السجلات المعروضة 1261 -- 1280 من 1696

    • Public practices on antibiotic usage: A cross-sectional study among college students and their family members 

      Aljayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; El- Heneidy, Asmaa; Kurdi, Rana; Faisal, Eman ( Public Library of Science , 2019 , Article)
      Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health problem and a global concern. The inappropriate use of antibiotics has been identified by the World Health Organization as a major risk factor for ...
    • Abdominal Fat Is Directly Associated With Inflammation In PersonsWith Type-2 Diabetes Regardless Of Glycemic Control – A Jordanian Study 

      bawadi, Hiba; atkhouda, Rami; Tayyem, Reema; Kerkadi1, Abdelhamid; Samira, Bou Raad; ... more authors (2019 , Article)
      Background and aim: Systemic inflammation is related to the progression of complications associated with diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the association between general and abdominal obesity and inflammation ...
    • Synthesis, Bioapplications, and Toxicity Evaluation of Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles. 

      Rizeq, Balsam R; Younes, Nadin N; Rasool, Kashif; Nasrallah, Gheyath K ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)
      The development of advanced nanomaterials and technologies is essential in biomedical engineering to improve the quality of life. Chitosan-based nanomaterials are on the forefront and attract wide interest due to their ...
    • Milk other than breast milk and the development of asthma in children 3 years of age. A birth cohort study (2006–2011) 

      El-Heneidy, Asmaa; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; Mihala, Gabor; Ross, Lynda J.; Comans, Tracy A. (2018 , Article)
      Prevalence of asthma in Australian children is amongst the highest in the world. Although breastfeeding positively influences infant immunity, early introduction of Milk Other than Breast Milk (MOTBM) may also play an ...
    • The relationship between lifestyle factors and obesity indices among adolescents in Qatar 

      Kerkadi, Abdelhamid; Sadig, Abdelmonem H.; Bawadi, Hiba; Al Thani, Al Anoud Mohammed; Al Chetachi, Walaa; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)
      Background: Physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour and an unhealthy diet are factors that may increase weight and general and/or abdominal obesity. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between general and abdominal ...
    • A computational approach for investigating the mutational landscape of RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1) and screening inhibitors against the oncogenic E17K mutation causing breast cancer. 

      Thirumal Kumar, D; Jain, Nikita; Evangeline, Judith; Kamaraj, Balu; Siva, R; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among females worldwide, and among the BC-associated mutations in various proteins, mutations in the RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1) remain the most ...
    • Addressing context to understand physical activity among Muslim university students: the role of gender, family, and culture. 

      Aljayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Abu-Munshar, Maher; Al-Salim, Farid; Osman, El Rayah ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Physical inactivity is a crucial risk factor for the development of chronic health issues, which have a high incidence among Arabs living in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Qatar Stepwise Survey 2012 ...
    • The Impact of Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors on the Transmission Dynamics of Vector Borne Diseases 

      Kamareddine, Layla ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Vector-borne diseases have been widely associated with human morbidity and mortality. The predominance of vector-borne diseases is not exclusive to particular areas, as such diseases are dispersed across the globe. Generally, ...
    • Association of low serum magnesium with diabetes and hypertension: findings from Qatar Biobank Study. 

      Shi, Zumin; Badi Abou-Samra, Abdul ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      We aimed to examine the association between serum magnesium and diabetes and hypertension among Qatari adults. In the cross-sectional study, we used data from 9693 Qatari participants) aged 20 years and above attending the ...
    • The Current Status of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prevalence in the MENA region: a systematic review 

      Al Mana, Hassan; Yassine, Hadi M.; Youne, Nadin N.; Al-Mohannadi, Anjud; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)
      Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), CMV infects people of all ages, and by ...
    • Relationship between fat distribution, iron status, and hepcidin in Qatari obese adults 

      Abdelhamid, kerkadi; Hiba A, Bawadi; Hafsa, Faqih; Omama, Abu Aker; Walaa, Mohamed; ... more authors ( 21st World Obesity Conference (2018) , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Introduction: The global prevalence of obesity has reached an alarming rate. In addition to obesity and chronic diseases, high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies especially iron deficiency anemia (ADA) was observed ...
    • Metformin in pregnancy to avert gestational diabetes in women at high risk: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 

      Doi, Suhail A R; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Toft, Egon; Musa, Omran A H; Islam, Nazmul; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2019 , Article Review)
      Previous randomized and observational studies on the efficacy of metformin in pregnancy to reduce incident gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women at high risk (obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS], or pregestational ...
    • Validation of three mental health scales among pregnant women in Qatar 

      Roof, Katherine A.; James-Hawkins, Laurie; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Yount, Kathryn M. ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Objectives The objective of this study is to validate three mental health scales in a targeted sample of pregnant Arab women living in Qatar: the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Edinburgh ...
    • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

      Dicker D.; Nguyen G.; Abate D.; Abate K.H.; Abay S.M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of ...
    • Dietary magnesium-to-iron intake ratios and risk of impaired fasting glucose in Chinese adults: The prospective Jiangsu Nutrition Study (JIN) 

      Cao Y.; Zhen S.; Atlantis E.; Shi Z. ( Elsevier Inc , 2018 , Article)
      Background: Studies have consistently shown that risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is positively associated with dietary haem iron intake and inversely associated with dietary magnesium intake in a dose-response way. However, ...
    • Frizzled 4 regulates ventral blood vessel remodeling in the zebrafish retina 

      Caceres, Lucia; Prykhozhij, Sergey V; Cairns, Elizabeth; Gjerde, Harald; Duff, Nicole Marie; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by a lack of blood vessel growth to the periphery of the retina with secondary fibrovascular proliferation at the vascular-avascular ...
    • Obesity and maternal perception: a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kuwait. 

      AlRodhan, Yousif; AlAbdeen, Yousef; Saleh, Eisa; AlFodari, Naser; AlSaqer, Hamad; ... more authors (2019 , Article)
      Childhood obesity is on the increase in the Middle East. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity in those aged six to eight years and to investigate maternal perception of child weight. A nation-wide study ...
    • Health-related maternal practices of immigrant Muslim mothers in the United State 

      Al jayyousi, Ghadir; Myers-Bowman, Karen ( Taylor & Francis , 2019 , Article)
      This study examines maternal practices of immigrant Muslim mothers in the United States to understand how they share their health values with their American Muslim adolescent daughters. The maternal practices were studied ...
    • Negative epidemiological association between HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections 

      Nasrallah, Gheyath; Dargham, Soha; Laith, Abu-Raddad ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Objectives: Existing evidence on an epidemiological association between herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and type 2 infections remains conflicting and inconclusive. Using a multi-national database of HSV-1/2 serologica ...
    • Immunogenetics of Celiac Disease: A focus on Arab countries. 

      Younes, Nadin; Younes, Salma; Alsharabasi, Ola A; El Zowalaty, Mohamed E; Mustafa, Ibrahim; ... more authors ( Bentham Science Publishers , 2019 , Article)
      Celiac Disease (CD) is a complex immunogenic disease mainly triggered by gluten intake in genetically susceptible individuals with a prevalence of 1 in 100-300. CD results from the interplay between genetic and environmental ...