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Profiling The Salivary Microbiome In The Qatari Population
(Biomedical Sciences, 2019 , Master Thesis)
Humans are living ecosystems composed of human cells and microbes. The microbiome is the collection of microbes and their genes. Recent breakthrough in the high throughput sequencing technologies made it possible for us ...
Consanguinity among Autistic individuals: Prevalence and Associations with Intellectual Disability and Epilepsy
(Public Health, 2019 , Master Thesis)
Background: Although autism is a global disorder, relatively little is known about
the prevalence of consanguinity among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individuals.
Also, the relation of ASD comorbidities (Epilepsy and ...
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE RELATED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG QATARI ADOLESCENTS
(Public Health, 2019 , Master Thesis)
Background: Inadequate physical activity (PA) is a serious public health problem among adolescents worldwide and in Qatar. Seeking information on health topics such as PA is increasingly documented among teens and may ...
APPLICATION OF MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY AS A TOOL FOR BIOTYPING OF B. MELITENSIS
(Health Sciences, 2015 , Master Thesis)
Background: Brucellosis is a global zoonosis caused by the bacteria of the genus Brucella a hazard group III pathogen. Typing of Brucella species is of great importance for understanding the epidemiology of the disease and ...
Discovery of Novel Pyridine Derivatives as Anti-Cancer Agents
(Health Sciences, 2015 , Master Thesis)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer indicated that cancer burden was raised in 2012 to 14.1 million incidence cases and 8.2 mortality cases. Consequently, novel approaches are urgently required for further ...
INVESTIGATING MOLECULAR PATHWAYS OF ROS-INDUCED PRO-INFLAMMATORY SENESCENCE IN PREADIPOCYTES
(Health Sciences, 2015 , Master Thesis)
Obesity has been associated with chronic low-grade inflammation, which is
considered to be a major cause for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The
therapeutic interventions for T2D are lacking due to the ...
GOLD NANOPARTICLES-BASED ASSAYS FOR DIRECT AND COST EFFECTIVE DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE IN QATAR
(Health Sciences, 2015 , Master Thesis)
Background
Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) is one of the common health problems worldwide. Prevention techniques require fast and precise detection with high sensitivity. Conventional diagnostic methods are ...
Adult Hospital Inpatient Experience in Qatar And Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Public Health, 2020 , Master Thesis)
Background: Evaluation of hospital inpatient experience (HIE) is an important measure used by healthcare organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of their current processes and understand how responsive and respectful ...
Profiling of the Differentially Expressed Genes of Inflammation and Angiogenesis of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Evoked by Cell Injury In-Vitro to Mimic Acute Ischemic Stroke-Like Conditions
(Biomedical Sciences, 2020 , Master Thesis)
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. IS arises from a blocked artery in the brain that causes a lack of oxygen and nutrient supply to other brain cells, causing cell injury and neuronal ...
Anticancer Activity of Guggulsterone in Human Leukemic Cells
(Biomedical Sciences, 2020 , Master Thesis)
Leukemia is a group of blood cancers that is characterized by the uncontrolled
proliferation of hematopoietic cells and their progressive accumulation within the bone
marrow (BM) and secondary lymphoid tissues. The main ...