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HBN Nanoparticle-Assisted Rapid Thermal Cycling for the Detection of Acanthamoeba
Published 2020“…Acanthamoeba are widely distributed in the environment and are known to cause blinding keratitis and brain infections with greater than 90% mortality rate. Currently, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a highly sensitive and promising technique in Acanthamoeba detection. …”
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A potential therapeutic agent for sickle cell anaemia
Published 2016“…<p>Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited disease in which red blood cells become rigid and change from the normal disc shape characteristic of these cells into a sickle-like shape. These abnormally shaped cells stack together and can obstruct small blood vessels, leading to severe pain and tissue damage. …”
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Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria
Published 2024“…Information about trends, risk factors, and prevalent lapses was obtained from literature from renowned databases like PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, and grey literature consisting of reports from relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations. …”
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Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine
Published 2024“…This method is entitled extracting curve-like features and creating a feature set. The combined feature reduction techniques named as principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis, have been applied to generate prominent features and decrease the feature vector dimension. …”
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar
Published 2023“…Statistical analysis was performed on data obtained from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) database for patients that visited the emergency department (ED) with respiratory-like illnesses. The analysis was done for the period between January 2016 to December 2018. …”
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Risk factors for early death due to recurrence after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter study
Published 2004“…On multivariateanalysis, tumor size greater than 5 cm (P < 0.02; odds ratio, 3.0), multiple tumors(P < 0.01; odds ratio, 3.3), and greater than 5 mitoses per 10 high-power fields(P < 0.03; odds ratio, 3) were associated with increased risk of early death due torecurrence.Conclusions: These findings enable identification of patients with HCC who are athigh risk for early death due to recurrence following potentially curative resection whomight be candidates for adjuvant therapy trials.…”
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The prevalence and determinants of anabolic steroid use among fitness centre attendees in Lebanon
Published 2014“…Background : Non-medical anabolic steroid (AS) use in non-professional athletes is an increasingly recognized public health problem in Europe and the United States but poorly studied in the Middle East. …”
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Foreign investment and real exchange rate volatility in emerging Asian countries
Published 2015“…Our findings from both time-series and panel data for the period 1980-2011 indicate that greater stocks of foreign liabilities reduced real exchange rate volatility for China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea but increased real exchange rate volatility for Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. …”
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Business Continuity Management Maturity Model for Banks in UAE
Published 2008“…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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Is board compensation excessive?
Published 2017“…Excess compensation declines over our sample period, which may be consistent with increased director workloads as well as increased scrutiny. …”
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Comparison of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of trauma patients in Qatar
Published 2022“…IHCAT patients had a greater proportion of anatomically localized injuries indicating solitary injuries compared to greater polytrauma in OHTCA. …”
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Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE
Published 2018“…However, the previous studies have primarily focused on traditional methods of increasing the shading effect, such as by increasing buildings height / canyon width H/W ratio to provide the required compactness for desired solar access and energy saving target. …”
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Phase II National Study: Job Satisfaction and Workplace Environment Among Community Pharmacists in Lebanon: Pre and Post Economic Crisis
Published 2024“…Pharmacists also reported an increase in the frequency of prescription interventions, particularly related to dosage errors and drug-drug interactions, with intervention rates rising from 23.7% in 2016 to 51.1% in 2024. …”
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Nano-aluminum
Published 2008“…Concentrations (up to 17 mg/L) far greater than the World Health Organization guideline for Al in drinking water (0.2 mg/L) were measured in columns’ leachates. …”
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The anti-neoplastic activity of novel platinum II and IV complexes against A549 lung cancer cells
Published 2021“…While AK1 exhibited faster uptake and greater cytotoxicity, AK2 was by far less toxic to normal mesenchymal stem cells. …”
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Co-occurrence of antibiotic and metal resistance in long-term sewage sludge-amended soils: influence of application rates and pedo-climatic conditions
Published 2022“…<p dir="ltr">Urban sewage sludge (USS) is increasingly being used as an alternative organic amendment in agriculture. …”
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Graphite and metal nitrate-infused HDPE composites for enhanced thermal performance in energy-efficient building envelopes
Published 2025“…Analysis such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and dielectric spectroscopy analyses further revealed extensive interaction between filler matrices, a decrease in phonon scattering, and a positive increase in crystallinity which led to the improved thermal performance.The TGA results showed that the composite exhibited greater thermal stability, and the residue mass after the decomposition process was 9%, indicating increased carbonization and structural integrity. …”
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Evaluation of Greywater as a Sustainable Source of Irrigation for Ornamental Crops in Green Walls—A Study of Plant and Soil Using Ruellia tuberosa
Published 2024“…Greywater irrigation led to greater mineral content in greywater-irrigated plant biomass and soil for all minerals tested, most notably boron, which was deficient in the soil. …”