Qatar University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Health and Well-Being in the Context of Health-Promoting University Initiatives: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Needs Assessment Study at Qatar University
( JMIR Publications Inc. , 2024 , Article)Background: Health-promoting universities are dedicated to fostering learning environments and organizational cultures that support the physical and mental well-being of students, faculty, and staff. As students constitute ... -
Perception, knowledge, and factors influencing Saudi nursing students toward practicing testicular self-examination: A cross-sectional study
( Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications , 2024 , Article)BACKGROUND: Testicular cancer poses a substantial health burden globally, and early detection through testicular self-examination (TSE) is vital for improving prognosis. The study aims to assess the perception, awareness, ... -
Exploring the association between the consumption of beverages, fast foods, sweets, fats, and oils and the risk of gastric and pancreatic cancers: Findings from case-control study
( Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2024 , Article)The consumption of beverages, fast foods, fats, and oils has been recognized as key risk factors for the development of gastric cancer (GC) and pancreatic cancer (PC). The aim of this study is to examine the potential ... -
Developing entrustable professional activities for undergraduate operative dentistry clerkship
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Objective: In many dental schools worldwide, theoretical knowledge is prioritized over comprehensive training in essential clinical procedures. This leads to graduates with insufficient hands-on experience who are not fully ... -
Development and validation of the renal dosing questionnaire (RDQ-13) for pharmacists
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2024 , Article)Pharmacists, as an integral part of the healthcare team, can play a crucial role in preventing drug-related problems in patients with chronic kidney disease that arise due to inappropriate doses. This study aimed to develop ... -
Effect of statins on arterial wall inflammation as assessed by 18F-FDG PET CT: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Background: Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is largely mediated by inflammatory process. Statins are lipid-lowering drugs which also have anti-inflammatory effects. 18 fluorine radiolabeled fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) ... -
Development of a flexible liver phantom for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment planning: a useful tool for training & education
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common types of liver cancer that could potentially be surrounded by healthy arteries or veins that a surgeon would have to avoid during treatment. A realistic 3D ... -
Congenital and Perinatal Viral Infections: Consequences for the Mother and Fetus
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article Review)Viruses are the most common congenital infections in humans and an important cause of foetal malformations, neonatal morbidity, and mortality. The effects of these infections, which are transmitted in utero (transplacentally), ... -
Bystander Response and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (Bro. Study) in 3 Gulf Countries: Protocol for a Prospective, Observational, International Collaboration Study
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Towards value-based rehabilitation: an analysis of South African policies for people with disabilities
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2025 , Article)South Africa has progressively established good healthcare policies and actively promotes the rights of people with disabilities. However, as the healthcare sector is moving towards value-based care to achieve universal ... -
Molecular exploration of natural and synthetic compounds databases for promising hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) Prolyl-4- hydroxylase domain (PHD) inhibitors using molecular simulation and free energy calculations
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors that regulate erythropoietin (EPO) synthesis and red blood cell (RBC) production. Prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes are key regulators of HIF's stability ... -
Microwave-Assisted/Pd-Catalyzed Regioselective Double C-N Arylations of 1,2,3-Triiodobenzene: Efficient and Unexpected Synthesis of N1,N2-Bis(2,3-diiodoaryl)benzene-1,2-diamines
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2025 , Article)A simple, direct, and regioselective protocol to the synthesis of N1,N2-bis(2,3-diiodoaryl)benzene-1,2-diamines through highly regioselective microwave-assisted/palladium-catalyzed double C-N arylations of 1,2,3-triiodobenzene ... -
The International Collaboration of Pharmacy Journal Editors (ICPJE) formally constituted to foster quality around clinical and social pharmacy practice research publications*
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2025 , Article)The Granada statements were a result of the need to strengthen clinical, social and administrative pharmacy practice as an area of knowledge that translates into practice, research and policy. As a response, a group of ... -
Does Incretin Agonism Have Sustainable Efficacy?
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article Review)Recent clinical trials using synthetic incretin hormones, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonists have demonstrated that these treatments ameliorated many ... -
Clustering of Lifestyle Habits and Association with Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Article)Unhealthy lifestyle choices have long been linked with various health problems. Existing literature indicates that modifiable lifestyle factors such as physical activity, sedentary behavior, dietary habits, and alcohol and ... -
Pharmacovigilance: the evolution of drug safety monitoring
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2024 , Article)The Pharmacovigilance system is aimed to promote and protect public health by ensuring the availability of essential medicines in the market and reducing the burden of ADRs. Pharmacovigilance is derived from two words; ... -
Energy-efficient multi-objective distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling by Q-learning based meta-heuristics
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)This study addresses energy-efficient multi-objective distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling problems with minimisation of maximum completion time, mean of earliness and tardiness, and total carbon emission ... -
An archive-assisted multi-modal multi-objective evolutionary algorithm
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)The multi-modal multi-objective optimization problems (MMOPs) pertain to characteristic of the decision space that exhibit multiple sets of Pareto optimal solutions that are either identical or similar. The resolution of ... -
A staged fuzzy evolutionary algorithm for constrained large-scale multiobjective optimization
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are prevalent in practical applications, where constraints play a significant role. Building on techniques from constrained single-objective optimization, classical ... -
Class-incremental Learning for Time Series: Benchmark and Evaluation
( Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2024 , Conference Proceedings)Real-world environments are inherently non-stationary, frequently introducing new classes over time. This is especially common in time series classification, such as the emergence of new disease classification in healthcare ...
