Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria by Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu (22155178)

“…This review highlights women’s empowerment as an additional critical factor, often overlooked, in the efforts to decrease neonatal mortality rates. Improving women’s empowerment indices, such as the Gender Inequality Index (GII), employment, and literacy, offers a promising avenue to curtail neonatal mortality rates in Nigeria and across SSA sustainably. …”

Prehospital plasma transfusion versus standard of care following traumatic injury: a review of the systematic reviews and a meta-analysis by Ayman El-Menyar (440103)

“…Observational studies were mostly of good quality, with two studies showing a moderate risk of bias. In contrast, RCTs had some concerns but were generally at a low risk for most domains.…”

Hyper-Hypo study: A Retrospective Observational Study of Neonatal Hypoglycemia Related to Maternal Hypertension by Thiruveni Ramkumar (17075051)

“…However, a sub-group comparison of neonates (with initial blood glucose <2.6 mmol/L) showed methyldopa to be marginally associated with a 2 mmol/L decrease from the mean initial blood glucose, mean 1.6 ± 0.5 mmol/L, and methyldopa (1.4 ± 0.5 mmol/L; p= .045). …”

Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga therapy on anxiety and happiness among community-dwelling older adults: A quasi-experimental study by Mona Metwally El-Sayed (17725127)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Applying a unique, non-pharmacological therapy for community-dwelling older adults, such as Laughing Yoga Therapy, may have a considerable impact on their anxiety, happiness, and psychological well-being.…”

PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy by Abi-Habib, Ralph

“…Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …”
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Chromogranin A‐positive hormone‐negative endocrine cells in pancreas in human pregnancy by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>The frequency of clustered β-cells was increased in pregnant compared to non-pregnant subjects (46.6 ± 5.0 vs. 31.8 ± 5.0% clustered β-cells of total clustered endocrine cells, pregnant vs. non-pregnant, <em>p</em> < .05). …”

A Cross-cultural study of pragmatically requestive speech act realization patterns by Elsayed, Elsayed Mahmoud

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Liposomes as a Promising Ultrasound-Triggered Drug Delivery System in Cancer Treatment by Salkho, Najla

“…This spatial and temporal control of drug release, using a non-invasive modality, is a promising approach to decrease the side effects of conventional chemotherapy in cancer treatments, as it reduces the interaction of the anti-neoplastic agent with healthy tissues. …”
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Editorial of Harnessing the Power of T Cells: The Promising Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine by Salman M. Toor (8854751)

“…Moreover, the hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) titers are widely considered to correlate with protection against influenza; however, patients with high titers have also been infected by influenza, while others without titers were protected [2]. Therefore, there is a real need to explore novel candidates of vaccine development and decrease mortality rates.…”

A Case Study to Identify the Hindrances to Widespread Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Qatar by Amith Khandakar (14151981)

“…<p dir="ltr">The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) have proven to be a crucial factor to decreasing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. …”

Environmental Footprint and Economics of a Full-Scale 3D-Printed House by Abdalla, Hadeer

“…3D printing, is a newly adopted technique in the construction sector with the aim to improve the economics and alleviate environmental impacts. …”
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Effect of cycling and thermal control on the storage and dynamics of a 40-L monolithic adsorbed natural gas tank by Prosniewski, Matthew

“…A second cycling experiment found that by using thermal control while the system discharged, the mass retention decreased to 0.91 kg, and the useable volumetric storage and delivered mass only dropped 7% and 5%, respectively. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the newer oral hypoglycemic agents in patients with T2DM during Ramadan: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hoda Gad (6470522)

“…Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) led to a significant reduction in Hb_A1c (%) (SMD -0.25) and a non-significant decrease in weight (kg) (SMD -1.06) during Ramadan. …”

A numerical study of friction in isothermal EHD rolling-sliding sphere-plane contacts with spinning by Dormois, H.

“…Moreover in the transverse direction spinning favors large shear stresses of opposite signs, decreasing the fluid viscosity by non-Newtonian effects. …”
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Using a Cavitation Model to Represent the Acoustic Release Kinetics from Folated Micelles by Tanbour, Rafeeq Kamal

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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

“…While those who had a decrease in their smoking level experienced a somehow healthier lifestyle regarding nutrition and other aspects.…”

Phenotypic and proteomic characterization of Dbr48, a candida albicans cell wall protein. (c2018) by Salameh, Carell C.

“…Our results showed that the heterozygous mutant strain exhibited a 10% decrease in adhesion mirrored by a 20% decrease in biofilm formation, and a slight sensitivity to oxidative stress agents and SDS. …”
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Luspatercept's use in a patient with transfusion‐dependent beta‐thalassemia and intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) by Mohammed Najdat Seijari (17563263)

“…Luspatercept is a new agent approved for transfusion‐dependent thalassemia and Non‐transfusion‐dependent thalassemia (NTDT). …”

Acute pain management and assessment by Zeitoun, Abeer A.

“…Aim and objectives  The objective of this study is to evaluate the presence and effectiveness of acute pain management and its impact on the quality of life in hospitals throughout Lebanon, in both cancer and non-cancer populations. Methods  A Lebanese multi-centre, prospective, chart review study was conducted over a period of 3 months. …”
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Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology of Double Crystalline PCL/PBS Blends Mixed with a Polycarbonate/MWCNTs Masterbatch by Thandi P. Gumede (18112762)

“…For the nanocomposites, there was a decrease in Tc values. This was attributed to a competition between two effects: (1) The partial miscibility of the PC-rich and the PCL-rich and PBS-rich phases, and (2) the nucleation effect of the MWCNTs. …”