The Politics of Sovereign Credit Spreads by Smaoui, Houcem

“…Using a large sample of 35 developing countries for the period 1993-2009, we provide strong and robust evidence that the political institutions in place play a significant role in explaining sovereign spreads. …”
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Recycled Concrete Used in Subbase in Potential Use for Road Base and Cement Bounded Material (CBM) by Ahmad, Hassan Haidar

“…This paper will focus on the fine recycled concrete (FRC) 0-5 mm as a fine aggregate material in the mix design for constructing the base road layers under the Asphalt layers and how using crushed concrete can increase the quality and change the classification of the base aggregate mixes. …”
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Clinical pharmacokinetic drug interactions associated with artemisinin derivatives and HIV-antivirals by Kiang, Tony K.L.

“…Overall, protease inhibitors (PIs) tended to increase the exposure of lumefantrine and decrease the exposures of artemether and dihydroartemisinin, a pharmacologically active metabolite of artemether. …”
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Dose of Bicarbonate to Maintain Plasma pH During Maximal Ergometer Rowing and Consequence for Plasma Volume by Nielsen, Henning Bay

“…Bicarbonate administration attenuates acidosis during maximal rowing in a dose-dependent manner and the reduction in plasma volume is attenuated with little consequence for performance.…”
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Association between Soft Drink Consumption and Bone Mineral Density among Qatari Women- Analysis of Qatar Biobank Data by Hamid, Aamna

“…Background: Decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) increases the risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis. …”
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Aqueous Extract Of Origanum Syriacum Inhibits Proliferation, Migration, Adhesion As Well As Erk1/2 Phosphorylation In Aggressive Breast Cancer by Al Kahlout, Amal

“…Also, in the presence of OSE, there was a decrease in migration of cells. Furthermore, a dose-dependent inhibition of adhesion was seen in MDA when treated with OSE. …”
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Shear wave propagation in layered composites with degraded matrices at locations of imperfect bonding. by Andrianov, Igor V.

“…The present article considers a layered composite, in which the matrix degradation is modeled by a multitude of layers with decreasing values of their mechanical properties. …”
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Impact of resilience and environmental stress on burnout of students in public and private dental schools in Western Saudi Arabia. by Alsharif, M

“…An online cross-sectional survey questionnaire was distributed among a convenience sample of 500 undergraduate Saudi dental students. …”
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Anti-Neoplastic Effects of Annonacin against Renal Cell Carcinoma by Munusamy, Shankar

“…Results: hour annonacin treatment caused a significant and dose-dependent decrease in the viability of CaKi-2 cells, i.e., 42% in 0.5 ?…”
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Relationship between fat distribution, iron status, and hepcidin in Qatari obese adults by Abdelhamid, kerkadi

“…We noted a decrease in ferritin, Hemoglobin, serum iron and RBC with an increase in % fat. …”
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Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using random forests by Wei, C.-L.

“…A comprehensive seafloor biomass and abundance database has been constructed from 24 oceanographic institutions worldwide within the Census of Marine Life (CoML) field projects. …”
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Inhibitory effect of sodium nitrite on corrosion of lead in 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution by Mourad, M.Y.

“…The concentrations of NaNO2 employed are in the range 1-5×10-5. There is a linear relationship between the corrosion potential and the molar concentration of NaNO2. …”
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Investigating the utilization of healthcare services to manage respiratory tract infections (RTIs) among Qatari patients attended selected primary healthcare centers in Qatar by Islam, Nazmul

“…We have found no difference in the month-to-month rates of RTI-related GP visits (per 1000 total visits) over the study period (non-significant decreasing trend). However, there was a significant decreasing trend in the monthly rates of antibiotics consumption and an increasing trend in the tests/investigations done but there was no clear increasing or decreasing trend in the monthly rates of other medications use. …”
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Computational approach to unravel the impact of missense mutations of proteins (D2HGDH and IDH2) causing D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria 2. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…In the case of D2HGDH protein, the mutations I147S and V444A that are positioned in the beta sheet region exhibited higher Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD), decrease in compactness and number of intramolecular hydrogen bonds compared to the mutations N439D and D375Y that are positioned in the turn and loop region, respectively. …”
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Economic consequences of the covid 19 outbreak by Sidik, Hanan

“…This report is about economic consequences of the covid-19 and all the rules and regulations that have to apply for all citizens. A description of Covid situation and what are the changes, the flight stops and social distance is a must for all the people, must ware mask and gloves all the time in the second part of the report I talked about the economic situation during the covid 19, fall in the international economics and the progress in the national economics. …”
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Effect of left atrial ligation-driven altered inflow hemodynamics on embryonic heart development: clues for prenatal progression of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. by Salman, Huseyin Enes

“…At later stages after the heart septation, it causes hemodynamic disturbances in LV. As a consequence of the LAL procedure, the left-AV canal and LV volume decrease in size, and in the opposite way, the right-AV canal and right ventricle volume increase. …”
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Increased cellular protein modification by methylglyoxal activates endoplasmic reticulum-based sensors of the unfolded protein response by Xue, Mingzhan

“…Pharmacological decrease of MG with Glo1 inducer, trans-resveratrol and hesperetin in combination, offers a novel treatment strategy to counter UPR-related cell dysfunction, particularly in hyperglycemia associated with diabetes.…”
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Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Meta-analysis of Safety and Efficacy by Yi F.

“…BACKGROUND: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) are the main treatments used for atrial fibrillation (AF). In recent years, a number of articles comparing the 2 treatments have begun to emerge. …”
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Mobile Epifauna Associated To Artificial Substrates In Offshore Qatari Waters by Abdulaziz Aziz, Naeem

“…Multivariate analysis for abundance and biomass showed that both Site and Depth, as well as their interaction, had significant effects on the mobile macrofaunal community. A general trend of total abundance and average number of taxa decreasing with depth was observed, although with some notable exceptions. …”
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Pleiotropic properties of statins via angiogenesis modulation in cardiovascular disease by Fatemeh, Zahedipour

“…Inhibition of hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase by statins is affected by inhibiting the active site of the enzyme in a competitive manner. …”
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