Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery حسب Stephen L. Atkin (6684368)

"…Following multiple comparison adjustment, changes in seven microRNAs remained significant: miR-7-5p, let-7f-5p, miR-15b-5p, let-7i-5p, miR-320c, miR-205-5p, and miR-335-5p. …"

Hypospadias Reconstruction Training: Development of an Ex-Vivo Model for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skills حسب Tariq Abbas (368053)

"…However, EMG measurements showed significant reductions in average EMG power, total time, dominant frequency, and cumulative muscle workload after training. Additionally, the mean power spectral density of the EMG signal decreased notably post-training. …"

Diabetes-related cardiovascular and economic burden in patients hospitalized for heart failure in the US: a recent temporal trend analysis from the National Inpatient Sample حسب Menatalla Mekhaimar (14103708)

"…The prevalence of DM increased from 40.4 to 46.5% in patients hospitalized for HF. In patients with HF and DM, mean (SD) age slightly decreased from 71 (13) to 70 (13) years, in which 47.5% were males in 2005 as compared with 52% in 2014 (p trend < 0.001 for both). …"

The impact of metformin therapy for gestational diabetes on fetal growth in women with risk factors for fetal growth restriction- a registry-based study from Qatar حسب Komal Rafique (17075074)

"…In women who were taking metformin, those having risk factors had lower mean BW (3015± 608.1 gms vs 3179.2± 506.2 grams; p<0.001), higher risk of PTD (20% vs 10.2%; p<0.001), LBW (16.5% vs 7.2%. p<0.001), SFD (8.0% vs 3.6%; p=0.006), and admission to NICU (19.5% vs 11.3%; p<0.001) and cesarean (48.0% vs 36.8%; p<0.001) compared to those who without risk factors. …"

The effects of long-term testosterone treatment on endocrine parameters in hypogonadal men: 12-year data from a prospective controlled registry study حسب Aksam Yassin (14779204)

"…We observed an increase in TT of 15.5 nmol/L (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), a reduction in SHBG of 10.5 nmol/L (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) and an increase in calculated free T of 383.04 pmol/L (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) over the study period. …"

Custom foot orthoses improve performance, but do not modify the biomechanical manifestation of fatigue, during repeated treadmill sprints حسب Olivier Girard (409080)

"…Regardless of footwear condition, mean horizontal forces, step frequency, vertical and leg stiffness decreased from sprint 1 to sprint 8 (all <i>P</i> < 0.001). …"

Microstructure–properties relationship in ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM)/nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)/halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) nanocomposites حسب Seyed Mohamad Reza Paran (17541846)

"…The crosslinking rate increased by HNTs loading, but the scorch time decreased. Moreover, a 45% rise in tensile strength was observed for systems containing 10 wt% HNTs. …"

Identification of groundwater potential recharge zones in a Tunisian anthropogenic coastal region: Insights from multi-criteria decision-making techniques حسب Fatma Ezzahra Slimani (19239559)

"…They achieved accuracy rates of 78.12% and 87.5% using the AHP and MIF methods, respectively. …"

Effect of carbon nanotubes on the bonding mechanism of non-corrosive reinforcements to concrete حسب Alaa Taha (17302783)

"…<p>This study aimed to assess the impact of waterborne pre-dispersed multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at a concentration of 0.2 wt % on the bond strength between concrete and non-corrosive reinforcements, including stainless steel (SS), glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP), and basalt fiber reinforced polymers (BFRP) bars. …"

Effect of carbon nanotubes on the bonding mechanism of non-corrosive reinforcements to concrete حسب Alaa, Taha

"…This study aimed to assess the impact of waterborne pre-dispersed multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at a concentration of 0.2 wt % on the bond strength between concrete and non-corrosive reinforcements, including stainless steel (SS), glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP), and basalt fiber reinforced polymers (BFRP) bars. …"
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Rapid mercury removal using living indigenous microalgal communities for water treatment applications حسب Amr Nasr Fekry (22521185)

"…Comprehensive isotherm analysis revealed the Dubinin-Radushkevich model provided the best fit (R² = 0.998), indicating physical adsorption as the predominant mechanism, as the calculated mean free energy (E = 5.00 kJ/mol) falls within the 1–8 kJ/mol range characteristic of physical adsorption. …"

Enhancing the corrosion resistance of reinforcing steel under aggressive operational conditions using behentrimonium chloride حسب A. Bahgat Radwan (9631720)

"…<p dir="ltr">Aggressive operational conditions e.g. saline media and acidic gases, e.g., CO₂ can increase the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel. …"

A Multidecadal Assessment of Haze Development and Fluctuations in Visibility for Arabian Peninsula حسب Luqman Atique (16036586)

"…Visibility in KWT was 0.5 km in 1994, indicating a period of exceptionally poor visibility whereas the daily mean visibility for KSA was approximately 0.6 km. …"

Acute intense fatigue does not modify the effect of EVA and TPU custom foot orthoses on running mechanics, running economy and perceived comfort حسب Ken Van Alsenoy (14150559)

"…Immediately after completion of a repeated-sprints exercise (8 × 5 s treadmill sprints, rest = 25 s), these run tests were replicated. …"

Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Nicholas, Steel

"…In 2019–21, there was an overall decrease in mean annual life expectancy across all countries (overall mean –0·18 years [95% UI –0·22 to –0·13]), with all countries having an absolute fall in life expectancy except for Ireland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, which showed marginal improvement in life expectancy, and Belgium, which showed no change in life expectancy. …"
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Effect of surfactants on the convective heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of ZnO/DIW nanofluids: An experimental study حسب Adnan Qamar (14421759)

"…Experiments were carried out under steady-state and varying flow rates using 0.012–0.048 wt % of NFs and sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) and acetylacetone (ACAC) as surfactants (SFs). …"

Development of new reliability metrics for microgrids: Integrating renewable energy sources and battery energy storage system حسب Mohammadreza Gholami (17032317)

"…Also, by integrating BESS, the contribution of RESs to outage hours and lost energy is effectively decreased from 89.41% and 87.41% to 32.69% and 28.94% respectively. …"

Response of cauliflower (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress حسب Jing Ma (24574)

"…Our results illustrated that the increasing levels of Cd in the sand, significantly (P < 0.05) decreased shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, germination percentage, germination index, mean germination time, time to 50% germination, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in all genotypes of B. oleracea. …"

Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study حسب Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel (18055382)

"…The differences in mean scores for all psychological and coping strategies used among participants across the 3 levels of vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 were statistically significant. …"

Effect of Surface Treatment of Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) on the Kinetics of Epoxy Resin Cure with Amines حسب Vahideh Akbari (18768001)

"…</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Polymers<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/10.3390/polym12040930" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12040930</a></p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">The University of Doha for Science and Technology replaced the now-former College of the North Atlantic-Qatar after an Amiri decision in 2022. …"