Critical Success & Failure Factors for Public Private Partnership Projects in the UAE by Alhashemi, Mohamed Yaqoob

“…There were few PPP projects identified in the UAE, but the number is increasing. Most of them are under development phase and only two were completed and under operation. …”
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Durability of Cardiometabolic Outcomes Among Adolescents After Sleeve Gastrectomy: First Study with 9-Year Follow-up by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>Follow-up rates were 57.53%, 82.87%, 85.24%, 83.92%, and 83.33% at the five time points. The preoperative mean body mass index (BMI) (45.60 ± 6.50 kg/m2) decreased at year 1 (30.04 ± 4.96 kg/m2, P=0.001) and was maintained up to 9 years (30.20 ± 3.92 kg/m2, P = 0.001). …”

10-Day structured initiation protocol from multiple daily injection to hybrid closed-loop system in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes by Goran Petrovski (129836)

“…The participants used the sensor for a median of 92% of the time and spent a median of 89% in Auto Mode. The mean HbA1c decreased from 8.2 ± 1.4% (66 ± 15.3 mmol/mol) at baseline to 6.7 ± 0.5% (50 ± 5.5 mmol/mol) at the end of the study (p = 0.017). …”

Hypospadias Reconstruction Training: Development of an Ex-Vivo Model for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skills by Tariq Abbas (368053)

“…However, EMG measurements showed significant reductions in average EMG power, total time, dominant frequency, and cumulative muscle workload after training. Additionally, the mean power spectral density of the EMG signal decreased notably post-training. …”

Peripheral inflammatory and metabolic markers as potential biomarkers in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: Insights from a Qatari Cohort by Mohamed Adil Shah Khoodoruth (14589828)

“…Multivariate analysis highlighted significant differences in platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV), TG, HbA1c, BMI, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and ferritin among the groups. …”

Brain microstructural changes support cognitive deficits in HIV uninfected children born to HIV infected mothers by Yadav, Santosh K.

“…Decreased FA along with both increased and decreased MD in different brain regions was present in HUC compared to CHNM. …”
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النشر العلمي الإلكتروني في الجزائر بين مطرقة التطور وسندان القصور القانوني: دراسة مقارنة by Hannane, Khouadjia Samiha

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Postprandial Insulin and Triglyceride Concentrations Are Suppressed in Response to Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting in Qatari Females by Bryna C. R. Chrismas (6820142)

“…Sedentary behavior is associated with increased cardiometabolic disease risk and early mortality and breaking up sitting can attenuate postprandial cardiometabolic risk markers. …”

Predictive modelling in times of public health emergencies: patients’ non-transport decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic by Hassan Farhat (9000509)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a surge in pre-hospital emergency calls due to the increased prevalence of flu-like symptoms and panic related to the pandemic. …”

Why wear a seat belt? I’m going to die anyway: Young Arab men’s rationales for deadly driving behaviors by Susan Dun (19807227)

“…A second generation of campaigns has recently been developed that are also fear appeal based, but feature more sophisticated messaging and visuals than the first group did. While laudable in their goals, both set of campaigns are not based on either a theoretical framework or research on the target audience. …”

Intracoronary pharmacological therapy versus aspiration thrombectomy in STEMI (IPAT-STEMI): A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials by Rasha Kaddoura (12506936)

“…Intracoronary GPI, either alone or combined with AT, did not improve procedural or clinical outcomes.…”

Sex Differences in Fish Oil and Olanzapine Effects on Gut Microbiota in Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Mostafa M. Abbas (17058093)

“…In conclusion, FO reduced dietary obesity and its associated inflammation and increased the B/F ratio in male mice but did not benefit the female mice. …”

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)

“…For every 100-m run above 5.5 m·s⁻¹, CK activity measured 24 h post-match increased by 30% and CMJPPO decreased by 0.5%. Conversely, the total distance covered did not present any evidence of a clear relationship with any fatigue-related marker at any time-point.…”

Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease by Asmaa, Al-mansouri

“…HD patients experienced higher pill-burden than non-dialysis patients [122 (61) vs. 109 (33) pills/week]; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.81). …”
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Public motives and willingness to participate in first-in-human clinical trials in Saudi Arabia: A new era in the making by Almutairi, Adel F.

“…Results Study participants who were invited and completed the survey were 657. The percentage mean score of participants’ attitudes and concern was 70.1 ± 16.4 and 58.3 ± 15.3 respectively. …”
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How does an imaginary persona's attractiveness affect designers' perceptions and IT solutions? An experimental study on users' remote working needs by Joni Salminen (7434770)

“…A linguistic analysis indicated that the IT solutions created for more attractive user personas demonstrated a higher degree of affect, but for the most part, task outputs did not vary by the personas' perceived attractiveness.…”

Pravastatin plus L-arginine prevents adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with uteroplacental vascular dysfunction by Aleksandar Jurisic (17052408)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">PRAV+L-arginine improved uteroplacental haemodynamics, increased fetal growth and prevented early onset preeclampsia leading to delivery close to term (delivery date: median 38 weeks, IQR[36.5–39]) and appropriate weight for gestational age compared to controls, in which placental blood flow did not improve and 2 women developed severe early onset preeclampsia. …”

Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery by Stephen L. Atkin (6684368)

“…</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><h3>Methods: </h3><p dir="ltr">Twenty-nine type 2 patients with severe obesity (mean BMI 46.2 kg/m²) and diabetes underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. …”

SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE COST MODELLING OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECTS IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES by Sadek, Ahmed

“…The applied adjusting risks are comprising three value levels. Minimum, mean, and maximum cost risks. Simulated costs under adjusting risks' levels can be presented in the same exported data sheet. …”
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Seismic Site Response, Analysis and Characterization of Major Cities in UAE by Irfan, Muhammad

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