Case report: Safety and efficacy of voxelotor in a patient with sickle cell disease and stage IV chronic kidney disease by Awni Alshurafa (15468195)

“…Herein we report a 49-year-old man, with sickle cell disease and stage IV chronic kidney disease, who was managed successfully with voxelotor and resulted in decreasing transfusion requirement and vaso-occlusive painful crisis without affecting kidney function.…”

Lacertus fibrosus release in proximal median nerve entrapment- a systematic review by Qutaiba N. M. Shah Mardan (20884597)

“…A significant improvement was reported in postoperative quick DASH (mean = 24 points), work DASH (mean = 28.8 points), and activity DASH (mean = 44.8 points). …”

Insulin Inertia Among People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Qatar: The INERT‐Q Study by Mohammed Bashir (5593550)

“…The mean HbA1C at the time of insulin initiation was 10.4 ± 2.1%. …”

Why do some countries produce more capital intensive output than others? by Toukan, Amjad

“…The relationship remains positive and statistically significant even after controlling for the value of human capital, the value of the capital stock, primary school and secondary school enrolment, a measure of financial development, the number of employees, the average wage per employee, and whether a country is an oil producer. …”
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Hypoxic Stress Induces Complement-Mediated Lysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Downregulating Factor H and CD59 by Ramada R. Khaswaneh (22224544)

“…Severe hypoxia found to decrease the survival chances of MSCs after transplantation; however, little is known about the impact of severe hypoxia on modulating the complement system activity and its effect on MSCs survival. …”

Short-term outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with or without lateral tenodesis or anterolateral ligament reconstruction: a retrospective cohort by Ashraf T. Hantouly (14150319)

“…The secondary outcomes were the ACL Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) scores, pivot shift grade, subjective knee stability, and subjective pain on activity.…”

A customised fetal growth and birthweight standard for Qatar: a population-based cohort study by Thomas Farrell (3933833)

“…The main pathological factors were preexisting diabetes (increase by +175.7 g) and smoking (decrease by −190.9 g). The SGA and LGA rates in the entire cohort after applying the population-specific customized centiles were 11.1 and 12.2 %, respectively (contrasting with the Hadlock standard: SGA-26.3 % and LGA-1.8 %, and Fenton standard: SGA-12.9 % and LGA-4.0 %).…”

Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in amblyopia as measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography by Al-Haddad, Christiane E.

“…The mean macular thickness was significantly increased in the amblyopic (273.8 μm) vs fellow eyes (257.9 μm), p=0.001. …”
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Predictors of Mortality in Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Regardless of Early Left Ventricular Unloading: A National Experience by Alaa Rahhal (14150403)

“…Most of the patients were male (90%) with a mean age of 53±11 years. Around 67% were Asian. The majority of patients were admitted with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (87%) with 26% presenting with left main (LM) disease. …”

Early results of total hip arthroplasty using dual-mobility cup in patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Assi, Chahine

“…Results: The mean age of the included patients was 54.9 years. …”
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Population Reference Values for Serum Methylmalonic Acid Concentrations and Its Relationship with Age, Sex, Race-Ethnicity, Supplement Use, Kidney Function and Serum Vitamin B12 in... by Vijay Ganji (8710491)

“…Serum MMA concentrations begin to rise at the age of 18–20 years and continue to rise afterwards. Age-related increase in serum MMA concentration is likely to be due to a concomitant decline in kidney function and vitamin B-12 status.…”

Qatari Genotype May Contribute to Complications in Type 2 Diabetes by Youssra Dakroury (9991407)

“…<p dir="ltr">Objective. There is increasing evidence of a strong genetic component in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) that may contribute to diabetes complications. …”

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

“…AFM results demonstrated that GO addition increased the roughness of membrane; while with rGO-DDA addition the surface became smoother. …”

Optical pavement treatments and their impact on speed and lateral position at transition zones: A driving simulator study by Qinaat Hussain (15294164)

“…These innovative measures aim to produce the impression of increased speed that could stimulate drivers to better adapt speed limits. …”

Vectors and Vector-borne diseases in Qatar: epidemiology and key challenges by Devendra Bansal (255958)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 4,092 and 166 cases of malaria and dengue fever were respectively reported during the study period. The mean incidence of malaria and dengue was estimated to be 13.5/100,000 and 0.7/100,000 population, respectively. …”

Predicting Hypoglycemia in Diabetic Patients using Machine Learning Techniques by Eljil, Khuloud Abdel Aziz Safi

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Subjective Evaluation of UAE inhabitant’s perceptions of their Residential & Commercial Indoor Environments by Raipancholia, Dipti M

“…By calculations of Average, Standard deviation, Mean and P-values, it was found that in Residential Environments; Gender caused differences in perception of Thermal Comfort and Levels of Productivity. …”
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Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response by Alexander S. Atkin (18520107)

“…This prospective, case–control study enrolled 23 T2D patients and 23 control subjects who underwent hyperinsulinemic-induced hypoglycemia (≤ 2.0 mmol/L (36 mg/dl)) with blood sampling at baseline, at hypoglycemia and after a 24-h post-hypoglycemia follow-up period. …”

Online Monitoring of Outdoor Non-Ceramic Insulators by Shurrab, Ibrahim Yehia

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Top Concerns of Tweeters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study by Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900)

“…The mean for tweet topics of account followers ranged from 2722 (increased racism) to 13,413 (economic losses). …”