Gestational Diabetes in the Gulf Region: Streamlining care to optimise outcome by Gbemisola Okunoye (19772769)

“…<p dir="ltr">The burden of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has notably been on the increase in many countries. This observed trend feeds into the growing problem of obesity and type 2 diabetes, especially in regions with higher background prevalence of diabetes such as the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC). …”

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

“…For example, overexpression of α cell specific transcription factor Arx or ablation of Pdx1 resulted in an increase of α cell numbers and a decrease in β cell numbers in rodents. …”

Mitigating soil water deficit using organic waste compost and commercial water retainer: a comparative study under semiarid conditions by Hatem Zgallai (17792567)

“…Infrared thermal imaging showed that canopy temperature was lower in presence of both amendments while dry biomass yield increased by 38% when water supply was limited. Nevertheless, the long-term sustainability of the soil system appears to be better maintained in the presence of the organic waste compost. …”

Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Abeer A Omar (21623774)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 825 participants with mean age 29.2 years (5.9) of which 365 (44.2%) were males. …”

Using primary healthcare facilities and patients’ expectations about triage system: Patients’ perspective from multisite Jordanian hospitals by Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr"> Using primary healthcare facilities can decrease the tension and workload in emergency departments (EDs). …”

The Economic Impact of Optimizing a COVID-19 Management Protocol in Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease Patients by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…In the critically ill patients, however, the cost increased from QAR202,094 (USD 55,505) to QAR292,856 (USD 80,433) per patient, with added cost of QAR90,762 (USD 24,928). …”

Joint energy-distortion aware algorithms for cooperative video streaming over LTE networks by Yaacoub, Elias

“…Furthermore, MDC is shown to outperform SDC in terms of QoS, at the cost of a slight increase in energy consumption. …”
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The growth of Sunni subgroup, extremist actors in Lebanon 2011-2014. (c2016) by Nelson, Geoffrey

“…This thesis approximates some historical mid-term and more immediate Contextual factors that may have contributed to an enabling context for the Increase and escalation of tactics into violence and terrorism where applicable. …”
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Chemotherapy prior to Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases: Helpful until Harmful? by Abdalla, Eddie K.

“…Steatohepatitis is associated with irinotecan therapy and an increased risk for liver failure and death after hepatic resection. …”
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Dietary Curcumin Nanoparticles Improve Growth Performance, Oxidative Status and Immune Response of European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus Labrax</i>) by Albandari Bin-Ammar (16381128)

“…Growth performance (final body weight (FBW), daily weight gain (DWG), weight gain (WG), relative growth rate (RGR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER)) and feed uptake (feed conversion rate (FCR)) were improved significantly in CURNPs (100 and 150 mg/ kg)-supplemented groups. …”

Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population by Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella

“…People with T2DM showed a significant decrease in HDL-C levels. A strong correlation of overall hyperlipidemia with the diabetes affection status was shown (p < 0.0001). …”
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An Analysis of Thermal Comfort at the School Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study of the American School of Creative Science, Dubai, UAE by ABU-QULBAIN, LANA

“…The enhanced outcome was evaluated against the initial one, using PET (physiological equivalent temperature), revealing that shade separately had the highest impact on its corresponding location with a decrease of up to 16% in PET, but no decrease to the overall PET of the microclimate. …”
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Redox Homeostasis and Inflammation Responses to Training in Adolescent Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Evdokia Varamenti (8154642)

“…</p><h3>Objectives</h3><p dir="ltr">To search redox homeostasis variables’ and inflammatory mediators’ responses in juvenile athletes following short- or long-term training periods and examine the effect size of those variations to training paradigms.…”

Dynamic and multi-stage capacity expansion planning in microgrid integrated with electric vehicle charging station by Hasan Mehrjerdi (16869957)

“…<p dir="ltr">This paper investigates the long-term dynamic capacity expansion planning in the microgrids. …”

Direct assembly process by Akle, Barbar J.

“…Decreasing viscosity and increasing polarity and content of the diluent were demonstrated to increase the strain rate of an IPT. …”
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Antihypertensive agents: a long way to safe drug prescribing in children by Nida Siddiqi (14150598)

“…<p>Recently updated clinical guidelines have highlighted the gaps in our understanding and management of pediatric hypertension. With increased recognition and diagnosis of pediatric hypertension, the use of antihypertensive agents is also likely to increase. …”

From Integrity to Inflation: Ethical and Unethical Citation Practices in Academic Publishing by Vagelis Plevris (14158863)

“…However, the pressure to increase these counts has led to unethical practices such as citation inflation through manipulation. …”

A comprehensive review of metal-based redox flow batteries: progress and perspectives by Aromal Ashok (21633119)

“…Most of the recent research activities are focused on the discovery of new materials to increase RFBs’ energy storage-release performance with long-term stable operations suitable for implementation in mobile devices. …”

Cost recovery evaluation of Al Ain construction and demolition waste treatment plant by Taher, Ibrahim Abdulmajid Ibrahim

“…The rapid urban growth and economic development in Abu Dhabi Emirate has resulted in extreme increase in the daily generation of waste quantity. …”
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Assessing and mitigating overheating risk in existing Canadian school buildings under extreme current and future climates by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…With climate change and the increase in the intensity and severity of heatwaves, it has become important to investigate overheating in buildings. …”
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