Overheating risk of a single-family detached house built at different ages under current and future climate in Canada by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…With the anticipated increase in temperature and solar radiation and frequency of extreme weather conditions due to climate change, buildings typically designed/built in Canadian cold climates would experience increased risks of summer overheating. …”
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Soil Stabilization against Internal Erosion Using Cement and Fiber-Cement Mixture by Al-Samarrai, Lena B.

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

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Enthusiasm for using polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in clinical practice is tempered by concerns about their portability to diverse ancestry groups, thus motivating genome-wide association studies in non-European ancestry cohorts.…”

The relationship between Determinants of Risk Governance assurance and efficacy of the Public projects in the Government of Dubai from the perspective of Internal Audit Function by MUBARAK, ALIA MARJAN

“…While a significant sector of research is devoted to risk management in Europe and the United States, the unique culture, location and economy of the United Arab Emirates and Dubai, in particular, have to be incorporated into the understanding of local risk management in order to reach the best outcomes. …”
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Student support in higher education: campus service utilization, impact, and challenges by Chithira Johnson (17317066)

“…A significant difference was reported between at-risk students’ majors and at-risk students in STEM and non-STEM majors. …”

Mitigating undercooling and overheating risk in existing desert schools under current and future climate using validated building simulation model by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

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Spatial modelling of contribution of individual level risk factors for mortality from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula by Oyelola A. Adegboye (4287826)

“…The odds of dying from the disease was found to increase as age increased beyond 25 years and was much higher for individuals with any underlying comorbidities.…”

The effect of Ramadan focused education on patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hoda Gad (6470522)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">This systematic review and meta-analysis shows that Ramadan-focused diabetes education leads to a decrease in HbA1c and LDL, but an increase in TG and weight during Ramadan. …”

Landscape of childhood epilepsies – A multi-ethnic population-based study by Ruba Benini (17563083)

“…</p><h3>Significance </h3><p dir="ltr">This large multi-ethnic population-based study confirms that the prevalence, incidence and clinical features of epilepsy in Qatar is in accordance with other epidemiologic studies and highlights risk factors for the development of co-morbidities and medically-intractable epilepsy.…”

Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of nosocomial infection in adult patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Ait Hssain (9538617)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Results showed that 16% and 20% lower of ECMO survival and overall survival in patients with NI than patients without NI, respectively. However, NI increased the risk of in-hospital mortality by 37% in infected patients compared with non-infected patients. …”

Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries by Alim, Swarray-Deen

“…Preterm birth (PTB), remains a major cause of significant morbidity and mortality world-wide with about 12–15million preterm births occurring every year. …”
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Obesity and menopause by Albert A. Opoku FRCOG (15955340)

“…<p dir="ltr">The global obesity pandemic continues to rise, with figures from the World Health Organization showing that 13% of the world's adult population was obese in 2016. Obesity has significant implications, with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and several malignancies.…”

Follow up and comparative assessment of IgG, IgA, and neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 between mRNA-vaccinated naïve and unvaccinated naturally infected individuals ov... by Salma Younes (6424865)

“…At the 7th month, there was a significant decline in antibody responses among VN individuals, but not NI individuals, with a minimum decrease of 3.7-fold (p < 0.001). …”

Exploring the association between the consumption of beverages, fast foods, sweets, fats, and oils and the risk of gastric and pancreatic cancers: Findings from case–control study... by Reem Almahri (22224316)

“…The findings revealed that high sugar consumption, particularly the intake of sweets such as candies and biscuits, was significantly associated with an increased risk of GC (OR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.01–3.45, <i>P</i>-value of trend = 0.035) and (OR = 8.52, 95% CI = 3.38–21.43, P-value of trend < 0.001), respectively. …”

A Prospective observational cohort of clinical outcomes in medical inpatients prescribed pharmacological thromboprophylaxis using different clinical risk assessment models (COMPT R... by Chamoun, Nibal

“…In hospitalized medical patients, the Caprini-based RAM can accurately distinguish low and high VTE risk without resulting in increased risk of bleeding.…”
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Construction workforce management strategies to reduce absenteeism by Lattouf, M. Ghayth

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The Determinants of the Performance of Commercial Banks Industry Evidence of Listed Commercial Banks at ADX by MOHAMMAD YASSEN DARKAL, MOHAMMAD YASSAR

“…The study recommends managements of commercial banks to give more attention to the assets used in these banks, and to focus on increasing the market value of commercial banks. In addition, managements of commercial banks are recommended to give more attention to the way that liquid assets and credit risk are managed.…”
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Dietary Trichosporon mycotoxinivoron modulates ochratoxin-A induced altered performance, hepatic and renal antioxidant capacity and tissue injury in broiler chickens by Sheraz Ahmed Bhatti (9759633)

“…Dietary OTA at all the tested levels induced the hepatic and renal tissue injury as indicated by significant decreased total antioxidant capacity in these organs along with significant decreased (p ≤ 0.05) serum concentrations of total proteins and albumin. …”

Look-ahead scheduling of energy-water nexus integrated with Power2X conversion technologies under multiple uncertainties by Mohammad Amin, Mirzaei

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Association of dyslipidemia, diabetes and metabolic syndrome with serum ferritin levels: a middle eastern population-based cross-sectional study by Neyla S. Al Akl (15189997)

“…The OR for MetS also increased significantly across the Sfer Quartiles from OR: 1 in Q1 to 1.92 (1.06–3.02) in Q4 for women and to 2.07 (1.08–3.98) in Q4 in men. …”