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    • Can Polymorphisms in NLRP3 Inflammasome Complex Be Associated with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Severity? 

      Guaraná, Werbson Lima; Lima, Camilla Albertina Dantas; Barbosa, Alexandre Domingues; Crovella, Sergio; Sandrin-Garcia, Paula ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      The immune system plays a critical role in bone homeostasis and, consequently, in the pathophysiology of postmenopausal osteoporosis (OP) since estrogen deficiency induces the inflammasome and increases production of ...

    • Can remittances alleviate energy poverty in developing countries? New evidence from panel data 

      Karim, Barkat; Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Universal energy access in developing countries is a key ingredient to achieve sustainable economic growth and social welfare. Therefore, it is of paramount importance for policymakers to identify potential new factors to ...

    • Can source triangulation be used to overcome limitations of self-assessments? Assessing educational needs and professional competence of pharmacists practicing in qatar 

      Kheir, Nadir; Al-Ismail, Muna Said; Al-Nakeeb, Reem ( John Wiley and Sons Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      Introduction: Continuing professional development activities should be designed to meet the identified personal goals of the learner. This article aims to explore the self-perceived competency levels and the professional ...

    • Can the word superiority effect be modulated by serial position and prosodic structure? 

      Marzouki, Yousri; Al-Otaibi, Sara Abdulaziz; Al-Tamimi, Muneera Tariq; Idrissi, Ali ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      In this study, we examined the word superiority effect in Arabic and English, two languages with significantly different morphological and writing systems. Thirty-two Arabic-English bilingual speakers performed a post-cued ...

    • Can tourism market diversification mitigate the adverse effects of a blockade on tourism? Evidence from Qatar 

      Yap, Ghialy; Saha, Shrabani; Ndubisi, Nelson O.; Alsowaidi, Saif S.; Saleh, Ali S. ( SAGE , 2022 , Article)
      This study examines the effects of an unfavorable political event or environmental hostility, namely, a blockade affecting international tourist inflows, and how tourism market diversification (TMD) could mitigate the ...

    • Can uncertainty indices predict Bitcoin prices? A revisited analysis using partial and multivariate wavelet approaches 

      Al-Yahyaee, Khamis Hamed; Rehman, Mobeen Ur; Mensi, Walid; Al-Jarrah, Idries Mohammad Wanas ( Elsevier Inc. , 2019 , Article)
      This paper uses bivariate and multivariate wavelet approaches to revisit the co-movements between the Volatility Uncertainty Index (VIX) and Bitcoin (BTC). This is achieved by accounting for the impacts of the three major ...

    • Can we use normal saline stored under stress conditions? A simulated prehospital emergency medical setting 

      Rachid, Ousama; Akkbik, Mohammed; Alkilany, Alaaldin M.; Makhlouf, Ahmed; Al Shaikh, Loua; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Data on stability and suitability to use normal saline stored under stress conditions in ambulances is lacking. Objective: We aimed to study the impact of exposure to extreme temperature variations on normal ...

    • Canavan disease: an Arab scenario. 

      Zayed, Hatem ( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Article)
      The autosomal recessive Canavan disease (CD) is a neurological disorder that begins in infancy. CD is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ASPA enzyme. It has been reported with high frequency in patients with ...

    • Cancer Detection and Identification on Scarce and Low- Resolution Data 

      KUNHOTHt, SUCHITHRA (2018 , Master Thesis)
      Machine learning algorithms have been contributing immensely in the biomedical sector with the innovation of several automatic and semi-automatic diagnostic devices. They are well suited for applications such as the diagnosis ...

    • Cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs): potential, mechanisms of resistance, and strategies for reinvigorating T cell responsiveness when resistance is acquired 

      Marei, Hany E.; Hasan, Anwarul; Pozzoli, Giacomo; Cenciarelli, Carlo ( BioMed Central Ltd , 2023 , Article Review)
      Cancer is still the leading cause of death globally. The approval of the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies against immune checkpoint molecules, notably those that target the proteins PD-1 and PD-L1, has changed the ...

    • Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. 

