Renal Function Decline in Recipients and Donors of Kidney Grafts by Bahous, Sola Aoun

“…Background/Aims: Renal function decreases over time as a result of reduction in the number of functioning nephrons with age. …”
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Blockchain, climate damage, and death: Policy interventions to reduce the carbon emissions, mortality, and net-zero implications of non-fungible tokens and Bitcoin by Jon Truby (14153022)

“…</p><p dir="ltr">Nonetheless, many popular types of blockchain have resisted the pressure to decrease their environmental impact, including Bitcoin, whose attributed 2021 annual emissions will produce emissions responsible for around 19,000 future deaths. …”

Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults by Korkomaz, Aya

“…That being said, interventions regulating social media content to limit the spread of unrealistic beauty standards and media literacy campaigns educating people may be helpful to decrease body checking behaviors thus decreasing the risk of body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating.…”
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eIF4A inhibition prevents the onset of cytokine-induced muscle wasting by blocking the STAT3 and iNOS pathways by Zvi Cramer (10742876)

“…Furthermore, we show that hippuristanol perturbs the activation of the STAT3 pathway and expression of STAT3-gene targets such as IL-6. The decreased activation of STAT3, which resulted from a decrease in STAT3 protein expression, was due to the inhibition of STAT3 translation as there were no changes in STAT3 mRNA levels. …”

Nox2 Activity Is Required in Obesity-Mediated Alteration of Bone Remodeling by Md Mizanur Rahman (14603354)

“…Our results show that HFD increased bone mineral density to a greater extent in KO mice than in WT mice without affecting the total body weight and fat mass. …”

PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications by 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. …”

Total hip arthroplasty: Evolution of the use of dual mobility cups in Lebanon by Assi, Chahine

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The association between tobacco use and COVID-19 in Qatar by Ahmad AlMulla (10654461)

“…Our data suggests that only smokeless tobacco users may be at an increased risk for severe disease, yet this requires further investigation as other studies have reported smoking to be associated with an increased risk of greater disease severity.…”

Exploring the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology Implementation at the Individual and Team Levels_ by AL ALI, AISHA Jr

“…The public sector is under increasing pressure to deliver efficient services, attain high levels of customer satisfaction, and meeting the pressing societal needs. …”
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Iron slag/activated carbon-electrokinetic system with anolyte recycling for single and mixture heavy metals remediation by Hamdi, Faris M.

“…The copper removal increased to 89.21 % when the anolyte solution was recycled to the cathode compartment. …”
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Effects of exendin-4 and selenium on the expression of GLP-1R, IRS-1, and preproinsulin in the pancreas of diabetic rats by Barakat, Ghinwa

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Impact of inflammation, gene variants, and cigarette smoking on coronary artery disease risk by Merhi, Mahmoud

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A modified lipid composition in Fabry disease leads to an intracellular block of the detergent-resistant membrane-associated dipeptidyl peptidase IV by Rizk, Sandra

“…Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder that leads to abnormal accumulation of glycosphingolipids due to a deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A (AGAL). …”
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Breast cancer cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells by Faour, Wissam H.

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Hepatitis serology predicts tumor and liver-disease characteristics but not prognosis after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma by Abdalla, Eddie

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Expanding the donor pool by Ramos, Emilio

“…In 1990, one-year graft survival rates were about 70%; by 2000, they were greater than 90% (United States Renal Data System, 2001). …”
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Exploring Ultra-Processed Foods: Impact on Satiety, Eating Patterns, Blood Glucose Levels and Food Addiction by Mamo, Tracy G.

“…Results: Higher UPF intake was significantly associated with lower enjoyment of food (p = 0.002), greater food cravings (p = 0.003), and higher food addiction (FA) symptoms (p < 0.001). …”
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The Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Mediating Diabetes-Induced Cardiovascular Complications by Bara A. Shraim (11753786)

“…<p dir="ltr">Diabetes mellitus is a major debilitating disease whose global incidence is progressively increasing with currently over 463 million adult sufferers and this figure will likely reach over 700 million by the year 2045. …”

Rethinking (un)blinding in biomedical proposal peer review: A multi-stakeholder qualitative study by Seba Qussini (16727773)

“…These shortcomings highlight the need for greater openness in peer review and increased transparency in fund allocation processes.…”

Novel paclitaxel formulations solubilized by parenteral nutrition nanoemulsions for application against glioma cell lines by Najlah, Mohammad

“…Similarly, the droplet size of Intralipid increased from 283.3 to 294.6nm on inclusion of 6mg/ml paclitaxel. …”
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