Appropriateness of gentamicin therapeutic drug monitoring at a Middle Eastern tertiary hospital setting: a retrospective evaluation and quality audit by Al-Sulaiti, Fatima Khalifa

“…Gentamicin dose regimen continuations, dose regimen decreases and dose regimen discontinuations were inappropriately applied in 27% (n = 10), 25% (n = 2) and 14% (n = 1) of the times, respectively. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Temporal cross talk between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria regulates oxidative stress and mediates microparticle-induced endothelial dysfunction by Safiedeen, Zainab

“…Results: Here, we show that both types of MPs increased expression of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers XBP-1, p-eIF2alpha and CHOP and nuclear translocation of ATF6 on human aortic endothelial cells. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Bio-Inspired Fabrication of Ultrafiltration Membranes Incorporating Polydopamine Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles by Alkhouzaam, Abedalkader I.

“…Thus, the flux increased with the embedding of rGO-PDA without affecting the rejection properties, while it decreased with the embedding of pristine GO. The highest pure water permeability (PWP) was obtained with PSF/rGO PDA-0.1 to be approximately twice that of the pristine PSF and PSF/GO-0.1. …”
Get full text

Independent and combined effects of antioxidant supplementation and circuit resistance training on selected adipokines in postmenopausal women by Saeidi, Ayoub

“…Blood samples were collected at pre- and post-intervention for measuring selected adipokines, including visfatin, omentin-1, vaspin, FGF-21, adiponectin, leptin, and ghrelin. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Clinical pharmacokinetics: perceptions of hospital pharmacists in Qatar about how it was taught and how it is applied by Kheir, Nadir

“…Pharmacists were eligible to participate if they: (1) were working as full-time hospital pharmacists and; (2) have been in practice for at least 1 year. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Investigating the blood-host plasticity and dispersal of Anopheles coluzzii using a novel field-based methodology by Orsborne J.

“…Blood-meal analysis using PCR showed statistically significant variation in blood-meal origins for mosquitoes collected across the 250 m transect: with decreasing trend in Bovine Blood Index (OR = 0.60 95% CI: 0.49-0.73, P < 0.01) and correspondingly, an increasing trend in Human Blood Index (OR = 1.50 95% CI: 1.05-2.16, P = 0.028) as the transect approached the village. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis in Qatar by Alhussain, Hashim

“…Camels below breeding age (i.e., < 4 years old) showed decreased seropositivity (3.4%, 95% CI, 0.1–17.8), compared to (22.8%, 95% CI, 17.4–29.0) seropositivity in camels ≥ 4 years of age, with a significant association between age groups and seropositivity (P = 0.02). …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation by Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

“…As well, the expression levels of 20-HETE, Il-1β and TNF-α were decreased in LPS-challenged RAW264.7 macrophages upon treatment with compound 2a. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Impact of trace noble metals on the catalytic performance of LaNiMgO towards methane dry reforming by Mohamed, Assem T.

“…In addition, the presence of noble metals at the Ni surface afforded a high density of adsorbed oxygen species, which enhanced coke gasification and consequently decreased the extent of deactivation of the catalysts by coke formation. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

NADPH-derived ROS generation drives fibrosis and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in systemic sclerosis: Potential cross talk with circulating miRNAs by Posadino, Anna Maria

“…The observed phenomena were also associated with endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT) as indicated by decreased von Willebrand factor (vWF) expression and increased alpha-smooth muscle actin, respectively, an endothelial and mesenchymal marker. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Fibrillar form of α-synuclein-specific scFv antibody inhibits α-synuclein seeds induced aggregation and toxicity by Gupta, Vijay

Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Effect of gamma irradiation on the microstructure and morphology of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol blends by Al-Maadeed, M.

“…Thin films of a blend of 90, 75, 50 (wt/wt%) percentage of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol were synthesized and irradiated with 5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 kGy. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Mechanical properties and surface characteristics of an AA6060 alloy strained in tension at cryogenic and room temperature by Xu, Zebing

“…When the temperature decreases, the yield strength, the ultimate tensile strength and ductility to fracture are drastically increased from 217.2 MPa, 252.4 MPa, 14.5% to 251.6 MPa, 335.9 Mpa, 21.5% respectively, and the average diameter of dimples decreases from ~8 µm to ~3 µm. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Event-triggered based consensus of autonomous underactuated surface vessels by Mirzaei, Morteza

“…Furthermore, agents broadcast their information based on predefined event triggering conditions and the amount of data exchange among the surface vessels is significantly decreased. To illustrate the performance of the proposed approach, simulation results are provided. 1 2017 IEEE.…”
Get full text
Get full text

The Visibility of Disabilities within Pharmacy Program Recruitment Material. by Hussain, Farhat Naz

“…Targeted recruitment of students with disabilities is a novel area in pharmacy education and may help to attract qualified students in light of decreasing applicant numbers. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Synthesis and characterization of electrically conducting copolymers of poly(aniline-co-o-iodoaniline) by Waware, Umesh S.

“…The conductivity of the copolymer decreases upon increasing the o-IA content in molar feed, because the introduction of -I- as a functional group reduces the extent of conjugation of the polymer chain.…”
Get full text
Get full text

Development of discriminant functions to estimate sex in upper limb bones for mixed ancestry South Africans by Mokoena, Palesa

“…Sex estimation potentially decreases the number of possible victims by half. The mixed ancestry population in South Africa is the second largest group of people; however, there remains a paucity of data and population-specific methods for sex estimation in this group. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Occurence of Phytoplankton in Stomach Content and Its Selectivity by Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Cultured in Fertilized Earthen Ponds by Abdel-Tawwab, Mohsen

“…Zooplankton did not exceed 1.5% of total stomach's contents. The main algal species found in fish stomach belonged to Cyanobacteria, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta and Euglenophyta. …”
Get full text