Reliability of patient‐reported outcome measures: Hemorrhage, anticoagulant, antiplatelet medication use by Nicholyn Selvanayagam, Fabrice Mowbray, Natasha Clayton, Asfia Soomro, Catherine Varner, Shelley McLeod, Kerstin deWit

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Ramadan Intermittent Fasting Is Associated with Changes in Circulating Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) in Metabolically Healthy Obese Subjects by Hayder Hasan, Mohamed Madkour, Samir Awadallah, Mohamed Hassanein, Haitham Jahrami, MoezAlIslam Faris

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Effects of Various Caffeine Doses on Cognitive Abilities in Female Athletes with Low Caffeine Consumption by Houda Bougrine, Achraf Ammar, Atef Salem, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Hamdi Chtourou, Nizar Souissi

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A nonlinear system of hybrid fractional differential equations with application to fixed time sliding mode control for Leukemia therapy by Saim Ahmed, Ahmad Taher Azar, Mahmoud Abdel-Aty, Hasib Khan, Jehad Alzabut

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Adaptive QoS-Aware Multi-Metrics Gateway Selection Scheme for Heterogenous Vehicular Network by Mahmoud Alawi, Raed Alsaqour, Maha Abdelhaq, Reem Alkanhel, Baraa Sharef, Elankovan Sundararajan, Mahamod Ismail

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Clinical, Neurophysiological, Radiological, Pathological, and Genetic Features of Dysferlinopathy in Saudi Arabia by Norah Alharbi, Rawan Matar, Edward Cupler, Hindi Al-Hindi, Hatem Murad, Iftteah Alhomud, Dorota Monies, Ali Alshehri, Mossaed Alyahya, Brian Meyer, Saeed Bohlega

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Transient Anosmia and Dysgeusia in COVID-19 Disease: A Cross Sectional Study by Ali FA, Jassim G, Khalaf Z, Yusuf M, Ali S, Husain N, Ebrahim F

“…Fatema Ahmed Ali,1 Ghufran Jassim,2 Zahra Khalaf,3 Manaf Yusuf,4 Sara Ali,5 Nada Husain,6 Fatema Ebrahim6 1Department of Internal Medicine, South West Acute Hospital, Western Health and Social Care Trust, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, UK; 2Family Medicine Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland — Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain; 3Department of Postgraduate Studies, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; 4Children’s & Adolescent Services, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK; 5Ministry of Health Bahrain, COVID-19 National Team, Sanabis, Kingdom of Bahrain; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Private Health Sector, Manama, Kingdom of BahrainCorrespondence: Ghufran Jassim, Family Medicine Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland — Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain, Email gjassim@rcsi-mub.comObjective: This study aims to explore the prevalence of anosmia and dysgeusia and their impact on COVID-19 patients.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. …”
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Developing, Validating, and Implementing a Tool for Measuring the Readiness of Medical Teachers for Online Teaching Post-COVID-19: A Multicenter Study by Hosny S, Ghaly M, Hmoud AlSheikh M, Shehata MH, Salem AH, Atwa H

“…Somaya Hosny,1 Mona Ghaly,1 Mona Hmoud AlSheikh,2 Mohamed Hany Shehata,3,4 Abdel Halim Salem,1,3 Hani Atwa1,3 1Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; 2College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain; 4Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Hani AtwaFaculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, EgyptTel +20 1224576171Email doctorhani2000@yahoo.comBackground: While online education is by no means a new concept, it was recently thrust into the spotlight after school campuses all over the world were forced to close because of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The Emerging Importance of Cirsimaritin in Type 2 Diabetes Treatment by Abdelrahim Alqudah, Rabaa Y. Athamneh, Esam Qnais, Omar Gammoh, Muna Oqal, Rawan AbuDalo, Hanan Abu Alshaikh, Nabil AL-Hashimi, Mohammad Alqudah

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Nurse Who Had MERS-CoV Complications with A Near-Death Experience during Pregnancy: A Narrative Analysis by Abbas Al Mutair, Zainab Ambani, Alexander Woodman, Chandni Saha, Hanan F. Alharbi, Alya Elgamri

