Effect of Girder Damage on the Structural Behavior of Slab-on-Girder Bridges by Elozn, Ahmed E.

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Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes by Abushanab, Dina

“…The financial value of PALYs was determined based on the gross domestic product (GDP) per full-time worker (i.e. US$80,573). The base-case model estimated the productivity burden of CVD, and interventional scenarios were simulated to assess potential gains resulting from improved control of modifiable risk factors, including reduced incidence of T2D, lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), decreased number of smokers, and reduced total cholesterol. …”
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Investigation of an integrated hydrogen production system based on nuclear and renewable energy sources: a new approach for sustainable hydrogen production via copper–chlorine ther... by Orhan, Mehmet Fatih

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Greater and More Focused Measures Are Needed to Tackle Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in the Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council by Abdelilah Arredouani (14070786)

“…There is a consensus that the concomitant increase in obesity rates drives T2D rates upward. …”

Analysis of Environmental Impact for Material Production Investments Using a Novel Soft Computing Methodology by Hasan Dinçer (5922110)

“…Moreover, the items of the life cycle process are defined as alternative set for measuring the environmental effects of each process in the sustainable production investments. …”

Internalized stigma and its correlates in families of persons with mental illness in Qatar: a cross-sectional study by Vahe Kehyayan (21241649)

“…Such internalized stigma can further impact the health and quality of life of both PWMI and their families. This study aimed to examine the level and correlates of internalized stigma in family members of PWMI in Qatar. …”

Digital Wellbeing for All: Expanding Inclusivity to Embrace Diversity in Socio-Emotional Status by Reem S. Al-Mansoori (18103045)

“…<p dir="ltr">The ubiquity of information and communication technology contributed positively in enhancing lives, mainly in increasing productivity and economic growth, while their impact on life satisfaction and wellbeing has been a hidden cost. …”

Fault Diagnosis Based Machine Learning and Fault Tolerant Control of Multicellular Converter Used in Photovoltaic Water Pumping System by B. Rouabah (17947820)

“…Therefore, the use of low-cost photovoltaic (PV) panels in water pumping systems, without chemical energy storage, based on high-performance and more efficient power converters with increased time life and lower maintenance interventions is needed. …”

Genetic diversity of Prosopis juliflora in the state of Qatar and its valuable use against postharvest pathogen of mango fruits by Iman Saleh (14152878)

“…Its susceptibility to postharvest diseases and chill injuries increases its storage cost and put stress on exploring natural products that can increase its shelf-life. …”

A review of post-consumption food waste management and its potentials for biofuel production by Pour, Fatemeh Hassan

“…The global world production of food waste is expected to increase by 33% within the next decade. The current annual food waste stands at around 1.6 billion tonnes, which is worth around $ 1.2 trillion loss. …”
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Sustainability In Construction In The UAE by Al Fahim, Ahmed Taha

“…Among the benefits of effective construction waste management, participants of the study-oriented on the factors of cost reduction, increased productivity, improved health, waste minimization, environmental protection, better life quality, and better use of materials. …”
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Acute intense fatigue does not modify the effect of EVA and TPU custom foot orthoses on running mechanics, running economy and perceived comfort by Ken Van Alsenoy (14150559)

“…Two-way repeated measures ANOVA [condition (CON, EVA, and TPU) × fatigue (fresh and fatigued)] were conducted. Flight time shortened (P = 0.026), peak braking (P = 0.016) and push-off (P = 0.032) forces decreased and vertical stiffness increased (P = 0.014) from before to after the repeated-sprint exercise, independent of footwear condition. …”

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants by Bin, Zhou

“…Global age-standardised prevalence of raised blood pressure was 24·1% (21·4–27·1) in men and 20·1% (17·8–22·5) in women in 2015. Mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure decreased substantially from 1975 to 2015 in high-income western and Asia Pacific countries, moving these countries from having some of the highest worldwide blood pressure in 1975 to the lowest in 2015. …”
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Follow up and comparative assessment of IgG, IgA, and neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 between mRNA-vaccinated naïve and unvaccinated naturally infected individuals ov... by Salma Younes (6424865)

“…To explore the relationship between the antibody responses and time, Spearman's correlation coefficient was computed. …”

Simulation of the size-composition distribution of atmospheric nanoparticles over Europe by David Patoulias (4722960)

“…The ground level concentrations of particles with a diameter larger than 100 nm (N100) were reproduced with a daily normalized mean error of 40 % and a daily normalized mean bias of −20 %. …”

Throughput of ARQ protocols over Rician, Nakagami and MIMO block fading channels by Zummo, Salam A.

“…Keywords: ARQ, throughput, error probability, fading channels, space-time, multiple antennas, transmit diversity, MIMO, Rician, Nakagami.…”
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Anticancer Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against in vivo and in vitro Models of Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Azar Atallah, Shirine

“…Cell proliferation assay (MTS) of COE-treated tumorigenic human epidermal keratinocytes (HaCaT-ras) showed a significant dose and time dependent cytotoxicity with IC50 of 19, 11 and 8 g/mL at 24, 48 and 72 hours, respectively. …”
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Blockchain implementations. (c2019) by Sabbagh, Ahmad Al

“…The results also show that the use of smart contracts in the implementation of the blockchain technology in the insurance sector leads to increase in efficiency and decrease in the costs, fraud and processing time.…”
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Two-Surgeon Technique for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection of the Noncirrhotic Liver Using Saline-Linked Cautery and Ultrasonic Dissection by Aloia, Thomas

“…The UD+SLC group had a decreased duration of inflow occlusion (20 minutes versus 30 minutes, P = 0.01), blood loss (150 mL versus 250 mL, P = 0.034), and operative time (187 minutes versus 211 minutes, P = 0.027). …”
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New algorithm based active method to eliminate stick-slip vibrations in drill string systems by Fourat Zribi (21347900)

“…In fact, the proposed controller presented a reduction of nearly 26% in terms of overshoot and 1.6 times better settling time values while having the smoother input signal.…”