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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review
Published 2024“…During the first year of the pandemic, Lebanon implemented multiple lockdowns during which SHS endured repetitive closures. We explore the impact of the pandemic on SHS delivery and the diagnosis rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among attendees of a large sexual health clinic in Beirut, Lebanon. …”
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Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
Published 2021“…The results showed that proximity to the trail did not cause a decrease in the majority of dominant species, with none of the eight most dominant vascular plants showing any significant effects of proximity to the trail. …”
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A Sociodemographic Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19-Related Schools’ Closure on the Diet and Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents in Qatar
Published 2023“…Male to female ratio was almost 1:1. We found a significant decrease in the intake of vegetables, increases in the intake of soft drinks, fried food, fast food, and sweets, and a reduction in physical activity during schools’ closure compared to before. …”
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Assessment of treatment burden and its impact on quality of life in dialysis-dependent and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients
Published 2021“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">The management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications places a significant burden on patients, resulting in impairment of their health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). …”
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The impact of water table fluctuation and salinity on LNAPL distribution and geochemical properties in the smear zone under completely anaerobic conditions
Published 2023“…At the source zone, benzene and toluene reached their maximum concentration after 30 and 10 days for the stable and the fluctuating columns, respectively. Significant decrease in benzene and toluene concentrations occurred under the fluctuating water table. …”
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The Impact of Different Urban Configurations on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study of the Military Camps in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Published 2016“…However, Abu Dhabi is a significant case study of conflict between political, economic, and urban design in terms of large- scale project planning that makes this city suffer from the negative impact of urbanism. …”
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Impact of the fear of Covid-19 infection on intent to breastfeed; a cross sectional survey of a perinatal population in Qatar
Published 2022“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">The rates of Obsessive–compulsive symptoms were increased and the rates of intent to breastfeed were decreased when compared with pre pandemic rates. The obsessive–compulsive symptoms and the intent to not breastfeed were significantly associated with fear of infection to the new-born. …”
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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai
Published 2022“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burd...
Published 2021“…</p><p><br></p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">We completed all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality analyses from 204 countries and territories for detailed age groups separately, with aggregated mortality probabilities per 1000 livebirths computed for neonatal mortality rate (NMR) and under-5 mortality rate (U5MR). …”
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Impacts of twenty years of experimental warming on soil carbon, nitrogen, moisture and soil mites across alpine/subarctic tundra communities
Published 2022“…A significant plot-scale impact on mites suggests that small-scale heterogeneity may be important for buffering mites from global warming. …”
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Evaluating the impact of the Minimization of Aggression and Violence (MoAV) intervention on mechanical restraint use in Qatar's acute mental health setting
Published 2025“…The percentage of restrained patients decreased from 25 % to 4 %, p = (<0.001). The mean duration of restraint incidents slightly increased from 59.1 min in 2016 to 61.3 min in 2021, though this change was not statistically significant. …”
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Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment
Published 2022“…The overall forecast error decreased from –51% to 8% for PM2.5 and from –88% to 20% for NOx while a significant improvement was observed in the diurnal profile of predicted ozone. …”
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Characterizing the dynamics of climate and native desert plants in Qatar
Published 2024“…These findings suggest a continued decrease in vegetation coverage, leading to more drought seasons and impacting water and food security. …”
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Characteristics of aerosols and planetary boundary layer dynamics during biomass burning season
Published 2025“…These haze episodes also impacts the atmospheric visibility that dropped below 2 km in November. …”
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Impact of staying at home measures during COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle of Qatar’s population: Perceived changes in diet, physical activity, and body weight
Published 2021“…In this study we aimed to assess the impact of staying at home measures imposed during COVID-19 pandemic on dietary behaviors, physical activity, and body weight in Qatar’s population. …”
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Deep learning-based modeling of land use/land cover changes impact on land surface temperature in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan (1980–2030)
Published 2024“…<p dir="ltr">Modeling the impacts of Land Use/Land Cover changes (LULCC) on Land Surface Temperature (LST) is crucial in understanding and managing urban heat islands, climate change, energy consumption, human health, and ecosystem dynamics. …”
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An investigation into links between UAE STI Policy and the Federal Universities STEM Majors’ Enrolments, Graduates and Research Development: an evidence-based exploration of the im...
Published 2020“…The current study investigates the impact of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) STI policy initiatives on STEM majors’ enrolments, graduates and research and development within Higher Education Institutions within the UAE. …”
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