Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors by Mustafa Almallah (17280568)

“…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. Moreover, designing high quality and resolution scenarios could also increase SP, thus decreasing the severity of SS symptoms. …”

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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Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Improvements at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years—Are the Initial Benefits Sustained? by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…Mean HbA1c significantly decreased from 8.1%preop to 6.77%_{year 9}. …”

Forecast of the outbreak of COVID-19 using artificial neural network: Case study Qatar, Spain, and Italy by Moayyad Shawaqfah (17280637)

“…The model sensitivity was analyzed using the root mean square error (RMSE), the mean absolute percentage error and the regression coefficient index R2, which yielded highly accurate values of the predicted correlation for the infected and dead cases of 0.99 for the dates considered. …”

Machine Learning and Carbonate Reservoirs : A Production Data Perspective on Permeability Modelling by Mohamad Faysal Baalbaki (21547373)

“…</p><p dir="ltr">The ANN was rigorously tested, showing remarkable accuracy with the highest mean squared error (MSE) being 7.02 and the lowest MSE being 1.19, demonstrating its capability of modeling permeability. …”

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. …”

Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems Adoption Using a Sequential Mixed Methods Approach in Qatar by Omar Alrawi (18060856)

“…Solar energy technologies continue to decrease in cost and increase efficiency. Solar energy possesses the potential to fulfill the entire world's energy demand adequately and become the energy source of the future. …”

Mixed precision iterative refinement with adaptive precision sparse approximate inverse preconditioning by Noaman Khan (19810050)

“…<p dir="ltr">Hardware trends have motivated the development of mixed precision algorithms in numerical linear algebra, which aim to decrease runtime while maintaining acceptable accuracy. …”

Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad Alsamara (17823668)

“…This study utilizes the nonlinear augmented mean group method to explore the possible asymmetric impact of remittance outflows on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for the period of 2000–2019. …”

Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…This study utilizes the nonlinear augmented mean group method to explore the possible asymmetric impact of remittance outflows on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for the period of 2000–2019. …”
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Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals by Angy Mallah (17831954)

“…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). …”

Mortality and socio-economic outcomes among patients hospitalized for stroke and diabetes in the US: a recent analysis from the National Inpatient Sample by Aya Tabbalat (14150019)

“…In those patients, the mean (SD) age slightly decreased from 70 (13) years to 69 (13) years (p-trend < 0.001). …”

Past, present and future global mangrove primary productivity by Mark Chatting (5728340)

“…The models showed a slight global decrease in NPP of approximately 1.4 %, from 239.2 ± 87.6 Tg yr⁻¹ (1980–1990) to 235.9 ± 81.9 Tg yr−1 (2085–2094). …”

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

“…</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>Conservative oxygen therapy did not decrease mortality, improve neurologic recovery, or decrease ICU LOS as compared to a liberal oxygen regimen. …”

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). …”

Investigation of Groundwater Depletion in the State of Qatar and Its Implication to Energy Water and Food Nexus by Hazrat Bilal (7367477)

“…Long-term temperature data indicates that the annual mean temperature increased significantly by 1.02 °C between 1987 and 2016, while total rainfall exhibited a slight decreasing trend. …”

Hardware Trojan Mitigation Technique in Network-on-Chip (NoC) by Musharraf Hussain (17541498)

“…<div><p>Due to globalization in the semiconductor industry, malevolent modifications made in the hardware circuitry, known as hardware Trojans (HTs), have rendered the security of the chip very critical. Over the years, many methods have been proposed to detect and mitigate these HTs in general integrated circuits. …”

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)

“…However, there was a significant decrease in postoperative flexion in the ACL and ALL reconstruction group by a mean of 22° (95% CI − 40.7 − 3.4; P = 0.02) at 6 weeks compared to ACLR alone, which was not evident on later follow-ups.…”

Assessment Tools for Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Is Diaphragmatic Ultrasonography Correlated to Spirometry? by Rim Dhahri (21406871)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The mean age of the study participants (N= 50) was 42.7± 11 years [range: 25– 66] with male predominance (N= 41). …”

Evapotranspiration and water availability response to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa by Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

“…Meanwhile, the actual evapotranspiration (AET) has been projected to increase by up to 0.3 (~0.2) mm per year before 2050 (2100). The trends in both projections (PET and AET) are exaggerated under SSP5-8.5. …”