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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Which factor explains the life‐history of <i>Xanthium strumarium</i> L., an aggressive alien invasive plant species, along its altitudinal gradient? by Rafi Ullah (8146836)

“…Among climatic variables, mean yearly temperature, mean annual yearly humidity, and mean day length in hours, while in soil variables, organic matter and nitrogen percentage significantly affect the phenological and morphological stages. …”

Effect of Hypoxia on Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate During Incremental Cycling : Relationship to the Gas Exchange Threshold by Youmna Elsayed Hassanein (21547490)

“…Furthermore, the decrease in fat oxidation was apparent in HYPO compared to NORM at all workloads. …”

Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions by Laith Kanaan (21632714)

“…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…”

Economic consequences of the covid 19 outbreak by Sidik, Hanan

“…The last part of the project is talking about the lockdown in UAE and the decrease of cases of covid and the people in UAE should always have the green pass to access the public sectors finally all the UAE citizens must be vaccinated in order to be safe .…”
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Enhanced oil recovery using hyperbranched polyglycerol polymer-coated silica nanoparticles by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…A D_PSiMNPs = 100 mg/L was sufficient to achieve %η_dem of 99.4% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and slightly decreased to ~93% for C_oil ~4000 mg/L. The PSiMNPs can be reused up to 15 times with a steady %η_dem of 89.1% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and 88.6% for C_oil = 4000 mg/L. …”

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 %. …”

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…In the common low-partner-number HSWNs, a significant proportion of NG incidence occurs among FSWs, with NG prevalence 13 times higher among FSWs than clients, and three times higher among clients than their spouses. …”
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Portfolio Selection Problem Using CVaR Risk Measures Equipped with DEA, PSO, and ICA Algorithms by Abdelouahed Hamdi (14158899)

“…It was found that when solving the Mean-CVaR model with evolutionary algorithms, the risk decreased. …”

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…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). …”
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Effect of Optimizing Oxygen Saturation Targets on the Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Quaternary NICU by Dr. Naveed Ur Rehman Durrani (18262147)

“…Using a multivariate model, odds of ROP development decreased with gestational age (25%) while increasing with PDA requiring treatment (4.33 times) and glucose ≥10 mg/dL (4.15 times), considering one variable at a time, keeping others constant. …”

Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Zeana, Samir AlKudsi

“…Participants had shown moderate resilience (mean score: 27.64 (SD = 8.31)) and their mean score fear of COVID19 was 15.67 (SD = 6.54). …”
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Excess pCO₂ and carbonate system geochemistry in surface seawater of the exclusive economic zone of Qatar (Arabian Gulf) by Connor Izumi (17337868)

“…CO₂ is lost from the Gulf due to gas exchange, decreasing DIC, and reducing pCO₂ to 464 μatm, similar to that observed. …”

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by 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). …”

Factors Associated with Meeting Current Recommendation for Physical Activity in Scottish Adults with Diabetes by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Overall, 34.1% of the subjects met the recommended levels of physical activity. …”

Mechanisms behind the immediate effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on type 2 diabetes by Roland E Allen (19187023)

“…I.e., the largest possible decrease in glucose predicted by the model is smaller than reported decreases, and the model predicts no decrease whatsoever in glucose ×insulin, in contrast to large observed decreases in homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). …”

Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Overall, 32.3% of the participants met the recommended levels of PA. Independent predictors of meeting the recommended levels of PA include male gender [odds ratio (OR) 2.00 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.58–2.54)], living in the least deprived areas [OR 1.79 (95% CI 1.20–2.69)]; being a non-smoker [OR 2.22 (95% CI 1.48–3. 34)]. …”

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

“…To explore the relationship between the antibody responses and time, Spearman's correlation coefficient was computed. …”
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Mutations in L-type amino acid transporter-2 support SLC7A8 as a novel gene involved in age-related hearing loss by Meritxell Espino Guarch (18810097)

“…Thus, a screening of a cohort of ARHL patients and controls was carried out revealing several variants inSLC7A8, whose role was further investigated by in vitro functional studies. Significant decreases in SLC7A8 transport activity was detected for patient’s variants (p.Val302Ile, p.Arg418His, p.Thr402Met and p.Val460Glu) further supporting a causative role for SLC7A8 in ARHL. …”

Evaluation of high-temperature reverse osmosis for recycling boiler blowdown in industrial applications by Joel Minier-Matar (17052378)

“…The membrane rejection decreased from 97 % at 35°C to 92 % at 60°C; due to the increase in the diffusivities of ions at higher temperatures; however, the permeate quality met the boilers feedwater specifications. …”