College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions

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    • Dyspnea, the silent threat in Parkinson’s: a mixed methods study 

      Aburub, Aseel; Darabseh, Mohammad Z.; Abu-Khdair, Zaina E.; E’layan, Mohannad A.; Al Aqqad, Tariq; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)
      Background: Dyspnea is considered a silent threat to people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and may be a common concern in patients, however, little is known about how it affects quality of life. This study explored the ...

    • Identification of potential natural inhibitors of the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using a computational docking approach 

      Mathew, Shilu Mathew; Benslimane, Fatiha; Althani, Asmaa A.; Yassine, Hadi M. ( HBKU Press , 2021 , Article)
      Background: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the only zoonotic-origin CoV to reach the pandemic stage, to which neither an effective vaccine nor a specific therapy is available. The ...

    • Characterizing the effective reproduction number during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from Qatar's experience 

      Bsat, Raghid; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Hasan, Mohammad R.; ... more authors ( Edinburgh University Global Health Society , 2022 , Article)
      Background The effective reproduction number, Rt, is a tool to track and understand pandemic dynamics. This investigation of Rt estimations was conducted to guide the national COVID-19 response in Qatar, from the onset of ...

    • Smoking induced salivary microbiome dysbiosis and is correlated with lipid biomarkers 

      Mohammed, Layla I.; Razali, Rozaimi; Zakaria, Zain Zaki; Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Cyprian, Farhan; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)
      Background: The oral microbiome plays an essential role in maintaining oral homeostasis and health; smoking significantly affects it, leading to microbial dysbiosis. The study aims to investigate changes in the oral ...

    • Investigating the association between dietary patterns and glycemic control among children and adolescents with T1DM 

      Tayyem, Reema; Zakarneh, Sara; Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri ( Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2023 , Article)
      Nutrition plays a critical role in managing diabetes, particularly in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). This study aimed to investigate the dietary patterns associated with glycemic control among Jordanian ...

    • Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and Gastric Cancer Risk: Answers From Case-Control Study 

      Aljumaily, Maryam; Al-Naimi, Noora; Al-Amer, Rawdhah; Hamdan, Aya; Allehdan, Sabika; ... more authors ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)
      Several dietary and non-dietary factors and genetic predispositions may play an important role in gastric carcinogenesis. The association between fruit and vegetable with gastric cancer (GC) is still unclear. This study ...

    • The political determinants of health: a local perspective 

      Sendall, Marguerite C. ( European Publishing , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      The relationship between our environment, the prevailing political context and policy landscape, and health outcomes from a planetary perspective is not linear. There is no straight forward to understand the links between ...

    • Assessment and Associations of Nutrients Intake with Glycemic Control in Pediatrics with Type 1 Diabetes 

      Zakarneh, Sara; Allehdan, Sabika; Tayyem, Reema ( Lab and Life Press , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic metabolic disease and one of the most prevalent chronic conditions in childhood. Aim: This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the nutrient intake between a group ...

    • Use of child restraint systems in the Gulf region: a systematic review. 

      Sendall, Marguerite C.; Nasher, Nejood; Baker, Shouq; Almotawa, Huda ( European Publishing , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      Background: The United Nations General Assembly has a target to half the number of worldwide deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030. Globally, road traffic injuries and deaths are the leading cause of death ...

    • Medicinal properties of Qatari wetland plants: A review 

      Al-Jaber, Hend; Abu-Rub, Lubna; Kunhipurayil, Hasna H; Eltai, Nahla O; Abo El Alaa, Rasha S; ... more authors ( AkiNik Publications , 2024 , Article)
      For over 60,000 years, human dependence on herbal remedies has been a cornerstone of traditional medicine. However, recent times have witnessed escalating concerns about the sustainability of these practices, especially ...

    • Current Technologies and Future Perspectives in Immunotherapy towards a Clinical Oncology Approach 

      Adhikary, Subhamay; Pathak, Surajit; Palani, Vignesh; Acar, Ahmet; Banerjee, Antara; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2024 , Article Review)
      Immunotherapy is now established as a potent therapeutic paradigm engendering antitumor immune response against a wide range of malignancies and other diseases by modulating the immune system either through the stimulation ...

