Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2016 Issue 1

Background Studies show that diabetics are in high risk for complications, hospitalization, and death from uncontrollability. Good Glycemic control is an important part of preventive services for diabetic complications. One of the most important treatment options for Diabetic patient is insulin therapy, however there is evidence of poor physician knowledge about types and modalities of insulin therapy. Lack of knowledge will in Read More

The novel Schiff bases I HAMTTSC (2-Acetyl-4-methylthiazole thiosemicarbazone), II HAPTSC(2-Acetylpyrazine thiosemicarbazone) and their complexes with Pt(II) and Pd(II): 1 [Pt(AMTTSC)Cl], 2 [Pt(AMTTSC)2], 3 [Pd(AMTTSC)Cl], 4 [Pd(AMTTSC)2], 5 [Pt(APTSC)Cl], 6 [Pt(APTSC)2], 7 [Pd(APTSC)Cl], and 8 [Pd(APTSC)2] have been synthesized, and characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic studies. The cryst Read More

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a common worldwide infection and a medical and social problem causing high mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries. An expert system for diagnosis of this disease was designed based on expert's knowledge for providing decision support platform to assist fresh graduator (inexperienced) physicians, and other healthcare practitioners to arrive the final diagnosis of TB more Read More

Background and Objectives Renal cell carcinoma is the most common and lethal form of all renal cancers, and accounts for 4.1% of all cancer cases in Qatar. Mutations to Von-Hippel Lindeau (VHL) gene in renal cells activates hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) response pathway, and contributes to increased proliferation and progression to renal cell carcinoma. Hence, chemotherapeutic modalities available to treat re Read More

Purpose Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disease of the pulmonary vasculature that remains poorly understood. Despite a number of available FDA approved drugs, survival remains low, reaching an estimated 5-year survival as low as 27%. This severe disease is characterized by dysfunction and eventual failure of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The main focus of therapeuti Read More

Background As a conventional type of communication, health education usually face several barriers that make its outcome fall short. Among many, lack of interest, distraction, and rejection are well documented barriers to engaging audience in a communication process leading to behavioral change. Despite the novel corona virus which was responsible for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) created Read More

Introduction Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common pediatric infections. UTI may be associated with bacteremia and even meningitis in small babies, warranting full septic work up including a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), especially in infants below the age of 60 days. Literature regarding the co-existence of meningitis in infants diagnosed with UTI is conflicting. It is critical to be able to correctly identify Read More

Background: Many health organizations are always highlighting the importance of health promotion, and disease prevention, due to the high incidence of chronic diseases that are spread worldwide and increasing continuously. One of the most prevalent chronic diseases is diabetes mellitus (DM). Many studies conducted in developed countries proved that lifestyle changes in patients resulted in a reduction in the pre Read More

Introduction: Doha city has a high feral cat population that is estimated to outnumber its human inhabitants by 2-3:1 with a total population of 2-3 million cats according to Qatar Cat Control Unit (QCCU). Doha had a significant rodent problem for decades as in many cities throughout the world. It was difficult to control this huge rodent number. Therefore, cats were introduced in the 1960s, but without any consideration of the po Read More