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Preparing for the worst? Household food stockpiling during the second wave of covid-19 in serbia
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Stockpiling and panic buying are significant components of crisis-and disaster-related consumption behaviors that have gained significant media coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyze the features ... -
Preparing foundation-year students for medical studies in a problem-based learning environment: Students׳ perceptions
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)PurposeTo contribute to the field of preparing new students for their medical studies and to investigate how foundation-year medical students perceive the progression of appropriate learning skills for studying in a PBL ... -
Preputial balanitis xerotica obliterans shortly after hand, foot and mouth disease in a 5-year-old boy: Coincidence or consequence?
( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO), a genital form of lichen sclerosus (LS) in males, is a progressive, sclerosing, inflammatory dermatosis affecting the foreskin, frenulum, glans penis, meatus, and urethra. BXO was ... -
Prescribers' perceptions of benefits and limitations of direct acting oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
( Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas , 2020 , Article)There is an acknowledged lack of robust and rigorous research focusing on the perspectives of those prescribing direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective was to ... -
Prescribers' views and experiences of using direct acting oral anticoagulants in the management of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: A survey in remote and rural Scotland.
( Wiley , 2019 , Article)A recent systematic review highlighted the lack of robust studies on prescribers' perspectives of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. The aim was to determine prescribers' views ... -
Prescribing patterns of antihypertensive medications: A systematic review of literature between 2010 and 2020
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)Background: Hypertension has affected over 1.13 billion people worldwide in 2015 and it's one of the most preventable risk-factors for morbidity and mortality. Antihypertensives significantly reduce cardiovascular risks. ... -
Prescriptive analytics for FIFA World Cup lodging capacity planning
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2017 , Article)The FIFA World Cup, comprising sixty-four matches spanning an entire month, has, in recent years, been attended by about three million spectators of which over half a million are visitors requiring lodging. Planning lodging ... -
Presence of high-risk HPVs, EBV, and MMTV in human triple-negative breast cancer.
( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Article)Breast cancer, the most frequent disease amongst women worldwide, accounts for the highest cancer-related mortality rate. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype encompasses ~15% of all breast cancers and lack estrogen, ... -
Present day inbreeding does not forbid the forensic utility of commonly explored STR loci: A case study of native Qataris
( Elsevier Ireland Ltd. , 2008 , Article)Allele frequency distribution of 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818, and FGA) was studied in a sample of 120 ... -
Present landscape of quantum computing
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2020 , Other)Quantum computing is currently a topic of interest that harnesses the phenomena of quantum mechanics. It can address several scientific challenges and generate new business opportunities. Recently, for the first time in ... -
Present status and future directions: Surgical extrusion, intentional replantation and tooth autotransplantation
( Wiley , 2022 , Article)Surgical extrusion, intentional replantation and tooth autotransplantation procedures are important treatment options that clinicians may consider performing in their day-to-day clinical practice. Despite compromised teeth ... -
Presentation and management of syndromic and non-syndromic patients with multiple odontogenic keratocysts
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)ObjectiveThis case series reports the clinical presentation and management of multiple odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs) in patients with Gorlin Goltz syndrome and in non-syndromic patients. Material and methodsEight patients ... -
The Presentation of Trauma in Museums: The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and the National Museum of Qatar as Case Studies
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2021 , Article)This paper attempts to explore the theme of Trauma and its representation in the Contemporary World; in particular, the logic and argumentation of hav-ing museums presenting the sorrow side to people the “trauma”, is ... -
Preservice Teachers’ Perception of Plagiarism: A Case from a College of Education
( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)Few studies examine plagiarism in a Middle Eastern context, specifically from the perspectives of preservice teachers. As future gatekeepers of academic integrity, preservice teachers need to understand plagiarism. This ... -
Preserving And Improving Traditional Built Environments In Doha: The Case Of Old-mushaireb Area
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Due to rapid urbanization during the past few decades, Doha has witnessed the disappearance of significant areas of its traditional built environment that were replaced by modern mega real-estate developments, public ... -
Press freedom and corruption: An examination of the relationship
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Article)Are countries with a free press less corrupt than countries where the press is partly or completely unfree? Our empirical investigation finds evidence of a significant relationship between higher levels of press freedom ... -
Pressure injury prevalence and predictors among older adults in the first 36-hours of hospitalisation.
( Wiley , 2019 , Article)To describe the prevalence and predictors of pressure injuries among older adults with limited mobility, within the first 36-hours of their hospital admission in Australia. Pressure injuries are significant health, safety ... -
Pressure retarded osmosis: Advancement, challenges and potential
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)An excessive amount of renewable energy could be possibly produced when solutions of dissimilar salinities are combined simultaneously in a semipermeable membrane. The aforestated energy harnessing for transformation into ... -
Pretreatment of cyanobacterial Chroococcidiopsis. biomass prior to hydrothermal liquefaction for enhanced hydrocarbon yield and energy recovery
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Chroococcidiopsis sp. was grown in 200 L open raceway pond. Biomass density and average biomass productivity were 0.41 g/L and 16.1 g/m2/d. Chroococcidiopsis biomass was harvested by self-settling. Self settled biomass was ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-5 insomnia disorder in the general population of Qatar
( BMC , 2021 , Article)Background: Epidemiological studies of insomnia in the Middle East remain scarce. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of insomnia and explore its associations in the general population of Qatar. With almost ...