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. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Trilemma of life cycle carbon, employment, and costs of trucking industry's shift toward automation and electrification by Mandouri, Jafar

“…Autonomy and electrification combined could lead to a 50% decrease in emissions and 46% savings in life cycle costs. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Optimal Proactive Resource Allocation at the Extreme Edge by El Khatib, Rawan F.

“…Extensive simulation results show that OPRA outperforms a reactive baseline by yielding a 50% decrease in the subtask dropping rate and 97% decrease in the service capacity.…”
Get full text
Get full text

Food shopping, preparation and consumption practices in times of COVID-19: case of Lebanon by Ben Hassen, Tarek

“…Indeed, the study outcomes suggested (1) a move toward healthier diets; (2) a rise in the consumption of domestic products due to food safety concerns; (3) a change in the grocery shopping behaviors (with a rise in online shopping); (4) a surge of food stockpiling; and (5) a decrease in household food wastage. Surprisingly, COVID-19 seems to generate several positive changes toward more sustainable and healthier consumption patterns in Lebanon. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Concentrated solar power driven water splitting cycle using Zn-ferrite based thermochemical redox reactions by Bhosale, Rahul R.

“…Obtained results indicate that the solar-to-fuel energy conversion efficiency (solar to fuel) of the ZFWS cycle enhances due to the reduction in the PO2, decrease in theTH, increase in the TL, and by employing heat recuperation. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Coordination of thermal/wind energies in power-to-gas process for cost/pollution abatement considering wind energy recovery by Hemmati, Reza

“…The proposed P2G achieves several purposes including optimal wind turbine sizing, uncertainty management, CO2 decrease and operating cost reduction. It is demonstrated that the Carbon tax can reduce the CO2 pollutions up to 8%. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Rebound effects undermine carbon footprint reduction potential of autonomous electric vehicles by Onat, Nuri C.

“…Our results show that autonomy introduces an average 21.2% decrease in operation phase emissions due to improved fuel economy while manufacturing phase emissions can surge up to 40%. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Trends in prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and effects of sociodemographic variables before and after the first wave of COVID-19 in Qatar by Khaled, Salma M.

“…The data for 2020/21 showed a 35.1% and 29.2% decrease in depression and anxiety symptoms scores compared to pre-pandemic years (2017/2018) after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. …”
Get full text
Get full text

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.

“…Conspicuously, the T100 of Pd/Ni-MOF-HNC was lower than those of most previously reported Pd-based catalysts due to the high porosity, surface area, and electronic interaction of Pd/Ni-Nx, and Ni-metal defects, which promote the adsorption/activation of reactants (CO + O2), decrease the activation energy to 73.1 kJ mol−1 and enhance the reaction rate at the same CO conversion percentage. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

AMPK Activation Attenuates Albumin-induced Alterations in Renal Tubular Cells In Vitro by Allouch, Soumaya

“…Notably, metformin also prevented albumin-induced EMT; this was marked by a 50% decrease in a-SMA and a 60% increase in E-cadherin expression. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Sirota, Sarah Brooke

“…The mortality rate of URIs in 2021 was 0·2 per 100 000 (0·1 to 0·5), a decrease of 64·2% (–84·6 to –43·4) from 1990, when the mortality rate was 0·7 per 100 000 (0·2 to 1·1). …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Food purchase and eating behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of Russian adults by Ben Hassen, Tarek

“…Indeed, the survey results suggested (i) a change in the modality of acquiring food, consumers reduced the number of shopping trips and buying more on each trip to minimize store visits; (ii) a surge of stockpiling of non-perishable food items; (iii) a shift toward healthier diets; (iv) an increase in culinary capabilities; (v) a decrease of food waste. The results are expected to inform current emergency plans as well as long-term food-related strategies in Russia.…”
Get full text
Get full text

CO2 Absorption Capacity and its Enthalpy of Absorption in Aqueous Blend of MDEA/Piperazine/Arginine by Talkhan, A.G.

“…The experimental results showed that the solubility of CO2 decreased with increasing ARG ration in the mixture. …”
Get full text
Get full text

The mitochondria: A target of polyphenols in the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy by Bhagani, Humna

“…Bcl-2 acts to attenuate apoptosis, UCP2 decreases oxidative stress, SIRT-1 increases mitochondrial biogenesis and decreases oxidative stress, AMPK increases autophagy, and JNK1 decreases apoptosis and increases autophagy. …”
Get full text
Get full text

The simultaneous impact of EV charging and PV inverter reactive power on the hosting distribution system's performance: A case study in kuwait by Abdullah, Heba M.

“…Varying the inverter to the PV ratio from 1.1 to 2 decreases system losses by 34% to 41%. The type of charging is dependent on the maximum penetration of EVCSs that the network can install without system upgrades. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Thermally- and Hydrogen-Reduced Graphene Oxide/TiO₂ Photocatalytic Nanocomposites Using the Zebrafish Embryo Model. by Al-Kandari, Halema

“…However, both nanocomposites should be used with caution at concentration higher than the NOEC (400 mg/L), in particular RGOTi, which significantly (i) caused pericardial and yolk sac edema; (ii) decreased the hatching rate, locomotion, and hematopoietic activities; and (iii) affected the heart rate. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Sestrin2 as a Protective Shield against Cardiovascular Disease by Zahid, Muhammad Ammar

“…The expression of SESN2 decreases with age and its levels are associated with cardiovascular disease and many age-related pathologies. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Advanced Hard Ctings: Towards A Whole New World by Santecchia, Eleonora

“…Thus, the majority of modern tools are nowadays coated with hard coatings, in order to: (i) increase the hardness, (ii) decrease the coefficient of friction, and (iii) protect the tools against oxidation. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Effect of hypoxia on metabolic markers and gene expression HIF-1 α in adipocytes by Younes, Noura B.

“…Results: Under hypoxia conditions, DHA treatment resulted in significant changes in all critical parameters of adipocyte biology including HIF-1α RNA expression (decreased by 50%), decreased lactate and glycerol release (66% and 25% respectively), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production (decreased by 15%), while glucose uptake was decreased by 25% accompnied by decreased secretion of pro-inflammatory markers (Interleukin 6 IL-6, 31% reduction) , macrophage chemoattractant protein 1 MCP-1 (38% reduction) and leptin (14% reduction), and increased adiponectin secretion (by 45%). …”
Get full text

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…Increasing asymptomatic treatment coverage among FSWs from 0 % to 50 % decreases prevalence from 8.2 % to 0.4 %, 0.6 % to 0.1 %, and 0.2 % to 0.0 %, respectively, with very low prevalence when coverage exceeds 50 %. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text