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Nitric Oxide Releasing Hydrogel Nanoparticles Decreases Epithelial Cell Injuries Associated With Airway Reopening
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute inflammatory lung condition. It is characterized by disruption of gas exchange inside the alveoli, accumulation of protein edema, and an increase in lung ...
Antibiotic resistance and virulence patterns of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains associated with acute gastroenteritis among children in Qatar
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
Background: The treatment of Enterobacteriaceae family including diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) has been increasingly
complicated due to the emergence of resistant strains. Here we report on the phenotypic resistance profiles ...
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus among Healthy Blood Donors from Different National Populations Residing in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
ObjectiveTo estimate the age- and nationality-specific West Nile virus (WNV) seroprevalence in select Middle East and North Africa (MENA) populations residing in Qatar. MethodsSera were collected from male blood donors ...
Covid-19: Challenges & Perspectives
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College of Medicine - Qatar University
, 2020 , Video)
A Virtual Conference to shed light on the QU's prominent trends and research efforts addressing Corona virus.
Serum Uric Acid Level Is Positively Associated With Higher Bone Mineral Density at Multiple Skeletal Sites Among Healthy Qataris
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Frontiers Media
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated as a fundamental mechanism in the decline of bone mass. Although serum uric acid (SUA) has potent antioxidant properties, the findings of many epidemiological and experimental ...
Platforms Exploited for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the only zoonotic-origin coronavirus (CoV) that has reached the pandemic stage. The virus uses its spike (S) glycoprotein to attach to the host cells ...
Integrated datasets of proteomic and metabolomic biomarkers to predict its impacts on comorbidities of type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Dove Medical Press
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Cheema et al. Objective: The objective of the current study is to accomplish a relative exploration of the biological roles of differentially dysregulated genes (DRGs) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The study ...
Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Heart Failure
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Heart Failure is a major chronic disease that is increasing day by day and a great health burden in health care systems world wide. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), ...
Fluid Flow Characteristics of Healthy and Calcified Aortic Valves Using Three-Dimensional Lagrangian Coherent Structures Analysis
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Aortic valve calcification is an important cardiovascular disorder that deteriorates the accurate functioning of the valve leaflets. The increasing stiffness due to the calcification prevents the complete closure of the ...
The prevalence of HEV among non-A-C hepatitis in Qatar and efciency of serological markers for the diagnosis of hepatitis E
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BMC
, 2021 , Article)
Background: The rapid growth of Qatar in the last two decades has attracted a large influx of immigrant workers
who mostly come from HEV-hyperendemic countries. Thus, we aim to investigate the prevalence of HEV among acute ...