Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…This leads to interruptions and delays in therapy administration and to the need for VAD replacement, associated with increased risk of complications to the patient and increased costs (Stephens, Haire, & Kotulak, 1995; Hoch, 1997). …”
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Stemming cardiovascular diseases in Qatar by Nature Research (16552612)

“…This is projected to increase to more than 23 million by 2030, with the largest increase to occur throughout the Middle East, due in part to the adoption of the sedentary Western lifestyle.…”

The Interplay of E-commerce, Resilience and Exports in the Context of COVID-19 by Emmanuel Onjewu, Adah-Kole

“…Besides, e-commerce significantly increases resilience which, in turn, accelerates direct exports. …”
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Water quality problems associated with intermittent water supply by Tokajian, Sima

“…The mean bacterial count increased significantly after 7 d storage in both tank types. …”
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Habitat Complexity Influences the Microhabitat Choices of Desert Beetles by Bartholomew, Aaron

“…The model also predicts that prey survivorship increases with increasing cover (Ct/At), which interferes with predators' ability to detect prey. …”
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Photostimulation of Phox2b medullary neurons activates cardiorespiratory function in conscious rats by Kanbar, Roy

“…RVLM photostimulation significantly increased breathing rate (+42%), tidal volume (21%), minute volume (68%), and peak expiratory flow (48%). …”
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Characterization of the dynamic flow response in microfluidic devices by Elgack, Mohammed Elmahdi

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Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete Columns Embedded with PET Bottles Under Concentric Axial Compression by Al Bayati, Sadiq Duraid

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Extended hepatectomy in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies with and without preoperative portal vein embolization by Abdalla, Eddie

“…After PVE, FLR volumes increased significantly (P = .003); preoperative FLR volumes were similar in both groups (patients who underwent PVE, 25%; and patients who did not undergo PVE, 23%). …”
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EEG-Based Semantic Vigilance Level Classification Using Directed Connectivity Patterns and Graph Theory Analysis by Yahya, Fares

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Formation of Trihalomethanes during Seawater Chlorination by Ahmed Abdel-Wahab (1748986)

“…Chlorination of seawater has shown significant increase in total THMs (TTHMs) and in bromoform concentrations. …”

Cooperative Learning and Second Language Acquisition: Learner Empowerment in the UAE by Iyer, Rekha Venkatraman

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The protective role of lidocaine in surgeries involving trigeminal nerve manipulation: a meta-analysis of trigeminocardiac reflex prevention by Almonzer Al-Qiami (22393303)

“…Additionally, the lidocaine group had a relatively small change in HR, with a mean difference of -10.56 (95% CI -13.30 to -7.83 beat per minute, <i>P</i> = 0.00001). …”

Exploring Effects of Mental Stress with Data Augmentation and Classification Using fNIRS by Khan, Malik Nasir Afzal

“…Notably, after augmenting the data with DCGAN, the classification accuracy increases dramatically to 96%. In the time series data, statistically significant differences were noticed in the data before and after BB stimulation, which showed an improvement in the brain state, in line with the classification results. …”
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Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance, species richness and size of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in artificial vegetation by Bartholomew, Aaron

“…Increasing complexity appeared to lead to decreasing beetle widths. 9 beetle species were relatively rare in, or absent from, the higher complexity treatments, including 5 of the 6 largest species. 2 rare, small beetle species were only found in higher complexity treatments. …”
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Hydroxyurea Use in Lebanese Patients With [beta]-Thalassemia Intermedia by Taher, Ali

“…Only patients 4 and 7 had an increase in Hb of 1.7 and 3 g/dL, respectively, at 6 months. …”
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A customised fetal growth and birthweight standard for Qatar: a population-based cohort study by Thomas Farrell (3933833)

“…<h3>Objectives</h3><p dir="ltr">Customized birthweight centiles have improved the detection of small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) babies compared to existing population standards. …”

Sensitivity analysis of work plane illuminance to room surface reflectance values by WAFI, RANA BASHIR

“…For the purpose of proving it , two digital models were created in this study in order to run the simulations. Significantly, the small area office illuminance increased with high values when the wall surface reflectance is high . …”
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Optimal Planning of Distributed Generators and Shunt Capacitors in Isolated Microgrids With Nonlinear Loads by Yazdavar, Ameen H.

“…The effectiveness of the proposed planning approach has been validated using the PG&E 69-bus system, and the followings are observed: 1) the significance of applying suitable fundamental-power-flow and harmonic-power-flow algorithms for isolated microgrids, and 2) the possibility of avoiding a severe voltage distortion by utilizing an appropriate planning method and only small increase in the cost.…”
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Safety practices in the lebanese construction market by Awwad, R.

“…In particular, the boom in the construction industry in the Middle East over the past decades was accompanied with significant increase in death tolls and injuries among labor forces. …”
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