Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Risks on Disaster and Pandemic Vulnerabilities: A Global Perspective by Qazi, Abroon

“…The results highlight that shortcomings in SDGs such as ‘quality education’, ‘sustainable cities and communities’, ‘no poverty’, and ‘affordable and clean energy’ significantly increase disaster and pandemic risks. Conversely, strong performance in ‘peace, justice, and strong institutions’ and ‘life on land’ enhances systemic resilience, reducing vulnerability. …”
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Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities by Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

“…Pearson correlation coefficient between flood risk and urban growth was strong (0.83) and significant at p < 0.05. …”

Risk Factors for Post-Cesarean, Surgical Site Infections in a Multi-Ethnic Population of Qatar by Sufia Athar (14777830)

“…SSIs with multiple drug-resistant organisms were significantly high. Physicians should give special attention to modifiable risk factors and antibiotic stewardship to decrease the risk of SSI and improve patient outcomes.…”

Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes of Statins Discontinuation: A Systematic Review by Shahd A. Ageeb (22047824)

“…Five studies that reported the cardiovascular risk of statin discontinuation within the first year of initiation showed significantly increased risk of discontinuation, including all‐cause mortality (hazard ratio: 1.36–3.65).…”

Prevalence and risk of cognitive impairment among patients with asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Ganesh Bushi (19709574)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">This review found a notable association between asthma and an increased risk of cognitive decline, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease. …”

Risk of Malignancy in Indeterminate Liver Nodules Among Patients with Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yousef Yahia (19756989)

“…Nodules larger than 1–2 cm or LI-RADS 3 lesions pose increased risk for HCC. Enhanced surveillance is necessary given the lack of clear management guidelines.…”

How global spine sagittal alignment and spinal degeneration affect locomotive syndrome risk in the elderly by Ramada R. Khasawneh (6837734)

“…LOF occurrence increased notably with higher LS risk stages. Spinal inclination angle (SIA) significantly increased with advancing LS risk stages.…”

Comparative assessment of fracture risk among osteoporosis and osteopenia patients: a cross-sectional study by Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic (5782682)

“…</p><h3>Results: </h3><p dir="ltr">Patients with osteoporosis had significantly higher risk of major fracture compared to patients with osteopenia (p<0.01). …”

Assessing the role of Environmental Legislation in Mitigating Climate Risk in GCC: A quantile ARDL approach by Mohamed Sami Ben Ali (23073832)

“…Using the panel Quantile ARDL technique, the findings suggest that climate legislation effectively mitigates climate risk. This effect is notably increased at the upper quantile in the long run. …”

Lifetime prevalence, risk, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in Qatar's national mental health study by Salma Mawfek Khaled (14159013)

“…Treatment is significantly delayed and delivered largely in non‐healthcare sectors thus the need for increased literacy of mental illness to reduce stigma and improve earlier help‐seeking in healthcare settings.…”

Improving the performance of a commercial absorption cooling system by using ejector: A theoretical study by Hamza K. Mukhtar (17821004)

“…An improvement of 70.6% in the COP was obtained at the design condition. …”

Prevalence and risk factors of poor indoor air quality and sick house syndrome symptoms in Dubai by ALI, MUNA IBRAHIM

“…Following are the major practical implications and recommendations that can be derived from findings of this research: • Developing related regulations by: o Mandating an appropriate exposure limit for indoor PM2.5 concentration. o Establishing rigorous policies to enforce compliance with mandated limits. o Establishing convenient policies to manage probable environmental risk of incense burning and new paints. o Incorporating the needs of atopic individuals and females in related policies. • Increasing public awareness about below risk factors and how to manage them: o The risk of having unacceptable indoor levels of PM2.5, PM10, TVOC, CO2, T, RH, and AERs that threatens a substantial number of Dubai housing. o The identified IEQ and building risk factors associated with SHS symptoms which were: indoor dimness, dust and dirt, stuffy air, paint odors, high humidity, water leakage, dampness odors, incense smoke, attached kitchens, and Dubai Sector 1. …”
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Salvia libanotica improves glycemia and serum lipid profile in rats fed a high fat diet by Bassil, Maya

“…Additionally, the plant extract intake produced a significant improvement in serum HDL (34.4 ± 2.4 in GIII vs. 27.2 ± 1.9 mg/dl in controls) and HDL/LDL cholesterol ratio (2.79 ± 0.32 in GII and 3.02 ± 0.31 in GIII vs. 1.74 ± 0.18 in controls), as well as a decrease in abdominal fat. …”
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Improved properties and salt rejection of polysulfone membrane by incorporation of hydrophilic cobalt-doped ZnO nanoparticles by Muneer M. Ba-Abbad (14151660)

“…The hydrophilicity of PSf membranes was improved by adding of ZnO and doped ZnO NPs which showed a decrease in contact angle values from 82° to 62° with an increased flux with water. …”

The risk of chromium picolinate supplementation in normolipidemic rats fed regular or high fat diet. (c2005) by Bou Farah, Helena

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YOLO-DefXpert: An Advanced Defect Detection on PCB Surfaces Using Improved YOLOv11 Algorithm by Prabu Selvam (22330264)

“…Compared to the standard YOLOv11 model, the proposed YOLO-DefXpert attained an improvement of 9.3% and 13.2% in mAP50 and mAP95, an 11.25% increase in frames per second, and a 69.85MB decrease in model size. …”

Lead exposure of Bangladeshi women at childbearing age: Does mother's education reduce fetal risk factors? by Sharmind Neelotpol (19732277)

Evaluation of the risk of acute kidney injury with the use of piperacillin/tazobactam among adult critically ill patients by Mohamed O. Saad (11659429)

“…<h3>Purpose</h3><p dir="ltr">Piperacillin/tazobactam (PT), when combined with vancomycin, is associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). It is not known whether PT alone is associated with a higher incidence of AKI compared to other β-lactams among critically ill patients. …”

The Determinants of Cryptocurrency Adoption: An Integrated Framework for the UAE by NICOLAS, SALAM IBRAHIM EL KHOURI

“…This study contributes theoretically by extending the UTAUT2 with the risk and uncertainty constructs, and offers practical implications for regulators, developers, and marketers seeking to increase consumer engagement with cryptocurrencies in high-risk, innovation-driven environments like the UAE. …”
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An Improved Genghis Khan Optimizer based on Enhanced Solution Quality Strategy for Global Optimization and Feature Selection Problems by Abdel-Salam, Mahmoud

“…Feature selection (FS) is the activity of defining the most contributing feature subset among all used features to improve the superiority of datasets with a large number of dimensions by selecting significant features and eliminating redundant and irrelevant ones. …”
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