- Home
- Conference Proceedings
- Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings
- Conference Proceeding
Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2016 Issue 1
- Conference date: 22-23 Mar 2016
- Location: Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha, Qatar
- Volume number: 2016
- Published: 21 March 2016
461 - 480 of 656 results
-
-
oa Cathepsin B Induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Requires Activation of the Na+/+ Exchanger Isoform-1
By Sadaf RiazBackground: Progression of the heart to failure is primarily caused due to significant remodeling of both the extracellular matrix (ECM) and subcellular organelles, a hallmark of cardiac hypertrophy (CH). Uncontrolled ECM remodeling occurs as a result of the activation and increased proteolytic activities of proteases such as Cathepsin B (Cat B) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) (1, 2). Previous studies have sugg Read More
-
-
-
oa The Social and Spiritual Factors Affecting Chronic Renal Dialysis Patients in Gaza Strip
More LessBackground: End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is a progressive worsening of kidney function over a period of months or years. It is a complex debilitating disease that needs a lifelong treatment. Because patients with ESRD cannot be cured of their underlying conditions and mostly underwent hemodialysis program, it usually leads to many physical and medical consequences and complications, and beside them, the Read More
-
-
-
oa Origanum Syriacum Inhibits Proliferation, Migration, Invasion and Induces Differentiation of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
Authors: Sara AlDisi and Ali EidCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are still the number one cause of morbidity and mortality both in Qatar and worldwide. A major risk factor of CVDs is atherosclerosis, the hardening of blood vessels caused by decreased diameter and formation of plaque. A key player in atherosclerosis prognosis is the switch of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotype from their undifferentiated state to a synthetic one. The synthetic state Read More
-
-
-
oa Self-assessed Attitude, Perception, Preparedness and Perceived Barriers to Provide Pharmaceutical Care in Practice Among Final Year Pharmacy Students: A Comparative Study between Qatar and Kuwait
Authors: Rasha Abdullkader Mousa Bacha and Alaa Talal El-GergawiBackground: Pharmaceutical care (PC) is changing pharmacy practice in to patient -centered care and personalized medicine approach. It focuses on maximizing drug therapy outcomes and improving patient's quality of life (QOL). Pharmacy students who are the future pharmacy practitioner, need to have adequate knowledge, skills and positive attitudes to apply PC when they graduate. However, comparative studies are limit Read More
-
-
-
oa Applying a Novel Smart Insole System that Reduces Re-Ulceration Risk among Diabetics with Peripheral Neuropathy: Do Users Adhere and Comply?
Authors: Eyal Ron, Javad Razjouyan, Bijan Najafi and David ArmstrongBackground & Aim: People with diabetes carry a 25% lifetime risk of foot ulceration. It is well-established that high plantar pressures increase the risk of developing foot ulcers, and that managing peak pressure is an important strategy in reducing such risk. This study tested a novel smart insole system designed to reduce ulceration risk by alerting patients using a smartwatch when their plantar pressure was too high. The Read More
-
-
-
oa Applying Novel Body-Worn Sensors to Measure Stress: Does Stress Affect Wound Healing Rates in the Diabetic Foot?
Authors: Eyal Ron, Javad Razjouyan, Talal K Talal, David G Armstrong and Bijan NajafiBackground and Aim: In the United States alone, diabetic limb complications and amputations are estimated to cost $17 billion. Significant risk factors that may lead to amputation of the diabetic foot include ineffective wound healing and infection of a wound or ulcer. Previous studies have shown that wound healing is slowed and patient's susceptibility to infection is increased when a patient is under chronic stress. To date, o Read More
-
-
-
oa Dexamethasone-induced MicroRNA Regulation for Pancreatic Cancer Progression
More LessPancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide and is highly therapy-resistant, e.g. toward the standard chemotherapy gemcitabine. Glucocorticoids like dexamethasone (DEX) are often co-medicated to reduce inflammation and side effects of tumor growth and therapy. Our group showed DEX to be a potent stimulator of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), cancer progression Read More
-
-
-
oa Gliptins: Does this New Class of Antidiabetic Drugs Possess Endothelial-Vasculoprotective Effects?
