Population Reference Values for Serum Methylmalonic Acid Concentrations and Its Relationship with Age, Sex, Race-Ethnicity, Supplement Use, Kidney Function and Serum Vitamin B12 in... by Vijay Ganji (8710491)

“…Serum MMA concentrations begin to rise at the age of 18–20 years and continue to rise afterwards. Age-related increase in serum MMA concentration is likely to be due to a concomitant decline in kidney function and vitamin B-12 status.…”

Journalism and media studies in Lebanon by Melki, Jad

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Impact of Exclusive Bus Lanes on Traffic Performance in Urban Areas by Abdulwahid, Amro Riyadh

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Association Between Three-Months Vitamin D Supplementation and Depressive Symptomatology incidence among Saudi Arabian Adults by Khaddaj, Rashel

“…When vitamin D was considered as continuous variable, each unit increase in vitamin D levels was associated with a lower depression prevalence (OR=0.87; 95% CI:0.79-0.95, p=0.005) and when compared to those insufficient, those deficient were 4 times more likely to suffer from depression (OR=4.47, 95% CI:1.39-14.38,p=0.012) Nevertheless, these significant results were lost with further adjustment for BMI, MeDi adherence and physical activity: continuous vitamin D: OR=0.90; 95% CI: 0.81-1.01, p=0.08, deficient versus insufficient:OR=2.18; 95% CI: 0.56-8.47,p=0.259). …”
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Serotonin distinctly controls behavioral states in restrained and freely moving Drosophila by Swetha B.M. Gowda (19344715)

“…<p>When trapped in a physical restraint, animals must select an escape strategy to increase their chances of survival. …”

Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students by Grey, Ian

“…Behaviours were (1) smoking reduction, (2) caffeine reduction, (3) reduction in consumption of saturated fats, (4) increasing physical activity and (5) increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables. 121 first year medical students conducted a seven day baseline assessment of the selected behavior. …”
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Environmentally Sustainable Practices and Hotel Performance: Evidence from Malaysia by Juliana Langgat (8904511)

“…Based on a survey of 169 managers of 3- to 5-star-rated hotels, a factor-based Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling was performed. …”

Renin–angiotensin-system gene polymorphisms and depression by Saab, Yolande B.

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Lateral extension induces columnar mesomorphism in crucifix shaped quinoxalinophenanthrophenazines by Wex, Brigitte

“…Reported here is the columnar mesomorphism of board shaped dyes based on quinoxalino[2′,3′:9,10]phenanthro[4,5-abc]phenazine (TQPP) derivatives that was induced by an increase in lateral bulk. …”
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Cooperative Learning and Second Language Acquisition: Learner Empowerment in the UAE by Iyer, Rekha Venkatraman

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Kefir exhibits anti‑proliferative and pro‑apoptotic effects on colon adenocarcinoma cells with no significant effects on cell migration and invasion by Khoury, Nathalie

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Exploring Nursing Education Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Students with Disabilities Inclusion in Nursing Education Programs in the United Arab Emirates: Issues and Challenges by DARWISH, AMANI ABDUL RAZZAK

“…The purpose of the study was to explore nursing education stakeholders’ perceptions about inclusion of students with disabilities in nursing education programs in the UAE and the barriers and facilitators to their inclusion. A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design was used to conduct this study. …”
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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Editorial: Genomics, proteomics and immunological signatures as diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers in head and neck cancers by Afsheen Raza (492657)

“…Recent estimates predict a major increase from 45%-77%, in the number of people who will be affected by these types of tumors in the next 20 years.…”

The novel antimicrobial Prosopis juliflora leaf ethanolic extract and its effectiveness in extending cucumbers postharvest shelf-life by Iman Saleh (14152878)

“…The present study explores PJ‐WS‐LE extract efficacy as a coating material to preserve cucumber. 8 mg/ml of PJ‐WS‐LE extract increased cucumber shelf life at 22°C by 77%. …”

Suspicious Behavior Detection with Temporal Feature Extraction and Time-Series Classification for Shoplifting Crime Prevention by Nazir, Amril

“…In contrast, our proposed method employs object detection based on YOLOv5 with Deep Sort to track people through a video, using the resulting bounding box coordinates as temporal features. …”
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Induction of osteoclastogenesis and bone loss by human autoantibodies against citrullinated vimentin by Georgess, Dan

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Risk at the margins by Pollock, William

“…In light of these issues, we quantitatively assess the landslide risk profile of Lebanon, finding a 75% increase in landslide risk since the start of the Syrian crisis. …”
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The Crosstalk Between Palladin and Rho GTPases: Regulating Cell Adhesion and Invasion in Glioblastoma Multiforme by Al-Aref, Zeina

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The application of control algorithm for optimal performance of evaporatively-cooled façade system in hot dry and humid weathers by Albert, Al Touma

“…The application of the control algorithm managed to increase the reductions in the façade heat gain from 33.5% to 38.3%.The system, integrated with the control algorithm, is then applied throughout the year on spaces located in Doha (Qatar) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), mimicking cities with harshly hot humid and dry weather conditions, respectively. …”
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