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)

“…Although global age-standardised prevalence of smoking tobacco use decreased significantly between 1990 and 2019 (annualised rate of change: –1·21% [–1·26 to –1·16]), similar progress was not observed for chewing tobacco (0·46% [0·13 to 0·79]). …”

Nasturtium officinalis water extract. (c2009) by Fares, Najwan

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Longitudinal Study of Hypertensive Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Bahous, Sola Aoun

“…Mean follow-up was 12.7 years; 14 050 all-cause deaths were reported. From normotensive to hypertensive populations, a significant progression in overall/cardiovascular mortality was observed. …”
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Predictive Power of Random Forests in Analyzing Risk Management in Islamic Banking by Ahmet Faruk Aysan (11902115)

“…Findings reveal that larger banks provide more consistent survey responses, driven by their confidence and larger survey budgets. …”

Inappropriate Medication Use in Elderly Lebanese Outpatients by Saab, Yolande B.

“…Background Inappropriate use of medications has become an international cause for concern in geriatric patients, who are at high risk of drug-related morbidity. …”
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The effect of Ramadan focused education on patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hoda Gad (6470522)

“…Pre-Ramadan education was associated with a significant reduction in HbA1c (SMD −0.46, 95% CI −0.65 to −0.27P < 0.05) and LDL (SMD −0.09, 95% CI −0.13 to −0.04P < 0.05), an increase in TG (SMD 0.07, 95% CI −0.23 to 0.93P < 0.05) and weight (SMD 0.44, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.81P < 0.05) and no change in hypoglycemic events, BMI, TC, HDL or blood pressure (P > 0.05) during Ramadan.…”

The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention by Almonzer Al-Qiami (22393303)

“…The incidence of TCR was significantly lower in the lidocaine group compared to the control group, with a risk ratio of 0.05 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.37, <i>P</i> = 0.003). …”

Turkronicles: diachronic resources for the fast evolving Turkish language by Togay Yazar (22828175)

“…Moreover, we explore how the Turkish vocabulary and the writing conventions have changed since 1920 using our corpus. Our analysis reveals that the vocabulary has changed significantly and multiple spellings exist for several words. …”

Analyzing the Influence of Climate and Anthropogenic Development on Vegetation Cover in the Coastal Ecosystems of GCC by Abhilash Dutta Roy (22466830)

“…Our results revealed significant changes in land cover, as seen by an increase in artificial built-up areas by 15.5% in two decades and a corresponding decrease in bareland and dense vegetation. …”

Aortic stiffness, living donors, and renal transplantation by Bahous, Sola Aoun

“…In subjects with renal disease, reduced renal function and increased arterial stiffness are significantly associated in cross-sectional studies. …”
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Disrupted harvests: how Ukraine – Russia war influences global food systems – a systematic review by Hamid El Bilali (15864930)

“…The war affected all food security dimensions, but the most dramatic impact was on food access. Indeed, the decrease in domestic food production and productivity; the damage to production assets, food production, and food stocks; the increase in production input prices; changes in land use and land degradation; and labour shortage in rural areas reduced food supply and availability, especially that of cereals. …”

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease by Deloukas, Panos

“…Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death. Here, we report an association analysis in 63,746 CAD cases and 130,681 controls identifying 15 loci reaching genome-wide significance, taking the number of susceptibility loci for CAD to 46, and a further 104 independent variants (r2 < 0.2) strongly associated with CAD at a 5% false discovery rate (FDR). …”
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Effect of Hydroxycut Intake on Fasted and Postprandial Lipemia in Rats by Daher, Costantine F.

“…Regardless of fat content in the diet, the doses of hydroxycut used significantly decreased fasting serum concentrations of cholesterol, triacylglycerol (TAG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total apolipoprotein B (apo B), and LDL/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ratio. …”
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Aprocitentan: a new emerging prospect in the pharmacotherapy of hypertension by Lina Naseralallah (14146465)

“…It differs from other ET receptor antagonists in its pharmacological profile, as it is eliminated independently of CYP450 or BCRP, making it less likely to cause drug–drug interactions. Current evidence demonstrates that compared to placebo, aprocitentan significantly reduces blood pressure (BP) as measured via unattended automated office BP and 24-hour ambulatory BP. …”

Hemodynamics of small aneurysm pairs at the internal carotid artery by Jou, Liang-Der

“…The maximum wall shear stress increases for serial aneurysms, but decreases for parallel aneurysms. Interaction between parallel aneurysms is not significant; however, the proximal aneurysm in serial aneurysms may be subject to a greater rupture risk.…”
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Power factor correction capacitors; essentials and cautions by Shwedhi, M.H.

“…This paper focuses on those phenomena other side of PFC that can cause significant damage and disruption to a given power system. …”
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Oral contraceptive pills and possible adverse effects by Stone, Rebecca H

“…Since their introduction to the market, there have been significant changes in the drug content and formulations of these products, in part to decrease the risk of adverse effects. …”
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Why some firms export? An empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in the MENA region by Fakih, Ali

“…Also, they indicate that the propensity to export of these firms decreases with larger domestic market size. The empirical analysis reveals considerable variations in the effects of the determining factors when carrying out the estimation for individual countries.…”
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Host Genetic Variants Potentially Associated With SARS-CoV-2: A Multi-Population Analysis by Maria K. Smatti (4675852)

“…Analysis of Qatari genomes revealed significantly lower AF of risk variants linked to SARS-CoV-1 severity (CCL2, MBL, CCL5, AHSG, and IL4) compared to that of 1000Genome and/or the EAS population (up to 25-fold change). …”

Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. Furthermore, this negative impact is amplified when accounting for oil price changes. …”
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