Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Improvements at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years—Are the Initial Benefits Sustained? by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…Mean HbA1c significantly decreased from 8.1%preop to 6.77%_{year 9}. …”

The downsides of information systems security policy compliance efforts by Balozian, Puzant

“…Modern organizations face significant information security violations from inside the organizations to which they respond with various managerial techniques. …”
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Utilizing Bio Metric System for Enhancing Cyber Security in Banking Sector: A Systematic Analysis by Habib Ullah Khan (12024579)

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based cybersecurity emerges because of technological advancement and poses a risk to public safety, personal property rights, and privacy protection for people. …”

Second-law-based performance evaluation of cooling towers and evaporative heat exchangers by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

“…For the different input variables investigated, efficiencies were, almost always, seen to increase or decrease monotonically. We notice that an increase in the inlet wet bulb temperature invariably increases the second-law efficiency of all the heat exchangers. …”
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Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis in Qatar by Hashim Alhussain (9167136)

“…Camels below breeding age (i.e., < 4 years old) showed decreased seropositivity (3.4%, 95% CI, 0.1–17.8), compared to (22.8%, 95% CI, 17.4–29.0) seropositivity in camels ≥ 4 years of age, with a significant association between age groups and seropositivity (<i>P</i> = 0.02). …”

Clinical and biochemical determinants of length of stay, readmission and recurrence in patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis by Fateen Ata (12217764)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">The increasing prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) related admissions poses a significant burden on the healthcare systems globally. …”

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…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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Conceptual Skills in Leading Change: A Competence Approach to Public Sector Leadership by JASIM, ARIF FADHEL AHMED

“…The author’s line of argument is that conceptual skills are likely to play a significant role in ambidexterity leadership for innovation. …”
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Managing Endothelial Dysfunction in COVID-19 by Matli, Kamal

“…The median(Interquartile range) time to recovery was not significantly different between the endothelial protocol group (6 [4-12] days) and the placebo group (6 [5-8]days)(p-value = 0.854). …”
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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). …”

Regional variations in incidence of surgical site infection and associated risk factors in women undergoing cesarean section: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by Nazmul, Islam

“…Meta-regression showed a significant decrease in SSI incidence in HICs. Maternal factors, procedural aspects, and care quality were associated with SSI. …”
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Redox Homeostasis and Inflammation Responses to Training in Adolescent Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Evdokia Varamenti (8154642)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">The results showed significant alterations in oxidative stress and cytokine levels after acute exercise, ranging from moderate to extremely large. …”

Wave-packet dynamics in monolayer graphene with periodic scattering potentials by M.M. Suleimanov (22921019)

“…The time propagation of the wave packets is calculated using the split-operator method for different sizes, heights, and separations of the barriers. We found that, despite the pronounced Klein <u>tunneling</u> effect in graphene, the presence of a lattice of defects significantly impacts the propagation properties of the wave packets. …”

A comprehensive design and rating study of evaporative coolers and condensers. Part I. Performance evaluation by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

“…It is demonstrated that thermal effectiveness of the evaporative heat exchangers degrades significantly with time indicating that, for a low risk level (pZ0.01), there is about 66.7% decrease in effectiveness for the given fouling model. …”
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Deletion of <i>RFX6</i> impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1⁺/NKX6.1⁺ progenitors by Noura Aldous (15429873)

“…Upon differentiating iPSCs lacking RFX6 into pancreatic islets, a significant decrease in PDX1 expression at the PF stage was observed, although this did not affect PPs co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6.1. …”

A Sociodemographic Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19-Related Schools’ Closure on the Diet and Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents in Qatar by Muna Abed Alah (14779534)

“…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. …”

Automated quantification of penile curvature using artificial intelligence by Tariq O. Abbas (11247771)

“…<h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">To develop and validate an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm for capturing automated measurements of Penile curvature (PC) based on 2-dimensional images.…”

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of the oil fractions from wild carrot (Daucus carota ssp. carota) by Shebaby, Wassim N.

“…Pretreatment with F1 and F4 reversed the CCl4-induced decrease in SOD, CAT, and GST levels and reduced significantly hepatic damage. …”
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Preparation of Mesoporous/Microporous MnCo₂O₄ and Nanocubic MnCr₂O₄ Using a Single Step Solution Combustion Synthesis for Bifunction Oxy... by Anchu Ashok (14152020)

“…Chronoamperometric (CA) runs for 24 h shows excellent stability of MnCo₂O₄ without any significant decrease in the current or potential value in ORR and OER. …”

PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications by Pramod Darvin (153341)

“…We found that distribution of repressive histones to the PD-L1 promoter was lower in tumorspheres, compared with cell lines. …”