Cost-Benefit Analysis of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in the Adult General Medicine Setting in Qatar by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Patient records were retrospectively reviewed during two periods: premature ASP (i.e. the 12 months following ASP implementation (May 2015-April 2016)), and mature ASP (i.e. the last 12 months of a 5-year ASP implementation in Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) (February 2019-January 2020)). …”

CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages by Sooyeon Song (4891132)

“…We show here that the E. coli CRISPR-Cas system is active and serves to inhibit its nine defective (i.e., cryptic) prophages. Specifically, compared to the wild-type strain, reducing the amounts of specific interfering RNAs (crRNA) decreases growth by 40%, increases cell death by 700%, and prevents persister cell resuscitation. …”

Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Adherence to PA guidelines seems to be more related to age, BMI, gender (i.e. higher PA adherence in men vs. women), social support (i.e. social deprivation), dietary habits (i.e. fruit and vegetable intake) and social isolation among the elderly. …”

Responding to Students' Writing in UAE Government Secondary Schools: Teachers' Attitudes and Practices, and Students' Perceptions by Abou Eissa, Aida Fares

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Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe, Torquato

“…A step further is now required to determine whether these platform foundations should be converted to reefs after their decommissioning (i.e., Rigs to Reefs approach).…”
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Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment by Farhat, Peter

“…Second, we propose a K-Means based clustering model embedded within a multi-objective optimization scheme for fog and container placement. …”
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Theoretical insight into effect of cation–anion pairs on CO₂ reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts by Sun Hee Yoon (7179263)

“…The adsorption energy (Eads) and work function (Wf) of the anions increases with decreasing anion size (i.e., Cl⁻ > Br⁻ > I⁻). …”

Microbiota and sensorial attributes of buffalo meat stored under vacuum packaging: combined impact of marination, citrox and oregano essential oil by Tareq Osaili (11550286)

“…<p dir="ltr">The demand for marinated meat and natural antimicrobials has increased in the last decade. This study aimed to examine the antimicrobial and sensorial effects of natural citrox (0.2% v/w) and oregano essential oil (0.1% v/w) or their combination on marinated buffalo meat stored under vacuum at two storage conditions of 4°C and 12°C. …”

Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI by Tasneem Alshamaseen (22392382)

“…The obtained results demonstrate that the adopted system can achieve an acceptable SOP level even with 10% outdated CSI (i.e., <i>ρ</i>=0.9 ). This resilience indicates that the system can reduce channel estimation frequency to reconfigure the RIS, thus decreasing overall system overhead and complexity and improving energy efficiency. …”

Driving against the clock: Investigating the impacts of time pressure on taxi and non-professional drivers’ safety and compliance by Qinaat Hussain (15294164)

“…<p>Drivers often encounter time pressure, which can lead to riskier driving habits, decreased safety margins, and a higher chance of accidents. …”

Quantitative Elastohydrodynamic Film-Forming for an Oil/ Refrigerant System by Bair, Scott

“…It seems that only central film thicknesses have been experimentally measured for oil/refrigerant systems leaving these calculations as the only means of assessing the minimum.…”
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Low Power Wireless Subcutaneous Transmitter by Ali, Mai

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A Scoping Review to Find Out Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Underlying Determinants by Md. Rafiul Biswas (17293966)

“…., MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Google Scholar) were searched to find relevant articles. Intervention- (i.e., COVID-19 vaccine) and outcome- (i.e., hesitancy) related terms were used to search in these databases. …”

Intermittent Fasting Regulates Metabolic Homeostasis and Improves Cardiovascular Health by Rawan Diab (16941484)

“…Notably, IF corrects dyslipidemia, reduces WAT accumulation, and decreases inflammation, which reduces CVD and obesity. …”

Underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in cascade testing for hereditary cancer syndromes by Muhammad Danyal Ahsan (14488278)

“…Cascade testing is critical as relatives found to carry a pathogenic gene variant have the opportunity to pursue targeted cancer risk reduction and early detection, decreasing cancer-associated morbidity and mortality. …”

Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe Torquato (14158845)

“…The lowest number of functional groups occurred in the early ages (2–3 years old), and some groups either increased or decreased their frequency and abundance along the years. …”

Run Rules-Based EWMA Charts for Efficient Monitoring of Profile Parameters by Ali Yeganeh (16624998)

“…The proposed EWMAR chart with run rules exhibits a much better performance in detecting small and decreasing shifts than the other competing charts. Finally, an example from multivariate manufacturing industry is employed to illustrate the superiority of the EWMAR chart with run rules.…”

Annual performance assessment of an off‐grid and self‐sufficient sustainable climate refuge for hot arid climates by Fariha Niaz (14778319)

“…<p></p><div> <p>To overcome the problem of walking in the scorching heat and to encourage people to use more public transport (ie, trams and metros), the idea of sustainable climate refuge shelter is highly needed. …”

Comparative Study of Several Energy Dissipating Devices by Abdul-Latif, Akrum

“…Cylinders of various geometrical parameters (i.e., inside/outside diameter ratios: R = di/do ranging from 0 to 0.473) are used having the same cross-sectional area and length. …”
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Graph-Guided Regularized Regression of Pacific Ocean Climate Variables to Increase Predictive Skill of Southwestern U.S. Winter Precipitation by Tejedor, Alejandro

“…Recently, promising data-driven approaches have been proposed, but they often suffer from overparameterization and overfitting due to the short observational record, and they often do not account for spatiotemporal dependencies among covariates (i.e., predictors such as sea surface temperatures). …”
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