The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series by Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

“…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …”

Predictors of mortality and morbidity in critically ill COVID‐19 patients: An experience from a low mortality country by Mohamad Y. Khatib (11659459)

“…We sought to determine these in a large cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Qatar and explore the early mortality predictors. …”

Ambulatory general urgent clinic: an initiative at the time of COVID-19 pandemic by Abdullah Al-Hothi (18505290)

“…Long waiting time to get an appointment is a universal challenge that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

Providing Health Care in Armed Conflict Countries: The Case of Yemen by Esraa Ali Sayed Ali (20741327)

“…<h3>Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">The general objective of this research is to recognize the impact of the armed conflict in Yemen on the health of the population and to understand what challenges the humanitarian actors and health workers; as providers of health care in these circumstances, face to afford proper health care to the people in Yemen </p><h3>Methodology</h3><p dir="ltr">This research synthesizes information from literature review and key informant interviews. …”

Decreased Interfacial Dynamics Caused by the N501Y Mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike:ACE2 Complex by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

“…</p><p dir="ltr">Corrigendum: Decreased interfacial dynamics caused by the N501Y mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike:ACE2 complex: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.1018464" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.1018464</a>, published online 19 October 2022.…”

Accelerating Care: Enhancing Patient Satisfaction through a Quality Initiative in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Department at Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar by Lolwa Al Ansari (18466227)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Al Wakra Hospital's Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Department (OB ED) faced challenges of overcrowding, and prolonged wait times. To address these issues and enhance the overall departmental efficiency, a novel approach was implemented to tackle throughput challenges as part of a Quality Improvement project to reduce overall patients’ waiting times in the OB ED from 35 minutes in 2020 to 28 minutes by 2023. …”

Corrigendum: Decreased interfacial dynamics caused by the N501Y mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike:ACE2 complex by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

A slow but steady nanoLuc: R162A mutation results in a decreased, but stable, nanoLuc activity by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

“…Here, we combined molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and mutational analysis to show that the R162A mutation results in a decreased but stable <u>bioluminescence </u>activity of NLuc in living cells and in vitro. …”

Decreased Analgesic Requirements in Super Morbidly Versus Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Hamed Elgendy (14148846)

Follow up and comparative assessment of IgG, IgA, and neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 between mRNA-vaccinated naïve and unvaccinated naturally infected individuals ov... by Salma, Younes

“…At the 7th month, there was a significant decline in antibody responses among VN individuals, but not NI individuals, with a minimum decrease of 3.7-fold (p < 0.001). …”
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apoA2 correlates to gestational age with decreased apolipoproteins A2, C1, C3 and E in gestational diabetes by Manjunath Ramanjaneya (14603468)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Apoproteins apoA2, apoC1, apoC3 and apoE are decreased in women with GDM and may have a role in inflammation, as apoA2 and C3 correlated with CRP. …”

Forecast of the outbreak of COVID-19 using artificial neural network: Case study Qatar, Spain, and Italy by Moayyad Shawaqfah (17280637)

“…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. The verified and validated growth model of COVID-19 for these countries showed the effects of the measures taken by the government and medical sectors to alleviate the pandemic effect and the effort to decrease the spread of the virus in order to reduce the death rate. …”

Follow up and comparative assessment of IgG, IgA, and neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 between mRNA-vaccinated naïve and unvaccinated naturally infected individuals ov... by Salma Younes (6424865)

“…At the 7th month, there was a significant decline in antibody responses among VN individuals, but not NI individuals, with a minimum decrease of 3.7-fold (p < 0.001). …”

Examining time-to-transport decisions in Emergency Medical Services by Hassan Farhat (9000509)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">We conducted a comprehensive time-to-event analysis of HMCAS electronic patient care record system data from January to February 2023, representing 93,712 emergency cases attended to, using R Studio to understand the time from when an ambulance is dispatched until it is available for the subsequent call. …”

From COVID-19 to clot: the involvement of the complement system by Mohamed A. Hendaus (9401919)

“…This role can stipulate a groundwork for further investigation of the pathophysiologic importance of complement in COVID-19, and could propose targets for specific intervention. …”

Effects of COVID-19 on Autism Spectrum Disorder in Qatar by Fouad A. Alshaban (17281108)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Frontiers in Psychiatry<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1322011" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1322011</a></p>…”

The diagnostic dilemma of bilateral optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension coexistence in a patient with recent COVID‐19 infection by Sundus Sardar (14571097)

“…<p></p><div> <p>Owing to autoantibody production and thrombophilic disorders in COVID-19, physicians must have low threshold to investigate secondary IIH and demyelinating disorders in patients with headache and decreased vision following recent COVID-19 infection.…”

A dramatized method for teaching undergraduate students responsible research conduct by Kuei-Chiu Chen (14108854)

Deep Learning for Dynamic Wildlife Monitoring: A Real-Time Approach by Abdul Basit Mughal (22929001)

“…The parameters of the fine-tuned YOLOv11 decreased by 30% relative to the previous version, resulting in a very small model size of 5.5 MB and reduced processing time. …”

Mortality and socio-economic outcomes among patients hospitalized for stroke and diabetes in the US: a recent analysis from the National Inpatient Sample by Aya Tabbalat (14150019)

“…Interestingly, although incident cases of stroke amongst DM patients increased from 17.4 to 20.0 /100,000 US adults (p-trend < 0.001), age-adjusted mortality for those with hemorrhagic strokes decreased from 24.3% to 19.6%, and also decreased from 3.23% to 2.48% for those with ischemic strokes (p-trend < 0.01 for both), but remained unchanged in TIAs patients. …”