Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

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Orthodontic camouflage versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical treatment in borderline class III malocclusion: a systematic review. by Alhammadi, Maged S

“…Regarding the vertical jaw relation, one study reported a significant decrease in mandibular plane inclination in OC and a significant increase in OOS. …”
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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

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A reliable and cost-effective planning framework of rural area hybrid system considering intelligent weather forecasting by Abazari, A.

“…Moreover, the growth of fuel cost causes an increase in the production of renewable energy resources (RESs) and a decrease in the usage of diesel engine generators. …”
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Topiramate monotherapy for weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paravattil, Bridget

“…Results: Of the 284 studies identified, 5 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Topiramate decreased weight by a mean difference of 3.4 kg (95% CI, -3.79 to -3.04) compared to placebo. …”
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Development of a stacked machine learning model to compute the capability of ZnO-based sensors for hydrogen detection by Behzad, Vaferi

“…Trend and relevancy analyses indicated that the sensor sensitivity intensifies with increasing hydrogen concentration and decreasing temperature. The reduced graphene oxide (rGO) dose initially improves sensor sensitivity toward hydrogen detection up to a maximum value and then continuously decreases it. …”
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Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Zeana, Samir AlKudsi

“…Overall, participants reported a moderate level of burnout as illustrated in the mean scores of the three burnout dimensions; 20.54 (SD = 12.37) for emotional exhaustion, 6.76 (SD = 6.22) for depersonalization, and 36.57 (SD = 9.95) for personal accomplishment. …”
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Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Zeana, Samir AlKudsi

“…Overall, participants reported a moderate level of burnout as illustrated in the mean scores of the three burnout dimensions; 20.54 (SD = 12.37) for emotional exhaustion, 6.76 (SD = 6.22) for depersonalization, and 36.57 (SD = 9.95) for personal accomplishment. …”
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Modeling and optimization of an island water-energy nexus powered by a hybrid solar-wind renewable system by Mehrjerdi, Hasan

“…On the other hand, investment cost of the renewable energy resources is progressively decreasing. In this context, this paper model, design, and optimize a joint water and energy supply system for a remote island without access to the utility networks. …”
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Bidirectional buck-boost inverter-based HVDC transmission system with AC-side contribution blocking capability during DC-side faults by Elserougi, A. A.

“…This paper proposes the buck-boost inverter-based-HVDC system (BBI-HVDC) as a means to overcome the limitations of the classical VSC-HVDC systems. …”
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Preemptive Dose Adjustment Effect on the Quality of Anticoagulation Management in Warfarin Patients With Drug Interactions: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fahmi, Amr Mohamed

“…Mean age of the patients was (57.7 n 13.7), and 50% of them were females. …”
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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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Elucidating the role of interacting residues of the MSH2-MSH6 complex in DNA repair mechanism: A computational approach. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…From the simulation studies, we observed higher deviation, lower protein compactness, and a decrease in the number of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the mutant W764C MSH2-MSH6 protein complex. …”
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Environment Degradation and Economic Growth in the Qatar Economy: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model by Charfeddine, Lanouar

“…From the economic perspective, this means that initially economic growth increases environment degradation and then declines it after a threshold point of income per capita. …”
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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

“…QoL through cosmetic use is computed with a mean score of 51 out of 100. The users' mean score satisfaction from cosmetic use is centred on attractiveness (56.1), followed by self-confidence (51.8). …”
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A MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF USING SOFT RAILPADS ON GROUND-BORNE VIBRATIONS FROM UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS by Alsharo, Anas

“…In this study, an investigation has been carried out to study the effect of a modification at the source by means of changing conventional railpads with softer resilient railpads. …”
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Improved Traffic Flow Efficiency during Yellow Interval at Signalized Intersections Using a Smart Countdown System by Hussain, Qinaat

“…A green LED dynamic light (G-LED) system (combined system with countdown strategy) is developed and evaluated by means of a driving simulator experiment. …”
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Intercalation of ionic liquids into bentonite: Swelling and rheological behaviors by Nasser, M. S.

“…The results from particle sizes and Zeta potential measurements have shown that bentonite intercalated with IL-1 and IL-2 are the most effective in decreasing the overall repulsive forces and increasing the attractive forces on the bentonite surface. …”
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Inhibition of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase potentiates cisplatin activity in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells by Abdulrahman, Nabeel

“…Resistance to cisplatin and the toxic side effects of cisplatin continue to remain a challenge. Combining drugs with different mechanisms is being investigated as a means to overcome these challenges. …”
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The effect of density in larval rearing of the pullet carpet shell Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) in a recirculating aquaculture system by Joaquim, S.

“…Hatchery production of juveniles for release is a major contributor to strengthen the stock and consequently improve the sustainability of the natural stocks. …”
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