Preschoolers’ and Mothers Dietary Practices and Compliance with the 24-h Movement Guidelines: Results of Oman’s National Nutrition Survey by Almaamary, Salima

“…Over 65% of children had fruits and/or vegetables once daily or less. Mothers had healthier dietary and movement habits compared to their offspring. …”
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A population-based study of self-reported adverse drug events among Lebanese outpatients by Ramia, Elsy

“…Patients who received hospital discharge counseling reported experiencing less ADEs (p = 0.002). Our study showed prevalence of ADEs among Lebanese outpatients especially patients with polypharmacy, and highlighted the need to educate patients about the importance of reporting ADEs to their physicians.…”
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SemIndex+: A semantic indexing scheme for structured, unstructured, and partly structured data by Tekli, Joe

“…An extensive experimental evaluation, comparing SemIndex+ with alternative methods, highlights our approach’s flexibility and effectiveness, which in turn impact efficiency (requiring less or more time following the user specified index and query semantic coverages).…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Smoking: What is the association? A brief review by Ishita, Gupta

“…Although, the effects of smoking on COVID-19 are less described and controversial, we presume a link between smoking and COVID-19. …”
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16S rRNA Gene-Based Characterization and Functional Profiling of the Microbiome in Young Adults by Makhlouf, Rita

“…The microbiome, in the latter being less diverse. This study is the first of its type revealing the gut microbiome profile in young Lebanese adults. …”
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Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement by Self‐Assembled Graphene/Silver Hybrid Film for the Thermal Management of Concentrated Photovoltaics by Nurettin Sezer (14778217)

“…The porous morphology of the graphene deposited on the heating surface via self-assembly is reported to retard the transition boiling significantly. However, less attention has been paid to ameliorate the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of graphene-dispersed solutions. …”

Strategic optimization and design of cost-effective and sustainable hydrogen supply chain networks – Qatar case study by Mohamed Amjath (17542512)

“…Results indicate that the ammonia pathway is preferred in scenarios without emission penalties but becomes less favorable with increased penalties, shifting preference toward the liquified hydrogen pathway. …”

Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States by Agustín Indaco (21633494)

“…Last, we provide evidence of <i>microretreat</i> in the case of <i>coastal flooding</i>: tracts with high levels of this risk have grown significantly less than other tracts in the same county, suggesting that residents are willing to relocate within short distances to avoid predictably risky locations.…”

Explainable recommendation: when design meets trust calibration by Mohammad Naiseh (18513738)

“…<div><p>Human-AI collaborative decision-making tools are being increasingly applied in critical domains such as healthcare. …”

Robust Prediction of Wildfire Spread in Australia by Michael Palk (17947841)

“…We find that robust models, which are less sensitive to outliers, capture the dynamics of wildfire spread most accurately.…”

Beyond genetics: Exploring the role of epigenetic alterations in breast cancer by Kirti S. Prabhu (4246144)

“…Its rising incidence is attributed to factors such as delayed diagnosis, the complexity of its subtypes, and increasing drug resistance, all contributing to less-than-ideal patient outcomes. …”

Research Study Exploring the Primary Teachers’ Knowledge About ADHD and their Attitude Towards the Inclusion of ADHD learners in the Mainstream Classrooms in an American Private Sc... by ELCIRCEVI, NAJAT

“…In the UAE, ADHD remains underexplored and little understood; this increases the importance of early intervention services and improving teacher knowledge in relation to ADHD. …”
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Business Transformation and the Strategic Role of IT in Enabling Business Process Redesign by Al Meer Mohamed, Wafa

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Late Pleistocene-Holocene fluvial records of the Wadi Dishshah: hydro-climatic and archaeological implications (Southern piedmont of the Hajar Mountains, Oman) by Desruelles, Stéphane

“…Humid periods are a key component in landscape evolution and the history of early human-environment interactions, as they allowed for less-restrictive arid conditions by triggering increasing rainfall and fluvio-lacustrine activity. …”
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Comparison and assessment of family- and population-based genotype imputation methods in large pedigrees by Ehsan Ullah (2698921)

“…<p dir="ltr">Genotype imputation is widely used in genome-wide association studies to boost variant density, allowing increased power in association testing. Many studies currently include pedigree data due to increasing interest in rare variants coupled with the availability of appropriate analysis tools. …”

Register binding for FPGAs with embedded memory by Ouaiss, I.

“…The proposed memory binding approach gives considerable performance increase over the existing register binding techniques. …”
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Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment by Alsaka, Lilyan

“…Due to pore size shrinkage, the AC-kC and V-kC hydrogels achieved the highest PFOA rejection at pH 4, whereas the water flux decreased. Increasing the PFOA concentration reduced water flux and increased PFOA rejection. …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study by Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari (9714440)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The age-standardized rates (95% UI) of PCa incidence, prevalence, and death in 2019 were 23.7 (18.5-27.9), 161.1 (126.6-187.6), and 11.7 (9.4-13.9) per 100,000 population. While PCa incidence and prevalence increased by 77% and 144% during 1990-2019, respectively, the death rate stagnated. …”

Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…FindingsIn contrast with the decreasing trend of HF burden globally, EMR showed an increasing trend. …”
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Enhanced generation of beta cell precursors and functional insulin-secreting cells from human pluripotent stem cells by Bushra Memon (4792767)

“…However, in the absence of NKX6.1, the PDX1+ progenitors give rise to non-functional beta cells. Nevertheless, presence of beta cell heterogeneity within the adult human islet indicates existence of multiple, non-conventional routes to beta cell development not yet discovered.…”