Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Omar, Abeer A.

“…Similarly, after multivariable linear regression, a unit increase in serum bicarbonate was associated with a 0.18 unit decrease in MHR (beta −0.18, 95%CI: −0.29, −0.07, p=0.002), again with no association observed in females. …”
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Association between Lebanese Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults—A Preliminary Study by Daou, Tracy

“…The results showed that a higher LMD adherence was associated with a significantly decreased frailty prevalence (OR = 0.123, 95% CI: 0.022–0.676, p = 0.016 when categorical and OR = 0.773, 95% CI 0.608–0.983, p = 0.036). …”
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Exploring the dynamics of algae-associated microbiome during the scale-up process of Tetraselmis sp. microalgae: A metagenomics approach by Hoda, Hosseini

“…Microbial profiling of each successive stage revealed lower abundance of eukaryotic organisms, whereas bacterial abundance increased notably resulting in a significant decrease in Tetraselmis sp. abundance. …”
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Effects of covid-19 lockdown on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life in Qatar: A preliminary study by Hermassi, Souhail

“…In conclusion, COVID-19 confinement decreased PA, increased sitting time, and decreased life satisfaction in Qatar. …”
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Comparison of seed germination and recovery responses of a salt marsh Halophyte halopeplis perfoliata to osmotic and ionic treatments by Rasool S.G.

“…Information about the effects of salinity on seed germination of a large number of halophytes exists, but generally little is known about the basis of salinity-induced germination inhibition. …”
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Exploring the dynamics of algae-associated microbiome during the scale-up process of Tetraselmis sp. microalgae: A metagenomics approach by Hoda, Hosseini

“…Microbial profiling of each successive stage revealed lower abundance of eukaryotic organisms, whereas bacterial abundance increased notably resulting in a significant decrease in Tetraselmis sp. abundance. …”
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Adaptation of a Mice Doppler Echocardiography Platform to Measure Cardiac Flow Velocities for Embryonic Chicken and Adult Zebrafish. by Benslimane, Fatiha M

“…It enables practical real time visualization in a non-invasive manner, making the modality especially useful to image dynamic cardiac structures. …”
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Psychiatric inpatients' views of their mental health, and their experience of social change, during the pandemic: A report from Qatar by Badanapurkar, Ashishkumar

“…Demographic factors did not distinguish those reporting worsened mental health from those whose mental health was improved or unchanged. Discussion A large proportion of psychiatric inpatients reported negative social and mental health changes during the pandemic. …”
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Cobalt phthalocyanine as a novel molecular recognition reagent for batch and flow injection potentiometric and spectrophotometric determination of anionic surfactants by El-Nemma, Eman M.

“…The spectrophotometric method is based on the use of [Co(II)Pc] solution in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as a chromogenic reagent. The maximum absorption of the reagent at 658 nm linearly decreases with the increase of anionic surfactant over the concentration range 2–30 μg mL−1. …”
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A Prospective Association of Nut Consumption with Cognitive Function in Chinese Adults aged 55+ _ China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Li, M

“…We aimed to investigate the association of nut intake with cognitive function in Chinese adults aged 55 and over. This was a prospective open cohort study with repeated measurements of diet and cognition scores. …”
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Exploring the quality of life of cosmetic users: A cross-sectional analysis from eight Arab countries in the Middle East by Mohammed, Ali Haider

“…The production of cosmetics has been largely driven by consumerism and a bid to keep abreast with the latest trends in the beauty industry with less attention on how the users' quality of life (QoL) is affected. …”
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Role of pharmacist in cardiovascular disease-related health promotion and in hypertension and dyslipidemia management: A cross-sectional study in the State of Qatar by El Hajj, Maguy Saffouh

“…Results A total of 141 pharmacists completed the survey (response rate 60%). …”
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An exploratory social media intervention for perception and behavior on eating away from home: A cluster randomized trial in Chongqing, China by Tingting, Wu

“…A modern diet with high energy density is harmful to health and negatively affects the environment. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Stein Emil, Vollset

“…Forecasts for the reference scenario found that health will improve in the coming decades, with all-cause age-standardised DALY rates decreasing in every GBD super-region. The total DALY burden measured in counts, however, will increase in every super-region, largely a function of population ageing and growth. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Stein Emil, Vollset

“…Forecasts for the reference scenario found that health will improve in the coming decades, with all-cause age-standardised DALY rates decreasing in every GBD super-region. The total DALY burden measured in counts, however, will increase in every super-region, largely a function of population ageing and growth. …”
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The Effect of Visual Impairment and Its Severity on Vision-Related and Health-Related Quality of Life in Jordan: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study by Jammal, Hisham M.

“…Ocular disease duration of >5 years and progressive VI were significantly associated with lower VFQ-25 composite scores (p= 0.026 and p<0.001) respectively, in patients with VI. Glaucoma had a significantly larger reduction in mean scores of all the VFQ-25 subscales, and the PCS of the SF-12 compared to all other ocular diseases. …”
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Highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on ultrasmall EMT zeolite: A peroxidase-mimic nanoenzyme for detection of H2O2 or glucose by Li, Xiaolong

“…A facile and reliable colorimetric assay based on the peroxidase mimic of Pt/EMT nanocomposite was constructed for precise detection of H2O2 and glucose in a wide linear range, with low limits of detection of 1.1 ?…”
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Evaluating the impact of price regulation (Drug Price Control Order 2013) on antibiotic sales in India: a quasi-experimental analysis, 2008–2018 by Selvaraj, Sakthivel

“…Background: In India, due to a lack of population-level financial risk protection mechanisms, the expenditure on healthcare is primarily out-of-pocket in nature. …”
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Impact of birth weight to placental weight ratio and other perinatal risk factors on left ventricular dimensions in newborns: A prospective cohort analysis by Gad, Ashraf

“…Chi-squared and one-way analysis of variance were used to compare BW/PW groups and the best regression model was selected using a genetic and backward stepwise algorithm. Results: We analyzed 827 neonates in three BW/PW groups: small (n=16), normal (n=488), and large (n=323). …”
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A Review of Biomaterials and Associated Performance Metrics Analysis in Pre-Clinical Finite Element Model and in Implementation Stages for Total Hip Implant System by Soliman, Md M.

“…Stress shielding due to excessive contact stress, implant dislocation due to a large deformation, aseptic implant loosening due to the particle propagation of wear debris, decreased bone remodeling density due to the stress shielding, and adverse tissue responses due to material wear debris all contribute to the failure of hip implants. …”
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