Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in amblyopia as measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography by Al-Haddad, Christiane E.

“…The mean macular thickness was significantly increased in the amblyopic (273.8 μm) vs fellow eyes (257.9 μm), p=0.001. …”
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Parental consanguinity and family history of coronary artery disease strongly predict early stenosis by Deeb, Mary E.

“…Results Family history of CAD and gender significantly increased the risk for young age at diagnosis of CAD (p < 0.001). …”
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Country of birth affects blood pressure in the French hypertensive diabetic population by Bahous, Sola Aoun

“…In a population of 56,242 individuals living in France, we showed that individuals born in France have significantly different levels of blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors than African and Asian populations born in their own country but living long-term in France (average duration of stay, 5–10 years). …”
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Supporting secure dynamic alert zones using searchable encryption and graph embedding by Sina Shaham (17707254)

“…<p dir="ltr">Location-based alerts have gained increasing popularity in recent years, whether in the context of healthcare (e.g., COVID-19 contact tracing), marketing (e.g., location-based advertising), or public safety. …”

Beyond the needle: How nonsurgical management transforms foot and ankle ability in male footballers with posterior ankle impingement- a longitudinal study by Gupta, Jyoti

“…Tenderness and ROM showed significant changes after 4 and 8 weeks. The FAAM% score significantly increased (p < 0.001) after 8 weeks, reflecting enhanced overall functional ability. …”
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Doping in sports and current regulations by Muneera Ahmed Alkhelaifi (21347873)

“…<p dir="ltr">Over the years, numerous agencies were created to build and protect integrity in sports by reviewing the suitability of the existing laws in promoting community confidence in athletics. …”

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. …”

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

“…As this stands, this study attempt to solve three questions: (1) what are the changes and their significance that the soil management systems impose on soil properties? …”
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Exploring Ultra-Processed Foods: Impact on Satiety, Eating Patterns, Blood Glucose Levels and Food Addiction by Mamo, Tracy G.

“…Introduction: The global rise in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) consumption has significantly altered dietary habits, leading to adverse health outcomes such as obesity and metabolic dysregulation. …”
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Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Chemotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Glazer, Evan

“…The role of surgery in colorectal hepatic metastases is undergoing a revolution of sorts. For example, a few years ago an extrahepatic metastasis effectively eliminated surgical resection, but a combination of chemotherapeutic options and surgical techniques has expanded the indications for resection and increased the population of patients who may benefit.1,2 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has increased the resectability rate by 11% to 37%.1 Unfortunately, greater than 80% of patients undergoing hepatic resection will have recurrences, mostly within the first 2 years.2 Nonetheless, the only hope for cure is resection, and prior surgical dogma based on the number of lesions, size of the tumor-free resection margin, and presence of resectable extrahepatic disease must be questioned.3- 5 The current standard approach to surgical planning is contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for specific tumor characteristics or contraindications to CT.6 Several series showed that focal extrahepatic disease, an isolated pulmonary lesion, can be safely resected, with 5-year survival rates of 29% to 58%.7,8 In 1 series,7 17 of 30 patients required 3 or more resections. …”
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Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis with placement of self-expandable metallic stents by Azar, Riad R.

“…When significant variables were added to a multiple-predictor regression model, the odds of PEP from SEMS placement increased to 6.8 (95% CI, 2.2, 21.4). …”
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Akkermansia, a Possible Microbial Marker for Poor Glycemic Control in Qataris Children Consuming Arabic Diet—A Pilot Study on Pediatric T1DM in Qatar by Arun Prasath Lakshmanan (16444663)

“…The results have revealed that the subjects who had undergone CSII therapy had increased microbial diversity and genus <i>Akkermansia</i> was significantly enriched in the subjects without CSII therapy. …”

Clinical correlates of white-matter abnormalities on head magnetic resonance imaging by Dimassi, Hani

“…Children with white-matter abnormalities and increased tone had a greater frequency of increased reflexes and tended to have more signal abnormalities than the other groups. …”
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Reduced fertigation input sustains yield and physiological performance for improved economic returns and cleaner production of greenhouse eggplant by Md Mazadul, Islam

“…We found that morphological traits such as plant height and leaf number were consistent across EC levels, while fruit weight, length, and width are significantly higher at the lowest EC (1.8). Photosynthetic rates increased significantly with rising EC levels, while other gas exchange parameters such as stomatal conductance, intrinsic water use efficiency, and vapour pressure deficit were similar for all EC levels tested. …”
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Investigation of positive education implementation and its impact on students' wellbeing and academic self-efficacy in K-12 private schools in Dubai by KHREIBI, RIMA ABOU

“…The findings revealed the following: 1) in recent years there has been increasing positive education implementation grounding in the recent international, national, local, and educational authority policies and initiatives. 2) absence of standardised local and school policy related to positive education implementation has led to the need for adaptability of positive education implementation across school. 3) there has been strong engagement of the internal school community (teachers, school leaders and students) with external school community (parents). 4) significant changes in the overall level DSWC indicators associated with social emotional wellbeing, life satisfaction, perseverance, feeling safe, and belonging to school. 5) insignificant changes associated with DSWC indicators associated with emotional regulation, happiness, optimism, academic self-concept, cognitive engagement, engagement (flow), peer belonging and school climate. 6) PASS assessment factors show increase in wellbeing, motivation and self-efficacy for regulation and decrease in academic self-efficacy. 7) significant increase in emotional, social wellbeing and academic self-efficacy among students due to positive education implementation as perceived by teachers, parents, and students.…”
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Seat belt and mobile phone use among young adult drivers in the State of Qatar by Sohaila Cheema (4162534)

“…Additionally, drivers at or below the age of 25 were significantly more likely to use seat belt and less likely to use mobile phone than those over 25 years old (Table 1). …”

Facilitating and hindering factors for coping with the experience of having a child with cancer by Doumit, Myrna A.A.

“…Background: Families with a child with cancer face significant emotional and psychosocial stressors. The frequency of childhood cancer is increasing in Lebanon with more than 282 children diagnosed each year. …”
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Struvite Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Dairy Manure: A Review of Application Potential and Hindrances by Tao, Wendong

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Therapeutic challenges in the management of osmotic demyelination syndrome by Mohamed Elshafei (9376832)

“…<h3>Rationale</h3><p dir="ltr">There is an increasing and compelling need for early recognition of features of osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS), and a further attempt at correcting this even where presentation is late.…”

Exploring the evolution of <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> resistance during the COVID-19 era by Emine Sehmen (22457614)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Our results demonstrate a significant increase in antibiotic resistance levels in <i>Acinetobacter </i>and<i> Pseudomonas</i> strains associated with hospital-acquired infections or colonization during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”