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

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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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Mortality and associated risk factors of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in Qatar: A nationwide cohort study by 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). …”

Temporal self-attention for risk prediction from electronic health records using non-stationary kernel approximation by Rawan AlSaad (14159019)

Reduced HDL-cholesterol in long COVID-19: A key metabolic risk factor tied to disease severity by Jamila, Al-Zadjali

“…Findings indicated significant metabolic shifts in severe Long-COVID-19 cases, mainly a marked drop in HDL-C levels and a doubled increase in ferritin levels and insulin resistance compared to the mild cases and controls. …”
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Risk Factors of Difficult Intubation in Patients with Severe Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Ayten Saracoglu (8075222)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Obesity poses significant challenges by altering upper airway anatomy and making mask ventilation and tracheal intubation difficult. …”

Circulating lipid levels and risk of coronary artery disease in a large group of patients undergoing coronary angiography by Deeb, Mary E.

“…The OR increased with increasing number of ≥50 % stenotic vessels (1.39 for 2 vessels and 1.64 for 3–4 vessels), as did risk due to diabetes, CAD family history, gender, and age. …”
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Surgical Management of Hepatic Benign Disease: Have the Number of Liver Resections Increased in the Era of Minimally Invasive Approach? Analysis from the I Go MILS (Italian Group o... by Ardito, Francesco

“…A time-trend analysis showed that the total number of MILS and the number of MILS for malignant disease significantly increased, but this increasing trend was not documented for the number of MILS for BD, which remained stable during the study period of time. …”
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The Paget's disease of bone risk gene <i>PML</i> is a negative regulator of osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption by Sachin Wani (11704868)

“…The differentiation, survival and resorptive activity of osteoclasts prepared from Pml−/− mice was increased compared with wild type. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of IFN-γ on osteoclast formation from Pml−/− was significantly blunted compared with wild type. …”

Risk factors for extubation-related complications in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study by Ayten Saracoglu (8075222)

“…Logistic regression analysis, adjusted for age and sex, was performed to evaluate the associations. The significance level was adjusted by applying the Bonferroni correction (0.05/16 = 0.0031), and a p-value < 0.0031 was interpreted as statistically significant.…”

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.…”

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. …”

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

“…Furthermore, different variables were analysed to find that some of them may be more significant than others. For instance, risk communication was established to be one of the principal factors in affecting risk management as it implies that issues are addressed appropriately and timely. …”
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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.…”

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. …”