Pleiotropic functions of the tumor- and metastasis-suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-8 in mammary cancer in MMTV-PyMT transgenic mice by Julie Decock (44558)

“…Using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, we tracked the expression of the entire Mmp and Timp gene families, observing a significant decrease in Mmp3 expression in Mmp8-null tumors compared to wild-type and heterozygotes throughout the time course of the model, which was confirmed at the protein level. …”

Comparative Study on Beneficial Effects of Hydroxytyrosol- and Oleuropein-Rich Olive Leaf Extracts on High-Fat Diet-Induced Lipid Metabolism Disturbance and Liver Injury in Rats by Ines Fki (14571855)

“…Equally, it showed a rise of the apoptotic markers (a decrease in the expression of the Bcl-2 and an increase of the P53). …”

Fabrication of Ag₂O/WO₃ based sensors for detection of hydrogen sulfide by Ahmad Al-Sarraj (17151007)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.113256" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.113256</a></p><p dir="ltr">Additional institutions affiliated with: Liberal Arts and Science Program - VCUarts Qatar</p>…”

Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating by Sreedevi, Paramparambath

“…High temperature brings adverse impacts on energy efficiency, and even destroys a semiconductor device. The synthesized W-G-H composite is proposed to decrease the working temperature of semiconductor devices. …”
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Diesel engine vibration analysis using artificial neural networks method: Effect of NH₃ additive in biodiesels by Raja Mazuir Raja Ahsan Shah (17541516)

“…The ANN models indicated that a 5 % NH₃ additive decreased engine vibration for HD and PD. …”

One-year experience of hybrid closed-loop system in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes previously treated with multiple daily injections: drivers to successful outcomes by Goran Petrovski (129836)

“…HbA1c decreased from 8.2 ± 1.4% (66 ± 15.3 mmol/mol) at baseline, to 6.7 ± 0.5% (50 ± 5.5 mmol/mol) at 3 months (p = 0.02) and remained stable to 7.1 ± 0.6 (54 ± 6.6 mmol/mol) at 12 months (p = 0.02). …”

Nonlinear effects in locally resonant nanostrip phononic metasurface at GHz frequencies by Feng Gao (3548)

“…</p><p><br></p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Applied Physics Letters<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/10.1063/5.0040244" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0040244</a></p>…”

Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment by Firas, Feki

“…Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis biomass, sonication pretreatment using specific energy of 1.6 kJ/g VS significantly improved specific methane production by 60.5%. However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …”
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Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells by Mohamed Qasim, Al-Fahdawi

“…The cytotoxicity of Pt/MgO nanoparticles was determined via the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)−2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay on the human lung and colonic cancer cells (A549 and HT29 respectively) and normal human lung and colonic fibroblasts cells (MRC-5 and CCD-18Co repectively). …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study by Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari (9714440)

“…The YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs of PCa increased by 2% (-11.8-23.1), 108% (75.5-155.1), and 6% (-8.9-28.1). The death rate and DALYs rate attributable to smoking have decreased 12% and 10%, respectively. …”

Fourier-Transform Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation -ICPMS New Vistas for Biochemical Analyses of Ischemic Stroke in Rat Brain by Mohamed H. M. Ali (5768066)

“…Areas close to the stroke focus experienced decrease in the lipid and lipid acyl contents associated with an increase in lipid ester, olefin, and methyl bio-contents with a novel finding of Aβ1-42 in the PL-GM and L-WM. …”

Towards secure private and trustworthy human-centric embedded machine learning: An emotion-aware facial recognition case study by Muhammad Atif Butt (10849980)

“…We find that input quantization partially degrades the efficacy of adversarial and backdoor attacks at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy over clean inputs. …”

Sanguinarine Induces Apoptosis Pathway in Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines via Inhibition of the JaK2/STAT3 Signaling by Sabah Akhtar (5809925)

“…SNG treatment of MM cells resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability through mitochondrial membrane potential loss and activation of caspase 3, 9, and cleavage of PARP. …”

BCL-2 Inhibitor Venetoclax Induces Autophagy-Associated Cell Death, Cell Cycle Arrest, and Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells by Ali Alhoshani (3720718)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Treatment of human breast cancer cells with increasing concentrations of VCX caused a significant decrease in cells growth and proliferation. …”

Magnesium-reinforced PMMA composite scaffolds: Synthesis, characterization, and 3D printing <i>via</i> stereolithography by Ambreen Afridi (22224310)

“…Notably, pure PMMA exhibited the highest tensile strength, 26.23 ± 0.14 MPa and an elastic modulus of 707.81 MPa, while PMMA resin/1% Mg showed the lowest strength (19.46 ± 0.25 MPa) and modulus (392.88 MPa), indicating a decrease in mechanical integrity with higher Mg content. …”

Factors Affecting Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Qatar by Ghadir Fakhri Al-Jayyousi (14519192)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions and implications</h3><p dir="ltr">The findings shed light on factors shaping WTS and provide evidence for designing multilevel behavioral interventions to decrease the prevalence of WTS among youth.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Substance Use & Misuse<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.2012695" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.2012695</a></p>…”

Postmicturition dribble in men with no previous urogenital surgery: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of treatment modalities by Ahmed Albakr (14058051)

“…Meta‐analyses of the two PDE5 inhibitors studies showed a large effect size with high heterogeneity for decreased PMD volume favoring PDE5 inhibitors over placebo (g = −0.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] −1.75; 0.02, p = 0.05; I2 = 88%); and a significant improvement equivalent to −1.06 points on the Hallym PMD Questionnaire score with no discernable heterogeneity (95% CI −1.65; −0.47, p = 0.0004; I2 = 0%), favoring PDE5 inhibitors compared to controls.…”

Unraveling the future productivity burden of cardiovascular disease in Qatar: Investigating the modifiable risk factors control in type 2 diabetes by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…<h3>Aims</h3><p dir="ltr">Insufficient risk factor control can lead to a loss of millions of productivity-adjusted life years (PALYs). …”

Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy Severity Classification Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System by Fahmida Haque (16896489)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Access<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3048742" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3048742</a></p>…”

Role of Edge Groups in Defining the Stability of Aromatic Molecules Under Electron Irradiation by Y. Tong (18394389)

“…Here, we use X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements to study the effect of electron bombardment on the structural properties of dithiol aromatic molecules, where the sulfur atoms are either in direct conjugation with phenyl rings (case of Biphenyl-4,4′-dithiol, BPN) or separated by a methylene group (case of 5,5′-bis(mercaptomethyl)-2,2′-bipyridine, BPD). …”