Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes by Sukkarieh-Haraty, Ola

“…This pilot-study tested the effect of culturally-tailored education targeting diabetes selfcare on glycemia and cardiovascular risk factors of Lebanese with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (n = 27; Age: 61 ± 10 yrs, 59% males, HbA1c: 8.98 ± 1.38%). Results: Diabetes self-care (Diet, Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose and foot care) improved after 6 months, which was reflected in a significant drop in glycemic levels (HbA1c:-0.5%; FPG: − 38 mg/dl), and cholesterol/HDL ratio (4.45 ± 1.39 vs. 4.06 ± 1.29). …”
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Differentiation of human olfactory bulb-derived neural stem cells toward oligodendrocyte. by Marei, Hany E

“…The differentiation medium, containing cAMP, PDGFA, T3, and all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), promotes OBNSCs to generate mostly oligodendrocytes (OLs) displaying morphological changes, and appearance of long cytoplasmic processes. OBNSCs showed, after 5 days in OLs differentiation medium, a considerable decrease in the number of nestin positive cells, which was associated with a concomitant increase of NG2 immunoreactive cells and few O4(+)-OPCs. …”
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Self-assembled zirconia nanotube arrays: Fabrication mechanism, energy consideration and optical activity by Amer, Ahmad W.

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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

“…Patient cohorts with excessive polypharmacy (≥9 medications) had the highest probability of survival up to 1.6 years compared to those with lower medication thresholds (≤4); the mortality rate decreased by 18% for patients with excessive polypharmacy [HR=0.82, 95% CI: 0.71 – 0.94]). …”
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Control of the antagonistic effects of heat-assisted chlorine oxidative degradation on pressure retarded osmosis thin film composite membrane surface by Ralph Rolly, Gonzales

“…After performing chlorine oxidation at the following optimized conditions: 3025 ppm Cl2·h, pH 10.72, and 3 min heating time, initial non-pressure retarded water flux of 73.2 L m−2 h−1, specific reverse solute flux of 1.17 g L−1, and power density of 18.71 W m−2 (corresponding to water flux of 56.1 L m-2 h-1) at 12 bar were obtained using 0.6 M NaCl as draw and deionized water as feed.…”
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Investigating the utilization of healthcare services to manage respiratory tract infections (RTIs) among Qatari patients attended selected primary healthcare centers in Qatar by Islam, Nazmul

“…The Mean age ±SD of participants is 24.80±18.5 years, among them 38.79% falls to age group 5-19 and 33.53% belongs to 20-44. …”
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DC conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of nonstoichiometric MgCuZn ferrites by Madhuri, W.

“…Nonstoichiometric series of Mg0.5-xCuxZn0.5Fe1.9O4-? where x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 and 0.25 has been synthesized by conventional solid state reaction route. …”
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Binary Si–Ge Alloys as High-Capacity Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries by Bensalah, Nasr

“…SiGe film thicknesses of 201, 386, and 582 nm are measured by topography after 0.5, 1, and 2 h RF sputtering, respectively. The electrochemical performance of SiGe@Cu and SiGe@CNT is assessed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) in half cells using Li metal as the counter and reference electrode and 1 m LiPF6 in organic carbonates electrolyte. …”
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Bond Strength of Basalt FRP Bars with Different Surface Treatments to Plain and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by Al-Hamrani, Abathar

“…Also, the addition of PP fibers to concrete revealed a slight increase in bond strength of 6.5% compared to plain concrete. …”
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Effects of soaking, acidity and temperature on cadmium and lead removal from rice by Al-Naimi M.

“…A decrease in lead and cadmium concentrations were observed with increasing time of soaking. …”
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Preparation and characterization of new electrically conductive composites based on expanded graphite with potential use as remote environmental detectors by Prostredný, Martin

“…Decreasing the detector film thickness has caused an increase in the response rate but also a decrease in the signal measured. …”
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Bite force changes after surgical correction of mandibular prognathism in subjects with increased vertical dimension: A prospective clinical trial by Tamimi, Zaid Z.

“…Significant increase in MIOBF was observed at T1 (P < 0.001) followed by an insignificant decrease during the observation period (3–6 months after treatment; P > 0.05). …”
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Modelling the asymmetric responses of price level to oil price changes in Qatar by Mrabet, Zouhair

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Influence of the heteroatom on the optoelectronic properties and transistor performance of soluble thiophene-, selenophene- and tellurophene-vinylene copolymers by Al-Hashimi, Mohammed

“…The optical band gap of the polymers is shown to systematically decrease as the size of the heteroatom is increased, mainly as a result of a stabilization of the LUMO energy, resulting in a small band gap of 1.4 eV for P3TeV. …”
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Dietary patterns associated with the risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women by Tayyem, Reema F.

“…On the other hand, the ‘Unhealthy/Western’ and ‘High-Protein’ dietary patterns were positively associated ([Q3: AOR 2.834, 95%CI (1.081–7.430), P = 0.034] and [AQ3: OR 2.601, 95% CI (1.983–6.882), P = 0.045], respectively) with osteoporosis risk in the third quartile. …”
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Biophysical studies of the effect of high power ultrasound on the DNA solution by Ali, Mohamed H.M.

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Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity by Wu, Gao-Lin

“…We found that ANPP consistently declined over the 30-year period across all types of grassland, on average by about 6.1%. Warming, associated with increased solar radiation and, hence, soil temperature, was the primary factor driving the decrease of ANPP. …”
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Structural, wear and thermal behaviour of Cu–Al2O3–graphite hybrid metal matrix composites by Mittal, P.

“…Copper matrix composites with Al2O3–graphite reinforcement (0.5-0.5, 1.0-1.0, 1.5-1.5 and 2.0-2.0 wt%) were prepared by stir casting process. …”
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Impact of Pulsed Dielectrophoretic Supply on the Function of Microorganisms in Membrane Bioreactors by Larbi B.

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of dielectrophoretic (DEP) force on microorganisms' viability in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The impact of different electrical potentials (5-150 V) and different exposure durations (20-120 min) on the viability of microorganisms were studied. …”
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ELECTRODE SUSPENSION FOR AQUEOUS SODIUM FLOW BATTERY by MESLAM, MENTALLAH MOHAMED HASSANIN MOHAMED HASSANIN

“…Whilst those formulated in the saturated KB dispersions manifested a serious decrease in the conductivity at high load of NTO nanorods.…”
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