Automated inferior vena cava distensibility index for assessing fluid responsiveness in ventilated patients after cardiac surgery: a prospective pilot comparative study حسب Amr Salah Omar (17151028)

"…FR was defined as an increase in cardiac output (CO) by more than 10% after receiving a fluid challenge. …"

Law enforcement role in reducing road crashes حسب Jamil Mujahed (19807251)

"…To result in general deterrence, enforcement should be: accompanied by publicity, unpredictable and difficult to avoid, a mix of highly visible and less visible activities, and continued over a long period of time. …"

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle behaviors and their association with personality among adults in Qatar: A cross-sectional study حسب Tamara Al-Abdi (8710488)

"…Openness was positively associated with all PA (<i>p </i>= 0.027), including walking (<i>p </i> = 0.026), and negatively associated with sitting (<i>p </i> = 0.038) before lockdown, while participants with high scores for neuroticism were less likely to be sitting during lockdown (<i>p </i> = 0.042). …"

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Undergraduate Students’ Stress and Anxiety in a University in the UAE حسب Alfalasi, Khulood

"…Also, A-range students (students with a GPA of 3.7 and above) were generally significantly less stressed than B-range students (GPA of 2.7–3.3). …"
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Modelling, analysis, and implementation of a switched‐inductor based DC/DC converter with reduced switch current stress حسب Shima Sadaf (16875999)

"…The proposed technique comes up with a low-cost design, high voltage conversion ratio with a less duty cycle value, and lower current stress without increasing the component count. …"

Education, democracy, and pollution a nonlinear and panel causality frameworks حسب Maroua Chaouachi (23739900)

"…Our results show that a higher level of school enrollment (EDU) increases the level of pollution. Also improvement in the political life of developing countries can have less pollution. …"

How does varying the number of personas affect user perceptions and behavior? Challenging the ‘small personas’ hypothesis! حسب Joni Salminen (7434770)

"…Our study results from eye-tracking and survey data suggest that when using interactive persona systems, the number of personas can be increased from the conventionally suggested ‘less than ten’, without significant negative effects on user perceptions or task performance, and with the positive effects of increasing engagement with the personas, having a more diverse representation of the end-user population, as well as users accessing personas from more varied demographic groups for a design task. …"

Predictive factors for giftedness among Syrian refugee students: A focus on academic achievement, gender, and school context حسب Ali M. Alodat (22508036)

"…Middle school students were less likely to be identified compared to secondary students, while gender differences were not significant. …"

Nutrient recovery and hydrogen production from wastewater by electrodialysis process: Optimization using response surface methodology حسب Sinan Ates (20884226)

"…<p>The increasing demand for energy, water, and nutrient management has attained interest in sustainable wastewater treatment processes. …"

Co‐operative learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream and special class settings حسب Grey, Ian M.

"…Active task engagement was found to remain relatively stable and passive task engagement was found to decrease for one child and remain stable for the other. …"
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A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans حسب Grey, Ian

"…Conclusion Only treatment acceptability was found to be related to decreases in behavioural frequency. No single intervention component was found to have a greater association with reductions in challenging behaviour…"
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Environmentally-friendly replacement for mercurous nitrate test of copper alloys حسب Wazne, Mahmoud

"…The proposed replacement tests will be less hazardous to the environment and personnel, will reduce the cost of lot acceptance testing, and will comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulatory requirements.…"
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Size Increment During Surveillance in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Evidence Synthesis and Dose–Response Meta‐Analysis حسب Mohamed Badie Ahmed (10223510)

"…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">It was concluded that progression over the threshold increases linearly over time at approximately less than 1% per year. …"

The Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Young Adults in Northern Syria حسب Amani Safwat ElBarazi (22392526)

"…Furthermore, exposure to emotional abuse in childhood significantly increased the probability of developing PTSD in adulthood (Odds ratio [OR], 0.7; 95% [CI], 0.5–0.9, <i>P</i> <.01). …"

Effects of natural organic matter on aggregation kinetics of boron nanoparticles in monovalent and divalent electrolytes حسب Liu, Xuyang

"…However, the attachment efficiency kept increasing in the presence of CaCl2 and alginate with the increase in the electrolyte concentration and was greater than unity at >4 mM CaCl2. The destabilization was attributed to bridging of the nanoparticles by the alginate–Ca2+ system. …"
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Short-Term Load Forecasting in Active Distribution Networks Using Forgetting Factor Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter حسب Mena S. ElMenshawy (17983807)

"…Results have demonstrated that the FFAEKF improves the forecasting performance through providing less MaxAE and less RMSE. In which, the FFAEKF MaxAE and RMSE are reduced by two and three times, respectively, compared to the AEKF MaxAE and RMSE.…"

Raising awareness of menopause in Iran حسب Nature Research (16552612)

"…It can also come with an increased risk for physical and mental health problems, including depression, vaginal infection, and weight gain. …"

Transport demand management - Impacts on congestion alleviation and road safety enhancement in urban areas حسب Kim Jraiw (19807236)

"…Community concern about transport efficiency and the negative drawbacks has increased. Politician and government agencies face increasing pressure to protect the quality of urban environment, create livable cities, maintain the right access and run efficient and integrated transport system. …"

Association of Differing Qatari Genotypes with Vitamin D Metabolites حسب Youssra Dakroury (9991407)

"…This may be of specific importance in vitamin D replacement strategies with the Q2 genotype requiring less, and the other genotypes requiring more to increase 1,25(OH)2D. …"

Soluble ACE2 and angiotensin II levels are modulated in hypertensive COVID-19 patients treated with different antihypertension drugs حسب Mohamed A. Elrayess (21398687)

"…Their effect on circulating levels of ACE2 and angiotensin II, as well as the severity of COVID-19, is less well studied.</p><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p dir="ltr">The clinical data were collected from 200 patients in four different antihypertensive medication classes (ACEi, ARB, BB, and CCB). …"