The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe حسب Ammari, Lora

"…This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …"
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field حسب Lesèche, Guy

"…Follow-up duplex scans showed asymptomatic recurrent stenosis greater than 60% in 3 patients, 2 of whom with stenosis greater than 80% underwent repeat operation. …"
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Associations between Bone Mineral Density and WOMAC Scores in Healthy Individuals: Insights from the Qatar Biobank حسب Mohammed Al-Hamdani (16962702)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">After controlling for sociodemographic variables, total body and specific BMD measures did not predict pain. 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. …"

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for th... حسب Jaimie D Steinmetz (18015919)

"…</p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Global crude prevalence of avoidable vision impairment and blindness in adults aged 50 years and older did not change between 2010 and 2019 (percentage change −0·2% [95% UI −1·5 to 1·0]; 2019 prevalence 9·58 cases per 1000 people [95% IU 8·51 to 10·8], 2010 prevalence 96·0 cases per 1000 people [86·0 to 107·0]). …"

Role of two efflux proteins, ABCB1 and ABCG2 in blood-brain barrier transport of bromocriptine in a murine model of MPTP-induced dopaminergic degeneration حسب Milane, Aline

"…Studies of ABCB1 and ABCG2 activity showed that MPTP intoxication did not alter their functionality. Conversely, ABCG2 expression studied on brain capillaries from MPTP-treated mice was decreased (1.3-fold, p<0.05) and ABCB1 expression increased (1.43-fold, p<0.05) as an off-setting of brain transport. …"
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Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in amblyopia as measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography حسب Al-Haddad, Christiane E.

"…In the control group of non-amblyopic anisometropia, the interocular difference did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions Central macular thickness was significantly increased in anisometropic amblyopia using SD-OCT. …"
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Parental consanguinity and family history of coronary artery disease strongly predict early stenosis حسب Deeb, Mary E.

"…Consanguinity did not promote risk of CAD (p = 0.38), but did affect age of disease diagnosis (p < 0.001). …"
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An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure حسب Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

"…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …"

Chemical, rheological, and sensory properties of wheat biscuits fortified with local buckwheat حسب Ahmed Hussein (683680)

"…The samples with <i>F</i>. tataricum demonstrated greater amounts of fiber and ash while the samples made of soft wheat flour were rich in carbohydrates. …"

Association of Vitamin D Metabolites With Embryo Development and Fertilization in Women With and Without PCOS Undergoing Subfertility Treatment حسب Thomas Keith Cunningham (9442886)

"…In slim PCOS, 25(OH)D₃ correlated with increased fertilization rates in PCOS, but other vitamin D parameters did not differ to matched controls.…"

Prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic patterns of lebanese dentists for the management of dentoalveolar abscesses حسب Mokhbat, J.

"…The patient's medical condition and age did not affect the decision to prescribe antibiotics 36.2% patients with pain and 11.8% patients with swelling were prescribed antibiotics. …"
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Isolation and study of Lipase activity of an olive oil degrading Thermoactionomyces SP. (c2002) حسب Al Khudary, Rami

"…A concentration of 10% (v/v) olive oil did not inhibit its growth. Lipase production was constitutive, and did not depend on the presence of olive oil. …"
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Evaluation of the appropriate use of commonly prescribed fluoroquinolones and the risk of dysglycemia حسب Kabbara, Wissam K.

"…However, concerns about increasing resistant microorganisms and the risk of dysglycemia associated with the use of these agents have emerged. …"
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Prostaglandin E2 regulates the level and stability of cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA through activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in interleukin-1β-treated human synovial fibr... حسب Faour, Wissam

"…The eicosanoid didn't potentiate IL-1β-induced COX-2 expression nor did it activate COX-2 gene expression in quiescent cells. …"
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The development of psychological and associated mental health disorders after road traffic crashes and other injuries حسب Anthony Joseph (3383735)

"…<p dir="ltr">Injury contributes approximately 12% of the world’s burden of injury and there is increasing evidence that injury results in the new onset of a range of psychiatric disorders. …"

Genetic Deletion of DNAJB3 Using CRISPR-Cas9, Produced Discordant Phenotypes حسب Shadi Nejat (19457212)

"…However, we did not observe the same changes in the other KO lines. …"

Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease in a Middle Eastern Cohort Using Whole Genome Sequencing حسب Mohamad Saad (214545)

"…However, the 9p21 locus did not replicate. Six suggestive (<i>P</i><10−5) new loci/genes with plausible biological function were identified (eg, <i>CORO7</i>, <i>RBM47</i>, <i>PDE4D</i>). …"

Tranexamic acid for the prevention of blood loss after cesarean section: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials حسب Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema (16328980)

"…TXA was associated with a beneficial effect in our secondary outcomes including decline in hemoglobin levels and the need for additional uterotonic agents. TXA increased the risk of non-thromboembolic adverse events but, based on limited data, did not increase the incidence of thromboembolic events. …"

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

"…This study argues and claims that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a direct impact as an epidemic on student academic stress. …"
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Can Ease of Doing Business Shorten the Distance and Attract Foreign Direct Investment حسب AL KHOORI, YOUSUF

"…Abstract Due to the accelerating pace of globalization, Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) have increasingly employed foreign direct investment (FDI) to enter foreign markets. …"
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