Lead exposure of Bangladeshi women at childbearing age: Does mother's education reduce fetal risk factors? by Sharmind Neelotpol (19732277)

“…Although the more-educated women claimed that they were aware of the harmful effects of lead, as opposed to the less-educated women not being aware (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), they failed to substantiate their claim because this was not reflected in their everyday practices as revealed by the ‘previous birth outcome records’ of their fetuses. This indicated that their knowledge or awareness of lead, particularly its sources and detrimental effects, remained superficial, and their educational background had no statistically significant difference with respect to the awareness of lead toxicity (<i>p</i> = 0.103). …”

Co-occurrence of antibiotic and metal resistance in long-term sewage sludge-amended soils: influence of application rates and pedo-climatic conditions by Sonia Mokni-Tlili (20487266)

“…<p dir="ltr">Urban sewage sludge (USS) is increasingly being used as an alternative organic amendment in agriculture. …”

Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Pieter Francsois, Fouche

“…Study objectiveTraumatic injury causes a significant number of deaths due to bleeding. Tranexamic acid (TXA), an antifibrinolytic agent, can reduce bleeding in traumatic injuries and potentially enhance outcomes. …”
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Dietary inflammatory index and odds of breast cancer: A case–control study by Shatha S. Hammad (14778376)

“…However, results stratified by weight category indicated an effect of diet-associated inflammation on BrCA risk in the overweight/obese group. …”

Zirconium Silicate/IL/Mxene-based composite membranes for high-temperature fuel cell applications by Edwin, Reeves Nayagam

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Shear Strength Behavior of Tire Shred-Dune Sand Admixtures by Ahmad, Abrar

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Merilyn Lock (9440240)

“…</p><h2>Conclusions</h2><p dir="ltr">Findings indicated no sex-specific differences for any fitness or performance outcomes. …”

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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Climate change dynamics for global energy security and equity: Evidence from policy stringency drivers by Dagar, Vishal

“…The findings reveal that increased financial integration significantly enhances ES by easing capital flow into energy infrastructure, which is crucial for stable energy supply chains. …”
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New insights into the impact of graphene oxide characteristics on foam stability: from bulk behavior to bubble dynamics by Ali U. Chaudhry (19724362)

“…The bulk-scale experiments were further complemented by bubble-scale observations, which revealed that NGO particles pack efficiently at the liquid-air interface, thereby strengthening the lamella structure and preventing Ostwald ripening. …”

Assessment of sustainable construction in Lebanon by Awwad, Rita

“…However, these efforts were not enough to have a significant impact on these industries and resulted merely in voluntary guidelines rather than serious measures to reduce energy usage and pollution. …”
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Factors associated with baseline smoking self-efficacy among male Qatari residents enrolled in a quit smoking study by Mohammed Al Thani (7487684)

“…These results provide data-driven indication of several key variables that can be targeted to increase smoking self-efficacy in this understudied population.…”

SHORT- VS LONG-READ SEQUENCING OF SOIL ARTHROPODS by Sten Anslan (8288664)

“…This indicates that soil sample quantities generally used for microbial analyses are also informative in studying soil faunal communities.…”

Sanguinarine mediated apoptosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via generation of reactive oxygen species and suppression of JAK/STAT pathway by Kirti.S. Prabhu (17191231)

“…<p dir="ltr">Effective treatment of lung cancer remains a significant clinical challenge due to its multidrug resistance and side effects of the current treatment options. …”

Differing endometrial expression of calcium modulating transient receptor potential channels by Maryam Ghavideldarestani (11862563)

“…<p dir="ltr">To the editor</p><p dir="ltr">Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) have increased the live birth success rate, but there is still a significant implantation failure rate. …”

3D Printable Ca(OH)₂-based geopolymer concrete with steel fiber reinforcement by Youssef Mortada (16810656)

“…Durability assessments, including autogenous shrinkage and self-induced stress, indicated a slight reduction in shrinkage of SF-reinforced samples, with no significant effect on self-induced stress. …”

A Model of Telecommunication Sector Development and Economical Growth in GCC Countries: A Case Study of UAE by Amiri, Shaima Yousef

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Optimization of Electric Vehicles Wireless Charging by Gesrou, Abdalla

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Developing an Urban Resilience Index for Ajman City by ALSHAMSI, ALYA

“…The proposed URI is based on data collected from a range of indicators spanning a number of key URI component indices. …”
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Anti-xa guided enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis is associated with less thromboembolism than fixed dose dalteparin in trauma patients admitted to intensive care by Ahmad Kloub (16855149)

“…VTE incidence after protocol implementation decreased from 4 to 1.3% (OR 0.31; 95% CI 0.1–0.9, P = 0.03) without increasing the bleeding rate. …”