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Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals a Novel Association Between MYBPC3 Gene Polymorphism, Endurance Athlete Status, Aerobic Capacity and Steroid Metabolism.
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article)
The genetic predisposition to elite athletic performance has been a controversial subject due to the underpowered studies and the small effect size of identified genetic variants. The aims of this study were to investigate ...
Saudi Arabia: More Room for Wahhabism Lite?
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Saudi government was surprisingly quick to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the decisive measures it took was closing the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, something which had not happened since Napoleon invaded ...
Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Qatari soil, synthesizing δ-endotoxins highly active against the disease vector insect Aedes aegypti Bora Bora
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram-positive soil bacterium that has been recognized as an effective bioinsecticide active against plant, animal and human pathogenic and disease vector insects. During its sporulation ...
Arabian Gulf Cup offers hope of diplomatic breakthrough
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Gulf Studies center - Qatar University
, 2020 , Article)
On 8th December, Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, the captain of the Bahrain national football team, lifted aloft the Arabian Gulf Cup at Abdullah bin Khalifa stadium in Doha. The victory of his tiny island nation didn’t simply ...
Determinants of Student Absenteeism/Presenteeism in Qatar: A Path Analysis
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SCHOLINK INC
, 2020 , Article)
The current study sought to investigate the perceptions of school teachers regarding student absenteeism and presenteeism in the State of Qatar. Drawing on the existing relevant literature in the field and based on a survey ...
E-Cigarette Liquid Provokes Significant Embryotoxicity and Inhibits Angiogenesis.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
E-cigarette smoking (ECS) is a new method of tobacco smoking that is gaining popularity as it is thought to be a "healthy method" of tobacco consumption. The adverse outcomes of ECS on the respiratory and cardiovascular ...
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Early Travel-Associated COVID-19 Cases
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article)
© Copyright © 2020 Marei, Emara, Elsaied, Nasrallah, Chivese, Al-Romaihi, Althani, Al Thani, Farag and Yassine. Background: SARS-CoV-2 continues to claim hundreds of thousands of people's lives. It mostly affects the elderly ...
Co-presence of human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus is linked with advanced tumor stage: a tissue microarray study in head and neck cancer patients.
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), known oncoviruses, can be co-present and cooperate in the initiation and/or progression of human carcinomas, including head and neck. Based on this fact, we ...
Combined chemo-magnetic field-photothermal breast cancer therapy based on porous magnetite nanospheres
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Nature Research
, 2020 , Article)
The efficacy of different modalities of treating breast cancer is inhibited by several limitations such as off-targeted drug distribution, rapid drug clearance, and drug resistance. To overcome these limitations, we developed ...
Two new sponge species (Demospongiae: Chalinidae and Suberitidae) isolated from hyperarid mangroves of Qatar with notes on their potential antibacterial bioactivity.
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
This study presents the taxonomic description of two new sponge species that are intimately associated with the hyperarid mangrove ecosystem of Qatar. The study includes a preliminary evaluation of the sponges' potential ...