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... حسب Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

"…Among females, none of these 12 countries had significant decreases in prevalence of chewing tobacco use, whereas seven of 12 countries had a significant decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking use for the period. …"

Circulating exosomal immuno-oncological checkpoints and cytokines are potential biomarkers to monitor tumor response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in non-small cell lung cancer patien... حسب Shayista Akbar (14442117)

"…Non-responding patients showed a significant increase in exosomal-PD-L1 (p=0.0078). Furthermore, responding-patients without liver-metastasis showed significant-upregulation of PD-1 (p=0.0070), and downregulation of ULBP1 (p=0.0137) and Siglec-7 (p=0.0037). …"

Can Ease of Doing Business Shorten the Distance and Attract Foreign Direct Investment حسب AL KHOORI, YOUSUF

"…Using this measure, our results show that a favorable business climate has a significant moderating effect on the risks that a MNC faces when investing in countries with significantly different wealth levels. …"
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The Challenges of Corporate Governance Systems for Construction Project Management حسب Alzarooni, Khalid

"…With the increasing levels of globalization resulting from liberalization of markets, efficient flow of information, and integration of economies, the industry is turning its attention to the global market. …"
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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…We show that, on average, the director actual compensation level is above the efficient compensation level by around 63%. …"
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The Impact of Absenteeism and Islamic Work Ethics on Project Delivery in Public Projectized Organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) حسب ALKEAIBI, NOORA RASHED

"…As the modern world demands a lot from the employees so the stress levels of the employees were increased and are not able to balance the work and the personal life where the individual is affected physically and psychologically that leads to employee’s absenteeism. …"
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Comparison of Myeloid Cells in Circulation and in the Tumor Microenvironment of Patients with Colorectal and Breast Cancers حسب Salman M. Toor (8854751)

"…We found that both PBC and CRC patients have significantly higher levels of granulocytic and immature myeloid cells in the TME. …"

Salivary α-amylase activity is associated with cardiometabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in overweight/obese, non-diabetic Qatari women حسب Neyla S. Al Akl (15189997)

"…<h3>Introduction</h3><p dir="ltr">Obesity, prevalent in approximately 80% of Qatar’s adult population, increases the risk of complications like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. …"

Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon حسب Djoundourian, Salpie

"…The stochastic production and cost function estimates show that bank level inefficiency effects decreases with time and increases with number of branches, employees per branch, and ratio of staff to operating expenses.…"
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The effect of daucus carota pentane-diethylether fraction on cancer cells motility and metastasis. (c2013) حسب Zgheib, Perla Z.

"…The treatment also led to a decrease in cancer cell invasion and an increased cell adhesion. In addition, a decrease in CDC42 activation levels, and an increase in Rac activation were detected. …"
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An investigations into the factors that associated with writing anxiety for english language learners in UAE universities حسب Hussein, Sulaiman

"…Additionally, a focus group discussion with the instructors was held to explore their perspectives on the coping strategies they use and suggest to reduce the levels of anxiety in writing classes. The findings show that the participants encountered high levels of anxiety when writing English compositions and there was a statistically significant negative correlation between students’ writing scores and their levels of anxiety. …"
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Modeling of photovoltaic soiling loss as a function of environmental variables حسب Wasim Javed (6105866)

"…In fact, high RH levels were related to negative daily ΔCI only at higher WS levels (>2ms−1); at lower WS levels RH had no significant effect on daily ΔCI. …"

A prospective evaluation of antral follicle function in women with 46,XX spontaneous primary ovarian insufficiency حسب Hubayter, Ziad R.

"…In controls estradiol levels increased significantly after FSH administration, but in patients this was not the case despite the presence of an antral follicle ≥8 mm. …"
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Exposure to Toxic Metals from the Consumption of Cornflakes in Lebanon حسب El Khoury, Celine

"…However, concentrations of all toxic metals remained below the Lebanese national limits. Brand did not significantly affect metal concentrations (p ≥ 0.05) in determining metal concentrations, whereas statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) were observed for Cr and Pb levels between Lebanese and imported products. …"
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Mortality and associated risk factors of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in Qatar: A nationwide cohort study حسب Tarek Abdel Latif Ghonimi (16328413)

"…Univariate Cox regression analysis for risk factors associated with COVID-19-related death  in dialysis patients showed significant increases in risks with age (OR 1.077, CI 95%(1.018– 1.139), p = 0.01), CHF and COPD (both same OR 8.974, CI 95% (1.039–77.5), p = 0.046), history of DVT (OR 5.762, CI 95% (1.227–27.057), p = 0.026), Atrial fibrillation (OR 7.285, CI 95%(2.029–26.150), p = 0.002), hypoxia (OR: 16.6; CI 95%(3.574–77.715), p = <0.001), ICU admission (HR30.8, CI 95% (3.9–241.2), p = 0.001), Mechanical ventilation (HR 50.07 CI 95% (6.4–391.2)), p<0.001) and using inotropes(HR 19.17, CI 95% (11.57–718.5), p<0.001). …"

Effect of acute and chronic grapefruit, orange, and pineapple juice intake on blood lipid profile in normolipidemic rat. حسب Daher, Costantine F.

"…All juices significantly increased VLDL apolipoprotein B [apoB] secretion,but plasma total apoB concentrations were highest in the grapefruit group and lowest in the orange andpineapple groups. …"
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Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Impairment of Protein Trafficking and Alterations in Membrane Composition in Intestinal Caco-2 Cell Line حسب Toutounji, Mohamad

"…This was associated with an alteration in the expression levels of inflammatory factors in addition to an increase in the expression of the ER stress protein markers, namely immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP), C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), activation transcription factor 4 (ATF4), and X-box binding protein (XBP1). …"
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Evaluation of psychological distress, burnout and structural empowerment status of healthcare workers during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a cross-sectional quest... حسب Sara Taleb (11264352)

"…In addition, the analysis showed that HCWs working in the COVID-19 areas experienced significantly higher symptoms of severe stress, anxiety, depression and higher levels of burnout compared to those working in other areas. …"

The Influence of Transformational and Transactional Leadership on Employee Performance and Organizational Commitment A Case Study in the UAE Public Sector حسب Abdalla, Hani Gawdat

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Total and segmental liver volume variations حسب Abdalla, Eddie

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