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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Optimal virtual network function placement in multi-cloud service function chaining architecture by Bhamare, Deval

“…In addition, we present a novel affinity-based approach (ABA) to solve the problem for larger networks. …”
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Foamed phase change materials based on recycled polyethylene/paraffin wax blends by Sobolčiak, Patrik

“…This work represents one of very few attempts for a preparation of polymeric phase change foams without a use of micro-encapsulated phase change component leading to the enhancement of the real PCM component (PW) within a final product. …”
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Fabrication of Selective Sensors for Hg2+ Traces in Water Using Graphene Decorated with Metal Nanoclusters by Ayesh, Ahmad I.

“…Nanocluster deposition rate was initially measured using a quartz crystal monitor (QCM) facing nanocluster beam and was fixed on a motorized linear translator. …”
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The influence of different preparation methods on the erosion behavior of NiP-ZrO2 nanocomposite coating by Sliem, Mostafa H.

“…The results shows that the erosion rate decreases linearly with increasing angle of incidence and increases with increasing particle velocity. …”
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Effects of Combined Calcium Hypochlorite and Chlorine Dioxide on Drinking Water Quality in Qatar and Disinfection by Products Formation by Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

“…Chlorine dioxide levels decrease as the free chlorine residual levels increased. …”
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Recycled Concrete Used in Subbase in Potential Use for Road Base and Cement Bounded Material (CBM) by Ahmad, Hassan Haidar

“…Concrete dumped as waste in landfills in Qatar, so this paper will emphasis utilizing the concrete waste through means of recycling and reusing in the road construction market. …”
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Inner sphere oxidation of N,N′-ethylenebis(isonitrosoacetyleacetoneimine)copper(II) by N-bromosuccinimide in aqueous weakly acidic solutions by Salih, Isam M.

“…Plots of In (AA) versus time where A and A are absorbance values of the Cu(III) product at time t and infinity, respectively, showed marked deviations from linearity. …”
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Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar by John M., Rivers

“…The overall landward increase in salinity is accompanied by a decrease in the diversity of benthic fauna and their skeletal remains. …”
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Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar by John M., Rivers

“…The overall landward increase in salinity is accompanied by a decrease in the diversity of benthic fauna and their skeletal remains. …”
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Variations in the temperature sensitivity of spring leaf phenology from 1978 to 2014 in Mudanjiang, China by Dai J.

“…ST for the other 25% exhibited a decreasing trend, with 17% showing significant decreases (P < 0.05). …”
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Energy optimization for bidirectional multimedia communication in unsynchronized TDD systems by Zorba, Nizar

“…One of the main advantages of TDD is the possibility for load compensation between UL and DL, by allocating a larger percentage of time for the operation in DL if the system is congested in DL, and vice versa. …”
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Effects of Trehalose Administration in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III. by Mobini, Moein

“…Decreases in mean splenic length were observed, whereas the liver volume did not change. …”
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Flocculation and viscoelastic behavior of industrial papermaking suspensions by Nasser, Mustafa S.

“…The effects of the surface charge type and density C496, C492 and A130LMW polyacrylamides (PAMs) on the rheological behavior of real industrial papermaking suspensions were quantitatively related to the degree of flocculation for the same industrial papermaking suspensions. …”
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Heme Oxygenase Isoform 1 Regresses Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Through Regressing Sodium Proton Exchanger Isoform 1 Activity by Sobh, Ahmed

“…Conclusion: In our model, HO-1 maybe a useful means to reduce NHE1 induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, although the mechanism by which it does that requires further investigation.…”
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Portfolio Selection Problem Using CVaR Risk Measures Equipped with DEA, PSO, and ICA Algorithms by Hamdi, Abdelouahed

“…It was found that when solving the Mean-CVaR model with evolutionary algorithms, the risk decreased. …”
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Evaluation of antibody response in symptomatic and asymptomatic covid-19 patients and diagnostic assessment of new IgM/IgG elisa kits by Al-Jighefee, Hadeel T.

“…IgM assays have variable and low sensitivity, thus considered a poor marker for COVID-19 diagnosis. IgG assays can miss at least 8% of RT–PCR-positive cases.…”
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Plasticization and co-crystallization in LLDPE/wax blends. by Gumede, Thandi P.

“…On the other hand, the lower melting point crystalline phase is a wax-rich phase constituted by cocrystals of extended chain wax and short linear sequences of highly branched LLDPE chains. …”
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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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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON INR NORMALIZATION IN PRE-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WARFARIN PATIENTS by ELJILANY, ISLAM AHMED SAYED AHMED

“…To optimize the period of preprocedural warfarin interruption to decrease the incidence of bleeding in case of bridging and the incidence of thromboembolism in case of non-bridging, a study was conducted to determine the influence of CYP2C9, VKORC1, CYP4F2, FII, and FVII genetic polymorphisms and non-genetic factors on INR decline in a cohort of Arabs undergoing a procedure that requires warfarin interruption and developing an algorithm to tailor the duration of warfarin interruption before the procedure. …”
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