Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…This leads to interruptions and delays in therapy administration and to the need for VAD replacement, associated with increased risk of complications to the patient and increased costs (Stephens, Haire, & Kotulak, 1995; Hoch, 1997). …”
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Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties following the beirut port explosion: The roles of mentalizing and resilience. by Tohme, Pia

“…Objective: Research has consistently highlighted an increased prevalence of mental health problems, such posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, following both man-made and natural disasters. …”
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Dexmedetomidine for improved quality of emergence from general anesthesia by Aoud, MT

“…Time to extubation and sedation scores were comparable. …”
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Effect of water extract of Althaea officinalis flowers on inflammation, gastric ulcer, bacterial activity, platelet aggragation, glycemia, and lipidemia. (c2006) by Hage-Sleiman, Rouba

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A Multi-Channel Convolutional Neural Network approach to automate the citation screening process by Raymon van Dinter (10521952)

“…With this, it is aimed to reduce the time and costs of the citation screening process and increase the precision and recall of the relevant primary studies. …”

Receivers location privacy in avionic crowdsourced networks: Issues and countermeasures by Savio Sciancalepore (16864152)

“…Moreover, we also provide effective countermeasures to increase receivers’ location privacy. Finally, we discuss the trade-offs implied by the cited countermeasures, showing that it is possible to increase location privacy while not decreasing data utility.…”

Customs Trade Facilitation and Compliance for Ecommerce using Blockchain and Data Mining by Alqaryouti, Omar

“…Therefore, blockchain technology is used in this study to build a framework to enhance trade facilitation and increase compliance while eliminating risks. This framework will provide advance access to information from various sources and will enable real-time discovery of risks. …”
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Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight by Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

“…Participants reported increased sitting/reclining time (1.94 h/day mean increase), screen times (2.05 h/day mean increase) with p < 0.001, and decreased exercise time (0.11 h/day mean reduction) with p < 0.001. …”

Comparative study of the parameters affecting the performance of microchannels' heat exchangers: Latest advances review by Muhammad Asim (2235472)

“…Moreover, it has been observed that, with the addition of nanoparticles to the working fluid, the thermal properties of the exchangers as well as the pressure drop increases while at the same time it reduces the boundary layer thickness. …”

A critical review on the practical use of lithium cycle as an upfront nitrogen removal technology from natural gas by Abdullah Omar (6468326)

“…-w and reused again many times. The cost of the Li-Cy can be compensated by energy savings, the increase in production rate, and by selling the generated ammonia. …”

Effects of short-term resistance training and tapering on maximal strength, peak power, throwing ball velocity, and sprint performance in handball players by Souhail Hermassi (6919487)

“…Nevertheless the ten weeks of progressive resistance training followed by two weeks of tapering was an effective overall tactic to increase muscle power, sprint performance and ball throwing velocity in handball players.…”

Numerical Modeling of Nanoparticle-Assisted Laser Thermal Ablation of Tumors by Alyamani, Yaqeen Abdulaziz

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Learning Games and their impacts on Student’s Educational Performance by Alhaddad, Sara Ihsan

“…Developing an application through which the user can learn and have fun at the same time is being challenging for developers. For young learners these applications, or learning games sound interesting and very attractive to use. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcome of children with acute cryptorchid testicular torsion: A single-center, retrospective case series study by Zlatan Zvizdic (9212371)

“…Preoperative color Doppler ultrasonography revealed absent or decreased testicular blood flow in the affected testes in 7/8 of patients. …”

COVID-19 biomarkers for severity mapped to polycystic ovary syndrome by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…These protein panels target biological processes involved in vessel damage, platelet degranulation, the coagulation cascade and the acute phase response [1], with greater protein changes dependent on the COVID-19 severity. …”

The Role of DJ-1 in the Glycation Process of Skin and Plasma Proteins in Mice Models by Abou Younes, Nour

“…Therefore, our findings propose that DJ-1 might be upregulated by a significant increase in carbonyl stress in a time dependent manner, further contributing to the preexisting literature about the deglycase activity of DJ-1. …”
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Pt-doped armchair graphene nanoribbon as a promising gas sensor for CO and CO₂: DFT study by Ehab Salih (17075206)

“…Moreover, an increase of almost 13 times was observed in the adsorption energy for the case of CO on Pt–H-AGNR. …”

Sustainable Financing for Sustainable Development: Agent-Based Modeling of Alternative Financing Models for Clean Energy Investments by Ibrahim Ari (12058516)

“…In line with this, excessive debt-based financing causes an increase in wealth inequality, and when wealth inequality reaches a dramatic level, wars and many other social problems are triggered to correct the course of wealth inequality. …”

Road users with hearing loss and evaluation of tactile support systems by Birgitta Marie Thorslund (19774566)

“…Evaluation of a tactile signal suggests that by adding a tactile modality, some driver assistance systems can be made accessible also for drivers with HL. At the same time the systems might be more effective for all users, which could generally increase both traffic safety and mobility.…”

A 5-year trend in the use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other oral antidiabetic drugs in a Middle Eastern country by Nancy Zaghloul (14147865)

“…The trend among SGLT2is suggests greater preference for empagliflozin over dapagliflozin.…”