Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle behaviors and their association with personality among adults in Qatar: A cross-sectional study by Tamara Al-Abdi (8710488)

“…Met-min/week values of total PA (1330.5 vs. 1836.7), vigorous activity (711.5 vs. 867.4), moderate activity (208.3 vs. 301.3), and walking (410.7 vs. 668.0) all decreased during lockdown (p < 0.001, p = 0.010, p = 0.010 p < 0.001, respectively), while sitting increased (3837.3 vs. 2896.4 p < 0.001). …”

yuDetecting the percent of peripheral blood mononuclear cells displaying p-STAT-3 in malignant glioma patient by Abou-Ghazal, Mohamed K.

“…Conclusion: We conclude that the percent of PBMCs displaying p-STAT-3 may be increased in malignant glioma patients.…”
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Rapid mercury removal using living indigenous microalgal communities for water treatment applications by Amr Nasr Fekry (22521185)

“…Kinetic studies showed superior correlation with the pseudo-second-order model (R² > 0.996), with rate constants decreasing systematically from 767.5 to 216.0 g/mg·min as concentration increased, suggesting secondary chemical interactions may also contribute to the overall mechanism. …”

Expanding the donor pool by Ramos, Emilio

“…These measures may be beneficial in terms of increasing the number of donors and decreasing the waiting time. …”
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COVID-19 Presenting With Intractable Hiccups: A Literature Review and a New Case by Mohammed Aloqaily (20966390)

“…However, multiple atypical presentations are increasingly recognized as manifestations of COVID-19, including refractory hiccups. …”

Changes in growth patterns due to nutritional adjustment in children of Northeast Brazil by Carlos A Bruno da Silva (19772745)

“…Body mass index increased throughout follow-up. Arm muscle area and tricipital skin fold increased significantly during the follow-up period.…”

Prediction of Propulsion Kinematics and Performance in Wheelchair Rugby by David S. Haydon (13011048)

“…Although this would come at an increased cost, developments would provide opportunities for more suitable set-ups earlier in an athlete's career, increasing performance and reducing injury risk.…”

Using Machine Learning Models for Inpatient Bed Demand Forecasting in the UAE Hospitals by Sheiko, Rahaf Abdulla

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Inappropriate Medication Use in Elderly Lebanese Outpatients by Saab, Yolande B.

“…Factors predicting potentially inappropriate drug intake included female sex (65.7% vs 53.3% for males, p = 0.03) and alcohol intake (p = 0.007). …”
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A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact by Samer Gowid (15955152)

“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of V_mp by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of I_mp by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”

Online Monitoring of Outdoor Non-Ceramic Insulators by Shurrab, Ibrahim Yehia

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Determinants of dividend payout ratio by Elgammal, Walid

“…The study considered all firms that paid dividend in each of the three consecutive years starting from 2010 till 2012. …”
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Resilience of UAE high-rise buildings to climate change: Impacts of projected climate changes on annual energy demands. by Sallam, Duaa

“…To achieve this goal, future weather datasets in hourly time step for UAE were collected from three statistical tools representing stabilization and high emission scenarios. …”
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Quantitative Elastohydrodynamic Film-Forming for an Oil/ Refrigerant System by Bair, Scott

“…It seems that only central film thicknesses have been experimentally measured for oil/refrigerant systems leaving these calculations as the only means of assessing the minimum.…”
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Impact of pharmacist-conducted anticoagulation patient education and telephone follow-up on transitions of care by Karaoui, Lamis R.

“…Results Two hundred patients were recruited in the study (100 patients in each study arm) with a mean age of 73.9 years. In the pharmacist-counseled group, more patients contacted their physician within 3 days (14% versus 4%; p = 0.010), received explicit elements of education (p < 0.001) and documentation in the chart was better (p < 0.05). …”
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Programming Effects of Short Prenatal Exposure to Dexamethasone in Sheep by Abouantoun, Tamara

“…At 130 days of gestation, dexamethasone administered between 26 to 28 days of gestation (group DF; n8), resulted in an increased expression of angiotensinogen in hypothalamus (in arbitrary units: 2.5 0.3 versus 1.3 0.3 in the saline group [group SF], n10; P0.05). …”
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Shear behaviour of one-way high strength plain and FRC slabs reinforced with basalt FRP bars by Abathar Al-Hamrani (16494884)

“…The model has accurately and conservatively predicted the experimental data with a mean experimental to predicted shear capacity of 1.10 and a coefficient of variation of 7.95 %.…”

Sensitivity analysis and genetic algorithm-based shear capacity model for basalt FRC one-way slabs reinforced with BFRP bars by Abathar Al-Hamrani (16494884)

“…<p dir="ltr">Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are increasingly used in concrete structures owing to their superior corrosion resistance. …”

Autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: Profiles and correlates of a large clinical sample by Fouad Alshaban (6176771)

“…There are currently no publications that clarify the mean age of diagnosis in Qatar, however, the present study showed that more than half of the diagnosed cases were among the ages of 7–14 years (56%). …”

E-health literacy among university students amid a global pandemic by Rowaida Elyamani (9639306)

“…The non-response rate was over 71%. The participants’ mean age was 25±7 years old. Almost 42% were Qatari and more than half of them (68.5%) were females. …”