Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight حسب Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

"…Participants reported increased sitting/reclining time (1.94 h/day mean increase), screen times (2.05 h/day mean increase) with p < 0.001, and decreased exercise time (0.11 h/day mean reduction) with p < 0.001. …"

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). …"

Functionalization of reverse osmosis membrane with graphene oxide to reduce both membrane scaling and biofouling حسب Mohammad Y. Ashfaq (14152290)

"…After functionalization, the membrane surface properties were improved as the water contact angle was reduced from 41.7 ± 4.5⁰ to 26.9 ± 0.9⁰ demonstrating improvement in hydrophilic properties besides decreasing membrane surface roughness. Membrane scaling tests were done in the presence of CaSO4 solution at 20 mM concentration as feedwater showed that the modified membranes (GO@RO) had superior anti-scaling properties. …"

Modeling the risk-based decisions of the microgrid in day-ahead energy and reserve markets considering stochastic dispatching of electrical and thermal energy storages حسب Salah Bahramara (21347576)

"…Also, the risk-based behavior of the MGO showed that increasing the robust parameter decreases the reserve provided for the market and the net power trading with the market. …"

Life cycle assessment of binary recycled ceramic tile and recycled brick waste-based geopolymers حسب Namra Mir (17017734)

"…<p dir="ltr">This paper consists of a life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis on an experimental study to produce recycled brick waste (RBW) and recycled ceramic tile (RCT) based geopolymers. The LCA analysis is done following ISO 14040 standards on GaBi software for geopolymers produced with different ingredients ratios and curing types/regimes. …"

Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study حسب Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel (18055382)

"…Higher levels of anger, depression, and general anxiety were prevalent among 1.3% (n=84), 3.9% (n=260), and 1.6% (n=104) of participants, respectively. The mean score for the emotional constructs anger and depression decreased with increased compliance with regulations (<i>P</i>=.04 and <i>P</i>=.11, respectively). …"

Writing and publishing language studies in the Arab region [Khitabaat Journal] حسب Emad Abdul-latif (21841985)

"…Klein starts from an implicit assumption that writing and reading are individual activities and suggests that (individual) writers must decrease their production to enable their (individual) readers to read it. …"

Topical Vancomycin for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection after Craniotomy: Meta-analysis and Systematic Literature Review حسب Ahmed Saleh (3150639)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Three observational retrospective cohort studies and 1 prospective controlled cohort study were identified, comparing the incidence of surgical site infection after 605 craniotomies in which topical vancomycin was used and after 716 craniotomies in which no such intervention was done. Meta-analysis showed that topical vancomycin decreased incidence of cSSIs (OR 0.13; 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.43).…"

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... حسب Michael, Brauer

"…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. …"
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Does standalone phacoemulsification lower intraocular pressure in glaucomatous eyes? A systematic review and meta-analysis حسب Osama Hussein (21301202)

"…In ACG patients, the pooled effect showed a percentage of IOP reduction (IOPR%) of 35.22% with a mean IOP reduction of −9.51 mmHg, <i>p</i>< 0.001 at 12 months, and an IOPR% of 27.47% with a mean reduction of −6.37 mmHg, <i>p</i> < 0.001 at 24 months. …"

Effectiveness of external myofascial mobilisation in the management of male chronic pelvic pain of muscle spastic type: A retrospective study حسب M. S Ajimsha (21250760)

"…The mean (SD) NIH-CPSI score at initial evaluation was 29.41 (8.3) and decreased to 9.14 (3.45) after the fifth visit. …"

Stochastic Programming for Hub Energy Management Considering Uncertainty Using Two-Point Estimate Method and Optimization Algorithm حسب Ali S. Alghamdi (17541711)

"…<p dir="ltr">To maximize energy profit with the participation of electricity, natural gas, and district heating networks in the day-ahead market, stochastic scheduling of energy hubs taking into account the uncertainty of photovoltaic and wind resources, has been carried out. This has been done using a new meta-heuristic algorithm, improved artificial rabbits optimization (IARO). …"

A Case Study to Identify the Hindrances to Widespread Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Qatar حسب Amith Khandakar (14151981)

"…<p dir="ltr">The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) have proven to be a crucial factor to decreasing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. …"

Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors حسب Mustafa Almallah (17280568)

"…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. Moreover, designing high quality and resolution scenarios could also increase SP, thus decreasing the severity of SS symptoms. …"

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses حسب Merilyn Lock (9440240)

"…Data were sub-grouped for men and women, baseline training level, mean age, intervention type, and intervention length. …"

Turkronicles: diachronic resources for the fast evolving Turkish language حسب Togay Yazar (22828175)

"…Despite the substantial vocabulary changes, we demonstrate that it is possible to identify old Turkish words that have the same meanings with newly coined ones using word embeddings. …"

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Stein Emil, Vollset

"…All analyses were done at the cause-specific level so that only risk factors deemed causal by the GBD comparative risk assessment influenced future trajectories of mortality for each disease. …"
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Drying Studies of Purple Non-Sulphur Bacterial Biomass and Application as a Single-Cell Protein Feed for <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i> حسب Asifa Anwar (20884229)

"…After the drying study, the PNSB biomass was mixed at different ratios (0, 15, 30, 45, and 60%) with commercial feed (control). A 35-day trial was done to analyze the diets’ impact on shrimp growth and mortality. …"

Fluid-Structure-Acoustic coupling analysis for external laminar and turbulent fluid flows حسب Tohid, Adibi

"…The results indicate that the transmission loss is 27% more at the elastic plate’s highest position. By decreasing the length of the elastic plate by 50%, the mean transmission loss is reduced by 9%. …"
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A new perspective on cardiovascular drift during prolonged exercise حسب Amine Souissi (9931616)

"…<p dir="ltr">Prolonged exercise induces cardiovascular drift, which is characterized by decreasing mean arterial pressure (MAP), stroke volume and heart rate increase. …"