College of Arts & Sciences: Recent submissions
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Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Seasonal influenza viruses may lead to severe illness and mortality in patients with comorbidities, including Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Vaccination against influenza in DM patients may reduce influenza incidence and severity. ... -
Négocier un cérémonial au cours de la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle: le droit de battre pavillon suédois à Tunis (1764-1778)
( TELEMME , 2023 , Article): Les négociations diplomatiques entre les puissances européennes et les régences maghrébines à l’époque moderne ne se limitaient pas uniquement à rétablir la paix, voire conclure la paix ou la renouveler. La négociation ... -
Docosahexaenoic Acid, a Key Compound for Enhancing Sensitization to Drug in Doxorubicin-Resistant MCF-7 Cell Line.
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Drug resistance is a well-known and significant obstacle in the battle against cancer, rendering chemotherapy treatments often ineffective. To improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy, researchers are exploring the use ... -
Caught off guard and beaten: The Ukraine war and food security in the Middle East
( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)The Ukraine war has led to a severe global food crisis due to complex supply disruptions and price increases of agricultural inputs. Countries of the Middle East have been directly affected because of their high dependence ... -
Different molecular pathways are disrupted in Pyoderma gangrenosum patients and are associated with the severity of the disease.
( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare inflammatory skin disease classified within the spectrum of neutrophilic dermatoses. The pathophysiology of PG is yet incompletely understood but a prominent role of genetics facilitating ... -
Long-term COVID-19 booster effectiveness by infection history and clinical vulnerability and immune imprinting: a retrospective population-based cohort study
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)BackgroundLong-term effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA boosters in populations with different previous infection histories and clinical vulnerability profiles is inadequately understood. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness ... -
BNT162b2 antigen dose and SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection in adolescents
( Elsevier , 2023 , Other)COVID-19 vaccine antigen dose might affect protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection,1, 2 but direct evidence to quantify this effect is absent. We conducted a matched, retrospective, cohort study using a regression ... -
Enzyme-Based Mesoporous Nanomotors with Near-Infrared Optical Brakes
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)As one of the most important parameters of the nanomotors’ motion, precise speed control of enzyme-based nanomotors is highly desirable in many bioapplications. However, owing to the stable physiological environment, it ... -
Hierarchical Confinement Effect with Zincophilic and Spatial Traps Stabilized Zn-Based Aqueous Battery
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)Zn-based aqueous batteries (ZABs) have been regarded as promising candidates for safe and large-scale energy storage in the "post-Li" era. However, kinetics and stability problems of Zn capture cannot be concomitantly ... -
Versatile synthesis of dendritic mesoporous rare earth–based nanoparticles
( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2022 , Article)Rare earth–based nanomaterials that have abundant optical, magnetic, and catalytic characteristics have many applications. The controllable introduction of mesoporous channels can further enhance its performance, such as ... -
Host Response of Syrian Hamster to SARS-CoV-2 Infection including Differences with Humans and between Sexes
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has highlighted the importance of having proper tools and models to study the pathophysiology of emerging infectious diseases to test therapeutic ... -
Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) Methylation and Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review
( MDPI , 2023 , Other)Background and Objective: Chronic pain represents a major global health issue in terms of psycho-physiological, therapeutic, and economic burden, not limited to adults but also to the pediatric age. Despite its great impact, ... -
Impact of Sample Preparation Methods on Single-Cell X-ray Microscopy and Light Elemental Analysis Evaluated by Combined Low Energy X-ray Fluorescence, STXM and AFM
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)BACKGROUND: Although X-ray fluorescence microscopy is becoming a widely used technique for single-cell analysis, sample preparation for this microscopy remains one of the main challenges in obtaining optimal conditions for ... -
Nanomedicine as a Potential Tool against Monkeypox.
( MDPI , 2023 , Article Review)Human monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis that was first identified in 1970; since then, this infectious disease has been marked as endemic in central and western Africa. The disease has always been considered rare and ... -
Clinical–Epidemiological Characteristics and IFITM-3 (rs12252) Variant Involvement in HIV-1 Mother-to-Children Transmission Susceptibility in a Brazilian Population
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Mother-to-children transmission (MTCT) is the main infection route for HIV-1 in children, and may occur during pregnancy, delivery, and/or postpartum. It is a multifactorial phenomenon, where genetic variants play an ... -
Campus Movements and Student Revolutionaries: Imagining Haile Selassie I University in Hiwot Teffera’s Memoir Tower in the Sky
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)The 1974 revolution in Ethiopia has been the topic of many histories and novels set during this period which have portrayed these events for readers beyond Ethiopia. Hiwot Teffera’s autobiographical text, Tower in the Sky, ... -
First jellyfish records for Qatar and further notes on Scyphomedusae species from the Arabian Gulf (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)This study focused on a jellyfish monitoring and sampling programme along the eastern Qatar seawaters and reports the first jellyfish records for the Qatar pelagic ecosystem and the occurrence of three scyphozoans: the ... -
Synthesis, structural elucidation and optical activity of symmetric Schiff base-functionalized ferrocenes: Synergetic experimental and DFT insights
(2023 , Article)A number of Schiff base functionalized derivatives (3a-c) was synthesized from the conventional dehydration of ferrocenecarboxaldehyde and diamine precursors in acetonitrile as a solvent at ambient conditions. IR, UV–Vis, ... -
Coral reef monitoring, reef assessment technologies, and ecosystem-based management
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2019 , Article)Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures, and provide a sensitive indicator of coastal ocean ... -
Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors
( Springer , 2020 , Article)The Arabian Peninsula borders the hottest reefs in the world, and corals living in these extreme environments can provide insight into the effects of warming on coral health and disease. Here, we examined coral reef health ...