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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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

“…In the DE-based RDH method, finding spaces that create less distortion in the marked image is a significant challenge, and has a high insertion capacity. …”
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Factors Affecting Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Qatar. by Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri

“…Compared to non-users, waterpipe tobacco users were significantly more likely to believe that waterpipe tobacco is less addictive than cigarettes (p = 0.009) and significantly less likely to believe that waterpipe tobacco can lead to cardiovascular diseases (p = 0.003) or dental problems (p = 0.02). …”
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Synergistic effect of expanded graphite, diammonium phosphate and Cloisite 15A on flame retardant properties of EVA and EVA/wax phase change blends by Mochane, M.J.

“…In the presence of EG + Cloisite 15A, the material formed a dense and stable char layer (carbonized ceramic) which significantly improved the flame resistance of the materials, while the presence of EG and EG + DAP much less uniform char layers were formed and the improvement in flame resistance was not so significant. …”
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Effect Of Gossypol, Apogossypol And Gossypolone On Fertility Of Male Rats And In Vitro Sperm Motility by El sharaky, A. S. [احمد صبحي الشراكي]

“…Gossypol acetic acid and gossypolone injection (5 mg/Kg body weight) decreased significantly the sperm count and sperm motility. …”
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Variation in temperature and light but not salinity invokes antioxidant enzyme activities in germinating seeds of Salsola drummondii by A. Rasheed,A. Hameed,M. A. Khan &B. Gul

“…Seeds absorbed water and germinated in less than 1 h in non-saline control while increases in salinity decreased the rate of water uptake as well as seed germination. …”
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Bond durability of sand coated and ribbed basalt FRP bars embedded in high-strength concrete by Al-Hamrani, Abathar

“…Ribbed bars had significantly higher bond strength than sand-coated bars and were less affected by the surrounding environments. …”
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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Zolezzi, Monica

“…Many countries worldwide have observed a decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking; however, the smoking rates among people with SMI have declined much less than in those without mental illness. …”
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Age-Related Differences of the Athlete`s Heart by Kneffel, Zsuzsanna

“…In the adolescent and young athletes (14-18 years), the left ventricle (LV) hypertrophy is already manifest (4). LV hypertrophy is less marked or missing at the older ages (50-80 years). …”
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D serum levels inversely correlate to disease severity and serum C-reactive protein levels in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa by Moltrasio, Chiara

“…Subsequently, Guillet et al.5 described an association between vitamin D deficiency and HS severity, also reporting a significant decrease of the inflammatory nodules in patients supplemented with vitamin D. …”
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Habitat-specific benthic metabolism in a Mediterranean-type intermittent stream by Sroczyńska, Katarzyna

“…NPP, GPP and CR differed significantly among all three habitats. GPP increased with chlorophyll a and, less strongly, with photosynthetic active radiation and, therefore, was highest in C+A habitat. …”
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Climate change will seriously impact bird species dwelling above the treeline: A prospective study for the Italian Alps by Ferrarini, Alessandro

“…Above 2400 m a.s.l., it was less than 30 m even in the long term. Overall, during the three climate periods the extent of suitable habitat for rock ptarmigan above the current treeline is projected to decrease by 28.12%, 38.43% and 49.11% respectively. …”
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Origanum Syriacum Inhibits Proliferation, Migration, Invasion and Induces Differentiation of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by AlDisi, Sara

“…OSEE has shown to significantly decrease the invasive capacity of HASMCs by 79.82 ± 5.69% compared to control. …”
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Effects Of Gamma Radiation On The Mating Activity Of The Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Ceratitis Capitata Weid by Wakid, A. M.

“…However, at 90 gray, the mating of the irradiated males were significantly less than normal males. The mating ability of the irradiated males with normal females was decreased with increasing the dose. …”
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Nanotargeted Delivery of Immune Therapeutics in Type 1 Diabetes by Jung, Sungwook

“…Treatment of hyperglycemic NOD mice with MECA79-anti-CD3-NPs results in significant reversal of T1D compared to those that are untreated, treated with empty NPs, or provided free anti-CD3. …”
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A computational model to predict the structural and functional consequences of missense mutations in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…Although there are several mechanisms involved in the DNA repair mechanisms, the direct reversal method is the simplest and does not require a reference template, in which the guanine bases are often methylated, and the methyl guanine methyl transferase protein (MGMT) reverses them. …”
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Parasites As Indicators Of Environmental Change And Pollution In Marine Ecosystems by Mackenzie, Ken

“…Good biological indicators to monitor the effects of pollutants on marine organisms must be exceptionally sensitive to environmental change so that a significant reduction in their numbers can be used as a warning of deteriorating conditions before the majority of less sensitive organisms are seriously affected. …”
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Changing Trends in the Referral and Timing of Treatment for Congenital Cryptorchidism: A Single-Center Experience from Bosnia and Herzegovina. by Zvizdic, Zlatan

“…The analysis of the observed two periods (2008-2010 and 2015-2017) showed a statistically significant decrease in the mean referral age and the mean age at surgery over the last 5 years (2015-2017) (p = 0.007 and p = 0.003, respectively). …”
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The impact of using produced water for plant irrigation and its effects on plants and soil characteristics by Atia, Fathy Atia Mohamed

“…The results showed that all plants could not survive except Medicago sativa which tolerated up to 10% produced water with a decrease in intensity, length and biomass. Salsola baryosma tolerated up to20% produced water without any significance differences on the morphological characteristics. …”
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Pd nanocrystals encapsulated in MOF-derived Ni/N-doped hollow carbon nanosheets for efficient thermal CO oxidation: unveiling the effect of porosity by Ipadeola, Adewale K.

“…The obtained Pd/Ni-MOF-HNC possesses hollow carbon sheets with a great surface area (153.05 m2 g−1), pore volume (0.12 cm3 g−1), rich Pd/Ni-Nx active sites, Ni-metal defects, rich N-content (7.53 at%), mixed Pd/Ni-oxide phases, and uniformly distributed ultra-small Pd nanocrystals (7.03 ± 1.10 nm); meanwhile, Pd/Ni-MOF-NC formed without etching had no porosity and less Ni-metal defects. The thermal COOxid activity of Pd/Ni-MOF-HNC was significantly superior to Pd/Ni-MOF-NC and commercial Pd/C catalysts. …”
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