Al al-Bayt University

A Prospective Clinical and Field Study Evaluating the Role of Salt Sensitivity Phenotyping in Guiding Antihypertensive Drug Selection and Reducing the Psychological Burden of Trial-And-Error Therapy

The objective of the prospective study was to investigate the significance of phenotypic characterization of salt sensitivity in the selection of initial antihypertensive therapy and its effect on blood pressure control among patients with stage 1 hypertension. Another aim was to...

Synergistic Effects of Culturally Adapted Mindful Movement on Pain Catastrophizing and Physical Function in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The current research was done with the aim to identify the joint effect of mindful movement program adapted to culture and translated into Uzbek on pain catastrophization and physical function in patients with chronic non-specific LBP. The design of this study was randomized cont...

A novel Arctan-based model: Bayesian analysis, progressive censoring, and practical applications

For modeling and analyzing complex datasets in various scientific fields, probability distributions are crucial. Nevertheless, complex characteristics found in real-world data, like skewness, heavy tails, or high variability, are frequently missed by classical distributions. This...

NRF2‐Regulated Ferroptosis in Breast Cancer: Mechanisms, Resistance, and Therapeutic Opportunities

ABSTRACT Breast cancer remains a significant clinical challenge, particularly in triple‑negative breast cancer (TNBC), in which therapeutic resistance limits treatment efficacy. Ferroptosis, an iron‐dependent form of regulated cell death driven by lipid peroxidation, has emerged...

Job satisfaction among Saudi and Non-Saudi critical care and emergency nurses: associations with psychological distress, turnover intention, and perceived retention strategies

Critical care and emergency nurses work in complex and demanding environments that may affect their occupational well-being, psychological health, and job satisfaction. Although previous studies have examined nurse retention challenges, limited evidence exists regarding factors a...

Temporal Coverage and Forcing Completeness Govern Inference From Dynamic Surface‐Tension Curves

ABSTRACT Dynamic surface‐tension and interfacial‐tension curves are commonly interpreted as adsorption, transport, or interfacial‐restructuring kinetics, but the claim supported by a curve depends on temporal coverage and the forcing history. We formalized this requirement as cla...

Beyond Governance Compliance: Risk Management Committees, Risk Disclosure, and Financial Performance in a Frontier Market

This study is two-fold. First, it examines the impact of risk management committee characteristics on the level of risk information disclosure (financial, non-financial, and total risk disclosure). Second, it investigates the effect of risk disclosure on financial performance mea...

Comparative assessment of green extraction routes and chitosan nanoparticles of Salvia hispanica L. seed extracts as antimicrobial agents against Klebsiella pneumoniae

Abstract Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a fast-rising global health issue that requires the urgent discovery of new antimicrobial compounds. Plant extracts, including those from Salvia hispanica L. seeds, have shown great antibacterial and free-radical scavenging capacities. W...

Gut microbiome profiles in locally advanced rectal cancer after total neoadjuvant therapy: comparisons with healthy controls and associations with survival

The gut microbiome plays a key role in colorectal carcinogenesis, but its composition and prognostic relevance in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) remain underexplored. This study aimed to assess microbial diversity, identify distinct bacterial signatures in LARC patients co...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

Spatial Modeling of the Impact of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort Using Geospatial Techniques and Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of Northwest Jordan

The extensive use of high-resolution digital elevation data, along with continuous improvements in computing power and geographic information system (GIS) tools. Has driven the development of spatial data processing, management, and spatial interpolation methods. This study aims...

Experimental and thermal performance evaluation of a PCM-enhanced solar water heater with a spiral coil heat exchanger

Latent heat thermal energy storage is an effective approach for enhancing the performance of solar water heating (SWH) systems by storing surplus thermal energy and delivering it during periods of low solar availability. In this study, the thermal performance of a solar water hea...