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Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Statin Lipid-Modifying Agents for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease among Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A Systematic Review
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2022 , Article)Background: Non-statin therapies (NSTs) have been shown to provide additional benefits for cardiovascular risk reduction among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but their economic merits have not been confirmed. ... -
Cost-effectiveness of Oral Versus Intravenous Ibuprofen Therapy in Preterm Infants With Patent Ductus Arteriosus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Setting: A Cohort-based Study
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Purpose: Use of ibuprofen for the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has become increasingly common. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of oral ibuprofen versus intravenous ibuprofen for PDA among ... -
The Cost-Effectiveness of Using PARO, a Therapeutic Robotic Seal, to Reduce Agitation and Medication Use in Dementia: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)To examine the within-trial costs and cost-effectiveness of using PARO, compared with a plush toy and usual care, for reducing agitation and medication use in people with dementia in long-term care. An economic evaluation, ... -
Cost-effectiveness research in cancer therapy: A systematic review of literature trends, methods and the influence of funding
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2017 , Article Review)Objective To perform a first-time analysis of the cost-effectiveness (CE) literature on chemotherapies, of all types, in cancer, in terms of trends and change over time, including the influence of industry funding. Design ... -
Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)We utilize the translog stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost-efficiency levels for conventional and Islamic, Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The ... -
Cost-efficient Multi-tasking in Coverage-aware Mobile Crowd Sensing
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)In Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS), task assignment and user selection to minimize the total incentive cost is a crucial issue that has received a lot of attention recently. Previous works studied incentive techniques for ... -
Costing and Management of Overheads in GCC Countries: Two Grounded Theory Case Studies
( North American Business Press , 2015 , Article)This research is a first attempt to investigate overhead costs and cost allocation in terms of product costing and cost management in the petrochemical companies in GCC Countries using a grounded theory methodological ... -
Cost‑effectiveness of add‑on dapagliflozin for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients without diabetes
( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)Aim: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of dapagliflozin added to standard of care (SoC) versus SoC in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients from the ... -
CouchDB Based Real-Time Wireless Communication System for Clinical Simulation
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)Medical simulators are advancing in technology and complexity to enhance realism and hence implementing a real-time communication system for such simulators is a challenge that engineers face. This paper follows up on the ... -
Could antigen presenting cells represent a protective element during sars-cov-2 infection in children?
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) are immune cells that recognize, process, and present antigens to lymphocytes. APCs are among the earliest immune responders against an antigen. Thus, in patients with COVID-19, a disease ... -
Could Vagus nerve stimulation influence bone remodeling?
( International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions , 2021 , Article)Objectives: To investigate the effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on the bone mineral density (BMD) in epileptic patients. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on individuals with refractory seizures who ... -
Counteracting dark sides of robo-advisors: justice, privacy and intrusion considerations
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Under the pressure of dynamic business environments, firms in the banking and finance industry are gradually embracing Fintech, such as robo-advisors, as part of their digital transformation process. While robo-advisory ... -
Counterfeit drug demand: Perceptions of policy makers and community pharmacists in Sudan
(2013 , Article)Background: The counterfeit drug trade has become widespread and has developed into a substantial threat to both the public's health and the pharmaceutical industry. Objectives: The aim of this study was to seek insights ... -
Counterfeit medicines: A quick review on crime against humanity
( Elsevier , 2019 , Book chapter)Counterfeit (falsified) medicines are dangerous and kill people. The global trade with falsified medicines is booming and it threatens the integrity of the healthcare system. The syndicates make a lot of money in this ... -
Countering piracy through private security in the Horn of Africa: prospects and pitfalls
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)Employing secondary research and semi-structured interviews, this article examines the use of private maritime security companies (PMSC) in providing maritime security services in the Horn of Africa. It consists of four ... -
Countering The Growing Cyber Threat To Gulf Security
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)The global threat of cyber attacks from hostile international and domestic actors against states, commercial enterprises and private individuals is rising exponentially. Foreign states use cyber operations against governments, ... -
Country and gender-specific achievement of healthy nutrition and physical activity guidelines: Latent class analysis of 6266 university students in Egypt, Libya, and Palestine
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)Research on healthy behaviour such as physical activity and healthy nutrition and their combination is lacking among university students in Arab countries. The current survey assessed healthy nutrition, and moderate/vigorous ... -
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECTS ON SERVICE EVALUATION
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Book)Recent literature has shown that numerous past studies have examined the effects of service quality, brand image and product features with country-of-origin (COO) effects as customers pay attention to specific service ... -
Coupled CFD-DEM Parallel Model to Describe Fines Migration Behavior at the Pore-Scale
(2021 , Master Thesis)Transport of fine particles in porous media has attracted considerable interest over the past few decades. In various fields of science and engineering, on-site remediation strategies, enhanced transport of contaminants ... -
Coupled coincidence point results for (ψ,φ) -weakly contractive mappings in partially ordered Gb-metric spaces
( Hindawi Publishing Corporation , 2013 , Article)In this paper we present some coupled coincidence point results for (ψ,φ) -weakly contractive mappings in the setup of partially ordered Gb -metric spaces. Our results extend the results of Cho et al. (Fixed Point Theory ...