National trends of outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) through transapical versus endovascular approach: From the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). حسب Abugroun, Ashraf

"…National trends show a steady increase in the number of endovascular-TAVR procedures with a concurrent decrease in procedural complications.…"
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Do labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration حسب Alsamara, Mouyad

"…A larger increase in remittance outflows would lead to a decrease in the aggregate demand and produce a deflationary pressure. …"
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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON INR NORMALIZATION IN PRE-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WARFARIN PATIENTS حسب ELJILANY, ISLAM AHMED SAYED AHMED

"…To optimize the period of preprocedural warfarin interruption to decrease the incidence of bleeding in case of bridging and the incidence of thromboembolism in case of non-bridging, a study was conducted to determine the influence of CYP2C9, VKORC1, CYP4F2, FII, and FVII genetic polymorphisms and non-genetic factors on INR decline in a cohort of Arabs undergoing a procedure that requires warfarin interruption and developing an algorithm to tailor the duration of warfarin interruption before the procedure. …"
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Study of performance, combustion, and emissions parameters of DI-diesel engine fueled with algae biodiesel/diesel/n-pentane blends حسب Elkelawy, Medhat

"…Through performance tests, it was found that 15 ml of n-pentane per liter was the best addition as it caused an increase in the brake thermal efficiency of 7.1% and a decrease in brake specific fuel consumption of 6.4% compared to the elegant B50. …"
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Trends in prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and effects of sociodemographic variables before and after the first wave of COVID-19 in Qatar حسب Khaled, Salma M.

"…The two-week prevalence of anxiety symptoms (≥10 on the GAD-7) was 3.6% in 2018 and 5.1% in 2020/2021 (p = 0.062). The data for 2020/21 showed a 35.1% and 29.2% decrease in depression and anxiety symptoms scores compared to pre-pandemic years (2017/2018) after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. …"
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Dose of Bicarbonate to Maintain Plasma pH During Maximal Ergometer Rowing and Consequence for Plasma Volume حسب Nielsen, Henning Bay

"…Six oarsmen performed “2,000-m” maximal ergometer rowing trials with BIC (1 M; 100–325 ml) and control (CON; the same volume of isotonic saline). …"
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, META-ANALYSES, AND META-REGRESSIONS حسب ABU-EL-RUZ, RASHA

"…We conducted random-effects meta-regressions to identify sources of heterogeneity and possible predictors of high prevalence. Results: The pooled-mean urogenital CT prevalence was 8.2% (95% CI: 7.5-9.1) for general populations, 14.0% (95%CI: 12.7-15.4) for female sex workers, 10.8% (95% CI: 8.4-13.4) for men who have sex with men, male sex workers, and transgenders, 16.1% (95% CI: 12.6-19.8) for symptomatic women, 25.4 (95% CI: 18.6-38.5) for symptomatic men, 9.7% (95%CI: 6.1-14) for HIV-positive individuals and individuals in HIV-discordant couples, and 11.9% (95 CI: 8.5-15.8) for STI clinic attendees. …"
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The Structure of the Free Volume in Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) from Positron Lifetime and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) Experiments حسب Dlubek, Gunter

"…The specific number of holes, equation image, estimated from a comparison of PVT and PALS results, is independent on the temperature and the composition of SAN, equation image = (0.56 ± 0.02) × 1021 g−1 which corresponds to Nh(Tg) = equation image/V(Tg) = 0.59 nm−3 and 1/Nh(Tg) = 1.7 nm3 for the volume which contains one hole. …"
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Novel fluorinated surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs حسب Al-Amodi, Adel O.

"…However, betaine‐based co‐surfactant reduced the IFT to 10−3 mN/m. An adsorption isotherm showed that the maximum adsorption of surfactant‐A was 1 mg per g of rock. …"
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Computational approach to unravel the impact of missense mutations of proteins (D2HGDH and IDH2) causing D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria 2. حسب Thirumal Kumar, D

"…In the case of D2HGDH protein, the mutations I147S and V444A that are positioned in the beta sheet region exhibited higher Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD), decrease in compactness and number of intramolecular hydrogen bonds compared to the mutations N439D and D375Y that are positioned in the turn and loop region, respectively. …"
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Absorption of CO2 in aqueous blend of methyldiethanolamine and arginine حسب Talkhan, Ahmed Gomaa

"…The study was carried out at different mixing ratios of MDEA and Arg at a total concentration of 2 moles per litre. The CO2 partial pressure varied from about 10 to 100 kPa, and the temperature varied from 293 K to 323 K. …"
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Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey. حسب Wang, Yue

"…Three trajectory groups of egg consumption were identified. Compared with group 1 (30·7 %, low baseline intake and slight increase), both group 2 (62·2 %, medium baseline intake and increase) and group 3 (7·1 %, high baseline intake and decrease) were associated with an increased OR for diabetes. …"
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Alveolar bone changes following bi-maxillary vertical molars' movements using clear aligners حسب Al-Warafi, Leena Ali

"…Result The patients were divided into two groups: extrusion (48.9%, n = 65 molars’ root) and intrusion (51.1%, n = 68 molars’ root) group. There was a significant decrease in the alveolar bone changes in the buccal surface of the mandibular right and left 1st molars in the extrusion group (-1.05 ± 0.97, -0.76 ± 1.12 mm, respectively) and the maxillary left 2nd molars in intrusion group (-0.42 ± 0.77 mm), and the lingual surface of intrusion of the mandibular left 1st molar (-0.64 ± 0.76 mm). …"
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Rebound effects undermine carbon footprint reduction potential of autonomous electric vehicles حسب Onat, Nuri C.

"…In this study, we investigate tradeoffs between improved fuel economy and rebound effects from a life-cycle perspective. Our results show that autonomy introduces an average 21.2% decrease in operation phase emissions due to improved fuel economy while manufacturing phase emissions can surge up to 40%. …"
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Evacuation under flooded conditions: Experimental investigation of the influence of water depth on walking behaviors حسب Dias, Charitha

"…To propose guidelines for evacuation planning during floods and to develop simulation tools, which can be used in evacuation planning, empirical data are needed under different flooding conditions. However, there is a lack of data and studies on such aspects. This study examines the influence of water depth on human walking behaviors under hydrostatic conditions using the data collected through a controlled laboratory experiment. …"
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Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan حسب Shahid, M. Z.

"…ir pollution during winters over north-eastern (NE) Pakistan (71–74.5 E, 28–34 N) is a major challenge that affects human health, climate and daily life. …"
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Foamed phase change materials based on recycled polyethylene/paraffin wax blends حسب Sobolčiak, Patrik

"…This work represents one of very few attempts for a preparation of polymeric phase change foams without a use of micro-encapsulated phase change component leading to the enhancement of the real PCM component (PW) within a final product. …"
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Reducing the number of rebooking of urgent in-person visits in general paediatric ambulatory clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic حسب Hassan, Manasik

"…Implementing the above intervention methods, the number of re-booked urgent referrals went down to 28% (1 patient/clinic) within a 2-month period (Figure 2). …"
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Effects of combined calcium hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide on drinking water quality in Qatar and disinfection by-products formation حسب Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

"…Seven water samples were collected from the Ras Laffan-Q Power desalination plant outlet in amber bottles having a chlorine dioxide concentration of 0.3 mg/L in 1 liter. …"
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Modeling of dual-metal Schottky contacts based silicon micro and nano wire solar cells حسب Rabbani, M. Golam

"…The most efficient photovoltaic behavior is found to occur when one metal makes a Schottky contact with the wire, and the other makes an Ohmic contact. …"
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