Snake venom in conjugation with silica nanoparticles: an emerging cancer therapy حسب Duaa Azam (22502048)

"…<i>In vitro</i> investigations on cancer cell lines revealed a considerable increase in cytotoxicity and induction of apoptosis as compared to free snake venom, with greater selectivity for malignant cells. …"

Tailoring the mechanical and degradation properties of 3DP PLA/PCL scaffolds for biomedical applications حسب Sumama Nuthana Kalva (17302906)

"…The introduction of PCL, which has a lower melting point and greater ductility compared to PLA, not only enhances printability but also adds flexibility and governs the degradation pace of the scaffolds. …"

Decentralized PV Energy Trading: A Case Study of Residential Households in Qatar حسب Nassma Mohandes (17983741)

"…The results suggest that when greater PV capacity is assumed, the benefits of trading increase, and a larger proportion of household demand is met locally without the need to buy energy from the grid. …"

Earnings quality and trade credit in the Gulf Cooperation Council حسب Aws AlHares (17541741)

"…Moreover, the results suggested that an increase in accounting information comparability intensifies the effect of earnings quality on trade credit. …"

HBN Nanoparticle-Assisted Rapid Thermal Cycling for the Detection of Acanthamoeba حسب Rasheed, Abdul Khaliq

"…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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Reliability of high strain ionomeric polymer transducers fabricated using the direct assembly process حسب Akle, Barbar

"…Ionic liquid based transducers are demonstrated to operate in air for over 400 000 cycles with little loss in performance, and are reliable up to 1 million cycles with a performance loss of less than 43%. The main source of degradation is the adhesion of the conductive surface to the high surface area electrode. …"
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Andrographolide pre-treatment enhances the anti-tumor activity of topotecan on acute myeloid leukemia cells in vitro حسب Rizk, Sandra

"…However, due to its dose-limiting cytotoxicity, combination treatments have been investigated to achieve better outcome with less side effects. Andrographolide (AG) is a plant-derived compound that was reported to induce apoptosis and autophagy in acute myeloid leukemia cell lines. …"
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Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria حسب Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu (22155178)

"…Critical risk factors commonly identified include inadequate antenatal care (less than three visits), lack of access to skilled and clean birth practices, limited healthcare accessibility, financial barriers, substandard environmental conditions, and nutritional shortfalls. …"

The role of objectively recorded smartphone usage and personality traits in sleep quality حسب Aftab Alam (5158601)

"…Furthermore, smartphone users with the conscientiousness trait had a longer sleep duration, earlier sleeping time, less sleep distraction, and earlier wakeablity. Sleep distraction was positively associated with openness. …"

Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine حسب Debendra Muduli (20748758)

"…For mass fundus image-based glaucoma classification, an improved automated computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) model performing binary classification (glaucoma or healthy), allowing ophthalmologists to detect glaucoma disease correctly in less computational time. We proposed learning technique called fast discrete curvelet transform with wrapping (FDCT-WRP) to create feature set. …"

Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar حسب Nature Research (16552612)

"…Many of the heart attack and stroke patients had diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and/or were smokers, whereas controls were much less likely to have these factors.</p><p>All of these factors are associated with reduced physical activity and increased consumption of high-fat foods. …"

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials حسب Pieter Francsois, Fouche

"…Administering TXA in the out-of-hospital setting is associated with reduced mortality compared to inhospital administration, and less mortality with TXA in systemic trauma is noted compared with traumatic brain injury specifically.…"
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar حسب Swapna, Thomas

"…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…"
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Risk factors for early death due to recurrence after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter study حسب Abdalla, Eddie

"…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 حسب Melki, Jad P.

"…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 حسب Al-Abri, Almukhtar

"…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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Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar حسب Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Maintaining a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy is essential. With the increasing availability of the internet, pregnant women have access to a wealth of information related to physical activity (PA) and healthy diets.…"

Comparison of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of trauma patients in Qatar حسب Furqan B. Irfan (13359828)

"…IHCAT patients had a greater proportion of anatomically localized injuries indicating solitary injuries compared to greater polytrauma in OHTCA. …"

Analyzing the effectiveness of various coatings to mitigate photovoltaic modules soiling in desert climate حسب Alaa Elsafi (22282354)

"…The results indicate a decrease in light transmittance and an increase in surface coverage area over time due to dust accumulation. …"

Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar حسب Swapna Thomas (17337925)

"…Although vaccination reduced the incidence rate among DM patients, it was less effective in preventing symptoms. Further studies on a larger cohort and for a more extended period are required to investigate influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among DM patients.…"