Vol 3 No.1

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    Behavioral and Social Determinants of Early Childhood Caries among Palestinian Preschoolers in Jerusalem area: A Cross-sectional Study
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 0011-05-22) Saif Amer; Elham Kateeb
    Background: Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a public health problem that is influenced by biological, behavioural, psychosocial, and economic determinants predisposed by children’s environment.
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    سيميائية شخصية البطل في رواية القوقعة
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) منار سميح قراقع; زين العابدين العواودة
    الخلفية: تنبع خلفية الدراسة في تحليل وقراءة شخصيات رواية القوقعة وإبراز علامات حضورها على مستوى اشتغال النص في بنيته العميقة والسطحية، وارتباط الشخصية بوظائفها السردية ودراسة أفعالها وسلوكياتها ضمن البنية المكانية في الرواية ،إن مفهوم القوقعة يدرس أيضا الجانب الوطني ورفض الظلم والاستبداد وانفعالية الشخصيات وإبراز مواقفها على مستوى داخلي وخارجي
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    Quantifiable Structured Clinical Diagnosis for Psychiatry: An Integration of Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Approaches to Achieve Scalability
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Laith Azzam Ayasa; Matthew Toegel; Joman Y. Natsheh; Mohmmad M. Herzallah
    Background: Current diagnostic systems for psychiatric disorders suffer many limitations that hinder their applicability. The diagnosis of psychiatric disorders is exclusively conducted by clinicians using lengthy interviews that lack sensitivity and specificity. According to recent clinical trials, only a fraction of patients with psychiatric disorders respond to initial treatment with psychometric medications or psychotherapy. Unfortunately, clinicians cannot predict, a priori, who will or will not respond to treatment. If, however, a simple computer-based system utilizing multidimensional symptom expression could diagnose patients with psychiatric disorders and differentiate those who are, or are not, likely to respond to treatment, this would provide immediate clinical relevance.
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    World War Zionism: A Necropolitical Study of the Jews in World War Z, State of Exception, and the Two Stages of Death
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Zeina Ali Hasan; Jamil Khader
    Background: Critics tackle how zombie literature, in general, portrays refugees, reflecting political anxieties, fears of elimination, and contagion. They also focus on analyzing the depiction of Palestinians in the World War Z’ movie and novel. However, none of the critics address the representation of the intra-ethnic Jewish conflict within the novel. By portraying the Palestinian community as unified with the Israeli one in the New State of Unified Palestine, Max Brooks manages to undermine the socio-political dimensions of the Palestinian struggle as well as the anti-Semite dimensions of Zionism.
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    Dopamine Genetic Scores Modulate Positive Reinforcement Learning in Healthy Undergraduates
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Yasmin Arda; Anfal A. Abu Hilal; Mohammad M. Herzallah
    Background: Dopamine has been implicated in modulating reinforcement learning from positive and negative feedback. Enhanced dopamine levels are linked to better learning from positive feedback, whereas decreased dopamine mediates learning from negative feedback. Naturally-occurring variations in dopamine genes contribute to individual differences in reinforcement learning. Dopamine exerts its actions via proteins located pre- (D2 receptors), within- (transporter), and post-synaptically (D1 and D2 receptors) to regulate dopaminergic function.
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    The Effects of Naturally-Occurring Interactions of Dopamine Vs. Serotonin Levels on Reinforcement Learning in Healthy Individuals
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Haneen H. Sharabati; Mohammad M. Herzallah
    Background: The neuromodulators dopamine and serotonin play key roles in reinforcement learning. While dopamine modulates positive feedback processing, serotonin facilitates aversive learning and behavioral inhibition. The dopamine transporter (DAT), coded by the DAT1 gene, regulates synaptic dopamine levels in the brain is. DAT1 exhibits a naturally-occurring variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism (VNTR) in its 3’ untranslated region (3’-UTR). Similarly, the serotonin transporter (SERT) controls synaptic serotonin levels in the brain. SERT is coded by the SLC6A4 gene that has a polyadenylation polymorphism influencing the balance of two polyadenylation forms of SERT in the brain (STPP).
