Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analy... by Hmwe Hmwe, Kyu

“…The most pronounced decline was in children younger than 5 years, with a 79·2% (72·4–84·6) decrease in diarrhoeal deaths. Global YLLs also decreased substantially, from 186 million (147–221) in 1990 to 51·4 million (39·9–65·9) in 2021. …”
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Energy Performance of Earth Sheltered Spaces in Hot-Arid Regions by Al-Neama, Bahaa Hussein Ali

“…Earth sheltered spaces represent the long-gone pattern of living and sheltering against dangerous and harsh environment. …”
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Gold-Conjugated Curcumin as a Novel Therapeutic Agent against Brain-Eating Amoebae by Mungroo, Mohammad Ridwane

“…Balamuthia mandrillaris and Naegleria fowleri are free-living amoebae that cause infection of the central nervous system, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), respectively. …”
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History of WOFAPS (1963–2019) by Jose Boix-Ochoa (14150505)

“…This vision was unique at the time and foreshadowed the major increase in advocacy activity which has emerged in recent years. …”

The role of IT governance in enhancing the competitiveness of for-profit private schools' business by Jasim, Alaa H

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Ablation of LAT2 Transporter Causes Intramuscular Glutamine Accumulation and Inhibition of Fasting‐Induced Proteolysis by Meritxell Espino‐Guarch (22565774)

“…Further, chronic Gln accumulation and decreased proteolysis were found to induce the early onset of an age‐related muscle phenotype.…”

Cigarette use among Arab Americans in the Detroit metropolitan area by Kulwicki, A.

“…With the growing numbers of Middle Eastern immigrants, there is potential for a dramatic increase in smoking-related health problems.…”
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Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011) by Asmaa El-Heneidy (8844911)

“…A sample of 1121 children was extracted from the Environments for Healthy Living longitudinal birth cohort study. Introduction of MOTBM during the first six months after birth increased almost two-fold the risk of development of persistent asthma after adjusting for other covariates (Adjusted Relative Risk (ARR): 1.71, 95% CI: 1.03–2.83, p = 0.038). …”

Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE by SHAREEF, SUNDUS LUAY

“…The variation along the short direction of the urban block has a greater positive effect and the saving in cooling energy consumption reaches 4.6 %. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the Generation of Waste in Marrakech, Morocco by Abdellah Ouigmane (18460623)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">The production of solid waste continues to increase as the population and standard of living increases. …”

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants by Bin, Zhou

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Temporal patterns of cancer burden in Asia, 1990–2019: a systematic examination for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study by Rajesh, Sharma

“…Its heightened risk calls for increased cancer awareness, preventive measures, affordable early-stage detection, and cost-effective therapeutics in Asia. …”
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Basal and Stress-Induced Network Activity in the Adrenal Medulla In Vivo by Jose R. Lopez Ruiz (18385038)

“…Hypoglycemic stress, induced by insulin administration resulted in increased activity of a subset of the chromaffin cells. …”

The effect of sperm DNA fragmentation on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome by Kareim Khalafalla (14148807)

“…This cohort reported that the clinical reproductive outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection showed no statistical significance with increase sperm DNA fragmentation levels. In sperm DNA fragmentation above 30%, favourable females had significantly higher clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate than unfavourable females, while fertilisation rate and miscarriage rate showed no significance between the subgroups. …”

Auto Mechanism International Cleaning System Project Management of Cleaning Panels Opportunity in the Exterior Design Approach to Achieve Design Growth in the Built Environment by ALGARMOOUZI, SALA ESSAM HUSSEIN

“…Due to covid-19 pandemic and the extremely needs for a healthier environment, weather from the exterior elevations or from the interior materials, the auto mechanism cleaning system came to improve the sustainability through the cleaning system, to improve the lifestyle & the health of human-beings, and to increase the culture motivation between us in create an easier life, in addition to enhance the technological orientation as well as the sustainable orientation from worldwide, due to the move toward a technological sustainable environment. …”
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Arab female and male perceptions of factors facilitating and inhibiting their physical activity: Findings from a qualitative study in the Middle East by Tam Truong Donnelly (4264201)

“…The purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers influencing PA of adult Arab men and women living in Qatar and to understand what they think would be helpful to increase PA. …”

The Impact of an Ethnomathematics Intervention on Sixth Graders’ Perceptions about the Nature of Mathematics by Khanafer, Heba

“…Data from different sources were triangulated and compared to increase the reliability of the study results. Findings revealed that teaching an ethnomathematical geometry unit had a great impact on students’ perceptions towards the nature of mathematics. …”
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Comprehensive insights into sustainable conversion of agricultural and food waste into microbial protein for animal feed production by Kashif Rasool (2542492)

“…<p dir="ltr">The growing global population and higher living standards instantly demand the transition in the direction of a sustainable food system. …”

Addressing Challenges of Distance Learning in the Pandemic with Edge Intelligence Enabled Multicast and Caching Solution by Kashif Bilal (16896357)

“…Moreover, user preferences and network’s contextual information can differentiate between live and cached access patterns optimizing edge caching decisions. …”

Food purchase and eating behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of Russian adults by Tarek Ben Hassen (15742605)

“…<p dir="ltr">The Russian government took strong containment measures to prevent the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with rigid hygiene protocols and restrictions on daily living, such as social distancing and closing businesses and schools. …”