Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 promotes steatosis in HepG2 cells by modulating target gene expression in presence of Exendin-4 by Olfa Khalifa (10914452)

“…<p><strong>Poster by Olfa Khalifa (Hamad Bin Khalifa University), Khaoula Errafii (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University), Sama Ayoub (Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar), Abdelilah Arredouani (Hamad Bin Khalifa University)</strong></p> <p>Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide in part due to the obesity epidemic and insulin resistance. …”

Is extended hepatectomy for hepatobiliary malignancy justified? by Abdalla, Eddie

“…Combining extended hepatectomy with another intraabdominal procedure increases the risk of postoperative morbidity.…”
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Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar by Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Many pregnant women use the internet to access information about PA and diet, and greater use is associated with more positive lifestyle changes. …”

The Economic Impact of Optimizing a COVID-19 Management Protocol in Pre-Existing Cardiovascular Disease Patients by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…In the critically ill patients, however, the cost increased from QAR202,094 (USD 55,505) to QAR292,856 (USD 80,433) per patient, with added cost of QAR90,762 (USD 24,928). …”

Dietary Curcumin Nanoparticles Improve Growth Performance, Oxidative Status and Immune Response of European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus Labrax</i>) by Albandari Bin-Ammar (16381128)

“…Growth performance (final body weight (FBW), daily weight gain (DWG), weight gain (WG), relative growth rate (RGR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER)) and feed uptake (feed conversion rate (FCR)) were improved significantly in CURNPs (100 and 150 mg/ kg)-supplemented groups. …”

Analysis of the two microsatellite repeat polymorphisms of the factor VIII gene in the Turkish population by El Maarri, Osman

“…The comparison of heterozygosity of both microsatellite loci showed that the Turkish population is slightly less polymorphic than Anglo-Americans but more polymorphic than Chinese, Slavs and Uzbekians. …”
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Economic policy uncertainty: Global energy security with diversification by Dagar, Vishal

“…To obtain a sustainable level of ED, policymakers should increase investment in gross capital formation because economic growth and openness via pro-global policies have less impact on ED. …”
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Kinetics of ultrasonic release of doxorubicin from pluronic P105 micelles by Husseini, Ghaleb

“…Above this threshold, the amount of release was shown to increase as the pulse length increased up to 0.6 s. …”
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Survival Misperceptions, Time Inconsistency, and Implications for Life-cycle Saving and Welfare by Gahramanov, Emin

“…Some empirical studies firmly reveal that people tend to form overly pessimistic survival expectations for relatively less distant ages and overly optimistic survival expectations for relatively more distant ages. …”
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Estimation of Virtual Trust on Driverless Cars using Type-1 Fuzzy logic by Mohamed Kayed Alhyasat, Khaled

“…These vehicles boost confidence, increase road capacity, and decrease traffic accident. …”
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The Impact of Diabetes Educational Interventions on Nurses’ Knowledge of In-Patient Diabetes Management in Hospitals in Abu Dhabi & Dubai by ALISHAQ, ZEINAB DAHIR AWAD

“…ABSTRACT Diabetes rate is increasing worldwide which is associated with health and economic issues. …”
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Implications on Educational Management During the COVID 19 Pandemic by Alfalasi, Khulood

“…Also, A-range students (students with a GPA of 3.7 and above) were significantly less stressed than B-range students (GPA of 2.7–3.3). …”
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Spatial modelling of contribution of individual level risk factors for mortality from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula by Oyelola A. Adegboye (4287826)

“…The odds of dying from the disease was found to increase as age increased beyond 25 years and was much higher for individuals with any underlying comorbidities.…”

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

“…<p dir="ltr">Microchannel heat exchangers are heat exchangers with a tube diameter of less than 1 mm. Conventional cooling approaches such as the forced‐air cooling technique fail in high technological compact systems because of the small‐sized surfaces of chips and circuits. …”

Risk of venous thromboembolism outweighs post-hepatectomy bleeding complications by Tzeng, Ching-Wei

“…Conclusions: Contrary to the belief that transient postoperative liver insufficiency is protective, VTE increases with extent of hepatectomy. …”
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Pregnancy and traffic crashes in North America by Donald Redelmeier (3586313)

“…The increased risk was largest in the early second trimester and compensated during the third trimester. …”

Analyzing the effectiveness of various coatings to mitigate photovoltaic modules soiling in desert climate by Alaa Elsafi (22282354)

“…The results indicate a decrease in light transmittance and an increase in surface coverage area over time due to dust accumulation. …”

Internet Searches for Medical Symptoms Before Seeking Information on 12-Step Addiction Treatment Programs: A Web-Search Log Analysis by George Nitzburg (18614989)

“…Second, we examined symptom queries preceding queries on the 12-step program at time lags of 0-7 days, 7-14 days, and 14-30 days, where the probability of asking about a medical symptom was greater in the 30-day time window preceding 12-step program information-seeking as compared to all previous times that the symptom was queried.…”

Circulating exosomal immuno-oncological checkpoints and cytokines are potential biomarkers to monitor tumor response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in non-small cell lung cancer patien... by Shayista Akbar (14442117)

“…Non-responding patients showed a significant increase in exosomal-PD-L1 (p=0.0078). Furthermore, responding-patients without liver-metastasis showed significant-upregulation of PD-1 (p=0.0070), and downregulation of ULBP1 (p=0.0137) and Siglec-7 (p=0.0037). …”

A jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) seed cake extracts express hepatoprotective activity against paracetamol-induced toxicity in rats by Firas Feki (17545638)

“…In addition, the histological analysis of liver tissues proved significant injury and hepatocellular necrosis. …”