The effects of long-term testosterone treatment on endocrine parameters in hypogonadal men: 12-year data from a prospective controlled registry study حسب Aksam Yassin (14779204)

"…This was accompanied by an increase in estradiol levels by 14.9 pmol/L (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), and decreases in progesterone (0.2 ng/mL, <i>p</i> < 0.0001), LH (10.4 U/L, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and FSH (8.4 U/L, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) were demonstrated at 12-years. …"

Carbon dioxide insufflation during ERCP for reduction of postprocedure pain حسب Azar, Riad

"…Similarly, the incidence of any pain at 1 hour post-ERCP was higher with air than with CO2 (48% vs 28%, P Z .04). The mean increase in waist circumference was greater with air than with CO2 (2.1 cm vs 0.3 cm, P Z .003). …"
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Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar حسب Shikha Patel (14151027)

"…The LST data derived from remote sensing sources demonstrates an upward trend for summer and a contrasting trend for winter. Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …"

Predictors of prolonged hospitalization among geriatric trauma patients using the modified 5-Item Frailty index in a Middle Eastern trauma center: an 11-year retrospective study حسب Husham Abdelrahman (768893)

"…There was a significant decrease in the trend of geriatric trauma over the years. …"

Grid electricity demand reduction through applying passive and active strategies for a house in Baghdad, Iraq حسب Al-Badri, Nadia Rashid

"…By adopting 1Pearl, it provided 4.33% energy reduction while 2 Pearls can achieve about 4.37% decrease in energy. This means that roof insulation should take priority when considering the passive solutions for conserving energy. …"
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The effect of vancomycin doses greater than 2 grams on serum creatinine and vancomycin trough levels حسب Mansour, Hanine

"…The use of doses greater than 2 grams of IV vancomycin did not show a statistically significance increase in serum creatinine. The two subjects who did have a significant increase in serum creatinine were receiving concomitant nephrotoxins. …"
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Hydroxyurea Use in Lebanese Patients With [beta]-Thalassemia Intermedia حسب Taher, Ali

"…Seven patients with [beta]-thalassemia intermedia received oral HU (10-20 mg/kg/d); the mean duration of therapy was 17.4 (range 6-46) months. …"
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Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics حسب Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

"…All blends show an increase in brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) compared to B0, with the maximum enhancement observed in B10 with an average increase of 13% across all speeds. …"

Dissecting the signaling pathways regulating the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in brain tumor cells. (c2017) حسب Nicolas, Samer Michel

"…However, when both RhoA and RhoC were knocked down, VEGF expression decreased after EGF stimulation. Moreover, when the astrocytoma cells were subjected to hypoxia at different times, we detected a significant increase in pERK. …"
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New algorithm based active method to eliminate stick-slip vibrations in drill string systems حسب 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.…"

Brain Connectivity Analysis Under Semantic Vigilance and Enhanced Mental States حسب Yahya, Fares

"…The quantification of mental states was performed by means of statistical analysis of indexes based on GTA, behavioral responses of time-on-task (TOT), and Brunel Mood Scale (BRMUS). …"
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Effect of fasting on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease in male subjects حسب Hamdan, Abdul-Latif

"…All subjects were evaluated while fasting for at least 12 h and non-fasting. By non-fasting we mean that they ate and drank during the day at their discretion with no reservation. …"
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The downside of cardiac devices insertion حسب Nature Research (16552612)

"…Echocardiography will be performed at a mean of one year post-pacemaker insertion to assess whether there is an increase in TR after lead implantation. …"

Safety and Effectiveness of 100 mg/kg/day Deferiprone in Patients with Thalassemia Major حسب Taher, A.

"…None of the patients discontinued therapy. The mean serum ferritin level fell from 3,901 ± 3,618 to 1,790 ± 2,205 µg/l after 2 years (p < 0.05). …"
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Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery by transthoracic echocardiography before and after stenting حسب Tarcha, Walid

"…Results: Adequate visualization of the LAD was obtained in 25 out of 36 patients (70%). At rest the mean CFR was 1.5132 ± 0.33 (1.1–2.58). However, after stenting the mean CFR was significantly higher: 2.18 ± 0.55 (1.3–3.8), with P <0.01. …"
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Noninvasive Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve in the Left Anterior Descending Artery by Transthoracic Echocardiography before and after Stenting حسب Ghanem, Georges

"…Results: Adequate visualization of the LAD was obtained in 25 out of 36 patients (70%). At rest the mean CFR was 1.5132 ± 0.33 (1.1–2.58). However, after stenting the mean CFR was significantly higher: 2.18 ± 0.55 (1.3–3.8), with P <0.01. …"
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Water quality problems associated with intermittent water supply حسب Tokajian, Sima

"…A second controlled study was conducted to determine the effect of storage on the microbial quality of household storage tanks (500 L), which were of two main types - galvanized cast iron and black polyethylene. The mean bacterial count increased significantly after 7 d storage in both tank types. …"
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Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts حسب Habchi, W.

"…The results reconfirm the well-known observations that minimum film thickness is very little affected by lubricant compressibility while central film thickness decreases linearly with the increase in volume compression of the lubricant. It is also observed that the relative errors on central film thicknesses induced by the use of the Dowson and Higginson relationship for compressibility increase with load and temperature and are very little affected by mean entrainment speed. …"
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Exploiting the Spatio-Temporal Patterns in IoT Data to Establish a Dynamic Ensemble of Distributed Learners حسب Mehdi Mohammadi (5024105)

"…Moreover, using only 20% of the training data, the error rate of the model slightly increased by up to 2 in terms of mean square error. …"

Novel Wire Gripper for Robotics Picking of Small Green Parts From Powder Bed of Binder Jet Metal Additive Manufacturing حسب Abdulhamid Mathkur (22467373)

"…Our work focuses on cutting down postprocessing times as we strive to reach higher levels of productivity. …"