Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan by Mahmoud A. Alomari (14780446)

“…In addition, gender (p < 0.001) is an independent predictor of nighttime sleeping. Being a male is associated with a “decrease” and being a female is associated with an “increase” in nighttime sleeping hours (p < 0.05). …”

Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 by Joan B Soriano (6458528)

“…However, when accounting for ageing and population growth, declines were observed in age-standardised prevalence (14·3% decrease), age-standardised death rates (42·6%), and age-standardised DALY rates (38·2%). …”

Cryomyolysis, a new procedure for the conservative treatment of uterine fibroids by Zreik, Tony

“…Normal uterine volume ranged from 35.6 to 548.7 ml preoperatively and 45.1 to 729.6 ml postoperatively (mean increase 40%); however, myoma volume showed a mean decrease of 6% (range-87-28%). …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Joseph L Ward (9715619)

“…Annual percentage decrease in all-cause mortality rate since 1990 in adolescents aged 15–19 years was 1·3% in males and 1·6% in females, almost half that of males aged 1–4 years (2·4%), and around a third less than in females aged 1–4 years (2·5%). …”

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

“…TAVR was associated with 37% (95% CI [0.51–0.78) mean RR reduction of post-procedural PPM, a decrease that was not affected by the surgical risk at inclusion, neither by the transcatheter heart valve system. …”

Sequential therapy in patients receiving Fluoroquinolones at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001) by Homsi, Maria

“…Date of switch (if applicable), oral antibiotic chosen, mean time to switch, mean hospital duration, and mean treatment duration were also recorded. …”
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Hyper-Hypo study: A Retrospective Observational Study of Neonatal Hypoglycemia Related to Maternal Hypertension by Thiruveni Ramkumar (17075051)

“…However, a sub-group comparison of neonates (with initial blood glucose <2.6 mmol/L) showed methyldopa to be marginally associated with a 2 mmol/L decrease from the mean initial blood glucose, mean 1.6 ± 0.5 mmol/L, and methyldopa (1.4 ± 0.5 mmol/L; p= .045). …”

Student perceptions towards interprofessional education by Zeeni, Nadine

“…After participation in the IPE steps, students showed enhanced readiness for interprofessional learning and differences between genders and professions decreased. Participants were satisfied with the learning experience and assessment scores showed that all IPE learning outcomes were met. …”
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The effect of bullying-themed literature on the bullying behavior of upper elementary students in Lebanon. (c2012) by Bazzy, Anissa

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Optimizing the number of players and training bout durations in soccer small‐sided games: Effects on mood balance and technical performance by Zouhaier Farhani (22330693)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Sixteen semiprofessional male soccer players participated in the study (age: 20.7 ± 0.7 years, height: 179.5 ± 6.1 cm, body mass: 67.2 ± 4.9 kg, body fat: 10.7 ± 0.7%). …”

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

“…Among the 12 highest prevalence countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Sri Lanka, and Yemen), only Yemen had a significant decrease in the prevalence of chewing tobacco use, which was among males between 1990 and 2019 (−0·94% [–1·72 to –0·14]), compared with nine of 12 countries that had significant decreases in the prevalence of smoking tobacco. …”

Alterations in Beta Cell Identity in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…In diabetes, (1) endocrine identity recapitulates the less mature/less-differentiated fetal/neonatal cell type, possibly representing an adaptive mechanism; (2) residual β cells may be altered in their subtype proportions or other molecular features; (3) in humans, “altered identity” is a preferable term to dedifferentiation as their cellular fate (differentiated cells losing identity or progenitors becoming more differentiated) is unclear as yet.…”

Percutaneous Aspiration Irrigation Drainage Technique in the Management of Septic Arthritis in Children by Hayek, Toni

“…Result: Apyrexia was obtained after a mean period of 2 days. The mean draining duration was 4.5 days. …”
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Estimation of Virtual Trust on Driverless Cars using Type-1 Fuzzy logic by Mohamed Kayed Alhyasat, Khaled

“…These vehicles boost confidence, increase road capacity, and decrease traffic accident. The major benefit is a decrease in traffic enforcement, plus self-driving cars consume less fuel than other types of vehicles and don't require auto insurance. …”
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Effect of Crude Oil Products on the Geotechnical Properties of Sandy Soil by Shaheen, Ehab Taher

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Co‐operative learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream and special class settings by Grey, Ian M.

“…Active task engagement was found to remain relatively stable and passive task engagement was found to decrease for one child and remain stable for the other. …”
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Effect of clinical hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism on patent diabetes. 59 cases by Hirbli, K.

“…Following treatment of the hyperthyroidism, control was improved in 63%, with an 11-83% (mean 44%) decrease in insulin dosage in 59% of them. …”
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Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals by Angy, Mallah

“…Knowledge scores were higher among nurses holding a graduate degree (mean = 85; p < 0.05), and those who attended a training course (mean = 79; p < 0.05). …”
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries: a retrospective study by Ahammed Mekkodathil (4578838)

“…Although the rate of fall-related injuries decreased over the years, the average number of patients per year remained high accounting for 32% of the hospitalized patients with moderate to severe injuries. …”

Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm by Abu Zitar, Raed

“…In the DE-based RDH method, finding spaces that create less distortion in the marked image is a significant challenge, and has a high insertion capacity. …”
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