Blockchain, climate damage, and death: Policy interventions to reduce the carbon emissions, mortality, and net-zero implications of non-fungible tokens and Bitcoin حسب Jon Truby (14153022)

"…<p dir="ltr">The art industry has commercialised and popularised non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with the volume and value of NFT transactions rapidly growing to US$ 10.7 billion in Q3 2021. The increase in NFT transactions has drawn the attention of the art market to the consequent carbon emissions resulting from verifying transactions in proof-of-work blockchains supporting NFT transactions. …"

Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Austin, Carter

"…In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa had the highest PUV of 999·9 (857·4–1154·2) per 100 000 population, but this was a 64·5% (58·8–69·4) reduction in PUV from 2003 to 2021. …"
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Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults حسب Korkomaz, Aya

"…Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, and Twitter were associated with increased body checking whereas Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn, and YouTube were not. …"
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Evaluating fructose content in poultry feed: electrochemical insights حسب Mizaj Shabil Sha (17714286)

"…The fat content of poultry meat has risen since genetic advancement has resulted in higher rates of body weight gain and fat deposition, which are closely linked. The increase in further processing for fast-food poultry items has resulted in larger birds with more body fat. …"

Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase-1 (WARS-1) depletion and high tryptophan concentration lead to genomic instability in Caenorhabditis elegans حسب Mahmoud Izadi (12899508)

"…More recently, mutations in the tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase 1 (WARS1) have been linked to various human diseases, from intellectual disability to various types of cancer. …"

PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications حسب Pramod Darvin (153341)

"…Recent studies revealed that enhanced PD-L1 expression in cancer stem cells is linked to immune evasion. Understanding the mechanisms behind this PD-L1 overexpression in cancer stem cells is critical for developing more effective strategies for preventing immune evasion and increasing the efficacy of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. …"

Prescription errors with chemotherapy حسب Saad, Aline

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Thermodynamic Analysis of an Integrated Hydrogen Production System Based on Solar and Nuclear Energy Sources in the UAE حسب Babu, Binish Sam

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Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases حسب Glazer, Evan

"…We hypothesized that PET uptake levels were artificially decreased after chemotherapy. That is, lesions that appeared to be nonmalignant were actually viable malignant lesions.…"
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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]). …"

Elemental distributions in the marine sediments off Doha, Qatar: role of urbanisation and coastal dynamics حسب Varis Mohammed Hasna (22046888)

"…Decadal variability is evident in element concentrations, which are linked to the urbanisation of the capital city in the State of Qatar. …"

Collaborative hierarchical caching and transcoding in edge network with CE-D2D communication حسب Emna Baccour (16896366)

"…However, the high load in peak hours consumes the limited available bandwidth of existing cellular and backhaul links leading to low network performance. Hence, an elastic system model is required to maintain the high Quality of Experience (QoE) as the resource demands increase. …"

Collaborative Caching for D2D Content Sharing in 5G حسب Abdelsalam, Ansam Elfadil Kamel

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Three essays on French colonial trade حسب El Kallab, Tania

"…Statistics also emphasize that the event of colonization was followed by an increase in trade between France and its own colonies, while colonization from Britain and other metropolis did not impact trade between France and British/ other colonies. …"
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Corporate culture at Universal Bank, S.A.L. (c1994) حسب Harfouche, Randa

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Perinatal exposure to PFOS and sustained high-fat diet promote neurodevelopmental disorders via genomic reprogramming of pathways associated with neuromotor development حسب Issam Hmila (9239059)

"…We found that female mice exposed to PFOS alone showed an increase in weight, while HFD expectedly increased body weight. …"

The Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Lebanese with Type 2 Diabetes حسب Saadé, Rita

"…Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Lebanon and is known to increase the risks of cardio-metabolic events. Diabetes self-management is essential for glycemic control and prevention of cardiovascular complications. …"
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Prostaglandin E2 stimulates p53 transactivational activity through specific serine 15 phosphorylation in human synovial fibroblasts ROLE IN SUPPRESSION OF c/EBP/NF-κB-MEDIATED MEKK... حسب Faour, Wissam

"…Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) overexpression has been linked to cell survival, transformation, and hyperproliferation. …"
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Activation of the unfolded protein response in high glucose treated endothelial cells is mediated by methylglyoxal حسب Zehra Irshad (18614869)

"…Proteins susceptible to MG modification were enriched in protein folding, protein synthesis, serine/threonine kinase signalling, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. MG was increased in high glucose by increased flux of MG formation linked to increased glucose metabolism mediated by proteolytic stabilisation and increase of hexokinase-2 (HK-2); later potentiated by proteolytic down regulation of glyoxalase 1 (Glo1) - the major enzyme of MG metabolism. …"

The Potential of Lettuce Seed Assay for Sustainable Applied Toxicity Testing حسب Ammar M. S. Abdalla (23752962)

"…<p dir="ltr">This study was conducted to establish an approach for environmental toxicity assessment by using Effect-Directed Analysis (EDA) to increase the chances of toxicant identification through links between toxicity testing and chemical analysis. …"