Burden of Transport-Related Injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 by Saeid Safiri (3713035)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">In 2017, there were 5.5 million (UI 4.9–6.2) transport-related incident cases in the EMR – a substantial increase from 1990 (2.8 million; UI 2.5–3.1). The age-standardized incidence rate for the EMR in 2017 was 787 (UI 705.5–876.2) per 100000,which has not changed significantly since 1990 (-0.9%; UI -4.7 to 3). …”

Two-Stage Deep Learning Solution for Continuous Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Word Count Prediction and Motion Images by Shanableh, Tamer

“…This results in a single image representation per sign language word referred to as a motion image. …”
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Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication by Alqawasmeh, Suhieb

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Effect of Construction Void Defects on Flexural and Axial Load Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Members by Al Moukdad, Mohammad Mustafa

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Why do some countries produce more capital intensive output than others? by Toukan, Amjad

“…Our model predictions suggest that differences in productivity and therefore output per worker across countries are driven primarily by differences in the quality of governance. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global B... by Akram Pourshams (63963)

“…The age-standardised incidence rate was 5·0 (4·9–5·1) per 100 000 person-years in 1990 and increased to 5·7 (5·6–5·8) per 100 000 person-years in 2017. …”

The changing face of Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Its fertility and birth rates have been steadily declining, however, so it has the lowest birth rate of all the GCC countries, with just 13 births per 1,000 people. Although Qatar has seen a significant improvement in under-five and maternal mortality rates, and lowest rates of communicable disease and all-cause mortality rates, it has an extremely high prevalence of obesity, and this is continuing to increase. …”

Communicable Disease Center Pharmacy's prudent response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Qatar by Rania A. Hassanin (20362767)

“…This also highlighted the efforts that the Clinical Pharmacy Service made during the pandemic and its significant role in raising awareness and education to prevent prescription errors despite the increase in the overall number of orders from approximately 7000 Rx per month to approximately 22,000 Rx per month. …”

Comparison of the clinical outcomes of non-invasive ventilation by helmet vs facemask in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome by Mohamad Y. Khatib (11659459)

“…NIV facemask will be applied as per the facial contour of the patient. NIV helmet is a transparent hood and size will be measured as per the head size. …”

Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the United States: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Rwedah A., Ageeb

“…The pooled mean proportion of HSV-1 detection in genital herpes was 15.4% (95% CI: 10.8–20.6), increasing by 1.02-fold (95% CI: 1.00–1.04) per year. …”
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Pregnancy and traffic crashes in North America by Donald Redelmeier (3586313)

“…The women accounted for a total of 6,922 motor vehicle crashes as drivers during the three-year baseline interval (177 per month) and 757 motor vehicle crashes as drivers during their second trimester (252 per month). …”

Artificial neural network algorithms. (c1999) by Ramadan, Samer N.

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Environmental and Economic Life Cycle Analysis of Primary Construction Materials Sourcing Under Geopolitical Uncertainties: A Case Study of Qatar by Shaikha Al-Nuaimi (18623737)

“…In addition, the analysis of the environmental and economic impact assessment using the average CO₂ equivalent (CO₂-e) per kilogram and the unit price of the five primary construction materials has shown a significant, 70.68% increase in global warming potentials (GWP) after the crisis, coupled with an increase in the overall cost. …”

Research on the potential of photovoltaic technologies in reducing energy consumption in an urban mixed use residential community. A Case study for net zero energy community in Dub... by SUGATHAN, SANAL

“…This paper illustrates the many strategies to bridge the deficiency energy gap in three categories; 1) increase PV panel energy production by optimizing the orientation, inclination angle, manual tracking, enhanced microcontrollers and inverters, 2) increase PV panel efficiency from better manufacturers, 3) increase the area of PV panel installation on the building fabric and exploring options beyond the building footprint at the community level. …”
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Basel II and securitising bank holdings of foreign currency government debt by Shahin, Wassim

“…This paper examines one aspect of the balance-sheet implications of the Basel II Accord concerning capital held by commercial banks against their holdings of foreign currency government debt (Eurobonds) issued by their own governments. Basel II attaches 150 per cent risk weight to this asset for countries with classification risk of seven and 100 per cent for countries with classification risk of four to six. …”
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Effects of information and communication technology on total-factor carbon emission efficiency and the health co-benefits by Jingying Linghu (22337614)

“…Specifically, for every 10 per cent increase in the internet development index, the TFCEE increases by 0.11 per cent. …”

The effect of vancomycin doses greater than 2 grams on serum creatinine and vancomycin trough levels by Mansour, Hanine

“…The use of doses greater than 2 grams of IV vancomycin did not show a statistically significance increase in serum creatinine. The two subjects who did have a significant increase in serum creatinine were receiving concomitant nephrotoxins. …”
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Evaluating the Sustainability of Traffic Growth in Malaysia by Abdelfatah, Akmal

“…The results indicate that the traffic growth is mainly due to increases in the private cars motorcycles, while the rate of increase for buses is very small.The percentages for passenger cars and motorcycles are increasing while the percentage of buses is slightly dropping down, which is a negative indication regarding the traffic growth in Malaysia. …”
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Cost effectiveness of mobile phone teledentistry in dental treatment planning in pediatric care in the UAE by Hajj, Nadine

“…The teledentistry intervention is not cost efficient from the National Insurance perspective compared with a conventional consultation, where an additional cost of 59AED per point of increase in sensitivity in treatment planning was calculated. …”
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"Development of Authentic Annual and Seasonal Lightning Thunderstorms Day Maps for Saudi Arabia" by Shwehdi, M. H.

“…The southern region in general, and especially the cities of Abha, Taif and Al-Baha, has shown greater numbers of thunderstorm days all year round. …”
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