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    Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitude and Management of Diabetic Gastroparesis- Related Symptoms- among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the West Bank: A Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Diya Asad; Qusai Zreqat; Shahd Idais; Bara'ah M.Huseein; Hussein Hallak
    Background: Diabetic Gastroparesis (DGP) is a serious well-known complication, yet with limited studies on its prevalence and management. This study is the first in Palestine aimed to determine the prevalence of DGP, its associated symptoms and possible risk factors.
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    Antipsychotic Medications: Adherence and Availability in East Jerusalem
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Fatima Hamad; Rahaf Jubeh; Maysa Nabulsi
    Background: Schizophrenia is a severe illness affecting all life aspects of the patients including work, self-care and capacity to establish interpersonal relationships. It is known to affect about 1.0% of the population. Despite the fact that adherence to antipsychotic medications is the cornerstone in the treatment and prevention of relapse of the disease, non-adherence is a major problem among schizophrenia patients.
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    Farmer Workers and Pesticide: Knowledge, Impact on Health, and Precautionary Measures. A Descriptive Study From Gaza
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Mariam Al Reefi; Ansam Salah Al-Ghmri; Mona Abdelhafed Abo Amra; Sara Essam Shaheen; Mariam Al Reefi; Khalid Jamal Khadoura; Assma Abu Ghali
    Background: Pesticides are used in agriculture in an unsafe and indiscriminate manner, posing a serious threat to the environment and human health. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude, impact on health, and precautionary measures toward pesticides among a sample of farmworkers in Gaza.
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    The Spatial and Geographical Transition of Arab Palestinian Lands to Jewish- Israeli National Lands & the Gradual Construction of an Israeli Legal Geography: From de facto Land Expropriation to de jure Land Expropriation
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Shadin Nassar; Jana Lozanoska
    Background: Israeli territorial expansionism interlinked with territorial claims to historic Palestine shifted the aspirations for the establishment of a viable Palestinian state in historic Palestine towards a designated territory under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, which is constantly shrinking. The circumvention of the legal system to employ strategies for territorial gains and to counter the demographic majority of Palestinians conveys the settler-colonial ambitions of Israel to create an ethnic Jewish state in historic Palestine corresponding with the aspirations of the Zionist movement.
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    أسباب العزوف عن التبرع بالدم
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) جنى محمد عمرو; ترتيل عمار سدر; عبير رشيد قنيبي
    الخلفية: يعتبر الدم مادة حيوية لا يمكن تصنيعها، ولابد أن تأتي من الإنسان السليم صحيا للإنسان المريض المحتاج إليها من أجل العلاج، ويعتبر التبرع بالدم الوسيلة الوحيدة لحصول المرضى على ما يحتاجونه للبقاء على قيد الحياة، حيث يتم سحب كمية من دم المتبرع تقدر بنحو 450 مل أي ما يعادل (7%) من دم الإنسان الطبيعي، وهذه العملية تستغرق ما بين خمس دقائق إلى ربع ساعة ، وكما أن التبرع بالدم قيمة إنسانية نستعرض أهميتها في إنقاذ أرواح المرضى والمصابين في دول العالم بشكل عام وفي فلسطين بشكل خاص ، فأفراد الشعب الفلسطيني معرضون في كل لحظة لاستنزاف دمائهم الطاهرة بسبب الانتهاكات الصهيونية المتكررة
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    Alpha and Theta Band Power Alterations on EEG are Linked to Psychological, but not Somatic, Symptom Severity in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Nawras A. Sawafta; Abdul-Rahman S. Sawalma; Mohammad M. Herzallah
    Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by low mood, loss of pleasure, and other psychological and somatic symptoms. Previous studies show that MDD is associated with changes in alpha and theta oscillations measured by electroencephalography (EEG). Yet, most studies did not differentiate between subsets of MDD symptoms and their relationship to different brain oscillations.
