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Response to Mindel C. Sheps: Counted, Dead or Alive
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2023 , Other)It is true that when decision-making in medicine proceeds (e.g., drug A to prevent outcome Y), clinicians make use of research results that are reported in terms of estimated probabilities. Thus, Pr [Ya = 1 = 1] is the ... -
A response to “doctors' challenges during infectious disease outbreaks: Medical education insights from realistic fiction movies” [response to letter]
( Dove Medical Press , 2021 , Other)First, I would like to thank Choi et al (2021)6 for their thorough reading and valuable comments on my published paper “Doctors’ Challenges During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Medical Education Insights from Realistic ... -
Response to: "Cancer risk due to contamination: Consideration from market basket survey in Qatar"
( Elsevier , 2014 , Other)We welcome the comments on our article entitled “A market basket survey of As, Zn and Se in rice imports in Qatar: Health implications” (Rowell et al., 2014). The commenter opens up the debate on what constitutes a safe ... -
Responses of lichen communities to 18 years of natural and experimental warming
( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article)Background and Aims Climate change is expected to have major impacts on high alpine and arctic ecosystems in the future, but empirical data on the impact of long-term warming on lichen diversity and richness are sparse. ... -
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from Qatar University College of Pharmacy
( PKP , 2020 , Article)The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global emergency in all social realms including, economy, health, and education. In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on education, particularly higher education ... -
Responsible natural language processing: A principlist framework for social benefits
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Businesses harness the power of natural language processing (NLP) to automate processes and make data-driven decisions. However, NLP raises concerns on a number of fronts due to its potential for disruption, which can be ... -
RESTful API Testing Methodologies: Rationale, Challenges, and Solution Directions
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Service-oriented architecture has evolved to be the backbone for large-scale integration between different applications and platforms. This concept has led to today's reality of cloud services. Many of the major business ... -
Resting Energy Expenditure in a Controlled Group of Young Arab Females: Correlations with Body Composition and Agreement with Prediction Equations
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2013 , Article)Objectives: To assess correlates of body compositions measures and resting energy expenditure (REE) in young Arab females, and to compare measured REE values with values calculated from REE predictive equations. Methods: ... -
Restoration methods for cloud multicast virtual networks
( Academic Press , 2017 , Article)Providing reliability guarantees for services hosted in cloud data center networks is a well studied problem that received much attention from the literature in recent years. Yet, the existing literature failed to account ... -
Restructuring the health education cluster in a public university
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Other)This case was developed from the author’s personal experience as a participant in one of the health taskforce subcommittees. The author also sought the inputs of the Vice President of Health and Medical Education, the Dean ... -
Results from Lebanon's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
( Human Kinetics , 2018 , Conference Paper)The prevalence of childhood obesity in Lebanon nearly doubled between 1997 and 2009.1 This shift in population health is extremely alarming, given that obesity is associated with a host of chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular ... -
Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes
( BMC , 2022 , Article)Objective: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an essential component of lifestyle management needed for diabetes care. This pilot-study tested the effect of culturally-tailored education targeting diabetes selfcare ... -
The resurgence of business process re-engineering in public sector transformation efforts: exploring the systemic challenges and unintended consequences
( Springer Verlag , 2021 , Article)The realisation of citizen-centric services in the public sector requires breaking traditional silos and transforming existing institutional structures and processes. Recent transformation efforts undertaken in government ... -
Resurgence of mucormycosis during COVID-19 pandemic
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)ObjectiveTo explore the literature on corona-associated mucormycosis and explain its relevance to dentists and oral surgeons. MethodsA literature search was carried out to identify reported cases on corona-associated ... -
Resveratrol Inhibits Oxidative Stress and Prevents Mitochondrial Damage Induced by Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Despite their wide industrial use, Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit a high toxic potential while concerns of their health-related risks are still present, urging additional in vivo clarification studies. ... -
Resveratrol-Elicited PKC Inhibition Counteracts NOX-Mediated Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Human Retinal Endothelial Cells Exposed to High Glucose
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Diabetes-associated long-term hyperglycaemia leads to oxidative stress-mediated fibrosis in different tissues and organs. Endothelial-to-mesenchymal-transition (EndMT) appears to play a role in diabetes-associated fibrotic ... -
Resveratrol-mediated regulation of mitochondria biogenesis-associated pathways in neurodegenerative diseases: molecular insights and potential therapeutic applications.
( Bentham Science Publisher , 2022 , Article Review)Neurodegenerative disorders include neurological conditions that affect nerve cells, causing the progressive loss of their functions and ultimately leading to loss of mobility, coordination, and mental functioning. The ... -
Retail atmospherics effect on store performance and personalised shopper behaviour: a cognitive computing approach
( Emerald Publishing , 2021 , Article)Purpose: The best possible way for brick-and-mortar retailers to maximise engagement with personalised shoppers is capitalising on intelligent insights. The retailer operates differently with diversified items and services, ... -
Retail Chicken Carcasses as a Reservoir of Antimicrobial- Resistant Escherichia coli
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: The dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) bacteria has been associated with the inappropriate use of antibiotics in both humans and animals and with the consumption of food contaminated with resistant ... -
Retail Chicken Carcasses as a Reservoir of Multidrug-Resistant .
( Mary Ann Liebert , 2022 , Article)is a major cause of foodborne disease outbreaks worldwide, mainly through poultry. Recently, there has been an increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections globally. The increased drug resistance results in increased ...