      Harvey, James D; Henrikson, Hannah Jacqueline; Lu, Dan; Pennini, Alyssa; Xu, Rixing; ... more authors ( American Medical Association , 2021 , Article)
      The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) provided systematic estimates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality to inform local and international efforts toward reducing cancer burden. ...

    • Cancer Metastasis: Dynamic Hetero-cellular Communications Between Cancer Cells and Host Tissues 

      Saliba, Jessica; El-Sabban, Maya; Shaito, Abdullah; El-Harakeh, Mohammad; Obeid, Joelle; ... more authors ( Springer International Publishing , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Metastasis is the most devastating aspect of cancer. Originally, tumor cells arise from a single clone, and then they undergo additional mutations and acquire invasive and metastatic features. These acquired mutations are ...

    • Cancer Resistance to Immunotherapy: Comprehensive Insights with Future Perspectives 

      Said, Sawsan Sudqi; Ibrahim, Wisam Nabeel ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Cancer immunotherapy is a type of treatment that harnesses the power of the immune systems of patients to target cancer cells with better precision compared to traditional chemotherapy. Several lines of treatment have been ...

    • Cancer Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Systematic Review of Patient's and Caregiver's Experiences 

      Dhada, Symran; Cheema, Ejaz; Abdul Hadi, Muhammed; Paudyal, Vibhu ( medRxiv , 2021 , Article)
      Purpose: Cancer patients have faced intersecting crises during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review aimed to examine patients’ and caregivers’ experiences of accessing cancer services during the pandemic and its perceived ...

    • Cancer services during the covid-19 pandemic: Systematic review of patient's and caregiver's experiences 

      Dhada S.; Stewart, Derek; Cheema E.; Hadi M.A.; Paudyal V. ( Dove Medical Press Ltd , 2021 , Article)
      Purpose: Cancer patients have faced intersecting crises during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review aimed to examine patients and caregivers experiences of accessing cancer services during the pandemic and its perceived ...

    • Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism 

      Elewa, Hazem; Elrefai, Riham; Barnes, Geoffrey D. ( Springer Healthcare , 2016 , Article Review)
      Cancer patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) which is considered the second leading cause of death among this population. Both cancer and cancer treatment increase this risk. Since the risk of VTE is ...

    • Candidate MDS array codes for tolerating three disk failures in RAID-7 architectures 

      Punekar, Mayur; Malluhi, Qutaibah; Wang, Yongge; Desmedt, Yvo ( Association for Computing Machinery, Inc , 2017 , Conference Paper)
      Current storage systems use RAID-5 and RAID-6 architectures to provide protection against one and two disk failures, respectively. However, as the size of storage system grows rapidly three concurrent disk failures are ...

    • Cannabidiol Suppresses Cytokine Storm and Protects Against Cardiac and Renal Injury Associated with Sepsis. 

      Maayah, Zaid H; Ferdaoussi, Mourad; Alam, Abrar; Takahara, Shingo; Silver, Heidi; ... more authors ( Mary Ann Liebert , 2022 , Article)
      Cytokine release syndrome, also termed "cytokine storm," is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with various conditions such as sepsis. While cytokine storm is associated with multiple organ damage, ...

    • Cannabinoids and Myocardial Ischemia: Novel insights, Updated Mechanisms, and Implications for Myocardial Infarction 

      El Dahan, Karim Seif; Machtoub, Dima; Massoud, Gaelle; Nasser, Suzanne A.; Hamam, Bassam; ... more authors ( Bentham Science Publishers , 2022 , Article)
      Cannabis is the most widely trafficked and abused illicit drug due to its calming psychoactive properties. It has been increasingly recognized as having potential health benefits and relatively less adverse health effects ...

    • Canny edge detection and Hough transform for high resolution video streams using Hadoop and Spark 

      Iqbal, Bilal; Iqbal, Waheed; Khan, Nazar; Mahmood, Arif; Erradi, Abdelkarim ( Springer , 2020 , Article)
      Nowadays, video cameras are increasingly used for surveillance, monitoring, and activity recording. These cameras generate high resolution image and video data at large scale. Processing such large scale video streams to ...