The Triple “S” Impact of COVID-19: Nationwide Evidence of the Impact of the Stress Associated With Restrictive Measures on Substance Use, Sleep, and Social Connectedness in Qatar... حسب Muna Abed Alah (18171346)

"…Of tobacco users in our sample, 36% reported increased tobacco use since the start of home confinement, while 41.6% of alcohol users reported decreased alcohol use. Concerning sleep, 46.1% reported an increase in average sleep duration per day (0.77 h mean increase, 95% CI: 0.66-0.88, P<0.001), and a third of participants reported poorer sleep quality. …"

Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes Toward Patients With Mental Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar حسب Suhaila Ghuloum (796180)

"…</p> <h3>Results</h3> <p>A total of 406 nurses and 92 doctors participated in the study. The nurses' mean MICA score was significantly higher than that of the physicians. …"

Synergetic effects of dodecylamine-functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticles on antifouling and antibacterial properties of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes حسب Abedalkader Alkhouzaam (15842647)

"…All membranes were characterized in terms of chemical structure, morphology, hydrophilicity, porosity and mean pore size. Cross-section SEM images showed the distribution of GO and rGO-DDA between the pores and on the polymer walls. …"

Evaluating the impact of the Minimization of Aggression and Violence (MoAV) intervention on mechanical restraint use in Qatar's acute mental health setting حسب Ananth Nazarene (21239912)

"…The percentage of restrained patients decreased from 25 % to 4 %, p = (<0.001). The mean duration of restraint incidents slightly increased from 59.1 min in 2016 to 61.3 min in 2021, though this change was not statistically significant. …"

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)

"…In this single-centre, cumulative, prospective, registry study, 321 hypogonadal men (mean age: 58.9 years) received testosterone undecanoate injections in 12-week intervals for up to 12 years. …"

Modeling the influence of daily temperature and precipitation extreme indices on vegetation dynamics in Katsina State using statistical downscaling model (SDM) حسب Mohammad Hadi Ahmad (17632248)

"…All the scenarios present increasing minimum and maximum temperatures and decreasing precipitation, except for RCP8.5, which predicted a more adverse trend. …"

Using Data Mining and Text Mining Techniques in Predicting the Price of Real Estate Properties in Dubai حسب Khashan, Deena Younis Abo

"…It is found that the results of linear regression prediction have been improved significantly after adding text mining to the experiments. The root mean squared errors RMSEs for all data subsets have decreased leading to enhancing the accuracy of prediction. …"
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Favipiravir for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia; a propensity score-matched cohort study حسب Rand A. Alattar (9538554)

"…Patients who between 23 May 2020 and 18 July 2020 received ≥ 24 h of favipiravir were assigned to the favipiravir group, while those who did not formed the non-favipiravir group. The primary outcome was 28-day clinical improvement, defined as two-category improvement from baseline on an 8-point ordinal scale. …"

Provision of spiritual care to advanced cancer patients by doctors and nurses in the Middle East حسب Bar_Sela, G.

"…When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, we find a higher QoL, increased use of hospice, and reduced use of aggressive treatments in EoL. …"
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Self-Expanding Covered Metallic Stent as a Bridge to Surgery in Esophageal Cancer حسب Mariette, Christophe

"…Through propensity score analysis, patients who underwent SEMS insertion (SEMS group, n = 38) were matched 1:4 to control patients who did not undergo SEMS insertion (control group, n = 152). …"
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The history and development of newspaper electronic pagination systems in the United States, 1975-1987 حسب Beyrouti, Nouri

"…One of the findings of the survey was that survey respondents felt that while pagination was a vast improvement over old methods (hot type), it did not necessarily bring vast improvements in cost and speed over cold type processes that were already in place. …"
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Prevalence and clinical significance of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to intensive care units: a prospective observational study حسب Mostafa Najim (14150400)

"…<p>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increases the risk of coagulopathy. Although the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) has been proposed as a possible mechanism of COVID-19-induced coagulopathy, its clinical significance remains uncertain. …"

Friction stir extrusion of ultra-thin wall biodegradable magnesium alloy tubes — Microstructure and corrosion response حسب Vasanth C. Shunmugasamy (10474766)

"…<p dir="ltr">Magnesium alloys are increasingly being considered for structural systems across different industrial sectors, including precision components of biomedical devices owing to their high specific strength and stiffness, biodegradability. …"

The hazardous impacts of mining activities on population's health in Blue Nile State - Sudan حسب A. Mohammed Ali (19772712)

"…These values among sex groups did not show significant differences except for haemoglobin, which was found to be higher in male groups.…"

In vitro effects of multi-purpose contact lens disinfecting solutions towards survivability of Acanthamoeba genotype T4 in Malaysia حسب Hussain, Rosnani Hanim Mohd

"…The incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis has been increasing since the previous decades, especially among contact lens users. …"
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Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students حسب Doumit, Rita

"…As scores on resilience, social support and being male increased, the well-being of Lebanese first-time College students also increased. …"
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The Effect of High Dose Isoflavone Supplementation on Serum Reverse T3 in Euthyroid Men With Type 2 Diabetes and Post-menopausal Women حسب Thozhukat Sathyapalan (704787)

"…Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) serum concentrations increased while free thyroxine (fT₄) concentrations decreased with 3 months of SPI compared to SP supplementation for both men and women. rT₃ correlated with TSH in both studies (<i>p</i> = 0.03) but not with either fT₃ or fT₄. fT₃ levels did not differ between the SPI and SP preparations.…"

Old subjects with sepsis in the emergency department: trend analysis of case fatality rate حسب Andrea Fabbri (356760)

"…Over time the incidental admission rate (no. of sepsis-related admissions per 100 total admissions) increased from 4.1% (2009–2010) to 5.4% (2015–2016); P < 0.001, accompanied by a reduced CFR (from 38.0 to 18.4%; P < 0.001). …"

Eradication of hepatitis C virus infection in kidney transplant recipients using direct‐acting antiviral therapy: Qatar experience حسب Mohamad M. Alkadi (14778640)

"…In the pre-direct-acting antiviral (DAA) era, treatment of HCV infection was associated with low response rates, poor tolerance, and increased risk of allograft rejection. However, DAAs have revolutionized HCV treatment. …"

Business Continuity Management Maturity Model for Banks in UAE حسب Mahal, Ashish

"…This led to temporary disruptions in certain areas of organizations that did not have a defined succession plans in place. …"
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