Occupational Violence at Lebanese Emergency Departments by Dimassi, Hani

“…Multinomial and binary logistic regressions were used to investigate factors significantly associated with verbal and physical violence. …”
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Aqueous urtica dioica leaves extract inhibits proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia cells in vitro by Rizk, Sandra

“…With respect to the proteins studied, treatment with Urtica dioica extract significantly increased the expression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax with concomitant decrease in the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 expression. …”
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Comparative Study on Beneficial Effects of Hydroxytyrosol- and Oleuropein-Rich Olive Leaf Extracts on High-Fat Diet-Induced Lipid Metabolism Disturbance and Liver Injury in Rats by Ines Fki (14571855)

“…The hepatic immunohistochemical analysis revealed a significant increase in the expression of inflammatory genes (COX-2, NF-<em>κ</em>B, and TNF-<em>α</em>). …”

Downregulation of <i>CYP17A1</i> by 20-hydroxyecdysone: plasma progesterone and its vasodilatory properties by Maneera Y Aljaber (18278971)

“…Conclusion: In the short term, 20-hydroxyecdysone mediates CYP17A1 downregulation without a significant increase in plasma progesterone, which has a vasodilatory effect involving inhibition of voltage-dependent calcium channels, and the potential to enhance 20-hydroxyecdysone vasorelaxation.…”

Stromal TRIM28-associated signaling pathway modulation within the colorectal cancer microenvironment by Seán Fitzgerald (721911)

“…Low TRIM28 epithelium to stroma ratios were associated with elevated levels of caspases 3 and 7 in stroma (p = 0.041 and p = 0.036) and an increased signaling pathway similarity in stromal cells with 81 significant Spearman correlations (ρ ≥ 0.75, p ≤ 0.01).…”

A population study of clinically actionable genetic variation affecting drug response from the Middle East by Puthen Veettil Jithesh (12040358)

“…The allele frequencies of 1,320 variants in 703 genes affecting 299 drugs or class of drugs were significantly different between the Qatari population and other world populations. …”

Altered regulation of cell migration in IRF6-mutated orofacial cleft patients-derived primary cells reveals a novel role of RhoGTPases in cleft/lip palate development by Al Saneh, Mounir

“…Our results showed that there is no difference in viability of the VWS patient cells compared to healthy control cells. However, a significant decrease in the migratory and adhesion ability of the VWS patient cells was detected compared to the control, which could account for the phenotype. …”
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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 by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…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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Estimation of Virtual Trust on Driverless Cars using Type-1 Fuzzy logic by Mohamed Kayed Alhyasat, Khaled

“…Using the most advanced technological elements, this is a significant advancement in the automobile manufacturing sector. …”
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Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…“Both Qatari nationals and expatriates should adopt healthier lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of these risk factors,” says Christos. Diabetes was the largest preventable risk factor to decrease heart attacks and strokes.…”

Tipping the Balance: Vitamin D Inadequacy in Children Impacts the Major Gut Bacterial Phyla by Parul Singh (191877)

“…<div><p>Vitamin D inadequacy appears to be on the rise globally, and it has been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, as well as metabolic, cardiovascular, and autoimmune diseases. …”

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. …”

Release of colloids in saturated porous media under transient hydro-chemical conditions: A pore-scale study by Safna Nishad (16932474)

“…<p dir="ltr">The deposition and consequent release of colloids pose a significant challenge to the environment, groundwater quality and human health. …”

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. …”

Towards the development of an integrated model for examining the determinants affecting the use of Queue Management Solutions in Healthcare by ALQUDAH, ADI AHMAD ALI

“…The results revealed that the new tool is beneficial, and the median times to finish the processes within the patient’s journey have significantly decreased. To evaluate the use of the enhanced QMS, this research develops an integrated model based on the integration of various constructs extracted from different theoretical models, including the UTAUT, TAM, and social cognitive theory (SCT) along with trust and innovativeness as external factors. …”
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183-P by Khalaf, Roy A.

“…Conclusions: There was no statistically significant distribution of the different KIR genes between the cases (FMF patients) and controls (Lebanese population); however, an increase in the BB genotype was noted leading to an interesting future research question of whether or not KIR genotype is involved in the predisposition to or pathogenesis of FMF. …”
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Transcriptome Profile Identifies Actin as an Essential Regulator of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C3 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Zebrafish Model by Sahar Isa Da’as (18288880)

“…These knockout zebrafish displayed significant morphological heart alterations related to a significant decrease in ventricular and atrial diameters at systolic and diastolic states at the larval stages. …”

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

“…Male-gender, new-onset DM, higher Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), lower haemoglobin, sodium and potassium, higher urea, longer DKA duration and MICU admission predicted a longer LOS in a multivariate regression analysis. None of the factors were significantly associated with 90-day readmission. …”

Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease in a Middle Eastern Cohort Using Whole Genome Sequencing by Mohamad Saad (214545)

“…Of 400 known genome-wide significant loci, 33 replicated at <i>P</i><10−4. However, the 9p21 locus did not replicate. …”

Investigating vulnerability for developing eating disorders in a multi-confessional lebanese sample by Khazen, Georges

“…Being Christian was found to significantly decrease the vulnerability to developing an ED. …”
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