    • A comprehensive health effects assessment of the use of sanitizers and disinfectants during COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey 

      Hashemi, Fallah; Hoepner, Lori; Hamidinejad, Farahnaz Soleimani; Haluza, Daniela; Afrashteh, Sima; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      COVID-19 has affected all aspects of human life so far. From the outset of the pandemic, preventing the spread of COVID-19 through the observance of health protocols, especially the use of sanitizers and disinfectants was ...

    • UAE Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes towards Physical Activity during Pregnancy 

      AlBlooshi, Sharifa; Hijazi, Rafiq; Kennedy, Lynne; Al Rajabi, Ala ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      The benefits of being physically active during pregnancy are widely acknowledged. It is important for the prevention of chronic diseases and the promotion of good health for mothers and children. However, physical activity ...

    • Effect of dietary selenium intake on CVD: A retrospective cohort study based on China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data 

      Wen, Yaqi; Zhang, Laixi; Li, Shengping; Wang, Tiankun; Jiang, Ke; ... more authors ( Cambridge University Press , 2024 , Article)
      Objective: We aimed to examine the association between dietary Se intake and CVD risk in Chinese adults. Design: This prospective cohort study included adults above 20 years old in the China Health and Nutrition Survey ...

    • ChatGPT’s scorecard after the performance in a series of tests conducted at the multi-country level: A pattern of responses of generative artificial intelligence or large language models 

      Manojit, Bhattacharya; Pal, Soumen; Chatterjee, Srijan; Alshammari, Abdulrahman; Albekairi, Thamer H.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Recently, researchers have shown concern about the ChatGPT-derived answers. Here, we conducted a series of tests using ChatGPT by individual researcher at multi-country level to understand the pattern of its answer accuracy, ...

    • Correlations between Resting Electrocardiogram Findings and Disease Profiles: Insights from the Qatar Biobank Cohort 

      Qafoud, Fatima; Kunji, Khalid; Elshrif, Mohamed; Althani, Asma; Salam, Amar; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)
      Background: Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) is a valuable non-invasive diagnostic tool used in clinical medicine to assess the electrical activity of the heart while the patient is resting. Abnormalities in ECG may be ...

    • Thousands of Qatari genomes inform human migration history and improve imputation of Arab haplotypes 

      Razali, Rozaimi Mohamad; Rodriguez-Flores, Juan; Ghorbani, Mohammadmersad; Naeem, Haroon; Aamer, Waleed; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Arab populations are largely understudied, notably their genetic structure and history. Here we present an in-depth analysis of 6,218 whole genomes from Qatar, revealing extensive diversity as well as genetic ancestries ...

    • Development of Recombinant PLC-Zeta Protein as a Therapeutic Intervention for the Clinical Treatment of Oocyte Activation Failure 

      Saleh, Alaaeldin; Thanassoulas, Angelos; Aliyev, Elnur; Swann, Karl; Naija, Azza; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2024 , Article)
      The sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) protein is widely considered as the predominant physiological stimulus for initiating the Ca2+ release responsible for oocyte activation during mammalian fertilization. The ...

    • The attitudes and practices of United Arab Emirates consumers towards food waste: A nationwide cross-sectional study 

      Kennedy, Lynne; Safi, Samir; Osaili, Tareq. M.; Al Rajabi, Ala; Alblooshi, Ayesha; ... more authors ( F1000 Research Ltd , 2024 , Article)
      Background: Reducing global food waste is an international environmental, health, and sus-tainability priority. Although significant reductions have been achieved across the food chain, progress by UAE households and ...

    • Dietary Patterns Associated with Breast Cancer in the Middle East: A Scoping Review 

      Zamzam, Syed; Said, Suad; Yaghi, Juman; Faisal, Fathima S.; Hassan, Dana; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article Review)
      Breast cancer (BC) is the most predominant malignancy in Arab women in the Middle East, and yearly increases in occurrence by 37.5 and mortality rates by 15.2 for every 100,000 in 2019. This review explores the gap in ...