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    • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries 

      O’Hearn, Meghan; Lara-Castor, Laura; Cudhea, Frederick; Miller, Victoria; Reedy, Julia; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body weight-mediated effects of 11 dietary ...

    • Enteric pathogens modulate metabolic homeostasis in the Drosophila melanogaster host 

      Hoda, Najjar; Al-Ashmar, Sarah; Qush, Abeer; Al-Asmar, Jawaher; Rashwan, Sara; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      On quotidian basis, living beings work out an armistice with their microbial flora and a scuffle with invading pathogens to maintain a normal state of health. Although producing virulence factors and escaping the host's ...

    • Unraveling the Dysbiosis of Vaginal Microbiome to Understand Cervical Cancer Disease Etiology—An Explainable AI Approach 

      Sekaran, Karthik; Varghese, Rinku Polachirakkal; Gopikrishnan, Mohanraj; Alsamman, Alsamman M.; El Allali, Achraf; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Microbial Dysbiosis is associated with the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases. The studies on the vaginal microbiome in cervical cancer are essential to discern the cause and effect of the condition. The present study ...

    • Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Arabic Version of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale (CRBS-A) with Strategies to Mitigate Barriers 

      Aljehani, Raghdah; Grace, Sherry L.; Aburub, Aseel; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Ghisi, Gabriela Lima de Melo ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) utilization is low, particularly in Arabic-speaking countries. This study aimed to translate and psychometrically validate the CR Barriers Scale in Arabic (CRBS-A), as well as strategies to ...

    • Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity 

      Miller, Victoria; Webb, Patrick; Cudhea, Frederick; Zhang, Jianyi; Reedy, Julia; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents’ physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional ...

    • Molecular epidemiology, genetic diversity, and vaccine availability of viral acute gastroenteritis in the middle East and North Africa (MENA) region 

      Israa, Elbashir; Aldoos, Noor F.; Mathew, Shilu; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; Emara, Mohamed M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Acute gastroenteritis is the cause of considerable mortality and morbidity worldwide, particularly among children under five years in underdeveloped countries. Most acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases are attributed to viral ...

    • Association of corticosteroids use and outcomes in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Haytham, Tlayjeh; Mhish, Olaa H.; Enani, Mushira A.; Alruwaili, Alya; Tleyjeh, Rana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      BackgroundTo systematically review the literature about the association between systemic corticosteroid therapy (CST) and outcomes of COVID-19 patients. MethodsWe searched Medline, Embase, EBM Reviews, Scopus, Web of ...

    • Toxic metals in packed rice: Effects of size, type, origin, packing season, and storage duration 

      Elias, Akoury; Mansour, Najwa; Reda, Ghina Abdul; Dimassi, Hani; Karam, Layal; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      The aim of our study was to quantify toxic metals in rice, to determine factors affecting its contamination, and evaluate exposure from its consumption in Lebanon and United Arab Emirates (UAE). For this, a market screening ...

    • Allergen immunotherapy for atopic dermatitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits and harms 

      Juan José, Yepes-Nuñez; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Gómez-Escobar, Luis Guillermo; Pérez-Herrera, Lucia C.; Chu, Alexandro W.L.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      BackgroundAtopic dermatitis (AD, eczema) is driven by a combination of skin barrier defects, immune dysregulation, and extrinsic stimuli such as allergens, irritants, and microbes. The role of environmental allergens ...

    • Encapsulation of carvacrol and thymol for a persistent removal of Listeria innocua biofilms 

      Jina, Yammine; Gharsallaoui, Adem; Fadel, Alexandre; Karam, Layal; Ismail, Ali; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Chemical disinfectants along with various mechanical methods are still commonly used in the food industry to disinfect food contact surfaces. A new strategy that could replace them is by encapsulating carvacrol (CAR) and ...