Background & objective: The gliptins, dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors (DPP-4 inhibitors) are a relatively new class of antidiabetic drugs that, via their inhibition of DPP-4, a cell membrane–associated serine-type protease enzyme, promote the effects of the endogenous incretins such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and enhance glucose disposal. The advantage of the gliptins over GLP-1 analogues is that they are orally effective Read More
-
-
-
oa Analysis of Date Pits and Food Product Development from Date Pits
Authors: Eman Faisal Mushaima, Rehab Hussain Taradah and Sara Mohammed AlhajiriBackground: In Qatar and GCC countries, palm trees are considered as a symbol of culture due the great number of palm trees. Qatar classified as the third country import the dates for consumption among the world, it produces around 16,500 tons of dates every year mostly for local consumption. Though the high production and consumption of dates in GCC countries, there are no enough studies and investigations of Read More
-
-
-
oa Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations of Oral Anticancer Agents. Thematic Systematic Review
Authors: Ahmad Amer Alkadour, Daoud Al-Badriyeh and Wafa Al-MarridiBackground: Around 14.1 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million deaths caused by cancer were reported in 2012, expected to rise up to 22 million within the next 2 decades. The parenteral route (intravenous dosage form) has been the most common administration route for chemotherapeutic agents, which is associated with the need for hospitalization and a range of significant adverse drug reaction. A new Read More
-
-
-
oa Assessment of HER2 Status of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma on Cell Block Preparations of Fine Needle Aspirates is Unreliable
Authors: Vignesh Shanmugam, Syed Hoda, Thomas Dilcher, Adam Pacecca and Rana HodaObjectives: HER2 status of breast carcinoma is a powerful prognostic and predictive biomarker-particularly in the metastatic setting. Limited data is available regarding assessment of HER2 on cell block preparations (CBP). The primary objective of this study was to assess correlation between HER2 results obtained via immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) in cases of metastatic breast carcino Read More
-
-
-
oa Decision-Analytic Modeling in the Economic Evaluations of Systemic Antifungals for the Prophylaxis against Invasive Fungal Infections – A Thematic Systematic Review
More LessBackground: The interest in the economic evaluations of “prophylactic” systemic antifungals is on the rise, especially with the emergence of newer expensive agents for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFI). Decision analytic modeling is a systematic approach that has become integral in the economic evaluation process for the purpose of simplifying the decision making. This systematic review aims to identify the prevale Read More
-
-
-
oa Criminalizing Domestic Violence in Qatar: A Case Study of Student Activism
Globally, gender based violence effects one out of every three women. Recently, the alarming rise in reported cases of domestic violence in Qatar has led to a national call to find an effective way to deal with the issue. This paper documents the efforts of a group of Qatar University students to do just that: draft legislation to criminalize domestic violence. The research project involves eight Qatar University male and female und Read More
-
-
-
oa Knowledge of MERS-Corona Virus among Female Students at Qatar University
Authors: Zahra Al-Muhafda, Maryam Qaher, Eman Faisal, Heba Abushahla, Rana Kurdi and Ghadir Al-JayyousiMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a severe, acute respiratory illness caused by Corona Virus (CDC, 2015). Globally, there are 1599 cases diagnosed with MERS Corona virus and at least 574 related death cases were reported in the year 2012 (WHO, 2015). In Qatar, a total of 17 cases were reported between November 2013–May 2015 (WHO, 2015). The routes of transmission of MERS-COV includes direct contact with a Read More
-
-
-
oa Picture Archive Communication (PAC) System with extended Image Analysis and 3D Visualization for Cardiac Abnormality
More LessPAC system is extending increasingly from the now well-established radiology applications into a hospital-wide PACS. New challenges are accompanying its spread into other clinical fields. With awareness of the importance of PAC systems among various medical experts, this system has been enhanced through the PAC system's pipeline, and simplification of image display for analysis via an interaction with the user. G Read More
-
-
-
oa Public-Key Cryptosystem Based on Invariants of Groups
Authors: Frantisek Marko, Martin Juras and Alexandr N. ZubkovThe presented work falls within one of Qatar's Research Grand Challenges, namely the area of Cyber Security. We have designed a new public-key cryptosystem that can improve the security of communication networks. This new cryptosystem combines two important ideas. The first idea is the difficulty of finding an invariant of infinite diagonalizable group. More specifically, for the coding purposes, we build an infinite diagonaliz Read More
-
-
-
oa Fast Prototyping of KNN Based Gas Discrimination System on the Zynq SoC
Electronic noses (EN) or machine olfaction are systems used for the detection and identification of odorous compounds and gas mixtures. The accuracy of such systems is as important as the processing time. Therefore, the choice of the algorithm and the implementation platform are both crucial. In this abstract, a design and implementation of a gas identification system on the Zynq platform which shows promising results Read More
-
-
-
oa Robust Controller and Fault Diagnoser Design for Linear Systems with Event-based Communication
Authors: Nader Meskin, Mohammadreza Davoodi and Kash KhorasaniIn order to improve the effectiveness and safety of control systems, the problem of integrated fault diagnosis and control (IFDC) design has attracted significant attention in the recent years, both in the research and in the application domains. The integrated design unifies the control and diagnosis units into a single unit which leads to less complexity as compared to the case of separate designs. Nowadays, the IFDC modul Read More
-
-
-
oa Annotation Guidelines and Framework for Arabic Machine Translation Post-Edited Corpus
Authors: Wajdi Zaghouani, Nizar Habash, Ossama Obeid, Behrang Mohit, Houda Bouamor and Kemal Oflazer1. Introduction Machine translation (MT) became widely used by translation companies to reduce their costs and improve their speed. Therefore, the demand for quick and accurate machine translations is growing. Machine translation (MT) systems often produce incorrect output with many grammatical and lexical choice errors. Correcting machine-produced translation errors, or MT Post-Editing (PE) can be done automatical Read More
-
-
-
oa Crowd Inventing: An Innovation about Innovation
More LessThis paper presents the blueprint for the design of a practical system that would promote sharing of ideas among researchers, to allow them to identify optimal partners, to protect their intellectual capital, to ensure attribution of their ideas and to create equitable sharing in the ownership and revenue of any eventual commercializable invention. The title, Crowd Inventing, reflects the fact that the signaling among research Read More
-