Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…ResultsMen who have sex with men (MSM) comprised 35 % and 40 % of attendees pre- and post- COVID-19 onset, respectively. Post-COVID-19 onset, a total of 1350 VCT services and 406 medical consultations were provided, an overall 45 % decrease compared with pre-COVID-19 onset. …”
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Associating learning technology to sustain the environment through green mobile applications by Haraty, Ramzi A.

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Road safety and traffic medicine in Iran: Achievements and challenges by A. Motevalian (19807242)

“…On the other side, there are areas that need to be improved, including: a) driving behavior of both public and private drivers; b) driving under influence of drugs specially among public vehicle drivers (3,4) c) motorcycle riding behavior with special emphasis on helmet use (5); d) medical and psychological fitness to drive examinations; e) vehicle safety specifically for cars manufactured within the country; f) transportation engineering with emphasis on expansion of railroads and safe highways.…”

A combined experimental and computational study of the effect of electron irradiation on the transport properties of aromatic and aliphatic molecular self-assemblies by Y. Tong (18394389)

“…<p dir="ltr">Intermolecular cross-linking through electron irradiation is proven to be an effective tool to improve the mechanical and electronic properties of molecular self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), which is known to be a key player for material nanoarchitectonics. Here we study the effect of electron irradiation on the electronic transport properties of aromatic 5,5′-bis(mercaptomethyl)-2,2′-bipyridine (BPD; HS-CH2-(C5H3N)2-CH2-SH) and electron saturated 1-dodecanethiol (C12; CH3-(CH2)11-SH) molecules self-assembled on an Au (111) surface. …”

A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions by Fakih, Ali

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Meta-Heuristic Algorithm-Tuned Neural Network for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Ultrasound Images by Ahila A (18394806)

“…The proposed GWO-WNN method (98%) gives better accuracy than other methods like SOM-SVM (87.5), LOFA-SVM (93.62%), MBA-RF (96.85%), and BAS-BPNN (96.3%)</p><p> </p></div><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Frontiers in Oncology<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.834028" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.834028</a></p>…”

Indomethacin as a Rescue Therapy for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Premature Infants after Failed Ibuprofen Treatment by Amal Sabouni (17046236)

On Time-Dependent Rheology of Sutterby Nanofluid Transport across a Rotating Cone with Anisotropic Slip Constraints and Bioconvection by Sohaib Abdal (21347810)

“…The leading formulation is transmuted into ordinary differential formate via similarity functions. Five coupled equations with nonlinear terms are resolved numerically through the utilization of a MATLAB code for the Runge–Kutta procedure. …”

Public motives and willingness to participate in first-in-human clinical trials in Saudi Arabia: A new era in the making by Almutairi, Adel F.

“…Participants revealed their preferences of clinical trial studies were in favor: (a) vaccines (n = 209, 44.5%); (b) treatment drugs (n = 232, 49.4%); and (c) medical devices (n = 310, 66.0%). …”
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Efficiency of Azithromycin-Loaded Lipid Polymer Hybrid Nano-vehicle as a Repurposing formulation in Colon Cancer Management by Tarraf, Vanessa

“…The shifting of the negative charge (-17.22± 5.99 mV) of the uncoated liposomes to the positive charge (13.17± 3.34 mV) of the coated one approved the success of the coating. …”
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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)

“…There was an increase in olive oil (9% vs. 12%; p < 0.001), vegetables (54.3% vs. 58.7%; p = 0.005), legumes (11.8% vs. 15.3%; p = 0.007), sofrito (70.9% vs. 77.3%; p < 0.001) and fat (45.9% vs. 53.8%; p < 0.001) consumption and a decrease in fresh fruit (39.4% vs. 15.8%; p < 0.001) and fish/seafood (5.9% vs. 3.9%; p = 0.0035) consumption during lockdown. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Sirota, Sarah Brooke

“…The mortality rate of URIs in 2021 was 0·2 per 100 000 (0·1 to 0·5), a decrease of 64·2% (–84·6 to –43·4) from 1990, when the mortality rate was 0·7 per 100 000 (0·2 to 1·1). …”
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Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Abeer A Omar (21623774)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 825 participants with mean age 29.2 years (5.9) of which 365 (44.2%) were males. …”

The impact of counseling on nutritional status among hematopoietic stem cell recipients: results of a randomized controlled trial by Jabbour, Jana

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Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis by Charbel Abi Khalil (14150028)

“…However, TAVR was associated with a higher risk of moderate/severe PVL (pooled RR: 9.54, 95% CI [5.53–16.46]). …”

Diffusion tensor imaging with tractography in surgical resection of brainstem cavernous malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi (13105835)

“…The utilization of preoperative diffusion tensor imaging significantly increased the proportion of improved patients and decreased the proportion of worsened patients. However, further controlled research is needed to draw a definite conclusion about the usefulness of its role.…”

Disrupting the α-synuclein-ESCRT interaction with a peptide inhibitor mitigates neurodegeneration in preclinical models of Parkinson’s disease by Satra Nim (11540447)

Effects of polyphenol‐rich traditional herbal teas on obesity and oxidative stress in rats fed a high‐fat–sugar diet by Neelam Iftikhar (14778400)

“…A significant decrease in the levels of serum TC, TG, LDL, and VLDL was observed in all the treatment groups in comparison with the HFSDC group. …”

Chemopreventive effects of wild carrot oil against 7,12-dimethyl benz(a)anthracene-induced squamous cell carcinoma in mice by Abu Zeinab, Rami

“…The extract was administered to animals via gavage (0.02 mL of 100% oil), intraperitoneal (0.3 mL of 2% oil), and topical (0.2 mL of 5, 50, and 100% oil) routes for 20 weeks. Tumor appearance, incidence, yield, and volume were compared with those of a non-treated control group. …”
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Design of an integrated system that combines the steam gasification of plastic waste and a solid oxide fuel cell for sustainable power generation by Khaled Abouemara (17823416)

“…Optimal conditions are met at gasifier temperature of 973 K, steam/feed ratio of 1.5, and CaO/feed ratio of 1. Moreover, using H₂ flow rates to assess SOFC performance reveal increasing activation and ohmic losses (0.04 to 0.09 V and 0 to 0.28 V) with a temperature increase (973–1473 K), while concentration losses decreased (0–0.10 V). …”