Internet of everything meets the metaverse: Bridging physical and virtual worlds with blockchain by Wajid Rafique (19757058)

“…While some view the Metaverse as a detached virtual world, technologies like mixed reality and digital twins highlight the need for complementarity and interactive co-existence between the physical and virtual worlds. …”

Potential ecological risk assessment of microplastics in coastal sediments: Their metal accumulation and interaction with sedimentary metal concentration by Azenith B. Castillo (17876753)

“…This may be effective in providing relative spatial indices of pollution load and risk for metals associated with MPs, which could potentially inform establishment of an appropriate assessment framework, where MPs are increasingly abundant in coastal sediments. However, this does not account for the relatively lower abundance of MPs compared to sediments.…”

Setting the agenda for diabetes research in the state of Qatar by Amit Mishra (3631456)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">The national research agenda development process has uncovered some important knowledge gaps and outlined the most impactful areas for diabetes research. …”

Sub-ppm of toxic gases detection on Ag-doped WO₃ nanosensor by Ahmad Al-Sarraj (17151007)

“…Moreover, some of these toxic substances can be found as gases in human breath due to disease. …”

Multi-UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing IoT Systems: Joint Association and Resource Allocation Framework by Abu Farha, Yazan Mahmoud

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The behavior of Tapered High Strength Concrete Filled Steel Tube (CFST) Column connected to Encased Steel Reinforced Concrete Composite (SRC) Column by Abdelhamid Azzazy, Yasser

“…The use of Convectional Concrete Column is often limited in high-rise Buildings due to the constraint from the architects on increasing size of the columns, so the composite columns provide appropriate solution to satisfy the architect and the Client with smaller column size. …”
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Solar power forecasting beneath diverse weather conditions using GD and LM-artificial neural networks by Sharma, Neetan

“…The intermittent, chaotic, and random quality of solar energy supply has to be dealt with by some comprehensive solar forecasting technologies. …”
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Health-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan by Ali Ahmed (2567584)

“…ART has significantly increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). …”

Comparative outcome analysis of home-initiated non-medical interventions among toddlers with orally ingested substances by Alanazi, Menyfah Q.

“…Background Poison management guidelines recommend contacting or visiting poison centers directly after exposure. However, some parents initiated non-medical interventions on their children before visiting these centers. …”
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Technical Aspects of Developing Chatbots for Medical Applications: Scoping Review by Zeineb Safi (18281719)

“…They provide patients with timely information that can be critical in some scenarios, such as access to mental health resources. …”

The Trace Element Composition of Size Fractionated Suspended Particulate Matter Samples from the Qatari EEZ of the Arabian Gulf: The Role of Atmospheric Dust by Oguz Yigiterhan (14151006)

“…The concentrations of some elements in net-tow plankton samples appear to be mostly of lithogenic (dust) origin. …”

Analysis of Diabetes Apps to Assess Privacy-Related Permissions: Systematic Search of Apps by José Javier Flors-Sidro (18518946)

“…Moreover, it was found that 40.0% (199/497) of the apps contained advertising, and some apps that claimed not to contain advertisements actually did. …”

On the Trail of Library Projects: Discovering Transformative Power of Cross-sector and Community-driven Partnerships by Vasilije Milnović (21692867)

“…The role of libraries is to become an information hub where heritage and culture are embedded in a digital context, increasing visibility and making local heritage global while experimenting with new technologies. …”

Editorial: Dynamic Biomarkers of Response to Anti-Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer by Said Dermime (79420)

“…<p dir="ltr">Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has been approved as first- or second-line therapy options in a broadening range of metastatic cancer and is increasingly explored in the treatment of early stage tumors. …”

Critical Success & Failure Factors for Public Private Partnership Projects in the UAE by Alhashemi, Mohamed Yaqoob

“…They hesitated to finance some of the PPP projects in the UAE and preferred to watch how things are going on with PPP. …”
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Investigating the Role of Students’ Attainment, Aptitude and Attitude Assessments in Predicting SAT Achievement: The Case of US-Curriculum Schools in the UAE by HADI, LAMES ABDUL

“…The focus on the role of assessments in predicting students’ performance is rapidly increasing. The literature highlights the need to investigate students’ achievement predictors in exit assessments. …”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

“…Among females, none of these 12 countries had significant decreases in prevalence of chewing tobacco use, whereas seven of 12 countries had a significant decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking use for the period. …”

Clinical reappraisal of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.3 in Qatar's National Mental Health Study by Salma M. Khaled (13847737)

“…Recalibration of the short‐form PCL‐5 removed an initially significant difference in PTSD prevalence with the full PCL‐5 (from X²₁= 610.5, <i>p</i> < 0.001 to X²₁= 2.5, <i>p</i> = 0.110) while also increasing AU‐ROC from 0.76 to 0.81.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Recalibration resulted in valid diagnoses of common mental disorders in the Qatar National Mental Health Survey, but with inflated prevalence estimates for some disorders that need to be considered when interpreting results.…”

Downregulation of Lymphoid enhancer‐binding factor 1 (<i>LEF‐1)</i> expression (by immunohistochemistry and/ flow cytometry) in chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with atypical immunophe... by Dina S. Soliman (14779333)

“…CLL has a well-defined immunophenotype, yet, some cases of CLL demonstrate atypical morphology/ phenotype reflected by low Matutes score (atypical CLL). …”

Extramedullary haematopoiesis in patients with transfusion dependent β-thalassaemia (TDT): a systematic review by Eihab A. Subahi (12217761)

“…<h3>Introduction</h3><p dir="ltr">Around 5% of the world’s population is expected to have some degree and type of thalassaemia. Beta thalassaemia (BT) occurs due to a deficient production of the beta-globin chain of haemoglobin. …”