Faculty Contributions: Recent submissions
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Characterization of MXene as a Cancer Photothermal Agent Under Physiological Conditions
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)A growing interest has recently emerged in the use of nanomaterials in medical applications. Nanomaterials, such as MXene, have unique properties due to their 2D ultra-thin structure, which is potentially useful in cancer ... -
Empirical Comparisons of 12 Meta-analysis Methods for Synthesizing Proportions of Binary Outcomes
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Background: Meta-analysis is increasingly used to synthesize proportions (e.g., disease prevalence). It can be implemented with widely used two-step methods or one-step methods, such as generalized linear mixed models ... -
Rapid evidence synthesis approach for limits on the search date: how rapid could it be?
( John Wiley and Sons , 2021 , Article)Rapid reviews have been widely employed to support timely decision-making, and limiting the search date is the most popular approach in published rapid reviews. We assessed the accuracy and workload of search date limits ... -
Regular, Intense Exercise Training as a Healthy Aging Lifestyle Strategy: Preventing DNA Damage, Telomere Shortening and Adverse DNA Methylation Changes Over a Lifetime.
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Exercise training is one of the few therapeutic interventions that improves health span by delaying the onset of age-related diseases and preventing early death. The length of telomeres, the 5'-TTAGGG -3' tandem repeats ... -
منهج التعليم القرآني في الكتاتيب المصرية والخلاوي السودانية : دراسة وصفية
( INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA , 2021 , Article)يهدف البحث إلى التعريف بالكُتَّاب، والخلوة، والوقوف على المنهج التعليمي والتربوي فيهما، وأهميتهما في المحافظة علـى القرآن الكريم، ولغته العربية، ودورهما في دعم الأهداف التربوية للمرحلة التعليمية الأولى من حياة الطفل؛ بغية ... -
A Golgi study of neurons in the camel cerebellum (Camelus dromedarius)
( Wiley , 2021 , Article)Neurons in the cerebellar cortex of camels were studied using modified Golgi impregnation methods. Neurons were classified according to their position, morphology of their soma, density and distribution of dendrites, and ... -
Unifying the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: Introducing the NPRP criteria
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)AimsDisagreement about the appropriate criteria for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) persists. This study examines an alternative approach which combines information from all time-points on the glucose ... -
الرياضة الإلكترونية: قراءة قانونية
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)تعد الرياضة الإلكترونية ظاهرة حديثة واسعة الانتشار عالميًّا، وتشهد نموًّا متسارعًا على الصعيدين الوطني والدولي. ولا تحظى الرياضة الإلكترونية بتنظيم قانوني شامل في البلاد العربية؛ لذلك تسعى الدراسة لقراءة هذه الظاهرة قراءة ... -
Evaluation of Gender Inequity in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Differences by Sex in US Thyroid Cancer Incidence Compared with a Meta-analysis of Subclinical Thyroid Cancer Rates at Autopsy
(2021 , Article)Importance: Thyroid cancer is more common in women than in men, but the associated causes of these differences are not fully understood. Objective: To compare sex-specific thyroid cancer rates in the US to the prevalence ... -
The odds ratio is “portable” but not the relative risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Objectives: In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that ... -
معالجة الصحافة الإلكترونية اليمنية لجائحة كورونا: دراسة تحليلية
(2021 , Article)سعت هذه الدراسة إلى تقصي أساليب تعاطي الصحافة اليمنية الإلكترونية مع جائحة كورونا (كوفيد-19)، وذلك بالتطبيق على أربعة مواقع إلكترونية، تمثل أهم القوى السياسية الفاعلة على الساحة اليمنية، هي: الثورة نت بنسختيها الصادرتين ... -
Is It Possible to Overrule a Constitutional Precedent in the Egyptian Legal System?
( Brill , 2021 , Article)This article examines the constitutionality of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court’s (hereinafter SCC) authority to overrule its prior precedents. The authors argue, contrary to the assertions of the predominant ... -
The Iranian foreign policy in turbulent times: The Arab uprisings, the nuclear deal and the GCC crisis
( Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración , 2021 , Article)Using the Foreign Policy Analysis framework and the concept of Authoritative Decision Units, this article analyzes three cases that required an Iranian response: the Arab Uprisings, the nuclear negotiations, and the 2017 ... -
Dementia caregiving in the Middle East and North Africa: A scoping review
( SAGE , 2021 , Article)Care for persons with dementia in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is undertaken predominantly by family members, domestic workers, and private nurses within the home. Domestic caregivers possess different understandings ... -
Thrombotic and Hypercoagulability Complications of COVID-19: An Update
( Dovepress , 2021 , Article)The current COVID-19 pandemic emerged in December 2019, in China, affecting millions of people worldwide. COVID-19 is mainly a disease of the respiratory system, yet systematic complications have also been reported among ... -
الألفاظ والتعبيرات التمييزية المستخدمة في الصحافة اليمنية الإلكترونية
( مركز الحكمة للبحوث والدراسات - الجزائر , 2021 , Article)سعت الدراسة إلى رصد الأشكال الصحفية والألفاظ التمييزية والمتحيزة الواردة في التغطية الإخبارية في الصحافة اليمنية الإلكترونية خلال الحرب الدائرة أثناء إجراء هذه الدراسة، والمقارنة بين الألفاظ التمييزية والمتحيزة المستخدمة ... -
The impact of COVID-19 on Iranian politics
( Bristol University Press , 2020 , Article)The first city officially affected by COVID-19 was Iran’s religious centre, Qom, on 19 February 2020. However, as this paper shows, Qom is not only the Islamic Republic’s most important city when it comes to religious ... -
المعرفة التاريخية في ضوء القرآن الكريم
( إدارة البحوث والدراسات الإسلامية : وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية , 2019 , Book)يقدّم الكتاب دراسة مُتعمّقة حول المعرفة التاريخية، في ضوء القرآن الكريم، ويشكّل محاولة جادة للرصد والتتبع والتوثيق لسير وتطوّر المشروعات الفكرية، التي تبنّت رؤية «أسلمة العلوم الإنسانية» و»العلوم الاجتماعية»، وقضت بإحداث ...