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    The Interplay of the CRY1 and PER2 Genes in the Modulation of Chronotype
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Nadine Assi; Anfal A. AbuHilal; Mohmmad M. Herzallah
    Background: Prior studies investigated the role of the negative feedback loop within the suprachiasmatic nucleus on modulating the circadian rhythm. The regulation of the circadian rhythm is modulated by the synchronization of the endogenous system with the environmental cues including light and temperature. Variations in clock genes between individuals can produce different chronotypes (morningness and eveningness). The cryptochrome gene (CRY1) and period gene (PER2) genes have an inhibitory effect on the negative feedback loop. The c.1657+3A>C CRY1 polymorphism causes a gain of function mutation leading to the lengthening of the chronotype (late chronotype). Meanwhile, PER2 polymorphism (G3853A) has been associated with diurnal performances and the early chronotype.
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    Arab and Islamic Anticancer Medicinal Plants from Tradition to Cellular Mechanisms: An in vitro study with THP-1 cell line
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Ruhuf Abu-Labdeh; Sawsan Abu Farha; Sondos Zakarneh; Abdel-Salam Kmail; Bashar Saad
    Background: Trigonella foenum-graecum L (TF), Ocimum basilicum L. (OB), and Arum palaestinum Boise (AP), are traditional Arab herbal medicine has utilized it to treat a variety of metabolic and inflammatory illnesses.
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    Cognitive Variability Across the Menstrual Cycle: High Estrogen Enhances Learning and Bias Toward Negative Feedback in Healthy Women
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Bayan F. Al Qtishat; Rahmeh Y. Natsheh; Hussain Y. Khdour; Oday M. Abushalbaq
    Background: During menstrual cycle, approximately 80% of all women of reproductive age experience physical and psychological changes. Cognitive alterations are among the most common complaints, with women reporting changes in attention and concentration, visuospatial and motor skills, working, verbal and visual memory. Although studies argue in favor of cognitive fluctuation across the different phases of menstrual cycle among healthy women, this has not been experimentally assessed.
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    The Impact of Information Sources on COVID-19-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) among University Students: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Israa Baker; Nizar Marzouqa; Bashar Nafe’ Yaghi; Samer Osama Adawi; Shahd Yousef; Tayseer Nedal Sabooh; Nataly Mazen Salhab; Hiba Mahmoud Khrishi; Yahya Qabaja; Abanoub Riad; Sameh Attia
    Background: COVID-19 is an emerging respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus accompanied by a tsunami of misinformation and fake news. This can weaken the public health responses by affecting the COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of the public.
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    How Does Medication Affect Social Interaction and Academic Achievement in Patients of ADHD
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Areen Abu Ghazaleh; Sama Abu Hamed; Maisa Al Nabulsi
    Background: ADHD is a well-known and widespread neuropsychological disorder that affects mainly school aged children. On the other hand, there is lack of studies concerning its; prevalence in East Jerusalem.
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    Electrical Conductivity of Dead Sea Water
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Shahd Habbash; Maen Ishtaiwi; Muna Hajj Yahya
    Introduction: The Dead Sea is a landlocked hypersaline lake located in the deepest part of the Dead Sea Jordan Rift Valley. Its huge benefits come from the high salinity rate; it has 345 grams of mineral per liter (34.5% or 34.5 g/100 mL). This Salt concentration is about 7 to 10 times that of the oceans. This fact about the Dead Sea Water makes it our concern in this research.
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    Awareness, Attitudes and Usage of Botox and Dermal Fillers Among Al Quds University Students
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Nuha Emour; Ibtihal Abu Alhawa; Maisa Nabulsi
    Background: The world in all its aspects is constantly evolving and progressing, and so is the cosmetic world. Based on research, the use of Botox and filler injections is currently number one in the world for anti-aging cosmetic surgery. In Palestine, the use as well as the pros and cons of these cosmetics is still unveiled.
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    Evaluation of Radiation Doses for Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Computed Tomography Examination in Palestine
    (Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022-05-11) Sara Asfour; Hussein ALMasri; Zedan Natsheh
    Background: Technological advances in CT modality have dramatically increased the number of CT studies, with a significant increase in the radiation dose linked to CT imaging. This study aimed to assess the radiation effective dose and cancer risks for patients undergoing lumbar spine CT examination.