In vitro effects of multi-purpose contact lens disinfecting solutions towards survivability of Acanthamoeba genotype T4 in Malaysia by Hussain, Rosnani Hanim Mohd

“…The incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis has been increasing since the previous decades, especially among contact lens users. …”
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Causes of construction reworks and their mitigation strategies by HAYAT, KAMRAN

“…Later these factors will be analyzed to computer the significance and variance of independent factors on depend factors. …”
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Joint energy-distortion aware algorithms for cooperative video streaming over LTE networks by Yaacoub, Elias

“…Results show that the proposed approach leads to significant energy savings and enhanced QoS compared to the non-collaborative scenario. …”
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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. …”

The Grid Iron Patterns & Detached Villas as the Main Drivers of Sharjah City’s Urban Sprawl by MOHAMED, SHAMSELDIN SAEED

“…This rapid growth coincided with two phenomena worthy of attention, the first being the conjunction of this growth with the significant decline in residential density, and the second with the phenomenon of the increase in the proportion of non-durable residential lands, which reached 49% (DTPS, 1998) of the total land allocated to citizens. …”
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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees (11875640)

“…Smoking was significantly more common among respondents who were older than 18 years old, married, held master's and PhD degrees, and working in non‐health‐related fields (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”

Challenges in child and adolescent health across the Arab Gulf countries—Focus on metabolic health by Basma Haris (12040355)

“…The combination of an increasing youth population combined with rapid modernisation, increasing per capita income and the paradigm shift towards unhealthy and affluent lifestyles has created a significant burden of non‐communicable diseases (NCDs), especially obesity and diabetes. …”

Rising mortality related to cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer amongst older men across the United States by Abdul Ahad (545575)

“…<h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">There is a significant association between cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and prostate cancer (PCa), leading to high mortality. …”

The antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effect of kefir on human leukemic cell lines. (c2008) by Maalouf, Katia E.

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Numerical investigation of design strategies to achieve perpetual pavements by Abou-Jaoude, Grace

“…Increasing the hot mix asphalt (HMA) base thickness and modifying the HMA mixture properties to improve the resistance to fatigue cracking are among the most popular methods for achieving long-lasting pavements. …”
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KT2C. (c2014) by Al Kawam, Ahmad

“…The temperature profile of the resulting chip is calculated using the thermal simulator “Hotspot” and is compared to the temperature profile of a design achieved using a regular design flow. The results show significant reduction in both average and peak temperatures at the cost of a small increase in area. …”
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Modelling, analysis, and implementation of a switched‐inductor based DC/DC converter with reduced switch current stress by Shima Sadaf (16875999)

“…The detailed modes of operation in both continuous conduction mode (CCM) and discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) and steady-state analysis, the non-idealities’ effect on voltage gain, design approach, and a comparative study with other DC-DC converters for some significant performance characteristics are provided. …”

Setting up a National Research Data Curation Service for Qatar: Challenges and Opportunities by Arif Shaon (13761784)

“…While this has resulted in a significant growth in the number of research publications produced by Qatari researchers in recent years, a nationally co-ordinated approach is needed to address some of the emerging but increasingly important aspects of research data curation, such as management and publication of research data as important outputs, and their long-term digital preservation. …”

Privacy-preserving artificial intelligence in healthcare: Techniques and applications by Nazish Khalid (17685063)

“…<p>There has been an increasing interest in translating artificial intelligence (AI) research into clinically-validated applications to improve the performance, capacity, and efficacy of healthcare services. …”

Strategic AI disclosures and legitimacy: Impression management in UK FTSE100 annual reports by Nader Elsayed (18060043)

“…Results reveal an increasing trend among UK corporations to disclose AI narratives. …”

Osteoporosis: An under-recognized public health problem by Rajasree Vijayakumar (19807284)

“…Importantly, osteoporosis and resulting bone fractures represent a significant economic burden for both individuals and the wider society. …”

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on household food waste behaviour in Iran by Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari (17017701)

“…Descriptive statistics and various non-parametric tests were used to analyse the survey results. …”

A Framework for Project Time-Cost Optimization Considering Float Consumption Impact by Al Haj, Rana Ali

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Combined effects of treated domestic wastewater, fly ash, and calcium nitrite toward concrete sustainability by Abdelrahman Abushanab (17268940)

“…It was also shown that the addition of FA significantly decreased the chloride permeability of TWW concrete by 55%–71%. …”

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

“…The CT genotype in rs12512631, an SNP in the GC gene, was associated with low serum levels of vitamin D (ANOVA, p = 0.0356) and was abundant in deficient compared to non-deficient subjects. Overall gut microbial community structure was significantly different between the deficient (D) and non-deficient (ND) groups (Bray Curtis dissimilarity p = 0.049), with deficient subjects also displaying reduced gut microbial diversity. …”