College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions

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    • Determination of heavy metals contamination in thyme products by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 

      Elias, Akoury; Baroud, Caline; El Kantar, Sally; Hassan, Hussein; Karam, Layal ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Thyme herbs constitute a major part of the Mediterranean diet and are gaining worldwide popularity. However, their chemical contamination with toxic metals may put consumers at a health risk. The objective of this study ...

    • Novel therapeutic strategies for spinal osteosarcomas 

      M. Akhtar, Anwar; El-Baba, Chirine; Elnaggar, Muhammed H.; Elkholy, Yasmeen O.; Mottawea, Mohamed; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)
      At the dawn of the third millennium, cancer has become the bane of twenty-first century man, and remains a predominant public health burden, affecting welfare and life expectancy globally. Spinal osteogenic sarcoma, a ...

    • Complementary and alternative medicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices 

      Mohamad Ali, Hijazi; Shatila, Hibeh; Abu Qiyas, Salma; Aboul-Ela, Maha; El-Lakany, Abdalla; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      BackgroundThe challenges in COVID-19 treatment have driven patients to seek Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for the prevention and/or treatment of the disease. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to promote ...

    • Commonly used clinical criteria following ACL reconstruction including time from surgery and isokinetic limb symmetry thresholds are not associated with between-limb loading deficits during running 

      Paul J., Read; Auliffe, Sean Mc; Thomson, Athol ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      ObjectivesWe included objective measures of gait and functional assessments to examine their associations in athletes who had recently commenced running after ACL reconstruction. DesignCross-sectional. SettingSports medicine. ...

    • Participant characteristics are poorly reported in exercise trials in tendinopathy: A systematic review 

      Seán Mc, Auliffe; Korakakis, Vasileios; Hilfiker, Roger; Whiteley, Rodney; O’Sullivan, Kieran ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)
      ObjectiveTo evaluate the reporting of eligibility criteria and baseline participant characteristics in randomised controlled trials investigating the effects of exercise interventions in tendinopathy. MethodsRandomised ...

    • E-cigarettes in the Middle East: The known, unknown, and what needs to be known next 

      Mohammed, Al-Hamdani; Brett Hopkins, D. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Other)
      The prevalence of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is increasing globally. Population-level data from several nations suggest that a higher proportion of youth and young adults are using e-cigarettes compared to the ...

    • Core competencies for physiotherapists working with refugees: a scoping review 

      Emer, McGowan; Beamish, Nicole; Stokes, Emma; Lowe, Rachael ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)
      ObjectiveTo summarise the existing knowledge base that can inform the development of a core competency profile for physiotherapists to support and deliver rehabilitation services to refugees. MethodIn this scoping review, ...

    • A single tube system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA using gold nanoparticles based FRET assay 

      Amira, Mansour; Tammam, Salma; Althani, Asma; Azzazy, Hassan M.E. ( Elsevier , 2017 , Other)
      The global combat against MTB is limited by challenges in accurate affordable detection. In this study, a rapid, affordable, single tube system for detection of unamplified MTB16s rDNA was developed. Utilizing a AuNP based ...

    • 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 ...

    • Physicochemical characterization and cancer cell antiproliferative effect of silver-doped magnesia nanoparticles 

      Mohamed Qasim, Al-Fahdawi; Aldoghachi, Ahmed Faris; Alhassan, Fatah H.; Al-Doghachi, Faris A.J.; Alshwyeh, Hussah Abdullah; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Silver-doped magnesia nanoparticles (Ag/MgO) were synthesized using the precipitation method and characterized by various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal ...

    • 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 ...