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)

“…<h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">Chewing tobacco and other types of smokeless tobacco use have had less attention from the global health community than smoked tobacco use. …”

Embedding and global stability in periodic 2-dimensional maps of mixed monotonicity by Al-Sharawi, Ziyad

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Resection of liver metastases from breast cancer by Abbott, Daniel

“…On multivariate analysis, estrogen receptor–negative primary breast disease (P = .009; hazard ratio, 3.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.4–8.2) and preoperative progressive disease (P = .003; hazard ratio, 3.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.6–9.2) were associated with decreased overall survival. …”
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The Effect of EVA and TPU Custom Foot Orthoses on Running Economy, Running Mechanics, and Comfort by Ken Van Alsenoy (14150559)

“…Braking force was decreased by 3.4±9.1% at LS and by 2.7±9.8% at HS for EVA compared to CON (P = 0.03, η² = 0.20). …”

Effect of Flexural NSM-FRP Bars on the Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Saleh, Rayyan Bashar

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Optimization of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles with Clathrate Hydrates Thermal Energy Storage by Gadalla, Akram Mohamed

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Throughput of ARQ protocols over Rician, Nakagami and MIMO block fading channels by Zummo, Salam A.

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Encapsulation, Release, and Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin Loaded in Liposomes, Micelles, and Metal-Organic Frameworks: A Review by Ibrahim, Mihad

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Encapsulation, Release, and Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin Loaded in Liposomes, Micelles, and Metal-Organic Frameworks: A Review by Ibrahim, Mihad

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Exogenous Contrast Agents in Photoacoustic Imaging: An In Vivo Review for Tumor Imaging by Farooq, Afifa

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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…This dissertation consists of three essays on the effect of excess compensation and corporate governance changes on the firm’s performance. …”
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An empirical correlation-based model to predict solid-fluid phase equilibria and phase separation of the ternary system CH₄-CO₂-H₂S by Hani Ababneh (9218272)

“…A model based on equilibrium stage separation unit was used to study the separation of three different feed compositions of this ternary system. …”

Associations between Bone Mineral Density and WOMAC Scores in Healthy Individuals: Insights from the Qatar Biobank by Mohammed Al-Hamdani (16962702)

“…However, BMD measures significantly contributed to predicting stiffness after controlling for sociodemographic variables (R² = 0.065, ΔF(7, 1724) = 3.34, p= 0.002), with a higher total body BMD associated with increased stiffness and a higher trunk BMD associated with decreased stiffness. …”

A Scoping Review to Find Out Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Underlying Determinants by Md. Rafiul Biswas (17293966)

“…Both forward and backward reference lists were checked to find further studies. Three reviewers worked independently to select articles and extract data from selected literature. …”

Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Comfort, Haley

“…The estimated number of stillbirths occurring at 20 weeks' gestation or longer decreased from 5·08 million (95% UI 4·07–6·35) in 1990 to 3·04 million (2·61–3·62) in 2021, corresponding to a 39·8% (31·8–48·0) reduction, which lagged behind a global improvement in neonatal deaths of 45·6% (36·3–53·1) for the same period (down from 4·03 million [3·86–4·22] neonatal deaths in 1990). …”
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Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1 by Natalie C Galles (9715361)

“…However, over the past decade, global vaccine coverage broadly plateaued; 94 countries and territories recorded decreasing DTP3 coverage since 2010. Only 11 countries and territories were estimated to have reached the national GVAP target of at least 90% coverage for all assessed vaccines in 2019.…”

Phase transitions of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion induced with ultrasound: A mathematical model by Pitt, William G.

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Dynamic stretching alone can impair slower velocity isokinetic performance of young male handball players for at least 24 hours by Monoem Haddad (5345357)

“…Eight young male, elite handball players (age: 16.1±5.1 years) were tested prior to-, 3-minutes and 24-hours following the three conditions (DS, SS, Control) in a randomized and counterbalanced order. …”

Occurrence and removal characteristics of phthalate esters from bottled drinking water using silver modified roasted date pits by Fedae A. Alhaddad (14152161)

“…The removal percentage was increased from 90 to 99% by increasing the temperature from 30 to 50 °C and then decreased to 92.3% at 60 °C.</p> <h2>Conclusion</h2> <p>RODP was successfully used as an effective adsorbent for phthalate esters removal from drinking water. …”

The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017 by Arash Etemadi (330880)

“…The highest age-standardised incidence rates in 2017 were seen in the high-income Asia Pacific (29·5, 28·2–31·0 per 100 000 population) and east Asia (28·6, 27·3–30·0 per 100 000 population) regions, with nearly half of the global incident cases occurring in China. …”