Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Glazer, Evan

“…The role of surgery in colorectal hepatic metastases is undergoing a revolution of sorts. For example, a few years ago an extrahepatic metastasis effectively eliminated surgical resection, but a combination of chemotherapeutic options and surgical techniques has expanded the indications for resection and increased the population of patients who may benefit.1,2 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has increased the resectability rate by 11% to 37%.1 Unfortunately, greater than 80% of patients undergoing hepatic resection will have recurrences, mostly within the first 2 years.2 Nonetheless, the only hope for cure is resection, and prior surgical dogma based on the number of lesions, size of the tumor-free resection margin, and presence of resectable extrahepatic disease must be questioned.3- 5 The current standard approach to surgical planning is contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for specific tumor characteristics or contraindications to CT.6 Several series showed that focal extrahepatic disease, an isolated pulmonary lesion, can be safely resected, with 5-year survival rates of 29% to 58%.7,8 In 1 series,7 17 of 30 patients required 3 or more resections. …”
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Latency and Reliability-Aware Workload Assignment in IoT Networks with Mobile Edge Clouds by Kherraf, Nouha

“…Along with the dramatic increase in the number of IoT devices, different IoT services with heterogeneous QoS requirements are evolving with the aim of making the current society smarter and more connected. …”
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Optimized flow assignment for applications with strict reliability and latency constraints using path diversity by Sweidan, Zahraa

“…The unprecedented increase in the number of smart connected devices invoked a plethora of diverse applications with different performance requirements stipulating various network management strategies. …”
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Direct assembly process by Akle, Barbar J.

“…Compared to other types of electromechanical transducers, ionomeric transducers have the advantage of high-strain output (>9%), low-voltage operation (<5 V), and high sensitivity in the charge-sensing mode. …”
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Effects of Different Processing Methods on the Antibiotic Enrofloxacin Residues Occurrence in Middle Eastern Dairy Products by Haddad, Rita

“…Results showed that pasteurization (Holder and High Temperature Short Time) significantly decreased ENF concentration. A significant increase in ENF by 3.5 folds was reported upon curding milk into Baladi, and by 1.9 folds upon acidifying/boiling the whey into Double Crème. …”
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Community formation in socially enabled wireless networks. (c2018) by Hakla, Mohammad

“…Data offloading through opportunistic device-to-device (D2D) communications constitutes a promising solution in 5G wireless networks to enable low latency communications and improved quality of experience. …”
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Comparative Study of Several Energy Dissipating Devices by Abdul-Latif, Akrum

“…Superplastic material used in this study has a considerably sensitivity to the quasi-static strain rate in the range of (10-5 to 10-3/s). …”
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External strengthening of shear deficient reinforced concrete beams with flexural CFRP laminates by Hawileh, Rami

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Modelling of Concrete Waste Using Life Cycle Assessment & Damage Cost by SAEED, MOHAMED DARWISH MOHAMED

“…There is a massive quantity of concrete waste in the city of Dubai and in United Arab Emirates (UAE) landfills, due to the enormous growth of infrastructure in the last two decades that has resulted in an increase in the number of construction and demolition sites, and currently there is no effective management option to reduce the concrete waste in the landfills by sustainable methods. …”
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Development and Testing of Novel Drilling Fluids Using Fe2O3 and SiO2 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Drilling Operations by Vryzas, Zisis

“…Results revealed that 0.5% (w/w) is the optimal concentration for the Fe2O3 nanoparticles, above which they form a new layer in the filter cake that adversely affected the fluid loss and filter cake characteristics. …”
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Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…Amongst EMR countries, the age-standardised prevalence and YLDs were highest in Kuwait, while Pakistan consistently had the lowest HF burden. The dramatic increase of the age-standardised prevalence and YLDs were seen in Oman (28.79%; 95% UI: 28.51%, 29.07% and 29.56%; 95% UI: 29.28%, 29.84%), while Bahrain witnessed a reduction over the period shown (−9.66%; 95% UI: −9.84%, −9.48% and−9.14%; 95% UI: −9.32%, −8.96%). …”
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High phosphorus diet mitigates impairments in lipid and glucose metabolism associated with diet-induced obesity in male sprague dawley rats by Bassil, Maya

“…Fasting insulin increased significantly (p=0.008) in HF (2.8±0.4ng/ml) vs. control (1.2±0.4ng/ml) but was not different in HFHP group (2.2±0.5ng/ml). …”
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The effects of the language of instruction in the science and math achievement of Lebanese students. (c2014) by Dandashly, Nadine Adnan

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Pharmacological evaluation of aqueous extract of Althaea officinalis flower grown in Lebanon by Hage-Sleiman, Rouba

“…Increasing the dose to 500 mg/kg body weight caused a significant decrease in stool water content. …”
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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) by Anas Hamad (9545771)

“…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: BMC Health Services Research<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/10.1186/s12913-022-08981-5" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08981-5</a></p>…”

Utility of Diffusion Weighted Signal Intensity Ratio measurements for predicting malignancy in adnexal mass lesions and its comparison with ORADS MRI scoring – Can an abbreviated M... by Nabil Sherif Mahmood (22501889)

“…Higher DW SIR values were associated with a bigger ORADS score (p <0.001). A marginal increase in the positive likelihood ratio for malignancy was observed in the combined ORADS 4 and 5 groups upon using the DW-SIR cut off. …”

Petrophilic, Fe(III) Reducing Exoelectrogen Citrobacter sp. KVM11, Isolated From Hydrocarbon Fed Microbial Electrochemical Remediation Systems by Krishnaveni Venkidusamy (4950109)

“…The inoculation of strain KVM11 amended with acetate and citrate as the sole carbon and energy sources has resulted in an increase in anodic currents (maximum current density) of 212 ± 3 and 359 ± mA/m² with respective coulombic efficiencies of 19.5 and 34.9% in a single chamber fuel cells. …”

Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response by Alexander S. Atkin (18520107)

“…At hypoglycemia: PPP3CA (p < 0.03) was increased and EPHA2 (p = 0.01) reduced in T2D; by contrast, three proteins were reduced in controls [HSPA1A (p = 0.007), HSPB1 (p < 0.02), SMAD3 (p = 0.005)] while only MAPKAPK5 was elevated (p = 0.02). …”

Intraocular pressure trends following intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF agents for diabetic macular edema by Al-Abdullah, Abdulelah

“…Eyes requiring a higher number of injections with shorter intervals between injections appear to be at increased risk.…”
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Effect of induced hypoglycemia on inflammation and oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes and control subjects by Hassan Kahal (9999461)

“…<p dir="ltr">Intensive diabetes control has been associated with increased mortality in type 2 diabetes (T2DM); this has been suggested to be due to increased hypoglycemia. …”