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  Prior Statins Use and Risk of Mortality and Severe Disease from COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

  Yetmar, Zachary A; Chesdachai, Supavit; Kashour, Tarek; Riaz, Muhammad; Gerberi, Danielle J; Badley, Andrew D; Berbari, Elie F; Tleyjeh, Imad M... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)

  Background Statins up-regulate angiotensin converting enzyme-2, the receptor of SARS-CoV-2, while also exhibiting pleiotropic antiviral, antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory properties. Uncertainties exist about their ...
• Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals. 

  Musa, Omran A H; Chivese, Tawanda; Bansal, Devendra; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel; Ameen, Osman; Islam, Nazmul; Xu, Chang; Sallam, Mohamed A; Albayat, Soha S; Khogali, Hayat S; Ahmed, Shazia N N; Himatt, Sayed M; Nour, Mohamed; Elberdiny, Aiman A; Musa, Abdallah; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E; Doi, Suhail A R; Al-Thani, Mohammed H J; Farag, Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd... more authors ... less authors ( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)

  There is a paucity of evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for symptomatic infection among children. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its risk factors in children and ...
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  Methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on COVID-19: A meta-epidemiological study 

  Rosenberger, Kristine J.; Xu, Chang; Lin, Lifeng ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)

  Rationale, aims, and objectives: COVID-19 has caused an ongoing public health crisis. Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been performed to synthesize evidence for better understanding this new disease. However, ...
• Comparison of immunogenicity and safety of licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and network meta-analysis 

  Luis, Furuya-Kanamori; Xu, Chang; Doi, Suhail A.R.; Clark, Justin; Wangdi, Kinley; Mills, Deborah J.; Lau, Colleen L.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)

  IntroductionAnnually more than 100,000 Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases and 25,000 deaths worldwide are caused by JE virus infection. More than 15 JE vaccines are currently in use worldwide. It is unknown whether any of ...
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  Using Assessment Design Decision Framework in understanding the impact of rapid transition to remote education on student assessment in health-related colleges: A qualitative study. 

  Jaam, Myriam; Nazar, Zachariah; Rainkie, Daniel C; Hassan, Diana Alsayed; Hussain, Farhat Naz; Kassab, Salah Eldin; Agouni, Abdelali... more authors ... less authors ( Public Library of Science , 2021 , Article)

  Maintaining integrity and validity with online assessment is a significant issue that is well documented. Overt policies encouraging educators to adopt e-Learning and implement digital services coupled with the dramatic ...
• "المتغير الأمريكي" في ظلال معركة "سيف القدس" تغير في المواقف أم انزياح في المشهد 

  زيادة, أديب; Ziadeh, Adeeb ( مركز دراسات الشرق الأوسط , 2021 , Article)

  تراكض المجتمع الدولي لاحتواء الأزمة التي تصاعدت بين إسرائيل والمقاومة الفلسطينية بسبب القدس والشيخ جراح وإطلاق صواريخ المقاومة. ولمّا كانت معركة "سيف القدس"، وهي المعركة الرابعة التي نشبت مع قطاع غزة بعد حروب الأعوام 2008 ...
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  Breakfast consumption habits and cognitive ability in chinese youth: A six year follow‐up longitudinal cohort study 

  Liu, Jianghong; Wu, Lezhou; Um, Phoebe; Wang, Jessica; Kral, Tanja V.E.; Hanlon, Alexandra; Shi, Zumin... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)

  This study aimed to assess the relationship between breakfast composition and long‐term regular breakfast consumption and cognitive function. Participants included 835 children from the China Jintan Cohort Study for the ...
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  Influence of the request and purchase of television advertised foods on dietary intake and obesity among children in China 

  Xian, Jinli; Zeng, Mao; Cai, Zhengjie; Xie, Changxiao; Xie, Yuqian; Sharma, Manoj; Zhao, Yong; Shi, Zumin... more authors ... less authors ( BMC , 2021 , Article)

  Background: This study aims to examine the effects of the request and purchase of Television (TV) advertised foods on children’s dietary intake, overweight and obesity in China. Methods: Data from 1417 children (aged 6–17 ...
• Association between selenium intake, diabetes, and mortality in adults: Findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2014 

  Hoque, B.; Hoque, Bushra; Shi, Zumin ( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)

