneumonia. A decrease in CRP levels on days 1 and 3, LOS, and normalization of fever were used to assess the response to antibiotics. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series by Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

“…<p dir="ltr">Globally, Botswana has one of the highest burdens of HIV. This study estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV cascade of care in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”

Risk Factors for Post-Cesarean, Surgical Site Infections in a Multi-Ethnic Population of Qatar by Sufia Athar (14777830)

“…SSIs with multiple drug-resistant organisms were significantly high. Physicians should give special attention to modifiable risk factors and antibiotic stewardship to decrease the risk of SSI and improve patient outcomes.…”

An Improved Genghis Khan Optimizer based on Enhanced Solution Quality Strategy for Global Optimization and Feature Selection Problems by Abdel-Salam, Mahmoud

“…Feature selection (FS) is the activity of defining the most contributing feature subset among all used features to improve the superiority of datasets with a large number of dimensions by selecting significant features and eliminating redundant and irrelevant ones. Therefore, this process can be seen as an optimization process. …”
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Oxygen targets following cardiac arrest: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema (16328980)

“…There was no significant difference between the conservative and liberal oxygen target groups regarding the rate of all-cause mortality (RR 0.95, 95% CI: 0.80 to 1.13; I2 = 55%). There were no significant differences between the two groups when assessing favorable neurological outcome (RR 1.01, 95% CI: 0.92 to 1.10; I2 = 4%), NSE at 48 h (MD 0.04, 95% CI: −0.67 to 0.76; I2 = 0%), and ICU length of stay (MD −2.86 days, 95% CI: −8.00 to 2.29 days; I2 = 0%).…”

The Effect of Shading Devices on the Energy Consumption of Buildings: A Study on an Office Building in Dubai by Yassine, Farah

“…The world is witnessing a global movement working towards the goal of decreasing emissions that are causing the global warming phenomenon. …”
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STEM: spatial speech separation using twin-delayed DDPG reinforcement learning and expectation maximization by Muhammad Salman Khan (7202543)

“…Additionally, it reduces the required training data by 39 times, training time by 36 times, model size by 6 times, real time factor (RTF) by 1 point, and multiply-accumulate operations (MACs) by 9 times compared to a recently proposed lightweight transformer-based encoder-decoder framework, while offering a slight decrease in PESQ score (by 0.45 points).…”

Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population by Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella

“…Exercise activity level negatively correlated with the disease (p = 0.002), whereas the prevalence of T2DM (p < 0.0001) and CAD family history (p = 0.006) positively correlated with the affection status. The mean levels of triglycerides and LDL-C were significantly higher in diabetics (1.87; 1.35) compared to individuals with prediabetes (1.63; 1.26) and unaffected controls (1.49; 1.19). …”
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Dissection of the Genetic and Molecular Pathways of Cleft Lip and Palate by Hatoum, Jinine

“…This deficit in the cells’ migratory ability was attributed to a decrease in the activity of Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1), a member of the Rac family of small GTPases known to play role in cytoskeletal reorganization of the cell and ultimately its motility. …”
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Developing a Framework for improving Business Continuity Management success (BCM) in UAE Construction Industry by ALFALASI, ALMUR ABDULLA

“…In addition, change in the policies & regulations and governmental approval are other major parameters which highly influence working of organisations and performance of an individual one. Study even identified that employee’s performance was decreased and new challenges come in workplace. …”
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Nasturtium officinalis water extract. (c2009) by Fares, Najwan

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Performance comparison of different flow arrangements of 4-fluid internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifiers by Ali Pakari (14158902)

“…The two-dimensional variation of the air temperature and humidity ratio in the supply channel showed the importance of using a two-dimensional heat and mass transfer model when at least one of the fluids is in cross-flow with the other fluids. …”

Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication by Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar by Nayla Higazy (17679453)

“…<p dir="ltr">Qatar is one of the most water stressed countries globally, despite Qatar’s aridity and its lack of freshwater resources, per capita water consumption became one of the highest in the world due to population growth, agricultural expansion, rapid urbanization and industrialization and it is expected to increase in the coming decades. …”

Parallel Algorithm for Hardware Implementation of Inverse Halftoning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…A method has been developed that allows accessing more than one value from the lookup table at any time. The lookup table is divided into smaller lookup tables, such that each pattern selected at any time goes to a separate smaller lookup table. …”
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The efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with medication overuse headaches secondary to chronic migraines (P4.128) by Ahdab, Rechdi

“…Patients filled a migraine diary to record the intensity of pain (using a visual analogue scale) and the number of analgesic pills taken daily for a period extending from one week before (W−1) to one and two weeks after stimulation (W+1 and W+2). …”
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Journalism and media studies in Lebanon by Melki, Jad

“…The Q-analysis of 29 instructors revealed three groups of opinions towards journalism studies: one advocated a professional approach, one preferred a communication arts focus, and one pushed for a theoretical and research-intensive orientation. …”
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Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning by Siddiqi, U.F.

“…A method has been developed that allows accessing more than one value from the lookup table at any time. The lookup table is divided into smaller lookup tables, such that each pattern selected at any time goes to a separate smaller lookup table. …”
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Indomethacin as a Rescue Therapy for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Premature Infants after Failed Ibuprofen Treatment by Amal Sabouni (17046236)

“…In our practice, we administer one or two courses of ibuprofen followed by a single course of indomethacin if the PDA has not shown closure or decrease in size on the echocardiogram (echo) exam. …”

The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention by Almonzer Al-Qiami (22393303)

“…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). …”