Predictors of prolonged hospitalization among geriatric trauma patients using the modified 5-Item Frailty index in a Middle Eastern trauma center: an 11-year retrospective study by Husham Abdelrahman (768893)

“…Severe frailty significantly predicted longer hospitalization (odds ratio 1.83, <i>p</i> = 0.007).</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">One out of eleven trauma admissions was aged > 55. …”

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

“…Majority of the participants (53–59%) reported an increase in most of the sleep parameters except a decrease (49.1%) in daytime sleep. Age was associated with changes in sleeping disturbances during COVID-19 confinement (p < 0.001). …”

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). …”

A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact by Samer Gowid (15955152)

“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of V_mp by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of I_mp by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”

Impact of Life-coaching on Students' Wellbeing and Engagement Levels in a Preparatory School in Qatar by Abderrahmane Dedeche (20773958)

“…However, the decrease was overall slighter with coaching group students. …”

Ultra-low thermal conductivity in scheelite and A-deficient scheelite ceramics by Bsaibess, Eliane

“…BaMoO ceramic has shown a decrease in thermal conductivity from 0.8 W m K to 0.65 W m K from 400 K to 650 K. …”
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Walking around the preferred speed: examination of metabolic, perceptual, spatiotemporal and stability parameters by Lina Majed (7485380)

“…While metabolic, perceptual and spatiotemporal values were sensitive to the smallest change in speed (i.e., 0.5 km·h⁻¹⁾, a significant increase in the rate of carbohydrate oxidation and decrease in % fat oxidation were only observed at speeds above PWS. …”

Orthodontic camouflage versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical treatment in borderline class III malocclusion: a systematic review by Maged S. Alhammadi (14150757)

“…Regarding the vertical jaw relation, one study reported a significant decrease in mandibular plane inclination in OC and a significant increase in OOS. …”

An Improved Genghis Khan Optimizer based on Enhanced Solution Quality Strategy for Global Optimization and Feature Selection Problems by Abdel-Salam, Mahmoud

“…Feature selection (FS) is the activity of defining the most contributing feature subset among all used features to improve the superiority of datasets with a large number of dimensions by selecting significant features and eliminating redundant and irrelevant ones. Therefore, this process can be seen as an optimization process. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series by Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

“…<p dir="ltr">Globally, Botswana has one of the highest burdens of HIV. This study estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV cascade of care in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”

Oxygen targets following cardiac arrest: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema (16328980)

“…There was no significant difference between the conservative and liberal oxygen target groups regarding the rate of all-cause mortality (RR 0.95, 95% CI: 0.80 to 1.13; I2 = 55%). There were no significant differences between the two groups when assessing favorable neurological outcome (RR 1.01, 95% CI: 0.92 to 1.10; I2 = 4%), NSE at 48 h (MD 0.04, 95% CI: −0.67 to 0.76; I2 = 0%), and ICU length of stay (MD −2.86 days, 95% CI: −8.00 to 2.29 days; I2 = 0%).…”

Central and peripheral muscle fatigue following repeated‐sprint running in moderate and severe hypoxia by Nathan Townsend (14779642)

“…No significant differences between conditions for mean distance occurred in set 2. There was a decrease in maximal voluntary contraction torque (Δ = −31.4 ± 18.0 N m, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and voluntary activation (%VA; Δ = −7.1 ± 5.1%, <i>P</i> = 0.001) from Pre- to Post-set 1, but there was no effect of hypoxia. …”

Performance comparison of different flow arrangements of 4-fluid internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifiers by Ali Pakari (14158902)

“…The two-dimensional variation of the air temperature and humidity ratio in the supply channel showed the importance of using a two-dimensional heat and mass transfer model when at least one of the fluids is in cross-flow with the other fluids. …”

Experimental investigation of double-pipe heat exchangers in air conditioning applications by Saud Ghani (7205633)

“…Double-pipe heat exchangers are considered one of the practical solutions in today’s HVAC industry. …”

Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar by Nayla Higazy (17679453)

“…<p dir="ltr">Qatar is one of the most water stressed countries globally, despite Qatar’s aridity and its lack of freshwater resources, per capita water consumption became one of the highest in the world due to population growth, agricultural expansion, rapid urbanization and industrialization and it is expected to increase in the coming decades. …”

Improving pediatric trauma care: an automated system for wrist trauma detection using GELAN by Promit Basak (22997776)

“…Our proposed framework surpassed the most advanced techniques, showcasing exceptional precision and effectiveness, achieving a mean average precision (mAP50) score of 74.1%, 95%, and 85.5% for Task A (trauma detection), Task B (fracture detection), and Task C (fracture severity detection), respectively. …”

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

“…In our practice, we administer one or two courses of ibuprofen followed by a single course of indomethacin if the PDA has not shown closure or decrease in size on the echocardiogram (echo) exam. …”

The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention by Almonzer Al-Qiami (22393303)

“…No statistically significant difference in mean arterial pressure was observed between the two groups (MD -5.15, 95% CI [-10.38 to 0.08 mmHg], <i>P</i> = 0.09). …”

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

“…Therefore, a reversible data hiding (RDH) technique is required. One of the well-known designs of RDH is the difference expansion (DE) method. …”
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Assessment Tools for Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Is Diaphragmatic Ultrasonography Correlated to Spirometry? by Rim Dhahri (21406871)

“…Spirometry showed a restrictive disorder in 32% of cases. The mean chest expansion (CE) value was 3.9± 1.81cm [range: 1– 9] with a median of 4 cm. …”