Role of nutritional indices in predicting outcomes of vascular surgery by Jabbour, Jana

“…Background Malnutrition is frequent among vascular surgery patients, given their age, chronic comorbidities, and poor functional status, and it is believed to increase their operative risk. We aimed to assess the combined use of recent significant weight loss (>10% body mass) and serum albumin levels as a nutritional status index to predict outcomes. …”
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Biochemical Characterization of Halotolerant Bacillus safensis PM22 and Its Potential to Enhance Growth of Maize under Salinity Stress by Muhammad Atif Azeem (17542080)

“…Furthermore, PM22-inoculated plants showed markedly enhanced photosynthetic pigment, carotenoid, leaf relative water content, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) activity, salt tolerance index, total soluble sugar, total protein, and ascorbic acid contents compared to non-inoculated control maize plants. PM22 substantially increased antioxidant (enzymatic and non-enzymatic) activities in maize plants, including ascorbate peroxidase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, total flavonoid, and phenol levels. …”

Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga therapy on anxiety and happiness among community-dwelling older adults: A quasi-experimental study by Mona Metwally El-Sayed (17725127)

“…As well as an increase in happiness level among the study group compared to the control group were found (pre = 54.23 (6.60), immediate = 62.05 (4.09), post three-month = 61.95 (4.38), with statistical significant= <0.001 and effect size = 0.677.…”

Perceived confidence of dental students and new graduates in performing tooth extractions—An exploratory study by Kamis Gaballah (17991469)

“…A three‐way contingency table (counts of each confidence‐level response by stage of education by expert rating of cases) suggests a statistically significant association between the three factors. …”

Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …”
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RFX3 is essential for the generation of functional human pancreatic islets from stem cells by Bushra Memon (4792767)

“…The loss of <i>RFX3</i> disrupted pancreatic endocrine gene regulation, reduced the number of hormone-secreting islet cells and impaired beta cell function and insulin secretion. Despite a significant reduction in the expression levels of pancreatic islet hormones, the pan-endocrine marker chromogranin A remained unchanged at both EP and islet stages, likely due to an increase in the abundance of enterochromaffin cells (ECs). …”

Occupational Violence at Lebanese Emergency Departments by Dimassi, Hani

“…Exposure to verbal abuse was associated with serious outcomes including significantly higher levels of occupational burnout and an increased likelihood to quit current job. …”
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Intratumoral FoxP3⁺Helios⁺ Regulatory T Cells Upregulating Immunosuppressive Molecules Are Expanded in Human Colorectal Cancer by Azharuddin Sajid Syed Khaja (19720114)

“…In this preliminary study, we report that the majority of CD3⁺ T cells in the TME are CD4⁺ T cells with high co-expression of programmed death 1 (PD-1)/cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and PD-1/CD39 molecules. Levels of CD4⁺FoxP3⁺Helios⁺ Tregs were significantly increased in the TME. …”

Simulation Based Optimization of Logistics Decisions Under Horizontal Collaboration by Hammoud, Shaza Mouhib

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Numerical analysis of combustion characteristics and emissions of recycled flare gas in ethylene cracking furnaces by TurkiM. AL-Amoodi (22466536)

“…Results indicate that Mixture 1, rich in hydrocarbons, stabilizes combustion at 30–40 % flare levels, achieving peak temperatures, while instability occurs at 10–20 % flare levels. …”

Discovery of a novel cytokine signature for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in young Arab children in Qatar by Wared Nour-Eldine (13904298)

“…Furthermore, we observed that elevated levels of IFN-γ (odds ratio (OR) = 1.823; 95% (confidence interval) CI = 1.206, 2.755; p = 0.004) and FGF-2 (OR = 2.528; 95% CI = 1.457, 4.385; p < 0.001) were significantly associated with increased odds of ASD, whereas reduced levels of eotaxin (OR = 0.350; 95% CI = 0.160, 0.765; p = 0.008) and HGF (OR = 0.220; 95% CI = 0.070, 0.696; p = 0.010) were significantly associated with lower odds of ASD relative to controls. …”

Evaluation of waterpipe smoke toxicity in C57BL/6 mice model by Abi-Gerges, Aniella

“…Our results mainly showed a significant increase in urea serum levels (+28%) in SE mice along with renal pathological damage in both SE and DE mice compared to CON. …”
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The effect of foeniculum vulgare seeds on lipidemia, glycemia & liver enzymes. (c2009) by Bitar-Chamas, Rita

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Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population by Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella

“…Results: The prevalence of T2DM significantly increased with increasing BMI (p < 0.0001). …”
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Efficacy and safety of aldafermin in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Mohamed Mahmoud Marey (18560902)

“…No significant differences were detected in the aldafermin group regarding histologic endpoints, lipid profile, metabolic parameters, and overall adverse effects, except for the increased occurrence of diarrhea in the aldafermin 3 mg subgroup.…”

Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults by Korkomaz, Aya

“…Background: The recent increase in social media use has been associated with body checking and body image dissatisfaction. …”
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Ratio between positive lymph nodes and total excised axillary lymph nodes as an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with nonmetastatic lymph node-positiv... by Dimassi, Hani

“…Study parameters were compared at the univariate and multivariate levels for their effect on OS. Results. On univariate analysis, both the absolute number of positive lymph nodes and the ALNR were significant predictors of OS. …”
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Prospective, randomized, crossover study to evaluate the benefit of human chorionic gonadotropin-timed versus urinary luteinizing hormone-timed intrauterine inseminations in clomip... by Zreik, Tony

“…The pregnancy rate with LH-timed IUI was 4.29% (3/70) and that with hCG-induced ovulation was 4.23% (3/71); the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusion(s): Timing IUI with the use of a relatively expensive and time-consuming method such as ultrasound monitoring of folliculogenesis and hCG induction of ovulation does not appear to produce an increased pregnancy rate over urinary LH monitoring of ovulation.…”
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Wide Range Voltage Scaling Converter With Extended Duty and Low Voltage Stress for a DC Microgrid Applications by Md Samiullah (16888767)

“…Conventional boost converters face significant challenges at high voltage levels, requiring excessively high duty cycles that lead to increased component stress, switching transients and losses, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and diode reverse recovery issues. …”

Graphene oxide -polyethyleneimene-silicon dioxide nanocomposite-doped polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane oily water treatment by Hind Ben Youssef (22503587)

“…Analysis through the Owens-Wendt-Kaelble model indicated a significant increase in polar surface energy, corroborating the improved oil rejection capabilities at elevated flux levels. …”