The effect of self-reported flossing behavior on cardiovascular disease events and mortality Findings from the 2009-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys by Nebu, Philip

“…BackgroundThere is increasing evidence suggesting that daily oral hygiene self-care measures may alleviate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. …”
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Decentralized Self-Organizing Potential Field-Based Control for Individually Motivated Mobile Agents in a Cluttered Environment: A Vector-Harmonic Potential Field Approach by Masoud, A.A.

“…The aim is to develop the theoretical background needed for a multitude of applications involving the sharing of resources by more than one agent. …”
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Examining the nexus of mineral resources, technology adoption, and economic expansion in advancing sustainable development in OECD economies by Chu, Chien-Chi

“…In a time when advanced economies are struggling with both environmental stability and sustainable development, the need for striking a balance between using natural resources and protecting environmental quality is paramount. …”
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XML Grammar Matching and Comparison: Technical Report by Tekli, Joe

“…XML grammar matching has found considerable interest recently, due to the growing number of heterogeneous XML documents on the web, and the increasing need to integrate, and consequently search and retrieve XML documents originated from different data sources. …”
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The Mechanical and Environmental Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers in Concrete Structures: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions by Sami Sbahieh (17563119)

“…FRPs have gained increasing popularity in the last few years due to their durability, high corrosion resistance, light weight and high strength. …”

Antimicrobial resistant strains of Salmonella typhi: The role of illicit antibiotics sales, misuse, and self-medication practices in Pakistan by Omer A. Shaikh (16855107)

“…Pakistan's Sindh province first reported the XDR typhoid strain, highlighting the urgent need to investigate the relationship between AMR development and external factors. …”

Enhancing Business Students’ Employability Skills Awareness by El-Sakran, Tharwat M

“…This study addresses the imperative of understanding and addressing the skill prerequisites of the corporate sphere, as employers increasingly seek competencies beyond academic qualifications. …”
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Genome-Based Characterization of Bacterial Pathogens Causing Bloodstream Infection by Boujanian, Carni

“…This study highlights the critical public health threat posed by MDR pathogens in bloodstream infections, emphasizing the urgent need for effective and comprehensive infection control measures. …”
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Large-scale triaxial and box testing on railroad ballast: a review by Yahia Alabbasi (14158929)

“…Therefore, periodical ballast maintenance is needed which is a cost and time expensive activity. …”

Conflict in Ukraine and the unsettling ripples: implications on food systems and development in North Africa by Tarek Ben Hassen (15742605)

“…The consequent high fertilizer prices have also affected local food production, decreasing yields and increasing food prices. However, those countries with substantial financial resources (cf. …”

Additive Manufacturing of Polymer/Mg-Based Composites for Porous Tissue Scaffolds by Fawad Ali (2154529)

“…Due to their natural degradability in the body, Mg and its alloys increasingly attract attention for orthopedic and cardiovascular applications. …”

Assessing the role of Environmental Legislation in Mitigating Climate Risk in GCC: A quantile ARDL approach by Mohamed Sami Ben Ali (23073832)

“…This effect is notably increased at the upper quantile in the long run. A similar effect of ICT indicates its vital role in managing climate risk. …”

Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Mechanistic Biomarkers of Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Cognitive Decline by Hanan Ehtewish (17149825)

“…Given the skyrocketing global rates of diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders, there is an urgent need to discover novel biomarkers relevant to the co-morbidity of both conditions to guide future diagnostic approaches. …”

Privacy-preserving artificial intelligence in healthcare: Techniques and applications by Nazish Khalid (17685063)

“…<p>There has been an increasing interest in translating artificial intelligence (AI) research into clinically-validated applications to improve the performance, capacity, and efficacy of healthcare services. …”

Creating and detecting fake reviews of online products by Joni Salminen (7434770)

“…<p>Customers increasingly rely on reviews for product information. …”

Therapeutic challenges in the management of osmotic demyelination syndrome by Mohamed Elshafei (9376832)

“…<h3>Rationale</h3><p dir="ltr">There is an increasing and compelling need for early recognition of features of osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS), and a further attempt at correcting this even where presentation is late.…”

Towards the development of an improved mass balance and water quality index based grey water footprint model by Fatima-Zahra Lahlou (16931766)

“…<p>With the increasing pressure on water resources, there is a need to better understand water use throughout the supply chain of goods and services to identify opportunities to alleviate this stress. …”

Evaluating LNG Supply Chain Resilience Using SWOT Analysis: The Case of Qatar by Sara Al-Haidous (18095368)

“…<div><p>The demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an energy commodity is increasing, although its respective supply chain is subjected to risks, uncertainties, and disturbances. …”

Seeing is smelling: Pictures improve product evaluations by evoking olfactory imagery by Varun Sharma (4971478)

“…We therefore present a theoretical framework that explains how pictures on packages and in advertisements can evoke imagined scents (olfactory imagery), thereby improving evaluations and increasing choice shares, without delivering any actual scent. …”

GCC States in Transition: Defense, Security, and Military Adaptation in an Era of U.S. Decline: Introduction to the Special Issue by Ali Bakir (17917703)

“…The contributions critically examine these trends, introducing novel theoretical frameworks such as Dynamic Security Regimes (DSR), Gulf-tailored hedging concept, and military isomorphism to explain the increasingly complex dynamics, fluid security arrangements, and the need for new military policies. …”