The association between serum cortisol, thyroid profile, paraoxonase activity, arylesterase activity and anthropometric parameters of undergraduate students under examination stres... by Anjum, Armghan

“…The results showed that overall cortisol level was increased at pre-examination and during examination time intervals as compared to the post examination time interval while PON-1 and ARE were significantly (p < 0.05) decreased. With regards to T4 and TSH, a non-significant (p < 0.05) difference was observed in pre and post examination time interval. …”
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Association between central obesity indices and iron status indicators among Qatari adults by Kerkadi, Abdelhamid

“…Of the participants with a large waist circumference, 31.7% had anaemia. …”
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Deep learning for detection of routing attacks in the internet of things by YAVUZ, Furkan Yusuf

“…In our study, the Cooja IoT simulator has been utilized for generation of high-fidelity attack data, within IoT networks ranging from 10 to 1000 nodes. We propose a highly scalable, deep-learning based attack detection methodology for detection of IoT routing attacks which are decreased rank, hello-flood and version number modification attacks, with high accuracy and precision. …”
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Incentive scheduler algorithm for cooperation and coverage extension in wireless networks by Gueguen, Cédric

“…In this paper, we focus on wireless coverage extension and nodes' cooperation. We propose a new protocol based on an incentive approach and a scheduling algorithm to reward cooperative nodes. …”
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Production Of Size-selected Copper Nanoclusters For Petroleum Refinery Applications by Ayesh, Ahmad

“…The results show that as the inert gas flow rate increases, the nanocluster size decreases. These results could be understood as a result of nanocluster production by three-body collision mechanism. …”
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Vertical zonation and functional diversity of fish assemblages revealed by ROV videos at oil platforms in The Gulf by Ben-Hamadou, Radhouan

“…To assess the local fish community, a total of 242 videos amounting to twenty-one hours of observation were selected randomly, however, if no fish appear in a selected video a new video was randomly selected from the list. …”
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Joint security and energy efficiency in iot networks through clustering and bit flipping by Yaacoub, Elias

“…Channel-aware encryption is investigated as a physical layer security technique in internet of things (IoT) scenarios. …”
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Drastic difference between hole and electron injection through the gradient shell of Cd: XSeyZn1- xS1- y quantum dots by Abdellah, Mohamed

“…The observed drastic differences between the hole and electron injection are consistent with a model where the hole effective mass decreases, while the gradient shell thickness increases.…”
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Power control and RB allocation in cloud radio access networks by Essassi, Safa

“…The fractional power control approach decreases the inter-cell interference but may impact the throughput. …”
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Occurrence, origin and potential ecological risk of dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia, Southern Mediter... by Hatem, Zaghden

“…The results demonstrated a wide range of concentrations (ng L−1) with the following decreasing order: Ʃ16 PAHs (17.6–71.2) > Ʃ20 PCBs (2.9–33.7) > Ʃ6 DDTs (1.1–12.1) > Ʃ4 HCHs (1.1–14.8). …”
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Ziziphus nummularia attenuates the malignant phenotype of human pancreatic cancer cells: Role of ros by Mesmar, J.

“…In addition, ZNE significantly decreased the migratory and invasive capacity of Capan-2 with a concomitant downregulation of integrin α2 and increased cell–cell aggregation. …”
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Associations between Bone Mineral Density and WOMAC Scores in Healthy Individuals: Insights from the Qatar Biobank by Al-Hamdani, Mohammed

“…However, BMD measures significantly contributed to predicting stiffness after controlling for sociodemographic variables (R2 = 0.065, ΔF(7, 1724) = 3.34, p = 0.002), with a higher total body BMD associated with increased stiffness and a higher trunk BMD associated with decreased stiffness. …”
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Computational model to analyze and characterize the functional mutations of NOD2 protein causing inflammatory disorder - Blau syndrome. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…This study is expected to serve as a platform for developing targeted drug therapy for BS.…”
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Differential oxidative stress responses to methanol in intraperitoneally exposed rats: Ameliorative effects of Opuntia vulgaris fruit extract by Saoudi, Mongi

“…The animals were exposed to methanol at a dose of 2.37 g/kg body weight intraperitoneally for 30 days. …”
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Non-Isolated DC-DC Power Converter with High Gain and Inverting Capability by Meraj, Mohammad

“…To reduce the ripple in the input current with simultaneous decreasing the input current ripple, a novel current fed interleaved high gain converter is proposed by utilizing the interleaved front-end structure and Cockcroft Walton (CW)-Voltage Multiplier (VM). …”
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Anti-proliferative and Anti-metastatic Effect of Aqueous Extract of Origanum Syriacum on Aggressive Human Breast Cancer Cells by Alkahlout, Amal Shahada

“…Finally, western blot analysis was performed to test the metastatic ability (occludin expression) as well as autophagy marker (LC3A/B expression). The results indicated that OSE decreased the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells in a time and a concentration dependent manner. …”
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Spectrofluorometric investigations on the solvent effects on the photocyclization reaction of diclofenac by Abdulilah Dawoud, Bani-Yaseen

“…The spectral information obtained for the photochemical reaction of DCF in a set of neat solvents demonstrates that the photoconversion reaction rate of DCF is not only medium polarity dependent but also hydrogen-bonding dependent. …”
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Supramaximal-Exercise Training Improves Heart Rate Variability in Association With Reduced Catecholamine in Obese Adults by Jabbour, Georges

“…The low- and high-frequency [(LF (0.03–0.15 Hz) in ms2 and HF (0.15–0.4 Hz) in ms2)] analysis of HRV as well as adrenaline (A in nmol/l) and noradrenaline (NA in nmol/l) responses were assessed at resting condition and during ventilatory threshold 1 (VT1) of a graded maximal test at baseline and after SET. …”
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Thiostrepton inhibits growth and induces apoptosis by targeting FoxM1/SKP2/MTH1 axis in B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by Kuttikrishnan, Shilpa

“…In the current study, we showed that the downregulation of FoxM1 by its inhibitor thiostrepton inhibited cell viability and induced caspase-dependent apoptosis in a panel of B-pre-ALL cell lines. Thiostrepton led downregulation of FoxM1 accompanied by decreased expression of Aurora kinase A, B, matrix metalloproteinases, and oncogene SKP2 as well as MTH1. …”
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Comparative Study on Gas-Sensing Properties of 2D (MoS2, WS2)/PANI Nanocomposites-Based Sensor by Parangusan, Hemalatha

“…NH3 is a highly harmful gas; when inhaled at levels that are too high for comfort, it is very dangerous to human health. …”
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