Vitamin K2 supplementation and arterial stiffness among renal transplant recipients—a single-arm, single-center clinical trial حسب Kilany, Hala

"…Supplementation was associated with a 14.2% reduction in mean cfPWV at 8 weeks (cfPWV pre-vitamin K2 = 9.8 ± 2.2 m/s vs. cfPWV post-vitamin K2 = 8.4 ± 1.5 m/s; P < .001). Mean dp-ucMGP concentrations were also significantly reduced by 55.1% following menaquinone-7 supplementation with a reduction in the prevalence of subclinical deficiency by 40% ( P = .001). …"
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Moving towards health promoting schools: Effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve knowledge, attitude and beliefs regarding heart attack, and CPR knowledge in high s... حسب Abdelkhalik, Mohamad

"…Chest pain was the most identified symptom (95%) while abdominal pain was the least identified (14.25%). The intervention significantly increased knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards heart attack, and knowledge of CPR (p<0.001). …"
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Positional and dimensional temporomandibular joint osseous changes in patients treated with the forsus fatigue resistant device: a non-randomized clinical trial حسب Ramy Abdul-Rahman Ishaq (22928974)

"…In the treatment group, condylar width decreased significantly by 0.52 ± 0.92 mm, in contrast to an increase of 0.17 ± 0.35 mm in the control group (<i>P</i> = 0.010). …"

Characterization of the potency and mechanism of action of a novel dual-selective intermolecularly complemented version of Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PAU2R200A- PAL1I207R/FP59) in Acute... حسب Farhat, Mirna

"…Finally, while IMC/LF treatment did not affect the expression of any of the proteases tested (uPAR, MMP2, and MMP9), treatment with IMC/FP59 did affect their expression with significant cytotoxic responses seen only in cells whose uPAR expression was not affected at any time point post-treatment. …"
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Nexus between foreign remittances and poverty alleviation: Empirical investigation of Tajikistan from Central Asia حسب Farrukh Nawaz (17986582)

"…<p dir="ltr">Remittances have become an increasingly important source of external financing for the low-income countries of Central Asia. …"

Redefining Luxury in the Circular Economy حسب Alalwani, Ulla

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Drivers obesity and road crash risks in the United States حسب Junaid Ahmad Bhatti (366799)

"…Compared to non-obese controls, obese drivers had significantly higher risks for fatality (1.10≤aOR≤1.47), seat-belt non-use (1.00≤aOR≤1.21), need for extrication (1.01≤aOR≤1.23), and ambulance transport time ≥30min (1.01≤aOR≤1.28). …"

Age, Disease Severity and Ethnicity Influence Humoral Responses in a Multi-Ethnic COVID-19 Cohort حسب Muneerah Smith (12542939)

"…A significant increase in antibody titer and epitope coverage was observed with increasing age, in both mild and severe disease, which is promising for vaccine efficacy in older individuals. …"

Modulation of Human Valve Interstitial Cell Phenotype and Function Using a Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Formulation حسب Najma Latif (250130)

"…Aspect ratio and size were both significantly higher in DMEM (p<0.01). The level of expression of α-SMA was significantly reduced in fibroblast media at day 2 after isolation (p<0.01) and the expression of α-SMA, SM22 and EDA-fibronectin was significantly reduced in fibroblast media at days 7 and 12 post-isolation (p<0.01). …"

Short Term Fluctuations in the CEO Effect: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis حسب Haj Youssef, Moustafa

"…In particular, we use the 2008 global financial crisis to investigate how the CEO effect changed from the pre-crisis period, over the crisis period, to the post-crisis period. Using mixed effect modeling with crossed and nested factors, we find that the CEO effect significantly drops from the pre-crisis to the crisis period, but increases again to pre-crisis levels in the post-crisis period. …"
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Resource allocation and reallocation techniques in high-level synthesis with testability constraint حسب Harmanani, Haidar M.

"…Thus, the design is testable by construction and there is no need for the traditional post-design test insertion methods. The most significant aspect of this work is that it covers the void between the fields of high-level synthesis and design for testability. …"
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Novel Thermo-Halotolerant Bacteria <i>Bacillus cabrialesii </i>Native to Qatar Desert: Enhancing Seedlings’ Growth, Halotolerance, and Antifungal Defense in Tomato حسب Fatma Masmoudi (16819554)

"…Particularly,<i> Bacillus cabrialesii</i> strain HB7 displayed interesting potential to eradicate gray mold disease on post-harvested tomato fruits <i>Solanum lycopersicum var.…"

How FIFA World Cup 2022™ can meet the carbon neutral commitments and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?: Reflections from the tree nursery project in Qatar... حسب Ioannis Spanos (2086933)

"…Tree nurseries with stress-tolerant variants play a significant role in cutting the excess emissions from Qatar 2022, thereby supporting long-term sustainable development. …"

The effects of Organisational Ambidexterity and New Public Management on Public Sector Service Quality through Service Innovation حسب ALKAABI, SEEMA SAADY

"…However, this relationship was not significant with exploration and NPM. Furthermore, the post hoc analysis revealed that service innovation fully mediates the relationship between exploration, NPM and service quality. …"
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Exploring Effects of Mental Stress with Data Augmentation and Classification Using fNIRS حسب Khan, Malik Nasir Afzal

"…Notably, after augmenting the data with DCGAN, the classification accuracy increases dramatically to 96%. In the time series data, statistically significant differences were noticed in the data before and after BB stimulation, which showed an improvement in the brain state, in line with the classification results. …"
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Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon حسب Djoundourian, Salpie

"…The stochastic production and cost function estimates show that bank level inefficiency effects decreases with time and increases with number of branches, employees per branch, and ratio of staff to operating expenses.…"
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Impact of COVID-19 related home confinement measures on the lifestyle, body weight, and perceived glycemic control of diabetics حسب Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Over 40% of the participants reported unhealthy dietary changes. We found a significant increase in the sitting/reclining, and screen times. …"

Temporal patterns of cancer burden in Asia, 1990–2019: a systematic examination for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study حسب Rajesh, Sharma

"…Between 1990 and 2019, deaths due to 17 of the 29 cancers either doubled or more, and 20 of the 29 cancers underwent an increase of 150% or more in terms of new cases. Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer (both sexes), breast cancer (among females), colon and rectum cancer (both sexes), stomach cancer (both sexes) and prostate cancer (among males) were among top-5 cancers in most Asian countries in terms of ASIR and ASMR in 2019 and cancers of liver, stomach, hodgkin lymphoma and esophageal cancer posted the most significant decreases in age-standardized rates between 1990 and 2019. …"
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Clinical reappraisal of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.3 in Qatar's National Mental Health Study حسب Salma M. Khaled (13847737)

"…Recalibration of the short‐form PCL‐5 removed an initially significant difference in PTSD prevalence with the full PCL‐5 (from X²₁= 610.5, <i>p</i> < 0.001 to X²₁= 2.5, <i>p</i> = 0.110) while also increasing AU‐ROC from 0.76 to 0.81.…"

Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling حسب Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh

"…Even though initially, WTS decreased anxiety-like behaviors it was found that prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. …"
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