    • Comparative analysis of within-host diversity among vaccinated COVID-19 patients infected with different SARS-CoV-2 variants 

      Hebah A., Al-Khatib; Smatti, Maria K.; Ali, Fatma H.; Zedan, Hadeel T.; Thomas, Swapna; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a rapidly evolving RNA virus that mutates within hosts and exists as viral quasispecies. Here, we evaluated the within-host diversity among vaccinated and ...

    • Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factor analysis in an age-stratified hospital population with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 

      Dennis J., Levinson; Abugroun, Ashraf; Daoud, Hussein; Abdel-Rahman, Manar ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      ObjectivesPatients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) particularly at a younger age. We sought to determine the effect of risk factors on the prevalence of CAD in ...

    • Implications and theragnostic potentials of circular RNAs in rheumatic diseases 

      Alaa Ahmed, Abbas; Abdulkader, Hadil Adnan; Giordo, Roberta; Ashour, Hossam M.; Erre, Gian Luca; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)
      Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), are highly stable and ubiquitous molecules that exhibit tissue-specific expression. Accumulating evidence has shown that aberrant expression of circRNAs can ...

    • Western diet aggravates neuronal insult in post-traumatic brain injury: Proposed pathways for interplay 

      Abdullah, Shaito; Hasan, Hiba; Habashy, Karl John; Fakih, Walaa; Abdelhady, Samar; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)
      Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global health burden and a major cause of disability and mortality. An early cascade of physical and structural damaging events starts immediately post-TBI. This primary injury event ...

    • Corrigendum to ‘Perceived risk, behavior changes and Health-related outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic: Findings among adults with and without diabetes in China’. [Diabetes Res. Clin. Practice 167 (2020) 108350] 

      Alice F., Yan; Sun, Xiaomin; Zheng, Jinge; Mi, Baibing; Zuo, Hui; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      The authors regret the legend of Fig. 2 and its corresponding colors were incorrectly displayed. Please find the attached corrected Fig. 2 to replace the original one.

    • Cancer Resistance to Immunotherapy: Comprehensive Insights with Future Perspectives 

      Said, Sawsan Sudqi; Ibrahim, Wisam Nabeel ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Cancer immunotherapy is a type of treatment that harnesses the power of the immune systems of patients to target cancer cells with better precision compared to traditional chemotherapy. Several lines of treatment have been ...

    • Distinct Clinical and Prognostic Features of Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Patients from the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond: A Systemic Review 

      Al-Haidose, Amal; Yassin, Mohamed A.; Ahmed, Muna N.; Kunhipurayil, Hasna H.; Al-Harbi, Asrar A.; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) describes a group of bone marrow malignancies with variable morphologies and heterogeneous clinical features. The aim of this study was to systematically appraise the published clinical, ...

    • Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Arabic Version of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale (CRBS-A) with Strategies to Mitigate Barriers 

      Aljehani, Raghdah; Grace, Sherry L.; Aburub, Aseel; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Ghisi, Gabriela Lima de Melo ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) utilization is low, particularly in Arabic-speaking countries. This study aimed to translate and psychometrically validate the CR Barriers Scale in Arabic (CRBS-A), as well as strategies to ...

    • An Overview of Nanoparticle Protein Corona Literature 

      Hajipour, Mohammad J.; Safavi-Sohi, Reihaneh; Sharifi, Shahriar; Mahmoud, Nouf; Ashkarran, Ali Akbar; ... more authors ( Wiley-Blackwell , 2023 , Article)
      The protein corona forms spontaneously on nanoparticle surfaces when nanomaterials are introduced into any biological system/fluid. Reliable characterization of the protein corona is, therefore, a vital step in the development ...

    • Voiding function improves under long-term testosterone treatment (TTh) in hypogonadal men, independent of prostate size 

      Yassin, Aksam; Alwani, Mustafa; Al-Zoubi, Raed M.; Aboumarzouk, Omar M.; Talib, Raidh; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Functional hypogonadism is a condition in which some, but not all, older men have low testosterone levels. Rather than chronological age per se, the causality of hypogonadism includes obesity and impaired general ...