Surface Behavior of Polyamide 6 Modified by Barrier Plasma in Oxygen and Nitrogen by Novak, I.

“…Polyamide (PA) 6 was modified by diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) plasma in an atmosphere of nitrogen and oxygen. …”
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Oral PTCTS (Particulated Transialidase) Removes Serum Microparticles and Decreases Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques of Rabbits by Garavelo, Sherrira M.

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The Role of Qatar Community Pharmacists in Depression care: A Survey of Attitudes, Practices and Perceived Barriers by Shami, Rula

“…Community pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare providers who may play a significant role in depression care. This study aims to describe current practices, attitudes and perceived barriers of community pharmacists towards the provision of depression care, and investigates how pharmacists' attitudes, along with several sociodemographic and professional characteristics, are associated with these practices. …”
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THE ROLE OF QATAR COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS IN DEPRESSION CARE: A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES, PRACTICES AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS by SHAMI, RULA

“…Background: Negative attitudes and stigma are considered to be major barriers to healthcare and quality of life around the world for patients with depression. …”
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EFFECT OF ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS MEDIATED BY HYPERGLYCEMIA ON BARRIER FUNCTION IN RETINAL CELLS by Saif, Atiya Ramadan

“…Results: We found that hyperglycemia increases the cellular production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and PBA decreasing it. Also the barrier quality of HRMEC was affected significantly with treatment of high glucose and improved with PBA. …”
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Adhesive properties of polyester treated by cold plasma in oxygen and nitrogen atmospheres by Novak, I.

“…Polyester foil was treated by the surface diffuse barrier discharge (SDBD) plasma at atmospheric pressure in oxygen and/or in nitrogen containing a small amount of oxygen to improve its surface and adhesive properties. …”
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Enhanced Filtration Characteristics and Reduced Bacterial Attachment for Reverse Osmosis Membranes Modified by a Facile Method by Nnadiekwe, Chidera C.

“…The original membrane showed a water contact angle of ∼90−100° that was significantly decreased after silane coating: 63° for 3-APS and ∼52° for 6-AHAS. …”
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12/15-Lipoxygenase-Derived Lipid Metabolites Induce Retinal Endothelial Cell Barrier Dysfunction: Contribution of NADPH Oxidase by Othman, Amira

“…Treatment of REC with HETE also increased ROS generation and expression of NOX2 and pVEGF-R2 and decreased pSHP1 expression. Treatment of diabetic mice with baicalein significantly decreased retinal HETE, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, IL-6, ROS generation, and NOX2 expression. …”
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Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm by Abu Zitar, Raed

“…This is because placing data in an image can cause permanent distortion after data mining. Therefore, a reversible data hiding (RDH) technique is required. …”
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The status of forward osmosis technology implementation by Awad, Abdelrahman M.

“…The outcomes of 15 studies conducted at pilot scale revealed the energy associated with the draw solution (DS) recovery to present a significant barrier to implementation of the technology, with a 40–50% decrease in energy consumption required for the DS recovery step for the process to successfully compete with classical reverse osmosis (RO) based processes. …”
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Effect of hyperglycemia on EPCs function and regenerative ability by Hendawi, Hadeel Khalil

“…The results have shown significant effects of chronic hyperglycemic conditions on cell proliferation (n=3, p<0.05), and migration (n=3, p<0.05) which were decreased when compared to control. …”
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Numerical investigation of steady air injection flow to control rotating stall in centrifugal compressors by Halawa, Taher

“…It was also found that injecting air at an angle larger than the diffuser vane angle corrects the fluid direction but, at the same time, decreases the fluid kinetic energy at diffuser inlet.…”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INSULIN RESISTANCE AND NITRIC OXIDE IN HUMAN RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO by Bushra, Sumbul

“…This may suggest that insulin could counteract the hyperglycemic effect on AKT/PI3 kinase which mediates NO production and VEGF-A, with decreased adhesion molecules such as p-selectin that is involved in barrier disorder of retinal endothelial cells. …”
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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER REUSE IN IRRIGATION OF FOOD CROPS BY UTILIZATION OF HYBRID MEMBRANE PROCESS AND MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES by HAFIZ, MHD AMMAR NABIL

“…The diluted brine can be regenerated using reverse osmosis and used as irrigation water for food crops. …”
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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOFT DRINK CONSUMPTION AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY AMONG QATARI WOMEN: ANALYSIS OF QATAR BIOBANK DATA by HAMID, AAMNA MOHAMED IDREES ALI

“…Reports from these studies presented conflicting findings. Some suggesting significant decreases in BMD levels due to soft drink consumption, while others find null associations. …”
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Do labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration by Alsamara, Mouyad

“…In particular, positive changes of remittance outflows exert a greater impact on non-oil real GDP per capita than negative changes. A larger increase in remittance outflows would lead to a decrease in the aggregate demand and produce a deflationary pressure. …”
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Association between Insulin and Nitric Oxide in Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in vitro by Rizk, Nasser Moustafa

“…In conclusion, this study demonstrated that Hyperglycemia causes an increase in ROS/oxidative stress and apoptosis, while insulin promotes a significant decrease in ROS and apoptosis, eNOS mediated NO production increases with hyperglycemia but remarkably decreases with insulin treatment after 1 hour, 2 hours and 4 hours, insulin could counteract the hyperglycemic effect on AKT/pI3 kinase which mediates NO production and VEGF-A, decreased adhesion molecules p-selectin involved in barrier disorder of retinal endothelial cells. …”
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Impact On Local Pearl Oyster Pinctada Radiata Exposed To Chronic Levels Of Chlorine by Alfaqih, Arwa Shaif

“…Nevertheless, the experiment suggested that the size class of the considered oysters had a significant impact on mortality and growth, with larger specimens showing relatively lower performance than the smaller oysters. …”
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Preparation of Mesoporous/Microporous MnCo2O4 and Nanocubic MnCr2O4 Using a Single Step Solution Combustion Synthesis for Bifunction Oxygen Electrocatalysis by Ashok, Anchu

“…Chronoamperometric (CA) runs for 24 h shows excellent stability of MnCo2O4 without any significant decrease in the current or potential value in ORR and OER. …”
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Clinical pharmacokinetic drug interactions associated with artemisinin derivatives and HIV-antivirals by Kiang, Tony K.L.

“…Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) tended to decrease the exposures of artemether, dihydroartemisinin, and lumefantrine when co-administered with artemether-lumefantrine. …”
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