Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Independent predictors of meeting the recommended levels of PA include male gender [odds ratio (OR) 2.00 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.58–2.54)], living in the least deprived areas [OR 1.79 (95% CI 1.20–2.69)]; being a non-smoker [OR 2.22 (95% CI 1.48–3. 34)]. …”

Top Concerns of Tweeters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study by Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900)

“…The highest mean of likes for the tweets was 15.4 (economic loss), while the lowest was 3.94 (travel bans and warnings).…”

The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among People with Flat Feet by Almutairi, Adel F.

“…Multivariate analyses showed that females were more likely to complain of ALBP. Participants who did no physical activity were more likely to complain of ALBP. …”
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The Effect of EVA and TPU Custom Foot Orthoses on Running Economy, Running Mechanics, and Comfort by Ken Van Alsenoy (14150559)

“…Albeit not reaching statistical significance (P = 0.11, η² = 0.12), RE on average improved in EVA (+2.1±4.8% and +2.9±4.9%) and TPU (+0.9±5.9% and +0.9±5.3%) compared to CON at LS and HS, respectively. Braking force was decreased by 3.4±9.1% at LS and by 2.7±9.8% at HS for EVA compared to CON (P = 0.03, η² = 0.20). …”

Lack of Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Use and Early Plastic Biliary Stent Occlusion by Azar, Riad R.

“…We hypothesize that patients on PPI are more likely to develop biliary plastic stent occlusion related to increased bacterial load than patients not on PPIs.…”
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The rising danger of heat waves by Nature Research (16552612)

“…According to the model, heat waves are most likely to occur in Qatar’s northern coastal region, largely because of increased humidity and temperature as a result of air pollution from expansion of the oil and gas industries. …”

The Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Mediating Diabetes-Induced Cardiovascular Complications by Bara A. Shraim (11753786)

“…<p dir="ltr">Diabetes mellitus is a major debilitating disease whose global incidence is progressively increasing with currently over 463 million adult sufferers and this figure will likely reach over 700 million by the year 2045. …”

Evaluation of transportation network reliability during unexpected events with multiple uncertainties by El Khoury, John

“…These uncertainties are likely due to the effect of natural disasters on road networks. …”
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Corporate Governance, Disclosure Content and Shareholder Value by Jizi, Mohammad

“…Banks market capitalisation dropped significantly, risk levels increased and stakeholders’ confidence was shaken. …”
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Combating political hostage‐taking by Shahin, Wassim

“…Rational actor models have examined the effects of increasing punishment or the probability of apprehension on terrorists activities including hostage‐taking. …”
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New epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the Middle East by Tokajian, S.

“…Sequence type 80-MRSA-IV is one common clone detected in different countries within the region showing country-based differences, and hence more likely to form clonal lineages. MRSA is endemic in this region, and the burden and the difficulty in detecting imported strains are increasing. …”
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Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms with dyslipidemia and risk of metabolic disorders in the State of Qatar by Dalal Al‐Sharshani (19479814)

“…Finally, males were three times more likely to have dyslipidemia in comparison with females, hypertension was two times more likely to be present in the dyslipidemia group, and diabetes was six times more likely to be in the dyslipidemia group.…”

CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages by Sooyeon Song (4891132)

“…Specifically, compared to the wild-type strain, reducing the amounts of specific interfering RNAs (crRNA) decreases growth by 40%, increases cell death by 700%, and prevents persister cell resuscitation. …”

Determinants of Domestic Workers' Employment by Fakih, Ali

“…Controlling for household, household head, dwelling, and regional characteristics, we find that the probability of hiring a domestic worker is significantly higher for larger households, female headed households, larger dwellings, and increases with aggregate household consumption. Furthermore, regional differences are found to be highly significant where households located outside the capital city are less likely to retain a domestic worker. …”
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Human Resource Satisfaction as a Predictor of Job Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior by Helou, Pia

“…Organizational goals are increasingly centered on getting the best performance out of employees, therefore human resource satisfaction is becoming a growing priority for executives and managers. …”
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Unravelling the predictors of late cancer presentation and diagnosis in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of patients with lung and colorectal cancers by Damsees, Rana

“…For lung cancer, Jordanians living in rural areas were 9.29 (95% CI 2.46 to 35.1) times more likely to report late diagnosis. Jordanians who did not screen for cancer in the past were 7.02 (95% CI 1.69 to 29.18) times more likely to report late diagnosis. …”
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Are Risk Management Disclosures Informative or Tautological? Evidence from the U.S. Banking Sector by Jizi, Mohammad I.

“…Banks experienced increasing risk levels during the latest financial crisis. …”
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Diversity in the workplace by Armache, Jalal

“…The world's increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds than ever before. …”
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Hypertension in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Ibrahim F. Shatat (14150601)

“…Children with NS are more likely to suffer from other cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as obesity, increased measures of arterial stiffness [increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), endothelial dysfunction, increased pulse wave velocity (PWV)], impaired glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventricular dysfunction, and atherosclerosis. …”

Benthic development on large-scale engineered reefs: a comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs by Burt, John

“…Breakwaters represent large-scale engineered artificial reefs that can develop diverse and abundant communities and are likely to play an increasing role in marine ecosystems as human populations grow in coastal urban areas. …”
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