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Prevalence of infections and antimicrobial use in the acute-care hospital setting in the Middle East: Results from the first point-prevalence survey in the region by Adel Alothman, Abdulhakeem Al Thaqafi, Adel Al Ansary, Ahmed Zikri, Akram Fayed, Faryal Khamis, Jameela Al Salman, Laila Al Dabal, Natasha Khalife, Tariq AlMusawi, Wadha Alfouzan, Said El Zein, Ramy Kotb, Yasser Ghoneim, Souha S. Kanj

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Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Prevalence, Gender Distribution and Impact on Hepatic Biomarkers by Essam M. Janahi, Zahra Ilyas, Sara Al-Othman, Abdulla Darwish, Sanad J. Sanad, Budoor Almusaifer, Mariam Al-Mannai, Jamal Golbahar, Simone Perna

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Arab Women Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Insomnia by Ayah T. Zaidalkilani, Omar A. Alhaj, Mohamed F. Serag El-Dine, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Maha M. AlRasheed, Haitham A. Jahrami, Nicola L. Bragazzi

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Sentinel-MSI and Landsat-OLI Data Quality Characterization for High Temporal Frequency Monitoring of Soil Salinity Dynamic in an Arid Landscape by Abdou Bannari, Nadir Hameid Mohamed Musa, Abdelgadir Abuelgasim, Ali El-Battay

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Evaluating pulmonary function, aerobic capacity, and pediatric quality of life following a 10-week aerobic exercise training in school-aged asthmatics: a randomized controlled tria... by Abdelbasset WK, Alsubaie SF, Tantawy SA, Abo Elyazed TI, Kamel DM

“…Walid K Abdelbasset,1,2 Saud F Alsubaie,1 Sayed A Tantawy,3 Tamer I Abo Elyazed,4 Dalia M Kamel3,5 1Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Physical Therapy, Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; 3Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medical and Health Sciences, Ahlia University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain; 4Department of Physical Therapy for Internal Medicine, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt; 5Department of Physiotherapy for Womens Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Background: It has been documented that aerobic exercise may increase pulmonary functions and aerobic capacity, but limited data has evaluated a child’s satisfaction and pediatric quality of life (PQoL) with exercise training. …”
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Emerging mechanistic insights of selective autophagy in hepatic diseases by Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Yuko Ito, Paul G. Thomes, Manoj B. Menon, Marina García-Macia, Raouf Fadel, Alfreda Stadlin, Nicholas Peake, MoezAlIslam Ezzat Faris, Nabil Eid, Daniel J. Klionsky

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Middle East consensus recommendations on the use of young child formula (YCF) in toddlers by Mohammed Al-Biltagi, Wafaa Faysal, Fatoumah Alabdulrazzaq, Hassan Alsabea, Ziad Bassil, Fadi Chamseddine, Imad Chokr, Ahmed El-Beleidy, Mostafa Ezzat, Antoine Farrah, Mohammad Mizyed, Ashraf Othman Saleh Sayed, Hussam Abu Talib, Yasser Wali

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Rationales and uncertainties for aspirin use in COVID-19: a narrative review by Hazem A Sayed Ahmed, Eric Merrell, Mansoura Ismail, Anwar I Joudeh, Jeffrey B Riley, Ahmed Shawkat, Hanan Habeb, Edward Darling, Reda A Goweda, Mohamed H Shehata, Hossam Amin, Gary F Nieman, Hani Aiash

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR DOCUMENTING AND CONSERVING BAHRAIN’S BUILT HERITAGE FOR POSTERITY by D. Mezzino, L. Barazzetti, M. Santana Quintero, A. El-Habashi

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Nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles improve doxorubicin anticancer activity by Alimoradi H, Greish K, Barzegar-Fallah A, Alshaibani L, Pittalà V

“…Houman Alimoradi,1,* Khaled Greish,2,3,* Anita Barzegar-Fallah,1 Lama Alshaibani,2 Valeria Pittalà4 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; 2College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Department of Molecular Medicine, and Nanomedicine Unit, Princess Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine and Inherited Disorders, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain; 3Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; 4Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: Anticancer drug delivery systems are often limited by hurdles, such as off-target distribution, slow cellular internalization, limited lysosomal escape, and drug resistance. …”
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