  Selenium (Se) is a trace mineral that has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study aimed to investigate the association between Se intake, diabetes, all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a representative ...
• Microbiota-derived acetate activates intestinal innate immunity via the Tip60 histone acetyltransferase complex 

  Bat-Erdene, Jugder; Kamareddine, Layla; Watnick, Paula I. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

  Microbe-derived acetate activates the Drosophila immunodeficiency (IMD) pathway in a subset of enteroendocrine cells (EECs) of the anterior midgut. In these cells, the IMD pathway co-regulates expression of antimicrobial ...
• Dietary and lifestyle habits among university students at different academic years 

  Narmeen Jamal, Al-Awwad; Al-Sayyed, Hiba Fathi; Zeinah, Zeinah Abu; Tayyem, Reema Fayez ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

  Background/aimsCollege serves as a transitionary period into adulthood where students begin making independent dietary and lifestyle choices and begin forming possibly detrimental habits. Such habits may persist into ...
• Optimized statistical parameters of acoustic emission signals for monitoring of rolling element bearings 

  Hemmati, Farzad; Alqaradawi, Mohammed; Gadala, Mohamed S ( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2016 , Article)

  Acoustic emission (AE) signal generated from artificial defects in rolling element bearings are investigated using experimental measurements in this paper. Rolling element bearings are crucial parts of many machines and ...
• Observations on the postnatal growth and development of captive Ethiopian hedgehogs, Paraechinus aethiopicus, in Qatar 

  Abu Baker, Mohammad A.; Mohedano, Ivan; Reeve, Nigel; Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ( Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2016 , Article)

  The postnatal growth and development of the Ethiopian hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) were studied in captivity. Seven females produced seven litters that ranged between two and five young (average 3.3, SE±0.42) with ...
• Prediction of Transformer Furan Levels 

  Shaban, Khaled Bashir; El-Hag, Ayman H.; Benhmed, Kamel ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  In this letter, the ranges of furan content in oil in power transformers are predicted using measurements of oil tests, such as breakdown voltage, acidity, water content, and dissolved gas analysis. Predictive models based ...
• Do financial distress and liquidity crises affect value and size premiums? 

  Elgammal, Mohammed M.; Bas, Tugba; Gough, Orla; Shah, Neeta; Dellen, Stefan van ( Routledge , 2016 , Article)

  This study investigates the impact of liquidity crises on the relationship between stock (value and size) premiums and default risk in the US market. It first examines whether financial distress can explain value and size ...
• OFDM Full-Duplex DF Relaying under I/Q Imbalance and Loopback Self-Interference 

  Mokhtar, M.; Al-Dhahir, N.; Hamila, R. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  We analyze the outage probability of dual-hop full-duplex (FD) decode-and-forward (DF) relaying for an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system in the presence of in-phase and quadrature-phase (I/Q) imbalance ...
• Optimal Polynomial Time Algorithm for Restoring Multicast Cloud Services 

  Ayoubi, Sara; Assi, Chadi; Narayanan, Lata; Shaban, Khaled ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  The failure-prone nature of data center networks has evoked countless contributions to develop proactive and reactive countermeasures. Yet, most of these techniques were developed with unicast services in mind. When in ...
• The role of intermetallic compounds and composite-like structure development during dissimilar friction stir welding of aluminum to brass on metallurgical and flexural characteristics 

  Esmaeili, A.; Hamouda, A. M. S. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  In this study, the effects of developed Intermetallic Compounds (IMCs) and composite-like structure on metallurgical and flexural characteristics of the Friction Stir Welded (FSWed) joints were scrutinized and explored ...
• Comparison of seed germination and recovery responses of a salt marsh Halophyte halopeplis perfoliata to osmotic and ionic treatments 

  Rasool S.G.; Hameed A.; Ahmed M.Z.; Khan M.A.; Gul B. ( Pakistan Botanical Society , 2016 , Article)

  Salinity affects seed germination of halophytes by inducing ionic toxicity, osmotic constraint or both. Information about the effects of salinity on seed germination of a large number of halophytes exists, but generally ...
• Energy-efficient based on cluster selection and trust management in cooperative spectrum sensing 

  Chkirbene, Zina; Hasna, Mazen O.; Hamila, Ridha; Hamdi, Noureddine ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  Cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) has been proposed as a solution for radio spectrum resources scarcity problem. Clustering technique is introduced to increase the performance of CSS and overcome the shadowing and fading ...

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