The Immunophenotyping Changes of Peripheral CD4+ T Lymphocytes and Inflammatory Markers of Class III Obesity Subjects After Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery – A Follow-Up Study... by Nasser M Rizk (18810328)

“…LGS caused a significant reduction in BMI by 32%, p< 0.0001. LGS intervention significantly decreased CD4+ T-lymphocytes and effector memory (TEM) cells but increased T-regulatory (Treg), naïve, and central memory (TCM) cells, with all p values < 0.05. …”

An Evaluation of Short-Term Effects of Different Soil Management Systems on Soil Physical, Structural and Hydraulic Properties and an Estimation and Optimization of Water Infiltrat... by Merheb, Caroline

“…In both soils, tillage application decreased the densities, the aggregate mean weight diameter, the residual moisture content, and the fine pore volumes while increased the organic matter content, the porosity, the saturated hydraulic conductivity, and the amount of large pores of undisturbed soil. …”
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Gestational Diabetes in the Gulf Region: Streamlining care to optimise outcome by Gbemisola Okunoye (19772769)

“…Despite the emerging body of evidence indicating adverse maternal and perinatal risks related to GDM, significant variations exist globally regarding the key components of GDM care, particularly, screening, diagnosis and long term follow up. …”

Prostate cancer burden in South Asia: A systematic analysis of global burden of disease data (1990–2021) by Vijay Kumar (377076)

“…Age‐standardized rates (ASRs) for prostate cancer metrics, including incidence (ASIR), prevalence (ASPR), mortality (ASMR), and DALYs (ASDR), were analyzed via joinpoint and ARIMA modeling techniques. Geographic variations in ASRs were mapped via QGIS software.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The prostate cancer ASIR, ASPR, and ASDR significantly increased from 1990 to 2021, particularly among individuals aged 60–65 years. …”

Dynamics of Muslim consumers’ behavior toward Halal products by Osama Sam Al-Kwifi (18061030)

“…</p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Across all participants, the level of brain activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex increased significantly when Halal images were presented to them. …”

Solar cultivation of microalgae in a desert environment for the development of techno-functional feed ingredients for aquaculture in Qatar by Rihab Rasheed (14153385)

“…Biomass productivities increased significantly, during extreme seasons due to respective cooling and heating of the culture. …”

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

“…<p dir="ltr">Effective modeling of patient representation from electronic health records (EHRs) is increasingly becoming a vital research topic. Yet, modeling the non-stationarity in EHR data has received less attention. …”

Effect of Intravenous Mannitol on Intraocular Pressure Changes in Vitrectomized and Non-Vitrectomized Eyes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by HASHEM ABU SERHAN (19737499)

“…In vitrectomized eyes, notable decreases were observed: at 30 min, the Ratio of Means (ROM) was 0.81 (95% CI: 0.53; 1.24), indicating a 19% reduction; at 60 min, the ROM of 0.833 (95% CI: 0.77; 0.89) showed a 16.7% reduction; at 90 min, the ROM of 0.757 (95% CI: 0.755; 0.758) corresponded to a 24.3% reduction; at 2 h, the ROM of 0.726 (95% CI: 0.642; 0.820) reflected a 27.4% reduction; at 3 h, the ROM of 0.692 (95% CI: 0.600; 0.797) resulted in a 30.8% reduction; and at 4 h, the ROM of 0.700 (95% CI: 0.363; 1.350) indicated a 30% reduction. …”

Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: evidence from Lebanon by Al Gharib, Fairouz

“…The estimated increase in the probability of having central air conditioning for a one microgram per cubic meter increase in Particulate Matter 2.5 concentration is 6.4%. …”
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Seismic Site Response, Analysis and Characterization of Major Cities in UAE by Irfan, Muhammad

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Assessing the eco-environmental aspects of fossil fuels-based units substitution of Point Aconi thermal power plant by green-based energies: a case study of Canada by Nima Amiri (21842687)

“…Replacing these materials with the proposed green units makes it possible to reduce environmental pollution by eliminating almost 165 tons of CO₂ and other pollutants per hour while increasing the plant’s efficiency and independence from fossil fuel price variations. …”

Noise2Weight: On detecting payload weight from drones acoustic emissions by Omar Adel Ibrahim (18394779)

“…Rooted on a sound methodology and validated by an extensive experimental on-field campaign carried out on a reference 3DR Solo drone, we characterize how the differences in the thrust needed by a drone to carry different payloads affect the speed of the motors and the blades and, in turn, introduces significant variations in the resulting acoustic fingerprint. …”

Enhancing the properties and performance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes using citric acid based deep eutectic solvent additives by Yousef Elhamarnah (17869382)

“…Zeta potential measurements revealed an increase in negative surface charge, particularly notable at 1.00 wt% and 2.00 wt% CA concentrations, which significantly enhanced dye rejection capabilities. …”

A Diffusion-Based Probabilistic Ultra-Short-Term Solar Power Prediction Using the Sky Image Sequences by Razieh Rastgoo (22457767)

“…<p dir="ltr">The inherently unpredictable nature of solar power generation, primarily due to rapidly changing cloud cover, poses a significant challenge to the operation of solar-integrated energy systems. …”

Investigating solar harvesting in various greenhouse designs with semi-transparent PV panels on roofs and sidewalls by Mohammadreza Gholami (17032317)

“…The findings reveal significant variations in output between the different designs and orientations. …”

Trends of the Dementia Burden in South Asia: An Analysis of 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study by Shubham Chauhan (21334742)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A slight decrease in incidence rates from 80.57 to 79 per 100,000 was observed, alongside a significant increase in mortality rates from 14.11 to 17.2 per 100,000. …”

Injury surveillance of head and neck injuries with a special focus on sport-related concussions: Eight seasons observational study in professional football in Qatar by Souhail Chebbi (22163968)

“…The concussion proportion of all <u>head injuries</u> was 31.7 % during the four initial seasons and 43.5 % during the following four seasons with a non-significant increase of 11.8 % (X² = 1267, p = 0.26). …”

Recovery of business intelligence systems by Haraty, Ramzi A.

“…Saving the damage assessment time means shorter denial of service periods, which in turn guarantees the continuity of the patient centric healthcare system.…”
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Redox Homeostasis and Inflammation Responses to Training in Adolescent Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Evdokia Varamenti (8154642)

“…In contrast, the variations after chronic exercise ranged from trivial to moderate. …”

Road deaths and injuries in India: Action required on the five pillars of road safety by Gopalakrishna Gururaj (19807233)

“…The economic losses from road crashes are estimated to be 3% of GDP and are increasing from year to year (2). Amidst significant regional variations, many Indian states have road deaths much above the national average. …”