The Triple “S” Impact of COVID-19: Nationwide Evidence of the Impact of the Stress Associated With Restrictive Measures on Substance Use, Sleep, and Social Connectedness in Qatar... by Muna Abed Alah (18171346)

“…Of tobacco users in our sample, 36% reported increased tobacco use since the start of home confinement, while 41.6% of alcohol users reported decreased alcohol use. Concerning sleep, 46.1% reported an increase in average sleep duration per day (0.77 h mean increase, 95% CI: 0.66-0.88, P<0.001), and a third of participants reported poorer sleep quality. …”

Independent and Combined Effects of Antioxidant Supplementation and Circuit Resistance Training on Selected Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Ayoub Saeidi (17331085)

“…Participants in experimental groups either performed CRT (3 sessions per week with intensity at 55% of one-repetition maximum) or supplemented with Zataria Multiflora (500 mg every day after breakfast with 100 ml of water), or their combination, for 8 weeks. …”

Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Also, meeting recommended PA decreased with age [OR 0.92 (95% CI 0.90–0.94)] and body mass index [OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.91–0.95]; but increased per additional portion of fruit and vegetables taken [OR 1.19 (95% CI 1.12–1.25)] and with increase in well-being scale score [OR 1.05 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.06)]. …”

ACTB Loss-of-Function Mutations Result in a Pleiotropic Developmental Disorder by Sara Cuvertino (18892069)

“…<i>ACTB</i> mRNA expression levels in lymphoblastic lines and fibroblasts derived from affected individuals were decreased in comparison to those in control cells. …”

Clinical characteristics and outcome of children with acute cryptorchid testicular torsion: A single-center, retrospective case series study by Zlatan Zvizdic (9212371)

“…Preoperative color Doppler ultrasonography revealed absent or decreased testicular blood flow in the affected testes in 7/8 of patients. …”

COVID-19 biomarkers for severity mapped to polycystic ovary syndrome by Abu Saleh Md Moin (6189512)

“…These protein panels target biological processes involved in vessel damage, platelet degranulation, the coagulation cascade and the acute phase response [1], with greater protein changes dependent on the COVID-19 severity. …”

Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students by Doumit, Rita

“…Strategies xiv used varied with the type of situation. A greater proportion of overall strategies used included active and internal coping strategies which were focused on resolving the issue or problem. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

A 5-year trend in the use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other oral antidiabetic drugs in a Middle Eastern country by Nancy Zaghloul (14147865)

“…The trend among SGLT2is suggests greater preference for empagliflozin over dapagliflozin.…”

The effects of a change in the point system on immigration by Chemin, Matthieu

“…The explicit objective was to increase the number of French-speaking immigrants, with no deterioration in overall labor market performance. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Removal of bacterial contaminants and antibiotic resistance genes by conventional wastewater treatment processes in Saudi Arabia: Is the treated wastewater safe to reuse for agricu... by Al-Jassim, Nada

“…Among them, Pseudomonas spp. had the highest approximated cell number in the influent but decreased to less than 30 cells/100 mL in both types of effluent. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Rising mortality related to cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer amongst older men across the United States by Abdul Ahad (545575)

“…Crude and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 populations for variables such as year, race and ethnicity, and geographic regions were determined. …”

Nurse-Led System-wide Unit-based Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Reduction Project by Mariam Al-Mutawa (18505317)

“…implementation, from 0.9/1,000 patient-days [Q3 2020 – Q4 2021] to 0.31/1,000 per patient-days [Q1 2022 – Q2 2023] (Figure 1). …”

The effect of indoor air quality on health and performance of labors in joinery factories by Sadeghi, Hengameh

“…This study reveals the importance of the workers’ health in the woodworking industry and perceived the safe & healthy environment as per global IAQ standards. Considering the fact that green technology made a remarkable improvement in real-world performance, the quality of indoor air has the same level of qualification as the healthy building’s structure. …”
Get full text

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

“…Along the years CFR decreased from 31.8% (2009–2010) to 25.0% (2015–2016); P = 0.007. …”

Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors by Noura Aldous (15429873)

“…Furthermore, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines lacking RFX6 were generated using CRISPR/Cas9. …”

Application of Fe₃O₄ magnetite nanoparticles grafted in silica (SiO₂) for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…Demulsification process best fits the combined Langmuir-Freundlich (L-F) isotherm with highest adsorption capacity (Q_max) of 186.0 ± 5 mg_oil/g_MD compared to 86.0 ± 5 mg_oil/g_MD for Fe₃O₄, which is 1.1 folds greater than Q_max reported in the literature for other demulsifiers.…”

Masked phenomenon: renal and cardiovascular complications; review and updates by Elmukhtar Habas (14777677)

“…The masked phenomenon (MP) (MHTN and MUHTN) increases susceptibility to end-organ damage (a two-fold greater risk for cardiovascular events and kidney dysfunction). …”

Investigation of the Effect of Imatinib and Hydroxyurea Combination Therapy on Hematological Parameters and Gene Expression in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients by Esraa K. Al-Amleh (16023071)

“…With regards to the treatment effect on hematological parameters, notably in CML patients in later stages, the combination therapy (HU + IM) raised lymphocyte count, indicating a greater response to the treatment. When compared to single medicines, the combination treatment reduced the proportion of neutrophils to normal reference ranges. …”

Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burd... by Katherine R Paulson (8674293)

“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Global U5MR decreased from 71·2 deaths per 1000 livebirths (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 68·3–74·0) in 2000 to 37·1 (33·2–41·7) in 2019 while global NMR correspondingly declined more slowly from 28·0 deaths per 1000 live births (26·8–29·5) in 2000 to 17·9 (16·3–19·8) in 2019. …”

Water quality problems associated with intermittent water supply by Tokajian, Sima

“…A statistically significant increase in counts, possibly due to regrowth, was repeatedly established between two sampling points lying on a straight distribution line but 1 km apart. …”
Get full text
Get full text