A PERMA model approach to well-being: a psychometric properties study.

Psychological well-being influences all the facets of adolescent success. This study examined the psychometric properties of PERMA, a subjective well-being measure consisting of five domains: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. The sample size consisted of 502 high school students from public schools in Qatar.

An advanced approach for fig leaf disease detection and classification: Leveraging image processing and enhanced support vector machine methodology.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of agricultural technology, image processing has emerged as a powerful tool for addressing critical agricultural challenges, with a particular focus on the identification and management of crop diseases. This study is motivated by the imperative need to enhance agricultural sustainability and productivity through precise plant health monitoring. Our primary objective is to propose an innovative approach combining support vector machine (SVM) with advanced image processing techniques to achieve precise detection and classification of fig leaf diseases.

Signatures of purifying selection and site-specific positive selection on the mitochondrial DNA of dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius).

The two species of the Old World Camelini tribe, dromedary and Bactrian camels, show superior adaptability to the different environmental conditions they populate, e.g. desert, mountains and coastal areas, which might be associated with adaptive variations on their mitochondrial DNA.

Characteristics of Sleep Patterns in Adolescents: Comparisons between Saudi Arabia and the UK.

There are concerns regarding sleep deprivation among adolescents, especially with mounting evidence for the importance of sleep during puberty, and its effects on health and families. The present study aimed to characterise sleep in typical development (TD) adolescents in Saudi Arabia, and compare their sleep profiles to TD adolescents in the UK, to evaluate sleep patterns in adolescents in Saudi Arabia, and to examine the relationship between sleep patterns and the use of social media in both groups. Findings from the current study reported a shorter sleep duration for the Saudi Arabia group than in previous studies and the UK group, which may be attributed to the lack of sleep hygiene practised in Saudi Arabia.

The portrayal of persons with disabilities in Arabic drama: A literature review.

Background: The media plays a vital role in addressing the issues of society through audiovisual means that contribute to the transmission of media messages. Drama contributes to implement positive values or negative attitudes in people's minds towards various societal issues. The negative stereotypes shaped by drama about persons with disabilities (PWDs) have attracted the attention of the researchers.

Preference of and factors that influence future specialty among medical students in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Choosing future specialty is an important issue that face undergraduate medical students during their university years. Several factors may assist to formulate students' final decision. We aimed to explore the future specialty preferences and the factors that influence the choice of undergraduate students in medical schools in Jordan.

A new class between theta open sets and theta omega open sets.

We define -closure operator as a new topological operator which lies between the -closure and the -closure. Some relationships between this new operator and each of -closure, -closure, and usual closure are obtained. Via -closure operator, we introduce -open sets as a new topology.

Predictors of proper inhaler technique and asthma control in pediatric patients with asthma.

Background: Improper use of asthma inhalers is one of the potential factors of poor asthma control among children. This study aimed to assess the proper handling of asthma inhalers and asthma control in addition to factors influencing them among pediatric patients who self-administer their inhalers.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jordan from February 2019 to February 2020.

Association between Oral Candida and Bacteriome in Children with Severe ECC.

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal organism frequently detected in the oral cavity of children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC). Previous studies suggested the cariogenic potential of C. albicans, in vitro and in vivo, and further demonstrated its synergistic interactions with Streptococcus mutans.

Candida albicans and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Oral Candida albicans has been detected in children with early childhood caries (ECC) and has demonstrated cariogenic traits in animal models of the disease. Conversely, other studies found no positive correlation between C. albicans and caries experience in children, while suggesting it may have protective effects as a commensal organism.

Measuring levels of osteopontin as potential biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma in Syrian patients.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate plasma osteopontin (OPN) levels as a potential biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Background: Osteopontin (OPN) is a secreted glycoprotein that is associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis.

Methods: We measured plasma levels of OPN in 26 HCC patients, 27 patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD), and 15 healthy control individuals using a standardized ELISA kit.

The effectiveness of clinical pharmacist's intervention in improving asthma care in children and adolescents: Randomized controlled study in Jordan.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist's intervention on achieving better asthma control, quality of life and other clinical parameters.

Methods: A prospective randomized controlled study in north Jordan was conducted. Pediatric patients with asthma (aged 7-18 years old) were included and randomly allocated into two groups, intervention and control.

Synergy between histone deacetylase inhibitors and DNA-damaging agents is mediated by histone deacetylase 2 in colorectal cancer.

Previous studies have associated the overexpression of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) and the presence of TP53 mutations with the progression to advanced stage drug resistant colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the mechanistic link between HDAC2 expression and the TP53 mutational status has remained unexplored. Here, we investigated the function of HDAC2 in drug resistance by assessing the synergistic effects of DNA-targeted chemotherapeutic agents and HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) on two TP53-mutated colorectal adenocarcinoma CRC cell lines (SW480 and HT-29) and on the TP53-wild type carcinoma cell line (HCT116 p53+/+) and its TP53 deficient sub-line (HCT116 p53-/-).