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

“…To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate three different blood withdrawal techniques for evaluating POCT of TSH. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017 by Arash Etemadi (330880)

“…The highest age-standardised incidence rates in 2017 were seen in the high-income Asia Pacific (29·5, 28·2–31·0 per 100 000 population) and east Asia (28·6, 27·3–30·0 per 100 000 population) regions, with nearly half of the global incident cases occurring in China. …”

Ablation of LAT2 Transporter Causes Intramuscular Glutamine Accumulation and Inhibition of Fasting‐Induced Proteolysis by Meritxell Espino‐Guarch (22565774)

“…The absence of LAT2 led to increased intramuscular glutamine (Gln) accumulation (6.3‐fold, <i>p</i> < 0.0001), accompanied by a reduction in skeletal muscle proteolysis during fasting (0.61‐fold, <i>p</i> = 0.0004) primarily due to decreased proteasomal and autophagic activity (0.45‐fold, <i>p</i> = 0.016 and 0.7‐fold, <i>p</i> = 0.002, respectively). …”

Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans by Kevin S. Chen (9201767)

“…Together with artificial intelligence-driven in silico and in vitro screening, this C. elegans model identified five compounds that reduced motor dysfunction induced by α-synuclein. Three of these compounds also decreased α-synuclein oligomers in mammalian neurons, including rifabutin which has not been previously investigated for Parkinson’s disease. …”

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection triggers more potent antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses than mRNA‐, vector‐, and inactivated virus‐based COVID‐19 vaccines by Hadeel T. Zedan (12535521)

“…Here, we investigated ADCC activity in convalescent sera from infected patients with wild‐type (WT) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) or omicron variant compared with three coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccine platforms and postvaccination breakthrough infection (BTI). …”

The Effect of Experimental Recuperative and Appetitive Post-lunch Nap Opportunities, With or Without Caffeine, on Mood and Reaction Time in Highly Trained Athletes by Mohamed Romdhani (9606357)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Twenty-three highly trained athletes (<i>study 1</i>; 9 and <i>study 2</i>; 14) performed four test sessions (PLA, CAF, N20 and CAF+N20) in double-blind, counterbalanced and randomized order. …”

Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…., the Dubai / UAE local context and weather characteristics. Three groups with 56 proposed scenarios were simulated, where in different ratios of building height variation were implemented in the first two groups, and different building configurations were adopted for the third group. …”
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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)

“…<h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">In the last decade, point of care testing (POCT) such as lateral flow immunoassays (LFIA) were developed for rapid TSH measurement. …”

Research on the potential of photovoltaic technologies in reducing energy consumption in an urban mixed use residential community. A Case study for net zero energy community in Dub... by SUGATHAN, SANAL

“…This paper illustrates the many strategies to bridge the deficiency energy gap in three categories; 1) increase PV panel energy production by optimizing the orientation, inclination angle, manual tracking, enhanced microcontrollers and inverters, 2) increase PV panel efficiency from better manufacturers, 3) increase the area of PV panel installation on the building fabric and exploring options beyond the building footprint at the community level. …”
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Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment by Farhat, Peter

“…The aforementioned results explore the efficiency of our proposed scheme in scheduling the fogs in their rightful place, which helps in decreasing the cloud’s load, decreasing the network congestion, and increasing the overall quality of service. …”
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Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 by Joan B Soriano (6458528)

“…However, when accounting for ageing and population growth, declines were observed in age-standardised prevalence (14·3% decrease), age-standardised death rates (42·6%), and age-standardised DALY rates (38·2%). …”

Autophagy Mediates the Effects of Physical Exercise on Learning and Memory through Activation of Hippocampal BDNF by Jabr, Vanessa

“…Interestingly, we also found that inhibition of autophagy in exercising 10-week-old mice decreases BDNF protein levels in the hippocampus as compared to the control exercising group. …”
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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Natalia V, Bhattacharjee

“…The share of livebirths was projected to decline between 2021 and 2100 in most of the six other super-regions—decreasing, for example, in south Asia from 24·8% (23·7–25·8) in 2021 to 16·7% (14·3–19·1) in 2050 and 7·1% (4·4–10·1) in 2100—but was forecast to increase modestly in the north Africa and Middle East and high-income super-regions. …”
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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)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are a novel class of oral antidiabetic drugs. …”

The effect of Hydrogen Peroxide treatments on dental enamel porosity and protein structure and its long-term implications on tooth hardness and optical properties by Jelena Eric (21015107)

“…Protein structure was analyzed using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS). </p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Shade analysis revealed that, in the short term, HP treatment significantly increased lightness and Hue and decreased chroma compared to DW (<i>p </i>< 0.05); however, 1 week after treatment some of the initial gains in tooth lightness were partially lost. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Hedyeh Ebrahimi (7321358)

“…Global age-standardised incidence rates of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer decreased by 7·4% (−16·8 to 1·6) and age-standardised incidence rates of larynx cancer decreased by 3·0% (−10·5 to 5·0) in males over the past decade; however, during the same period, age-standardised incidence rates in females increased by 0·9% (−8·2 to 10·2) for tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer and decreased by 0·5% (−8·4 to 8·1) for larynx cancer. …”

The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global B... by Saeid Safiri (3713035)

“…There was a non-linear association between the Socio-demographic Index and the Healthcare Access and Quality Index and age-standardised DALY rates. In 2017, the three largest contributors to DALYs at the global level, for both sexes, were diet low in calcium (20·5% [12·9–28·9]), alcohol use (15·2% [12·1–18·3]), and diet low in milk (14·3% [5·1–24·8]).…”

Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Austin, Carter

“…BackgroundAs set out in Sustainable Development Goal 3.3, the target date for ending the HIV epidemic as a public health threat is 2030. …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Joseph L Ward (9715619)

“…Since 1950, deaths in this age group decreased by 30·0% in females and 15·3% in males, and sex-based differences in mortality rate have widened in most regions of the world. …”

Light chain amyloidosis presenting with autoimmune hepatitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome by Hammad Shabir Chaudhry (20376378)

“…Her liver enzymes (Alkaline phosphatase, Alanine aminotransferase, Aspartate aminotransferase had decreased significantly.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">AL amyloidosis can very rarely present as AIH-PSC overlap syndrome, manifesting with raised liver enzymes, biliary strictures, pruritis and positive liver antibodies. …”