Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Sirota, Sarah Brooke

“…The mortality rate of URIs in 2021 was 0·2 per 100 000 (0·1 to 0·5), a decrease of 64·2% (–84·6 to –43·4) from 1990, when the mortality rate was 0·7 per 100 000 (0·2 to 1·1). …”
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A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions by Fakih, Ali

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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna Thomas (17337925)

“…Among the typed IVA-positive cases, 33.4% were H1N1, and 7.7% were H3N2. A significant decrease in influenza infections was reported in vaccinated DM patients (14.5%) when compared to non-vaccinated patients (18.9%) (p-value = 0.006). …”

Design and Analysis of Buffer-Aided Cooperative Networks using Deterministic and Reinforcement Learning Techniques by El Zahr, Sawsan

“…Applications enabled by 5G technology resulted in an unforeseen increase in data traffic and data flows from any source to a destination are experiencing increased outages, delays, and drop-outs. …”
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Angiotensin II AT1 receptor internalization, translocation and de novo synthesis modulate cytosolic and nuclear calcium in human vascular smooth muscle cells by Sleiman, S.

“…In normal hVSMCs and low hAT1R GFP overexpressing hVSMCs, Ang II (10 15 to 10 4 M) induced a dose-dependent sustained increase of [Ca]c and [Ca]n with an EC50 near 5 × 10 11 and 5 × 10 9 M, respectively. …”
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Effects of Radiotherapy on the Risk of Developing Secondary Malignant Neoplasms in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors by Abou-Antoun, Tamara

“…A statistically significant increase (1.5 fold) in the risk of developing SMNs was observed among patients who received a dose higher than 41 Gy compared to a dose between 20 to 30 Gy (OR= 1.5; 95% confidence interval= 0.674 to 3.339, p=0.012). …”
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β-2-himachalen-6-ol protects against skin cancer development in vitro and in vivo by Daaboul, Hamid E.

“…A significant decrease in protein levels of p53 and Bcl-2 and a significant increase in p21 and Bax were observed. …”
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Exploring the evolution of <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> resistance during the COVID-19 era by Emine Sehmen (22457614)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The average age of the patients was 61.3 ± 21.9 years (range: 18–95), with a majority of 1306 (51.6%) being male. During the pandemic, <i>A. baumannii</i> isolates showed a significant increase in resistance rates for several antibiotics compared to the pre-pandemic period: imipenem (96% vs 35.1%), amikacin (84.1% vs 14.4%), ciprofloxacin (96.9% vs 36.9%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (66.4% vs 27%), and ceftazidime (96.5% vs 33.3%) (all with <i>P</i>< .001). …”

The Use of Lime to Stabilize Clay Soil against Internal Erosion by Aqel, Rawan Ibrahim

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Polymer-Coated Metal Organic Framework for Drug Delivery by Aljassim, Tasneem Jassim

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Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study by Spencer L James (8673927)

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analy... by Hmwe Hmwe, Kyu

“…The most pronounced decline was in children younger than 5 years, with a 79·2% (72·4–84·6) decrease in diarrhoeal deaths. …”
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An Experimental Investigation of R134a Clathrates with Liquid Additives by Gulzar, Hafiz M. Ahmad

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Modulation of SLFN11 induces changes in DNA Damage response in breast cancer by Christophe Michel Raynaud (17449906)

“…In this study, we examined various approaches to elevate SLFN11 expression in breast cancer cellular models and confirmed a corresponding increase in chemosensitivity with using the most successful efficient one. …”

An examination of how climate change could affect the future spread of <i>Fusarium</i> spp. around the world, using correlative models to model the changes by Muhammad Riaz Ejaz (20487191)

“…A series of correlative species distribution models (SDMs), including a generalized linear model (GLM), maximum entropy (MaxEnt), generalized boosting model (GBM), and surface range envelope, were employed to project and compare how the niche of <i>Fusarium</i> spp. will change from the present time to 2050 and 2070 under two Climate Change Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) of 8.5 and 4.5 (scenarios of high and low greenhouse gas emissions, respectively). …”

Machine Learning Based Photovoltaics (PV) Power Prediction Using Different Environmental Parameters of Qatar by Amith Khandakar (14151981)

“…The ANN model outperforms other regression models, such as a linear regression model, M5P decision tree and gaussian process regression (GPR) model. …”

Fixed-interval versus OCT-guided variable dosing of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration by El-Mollayess, Georges M.

“…Results Compared to baseline, variable dosing had a mean improvement in BCVA of 11.0 letters after 12 months vs 9.2 letters for fixed-interval dosing (P = .81). Similarly, CRT decreased after 12 months by 80.7 μm for variable dosing vs 100.5 μm for fixed-interval dosing (P = .37). …”
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Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation by Mostafa M. Shibl (17821382)

“…In this paper, a deep RL-based EVs charging management solution is presented, while considering fast charging, conventional charging and V2G operation, in order to satisfy the requirements of the user and the utility. …”

Polyurethane/Silane-Functionalized ZrO₂ Nanocomposite Powder Coatings: Thermal Degradation Kinetics by Farimah Tikhani (18768025)

“…It was observed that by addition of 1 wt.% V-ZrO₂ to PU resin the early state degradation temperature at 5% weight loss increased about 65 °C, suggesting a physical barrier effect limiting the volatility of free radicals and decomposition products. …”

Development and Evaluation of Nano-silica Sustainable Concrete by Alqamish, Habib Hassan Abdulla

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