Development and validity of the ‘Modified Mediterranean Prime Screen’ to assess dietary intake among women of reproductive age in Lebanon by Assaad, Mariam

“…The Mediterranean Region registers an increasing prevalence of obesity. The region lacks a diet screener to assess obesogenic nutrients. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Role of neoadjuvant treatment in clinical T2N0M0 oesophageal cancer by Markar, Sheraz R.

“…After adjustment on propensity score and confounding factors, for all patients and subset analysis of squamous cell and adenocarcinoma, neoadjuvant therapy had no significant effect upon survival or recurrence (overall, loco-regional, distant or mixed) compared to surgery alone. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Strong association of common variants in the IGF2BP2 gene with type 2 diabetes in Lebanese Arabs by Nemr, Rita

“…Taking the common rs4402960/rs1470579 GA haplotype as reference, multivariate analysis confirmed the positive association of TC (P = 0.009; OR, 1.43; 95%CI, 1.09–1.87), and TA (P < 0.001; OR = 5.49; 95%CI = 2.09–14.39) haplotypes with increased T2DM risk. These differences remained significant after applying the Bonferroni correction for multiple testing. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis with placement of self-expandable metallic stents by Azar, Riad R.

“…Limitations: Retrospective design. Conclusion: After we controlled for confounding variables, the frequency of PEP was significantly higher with placement of a SEMS compared with a PS. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

A new concept to achieve optimal weight gain in malnourished infants on total parenteral nutrition by Abi Nader, Elie

“…Background Infants with intestinal failure (IF) are at increased risk of malnutrition and require adapted nutrition support. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Persistent multifocal pseudo‐conduction blocks in vasculitic neuropathy without antiganglioside antibodies by Ahdab, Rechdi

“…A clinical case characterized by multifocal CBs that were observed several years after an initial episode of vasculitic neuropathy was recently reported. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

An overview of cluster-based image search result organization: background, techniques, and ongoing challenges by Tekli, Joe

“…Digital photographs and visual data have become increasingly available, especially on the Web considered as the largest image database to date. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Extended hepatectomy in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies with and without preoperative portal vein embolization by Abdalla, Eddie

“…The FLR at presentation was significantly smaller in patients who underwent PVE than in patients who did not undergo PVE (18% vs 23%; P<.001). After PVE, FLR volumes increased significantly (P = .003); preoperative FLR volumes were similar in both groups (patients who underwent PVE, 25%; and patients who did not undergo PVE, 23%). …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Lebanese Cannabis Oil Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by Lteif, Anthony

“…WEHI-3 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of COE to determine the IC50 after 24, 48 and 72-hours post treatment. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Association Between Hypothyroidism and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study in the United States by Hassan, Manal M.

“…A long-term history of hypothyroidism (>10 years) was associated with a statistically significant high risk of HCC in women; after adjusting for demographic factors, diabetes, hepatitis, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and family history of cancer, the odds ratio (OR) was 2.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-6.3). …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Impact of seafood and fruit consumption on bone mineral density by Zalloua, Pierre A.

“…Multiple regression models were used to assess the relationships among dietary variables and BMD, after adjusting for age, BMI (body mass index), weight, occupation, smoking status, and alcohol consumption. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Identifying the role of vision transformer for skin cancer—A scoping review by Sulaiman Khan (12585349)

“…The review searched online repositories such as IEEE Xplore, Scopus, Google Scholar, and PubMed to retrieve relevant articles. After screening and pre-processing, 28 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included.…”

Stability enhancement of Al₂O₃, ZnO, and TiO₂ binary nanofluids for heat transfer applications by Ans Ahmed Memon (21633692)

“…Initially, deionized water was used as base fluid for stability analysis, but nanoparticles agglomerate within after 5 h. Second, alkaline water was selected as base fluid at different pHs ranging from 7 to 14 to analyze the stability of the nanofluids. …”

Self-Reported Sleep and Exercise Patterns in Patients with Schizophrenia: a Cross-Sectional Comparative Study by Nancy Kiwan (12451992)

“…Multinomial regression showed that patients with schizophrenia have higher odds of sleeping more than 8 h even after controlling for the intake of antipsychotics, age, gender, smoking status, and other confounding factors.…”

Exendin-4 alleviates steatosis in an in vitro cell model by lowering FABP1 and FOXA1 expression via the Wnt/-catenin signaling pathway by Olfa Khalifa (10914452)

“…Interestingly, the silencing of β-catenin with siRNA abolished the effect of Ex-4 on these genes, suggesting dependency on the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Additionally, after β-catenin silencing, OA treatment significantly increased the expression of nuclear transcription factors SREBP-1 and TCF4, whereas Ex-4 significantly decreased this upregulation. …”

Lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in Qatar's national mental health study by Salma Mawfek Khaled (14159013)

“…Lifetime treatment among those with a lifetime disorder were 59.9% for non‐healthcare and 63.5% for healthcare; it was 68.1% for any anxiety and 80.1% for any mood disorder after 50 years of onset. Younger cohorts and later age of onset were significantly predictors of treatment.…”

Cadmium-induced endothelial dysfunction mediated by asymmetric dimethylarginine by Hamda A. Al-Naemi (14151675)

“…<p dir="ltr">Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring toxic heavy metal with no known essential biological functions. Exposure to Cd increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by disrupting vascular homeostasis at the endothelium. …”

A novel AI approach for optimal deployment of EV fast charging station and reliability analysis with solar based DGs in distribution network by Fareed Ahmad (134672)

“…Furthermore, including FCSs in the electricity distribution network increases the energy demand from the electrical grid. …”

Crunching the numbers of food poisoning in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…It occurs by eating contaminated food and results in diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The condition is usually self-limiting, requiring only adequate rehydration without the need for antibiotic treatment. …”

Unplanned Extubation by Linda Ibrahim (17075086)

“…UE was associated with increased activity of the child and followed by 31.4% secondary to handling of patient or the ETT handling by staff. …”