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. …”

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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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

“…The number of adults with raised blood pressure increased from 594 million in 1975 to 1·13 billion in 2015, with the increase largely in low-income and middle-income countries. …”
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Towards a Unified Arabic Government Services Chatbot Based on Ontology by Areed, Sufyan

“…Since the birth of the term "e-government", the amount of structured and unstructured information has increased dramatically, which has forced all government entities worldwide to provide many call centers with long working hours that may reach to 24/7 in some entities to answer users' questions related government services, regardless of the time wasted by the clients while waiting to get in touch with the agent. …”
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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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A kinetic evaluation of nutrient and organic matter removal in greywater for green Walls: Assessing the performance of Mineral-Based, Organic, and Waste-Derived plant support media by Shaheeda Marakkar Anangadan (19239607)

“…However, when accounting for leaching, which was significant in some organic media but expected to decrease with time, most organic media (SCG, date seeds, coco coir and bone) achieved around 80 % TOC removal. …”

Clinical and biochemical determinants of length of stay, readmission and recurrence in patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis by Fateen Ata (12217764)

“…Results from this study with a diverse population may be valuable for physicians and healthcare systems to decrease the diabetes-related healthcare burden in DKA patients.…”

BCL-2 Inhibitor Venetoclax Induces Autophagy-Associated Cell Death, Cell Cycle Arrest, and Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells by Ali Alhoshani (3720718)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Breast cancer cell lines with different molecular subtypes (MDA-MB-231, MCF7, and SKBR-3) were treated with different concentrations of VCX for indicated time points. The expression of cell proliferative, apoptotic, and autophagy genes was determined by qRTPCR and Western blot analyses. …”

Online Monitoring of Outdoor Non-Ceramic Insulators by Shurrab, Ibrahim Yehia

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Changes in Blood microRNA Expression and Early Metabolic Responsiveness 21 Days Following Bariatric Surgery by Stephen L. Atkin (6684368)

“…<h3>Background: </h3><p dir="ltr">Early metabolic responses following bariatric surgery appear greater than expected given the initial weight loss and coincide with improvement in diabetes. …”

Understanding the phenomenon of saltwater intrusion sourced from desalination plants at coastal aquifers by Farhat Abbas (5480)

“…Column Peclet numbers from the two analyses were identical for potassium ions but those for bromide ions were c. 60% greater from the two-region model than from the convective–diffusion equation. …”

Impact of trace noble metals on the catalytic performance of LaNiMgO towards methane dry reforming by Yahia H. Ahmad (14340210)

“…On the other hand, at the same time-on-stream LaNiMgO-Rh lost 0.3 and 0.7 % of its maximum CO₂ and CH₄ conversions, respectively. …”

Infliximab versus ciclosporin in steroid resistant acute severe ulcerative colitis: a model-based cost-utility analysis of data from CONSTRUCT pragmatic trial by Mohammed Fasihul Alam (6832217)

“…Beyond 2-year trial follow-up, Markov model predicted a decrease in colectomy rate, but it remained slightly higher for ciclosporin. …”

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin. (c2018) by Toutounji, Maggie Nazih

“…Caspofungin sensitive strains showed decreased resistance to Congo red yet increased virulence and biofilm formation. All filamentous strains were adhesive but only some were virluent. …”
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Fuzzified ant colony optimization algorithm for efficient combinational circuits synthesis by Sarif, B.A.B.

“…With the increasing demand for high quality, more efficient, less area and less power circuits, the problem of logic circuit design has become a multiobjective optimization problem. …”
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Tumor protease-activated fusion toxins by Abi-Habib, Ralph J.

“…These toxins are activated by ubiquitously expressed furin-proteases and, though highly potent and selective against tumor cells, are still toxic to some normal cells that express the receptor for their tumor-targeting moiety. …”
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TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON ENGAGED TEACHING: STUDY FROM AN AMERICAN CURRICULUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DUBAI by ALBASHA, WAFA

“…Problem statement: Collaborative learning is hectic for some learners, hence the need for a skilled teacher to ensure effective teaching outcomes. …”
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The Determinants of the Performance of Commercial Banks Industry Evidence of Listed Commercial Banks at ADX by MOHAMMAD YASSEN DARKAL, MOHAMMAD YASSAR

“…In addition to simple linear regression method that used in hypotheses testing, correlation and some descriptive statistics were also applied in the analysis of data. …”
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Structure of a reattaching supersonic shear layer by Samimy, M.

“…The preliminary results show that large-scale relatively organized structures with limited spanwise extent form in the free shear layer. Some of these structures appear to survive the recompression and reattachment processes, while others break down into smaller scales and the flow becomes increasingly three-dimensional. …”
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Studying coral reef patterns in UAE waters using panel data analysis and multinomial logit and probit models by Ben Romdhane, Haifa

“…Furthermore, results demonstrated that the probability of severe damage increases with decreasing water oxygenation and with increasing temperature, light, salinity, acidity and nutrient levels. …”
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