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Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
In the last decades, the enormous influx of immigrants to industrialized countries has led to outbreaks of parasitic diseases, with enteric infections being amongst the most frequently encountered. In its strategy to control ...
Potential Nutrigenomic Approaches to Reduce the High Incidence of Obesity in Qatar
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Obesity prevalence has been growing exponentially over the last few decades, with a high impact in high-income countries, like Qatar. Several approaches are attempting to understand the causes of this phenomenon however ...
Effects of Expected and Percieved Division of Childcare and Household Labor on Mother's Relationship Satisfaction During Their Transition to Parenthood
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Scientific Research Publishing
, 2016 , Article)
This study evaluated the effects of expected and perceived division of childcare and household labor on mothers’ relationship satisfaction during their transition to parenthood. Mothers were administered a questionnaire ...
Associations of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism rs1544410 with Adiposity Phenotypes
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MedCrave
, 2016 , Article)
Background: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is present on adipocytes, and many studies were performed to investigate the association between polymorphisms in VDR gene with obesity. However, in the Arab Gulf populations, whereas ...
Prevalence of anelloviruses (TTV, TTMDV, and TTMV) in healthy blood donors and in patients infected with HBV or HCV in Qatar
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
Background
Anelloviruses (TTV, TTMV, and TTMDV) have been associated with non A-G hepatitis. The goal of the current study was to estimate the prevalence of these anelloviruses in Qatar.
Methods
A total of 607 blood ...
Genetic Epidemiology of Glucose-6-Dehydrogenase Deficiency in the Arab World
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article)
A systematic search was implemented using four literature databases (PubMed, Embase, Science Direct and Web of Science) to capture all the causative mutations of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (G6PDD) ...
Extending the scope of interprofessional education: Integrating insights from policy, management and economics for improved health outcomes
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This study explores the potential of bringing innovations in public health education by drawing insights from the specialised disciplines of Economics, Policy and Management for their applications in the health sector. ...
Changes in student perceptions after a semester-long interprofessional education activity in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Objectives Interprofessional education (IPE) is rapidly becoming integrated into university accreditation standards worldwide. However, the impact of IPE on student learning and practice is largely unknown in the Middle ...
A review of climate change in South East Asian Countries and human health: Impacts, vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigation
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World Health Organization
, 2016 , Article)
Climate Change (CC) is one of the most significant global environmental challenges humanity has faced. The most dominant causative factors due to human activity are emissions of greenhouse-gasses (GHG) from the combustion ...
Mendelian inheritance of trimodal CpG methylation sites suggests distal cis-acting genetic effects.
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BioMed Central
, 2016 , Article)
Environmentally influenced phenotypes, such as obesity and insulin resistance, can be transmitted over multiple generations. Epigenetic modifications, such as methylation of DNA cytosine-guanine (CpG) pairs, may be carriers ...