Trends and Appropriateness of Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors Use in Qatar by Zaghloul, Nancy

“…Male gender (odds ratio [OR], 1.692; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.015 to 2.822; P=0.044), patients with a baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7% (OR, 3.219; 95% CI, 1.838 to 5.637; P<0.001) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) (OR, 2.182; 95% CI, 1.053 to 4.523), patients on metformin (OR, 7.556; 95% CI, 4.460 to 12.802; P<0.001), sulfonylureas (OR, 2.301; 95% CI, 1.160 to 4.563; P=0.017), and dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4is) (OR, 3.430; 95% CI, 2.004 to 5.871; P<0.001) were more likely to be prescribed a SGLT2i. …”
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Utilizing Recycled Polypropylene Fibers as Reinforcement for Concrete Beams by Bendjillali, Khadra

“…The fiber's diameter varies between 0.7 and 0.9mm. The various fiber content ratios tested in this investigation are 0.25, 0.5 and 1%. …”
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Tribological studies of nanomodified mineral based multi-grade engine oil by Laad, M.

“…Tests were carried under loads of 40N, 60N and 90N at sliding speeds 0.5 m/s, 1.0 m/s and 1.5 m/s. Nanoparticle concentration in the mineral oil was taken as 1.5 wt%. …”
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The Association between Zinc and Copper and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults by Al Kudsi, Dana Samir

“…0.001) and MetS (5.570; p?0.01). These findings suggest that high Cu levels are associated with a protective effect on DBP, HDL, and MetS and that high plasma Zn/Cu ratio is associated with the risk of low HDL and MetS. …”
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Flow and Fracture Behaviour of Tungsten Fiber Reinforced Superalloy Composites-Effect Of Specimen Geometry by Kandeil, A. Y.

“…The aspect ratio (wo/ho) of test blanks was made to vary between 0.3 and 3, loading being always normal to the direction of wire alignment. …”
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Covid-19 pandemic and quality of life among Romanian athletes by Cosma, Germina Alina

“…Trait anxiety has an increasing effect on the intensity of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 0.23, CI 95% (.10, 0.35), Z = 3.56, p < 0.01, and the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has a decreasing effect on quality of life, −0.47, CI 95% (−0.67, −0.27), Z = −4.62, p < 0.01. …”
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Physico-mechanical Properties of Sustainable Building Material Based Gypsum and Recycled Polyethylene Waste by Amina, Djoudi

“…Results proved the positive effect of the introducing of PET particles in the matrix of gypsum mortar, the lightening of this material but a decrease of mechanical properties was recorded comparing in to reference without polyethylene particles. …”
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Sea water salinity detection using circular fringes formation based on diffraction of laser light by Ali H.

“…As the NaCl solution concentration increases from 0% to 9% (0 g/l - 90 g/I), the radius of the outer most circular fringe decreases from 16.95 mm to 16.45 mm and the refractive index increases from 1.333 to 1.373. …”
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Regulation of NKG2D by RKIP: Implications on NK-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production by Galal, Youssef

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Thermoelectric properties of SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 for thermoelectric devices and alternative energy applications by Bilal, M.

“…The maximum values of thermal conductivity are 92×1014 W/m K s and 88×1014 W/m K s for SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 respectively at a temperature of 900 K. The peak values of 5×1020/Ω m s and 5.2×1020/Ω m s are achieved for n-type SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 respectively at a temperature of 300 K. …”
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Functionalization of silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles as powerful demulsifier to recover oil from oil-in-water emulsion by Elmobarak W.F.

“…Increasing the water salinity from 0.1 to 0.5 M slightly improved the %Soil for the tests carried out with a Doil of 100 mg/L to 93.3%, 90.3%, and 86.3% for Fe–Si-2, Fe–Si-3, and FeSi-4, respectively. …”
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Basin of Attraction through Invariant Curves and Dominant Functions by Alsharawi, Ziyad

“…We study a second-order difference equation of the form z<inf>n+1</inf> = z<inf>n</inf> F (z<inf>n-1</inf>) + h, where both F (z) and z F (z) are decreasing. We consider a set of invariant curves at h = 1 and use it to characterize the behaviour of solutions when h > 1 and when 0 < h < 1. …”
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Structural influence of chromium substituted magnetite ferrofluids on the optical and antibacterial characteristics by Babukutty, B.

“…As the composition of Cr increases from x = 0.2 to x = 0.8, the crystalline size decreases reaching a minimum value of 9 nm. …”
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Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Harfouche, Manale

“…Seroprevalence has decreased in recent decades with an ARR of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97–0.99) per year. …”
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment by Firas, Feki

“…Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis biomass, sonication pretreatment using specific energy of 1.6 kJ/g VS significantly improved specific methane production by 60.5%. However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …”
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment by Firas, Feki

“…Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis biomass, sonication pretreatment using specific energy of 1.6 kJ/g VS significantly improved specific methane production by 60.5%. However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …”
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In patients with Chronic Heart Failure Which Polypharmacy Pheno-groups are associated with adverse health outcomes? (Polypharmacy Pheno-groups and Heart failure outcomes) by Mohammed Ibn-Mas'ud, Danjuma

“…Each patient's medications for the past four months were tallied, and a definitional threshold of ≤4, ≥5, ≥10 medications was established. …”
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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Zolezzi, Monica

“…Significantly more males than females were “current smokers” (62.9% versus 15.0%, respectively, p < 0.001). Significantly more patients with psychotic disorders than those with any other SMI were “current smokers”, and this difference was statistically significant (p = 0.006). …”
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Production of phycocyanin by Leptolyngbya sp. in desert environments by Schipper, Kira

“…The optimum biomass productivity was found at a light intensity of 300 μmol·m−2·s−1, with higher light intensities causing a decrease of 15%. Furthermore, of the various phycocyanin extraction methods tested, bead-beating in phosphate buffer had the highest combined phycocyanin yield (169.9 ± 3.6 mgPC·gX) and purity (7.37 ± 0.16) for Leptolyngbya sp. …”
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Evaluation of different personalized ventilation air terminal devices: Inhalation vs. clothing-mediated exposures by Al Assaad, Douaa

“…Increasing the flow to 10 l/s led to reductions of 89% in exposure and 56.5% in deposition. A VDG delivering 5 l/s reduced exposure by 33% while deposition reduction was negligible at 3%. …”
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