Exploration of STEM Reforms for Developing an Effective Large‐scale, Research‐based Policy in the UAE STEM by AL QURAAN, ELAINE

“…Background: Mathematics, science, engineering, and technology are subjects believed to reflect people’s cultural achievements that power the economy and development, and at the same time constitute essential aspects of the lives. Educators admit that it is vitally important that integrated STEM education in K-12 schools aligns with 21st century skills, creates new jobs, increases competition in the global economy, and educates the next generation of STEM professional. …”
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Exploring Key Success Factors in Implementing Project Management Processes to Ease Strategy Execution by Saeed Al Huwaidi, Shahd Ahmad

“…Change resistance in the workplace is increasing and the given research analyzes how to overcome resistance and thus lead the way for acceptance. …”
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Regulation of circulating CTRP-2/CTRP-9 and GDF-8/GDF-15 by intralipids and insulin in healthy control and polycystic ovary syndrome women following chronic exercise training by Jayakumar Jerobin (6595520)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>Intralipids dramatically increased CTRP-2 levels in PCOS (P = 0.02) and control (P = 0.004) subjects, which was not affected by insulin infusion or by exercise. …”

Inappropriate Medication Use in Elderly Lebanese Outpatients by Saab, Yolande B.

“…More than half (59.6%) of the patients taking drugs at the time of the study were taking at least one inappropriate medication. …”
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Rapid mercury removal using living indigenous microalgal communities for water treatment applications by Amr Nasr Fekry (22521185)

“…Our research demonstrates high mercury removal efficiency (89–94 %) across all tested concentrations, with rapid kinetics achieving equilibrium within just 2 min of contact time. The maximum biosorption capacity reached 0.10 mg/g at 100 μg/L initial concentration. …”

An empirical correlation-based model to predict solid-fluid phase equilibria and phase separation of the ternary system CH₄-CO₂-H₂S by Hani Ababneh (9218272)

“…<p dir="ltr">To cover the expected increased demand for natural gas, energy industry has to exploit sour gas reserves located around the world. …”

Health-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan by Ali Ahmed (2567584)

“…Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that the factors significantly associated with HRQoL were: female gender; age  > 50 years; having primary and secondary education;  > 1 year since HIV diagnosis; HIV serostatus AIDS-converted; higher CD 4 T lymphocytes count; detectable viral load; and increased time to ART.</p> <h2>Conclusions</h2> <p>The current findings have shown that PLWHA in Pakistan adherent to ART had a good overall HRQoL, though with significantly higher depression. …”

Functional Characterization of the MYO6 Variant p.E60Q in Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Patients by Moza Alkowari (18288922)

“…The long tradition of consanguinity among the Qatari population has increased the prevalence of HHL, which negatively impacts the quality of life. …”

Biomarkers show promise for treatment of heart valve disease by Nature Research (16552612)

“…The researchers suggest that patients with increased pro- or decreased anti-calcific factors in their serum should avoid replacement with a bioprosthesis. …”

Risk of Malignancy in Indeterminate Liver Nodules Among Patients with Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yousef Yahia (19756989)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Our findings show a higher incidence of HCC in patients with indeterminate liver nodules, increasing over time and reaching 30% at seven years. …”

Old subjects with sepsis in the emergency department: trend analysis of case fatality rate by Andrea Fabbri (356760)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Two thousand four hundred ninety-two subjects were included. Over time the incidental admission rate (no. of sepsis-related admissions per 100 total admissions) increased from 4.1% (2009–2010) to 5.4% (2015–2016); P < 0.001, accompanied by a reduced CFR (from 38.0 to 18.4%; P < 0.001). …”

Applying morpho-emergent theory to the evolution of public buildings: new design strategies for the building envelopes by Jaheen, Noha

“…The versatility and vicissitudes of nature highlight survival abilities as a main feature of the adaptation and development of organisms through time. Concurrent environmental hazards and the increasing size of construction projectshasraised the importance of buildings in terms of creating healthy conditions for users. …”
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Business Continuity Management Maturity Model for Banks in UAE by Mahal, Ashish

“…They are faced with increasing levels of global competition, demanding customers and employees, shrinking product lifecycles and decreasing acceptable response times (Lockamy & McCormack, 2004) They have employees and deal with clients, suppliers & vendors from all over the world. …”
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An Evaluation of Short-Term Effects of Different Soil Management Systems on Soil Physical, Structural and Hydraulic Properties and an Estimation and Optimization of Water Infiltrat... by Merheb, Caroline

“…Nevertheless, implementing all management systems to determine water infiltration capacities for a specific site can be costly and time-consuming. Hence, the need for a mathematical model that computes infiltration into agricultural soils is necessary. …”
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Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis with placement of self-expandable metallic stents by Azar, Riad R.

“…Patients: This study involved patients undergoing ERCP for malignant biliary obstruction between January 2005 and October 2008. Intervention: First-time placement of a SEMS or PS for biliary decompression. …”
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Comparative Effect of Sodium Butyrate and Sodium Propionate on Proliferation, Cell Cycle and Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer Cells by Danaf, Daniella

“…Finally, the mode of cell death exerted by NaB and NaP was through apoptosis, as seen by the increased percentage of early/late apoptotic cells and the elevation of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in treated cells. …”
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Using fuzzy reasoning to improve redundancy elimination for data deduplication in connected environments by Yakhni, Sylvana

“…The Internet of Things is ushering in the era of connected environments where the number and diversity of data sources (devices and sensors) are inevitably increasing the size of the data that need to be stored locally (at the edge device level) and transmitted to base storages (at the sink level) of the network. …”
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In vitro regulation of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using synthetic autoinducers By Hrag Dilabazian A thesis by Dilabazian, Hrag

“…The inducing ability of OdDHL and BHL on the lasB gene was tested under different conditions: by increasing cell density or manipulating the concentration of or time of exposure to autoinducers, revealed that induction was not possible in elastase negative strains and had no detectable effect on the elastase positive strains. …”
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Breakdown of perineal laceration repair after vaginal delivery by JAllad, Karl

“…OR, 4.0; 95% CI, 1.1–15.7), presence of episiotomy at time of delivery (adj. OR, 11.1; 95% CI, 2.9–48.8), operative delivery (adj. …”
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Optimizing chemisorption based direct air capture unit efficiency in HVAC systems: A study on the impact of DAC location and adsorption conditions as a response to the climate cris... by Yasser M. Abdullatif (16500945)

“…., positioning the DAC unit after the exhaust fan in AHU) in comparison to a stand-alone unit, the efficiency of the DAC system is improved at varying times through the summer season in Qatar. Specifically locating DAC unit at Position 6 increases DAC efficiency from 5.3% to 27.19% for 8th of June 2022 at 11:00 am in Qatar. …”