EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, META-ANALYSES, AND META-REGRESSIONS by 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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Understanding the mechanisms mediating cardio-renal benefit of empagliflozin in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Dimitrios, Patoulias

“…They have demonstrated1 that empagliflozin treatment resulted in a significant decrease in pulse pressure (PP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and cardiac workload, compared with placebo; at week 12, placebo-adjusted mean changes from baseline were − 2.5 mmHg for PP, − 2.2 mmHg for MAP and − 315 mmHg x beats per minute (bpm) for cardiac workload (p < 0.0001 for all). …”
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Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan by Shahid, M. Z.

“…Over the past decade, the winter mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) values were in the range of 0.5–0.8, which is attributed to anthropogenic activities due to increase in urban development and economic growth in NE Pakistan. …”
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Recycled Concrete Used in Subbase in Potential Use for Road Base and Cement Bounded Material (CBM) by Ahmad, Hassan Haidar

“…Concrete dumped as waste in landfills in Qatar, so this paper will emphasis utilizing the concrete waste through means of recycling and reusing in the road construction market. …”
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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 by Khaled, Salma M.

“…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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Computational approach to unravel the impact of missense mutations of proteins (D2HGDH and IDH2) causing D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria 2. by 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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Forecast of the outbreak of COVID-19 using artificial neural network: Case study Qatar, Spain, and Italy by Shawaqfah M.

“…The model sensitivity was analyzed using the root mean square error (RMSE), the mean absolute percentage error and the regression coefficient index R2, which yielded highly accurate values of the predicted correlation for the infected and dead cases of 0.99 for the dates considered. …”
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The Structure of the Free Volume in Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) from Positron Lifetime and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) Experiments by Dlubek, Gunter

“…The mean hole volume, vh, varies in PS between 105 Å3 (27 °C) and 220 Å3 (190 °C), and shows a systematic decrease with increasing AN content, at Tg from 121 Å3 for PS to 102 (±2) Å3 for SAN50. …”
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Tailoring electrocatalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles grown on Ti3C2Tx MXene surface by Filip, Jaroslav

“…Composites containing 14 wt% Pt showed HER with an onset potential of −75.9 mV and a current density of −10 mA cm−2 achieved at −226 mV. …”
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Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Wang, Yue

“…Logistic regression was used to examine the association. The mean age of the study population was 50·9 (sd 15·1) years. …”
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Alveolar bone changes following bi-maxillary vertical molars' movements using clear aligners by Al-Warafi, Leena Ali

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Linear hydrogen gas sensors based on bimetallic nanoclusters by Ayesh, Ahmad I.

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Foamed phase change materials based on recycled polyethylene/paraffin wax blends by Sobolčiak, Patrik

“…Differential Scanning Calorimetry was used to determine the specific enthalpies of melting (22.4–25.1 J/g) what is the latent heat of materials utilized during a heat absorption. A stability of samples during 10 heating/cooling cycles was demonstrated. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

“…Among DM patients, influenza was the most prevalent respiratory pathogen at 48.9%. Influenza virus A (IVA) was the most circulating type, contributing to 38.4%, followed by IVB contributing to 10.4% of total respiratory infections. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

“…Among DM patients, influenza was the most prevalent respiratory pathogen at 48.9%. Influenza virus A (IVA) was the most circulating type, contributing to 38.4%, followed by IVB contributing to 10.4% of total respiratory infections. …”
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Molecular dynamics of CH4/CO2 on calcite for enhancing gas recovery by Carchini, Giuliano

“…Focusing on the effect of pressure, RDF peaks intensities increase, although this effect is limited to the 1-5 MPa range. Moreover, the high CO2 presence further decreases the effect of pressure on methane adsorption. …”
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The Effect of Hyperoxia on Central and Peripheral Factors of Arm Flexor Muscles Fatigue Following Maximal Ergometer Rowing in Men by Volianitis, Stefanos

“…Results: Arterial hemoglobin O2 saturation was reduced to 92.5 ± 0.2% during exercise with normoxia but maintained at 98.9 ± 0.2% with hyperoxia. …”
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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON INR NORMALIZATION IN PRE-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WARFARIN PATIENTS by 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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Could Vagus nerve stimulation influence bone remodeling? by Tamimi, Ahmad

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Nonlinear stochastic modeling for optimal dispatch of distributed energy resources in active distribution grids including reactive power by Mehrjerdi, Hasan

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