The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…This thesis explores the relationship between living alone, loneliness, and quality of life (QoL) in elderly Europeans. …”
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Alize J, Ferrari

“…MethodsThe GBD 2021 disease and injury burden analysis estimated years lived with disability (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries using 100 983 data sources. …”
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Solar water heating in Lebanon by Houri, Ahmad

“…The use of solar thermal collectors is an economic alternative for water heating in Lebanon. More than 100,000 m2 of collector area has been installed while the market can accommodate more than 1.5 million m2. …”
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Decreasing the CO2 emissions and the embodied nergy in the UAE through the selection of sustainable building materials in the construction phase by Saadah, Yasmeen Sami

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Decreased methylglyoxal-mediated protein glycation in the healthy aging mouse model of ectopic expression of UCP1 in skeletal muscle by Jinit, Masania

“…This may be achieved by decreasing protein glycation by the reactive metabolite, methylglyoxal (MG). …”
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Decreased methylglyoxal-mediated protein glycation in the healthy aging mouse model of ectopic expression of UCP1 in skeletal muscle by Jinit Masania (7164239)

“…This may be achieved by decreasing protein glycation by the reactive metabolite, methylglyoxal (MG). …”

Welding of Semiconductor Nanowires by Coupling Laser-Induced Peening and Localized Heating by Kelly M. Rickey (19568770)

“…The morphology results show that laser peening can decrease porosity and bring nanowires into contact and pulsed laser heating fuses those contacts. …”

A slow but steady nanoLuc: R162A mutation results in a decreased, but stable, nanoLuc activity by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

“…Here, we combined molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and mutational analysis to show that the R162A mutation results in a decreased but stable <u>bioluminescence </u>activity of NLuc in living cells and in vitro. …”

Effect of UV Ageing on the fatigue life of bulk polyethylene by Hamza Lamnii (18806002)

“…The results show an important decrease of the fatigue limit with increasing absorbed UV irradiation dose.…”

Integration of Wind Catchers in Modern Residential Buildings in the UAE as a Means of Providing Thermal Comfort by Riza, Raashid

“…This research is an evaluation of the effectiveness of wind catchers as means of providing thermal comfort for modern residential buildings in the hot arid climates in the UAE. …”
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Work-life balance, perceived stress, & locus of control by Karkoulian, Silva

“…According to the result of this study, work life balance is positively affected by an increased level of control as well as a decreased level of perceived stress. …”
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Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue by Ali Tiss (437068)

“…<p dir="ltr">Obesity is characterized by a chronic low-grade inflammation and altered stress responses in key metabolic tissues. Impairment of heat shock response (HSR) has been already linked to diabetes and insulin resistance as reflected by decrease in heat shock proteins (HSPs) expression. …”

Rapid mercury removal using living indigenous microalgal communities for water treatment applications by Amr Nasr Fekry (22521185)

“…<p dir="ltr">This study investigates the remarkable potential of living Mixed Indigenous Microalgae (<i>MIMA</i>) for mercury bioremediation in aquatic environments at environmentally relevant concentrations (10–100 μg/L). …”

The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20... by Sudabeh Alatab (11257335)

“…Mortality, prevalence, years of life lost (YLLs) due to premature death, years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) were estimated. …”

Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response by Alexander S. Atkin (18520107)

“…<div><p>Heat shock proteins contribute to diabetes-induced complications and are affected by glycemic control. …”

Sustainable Concrete Mix Design: Experimental Study of Life-Size Columns by Abboud, Steven G.

“…This study focused on assessing life-size isolated footings by replacing 10% of the cement, sand, and gravel with wood ash, fine glass, and recycled concrete aggregates, respectively. …”
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Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic anal... by Haidong Wang (47381)

“…We classified location-years into seven categories on the basis of the natural rate of increase in population (calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate) and the net migration rate. We computed healthy life expectancy (HALE) using years lived with disability (YLDs) per capita, life tables, and standard demographic methods. …”

Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Genetic Algorithm Control Strategy for Heat Pump System in Battery Electric Buses by Al Haddad, Rabih

“…With the current conventional control strategies applied to the Heat Pump system in battery-electric buses, its driving range is being considerably reduced, particularly in cold weather conditions. …”
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Second-law-based performance evaluation of cooling towers and evaporative heat exchangers by QURESHI, BILAL AHMED

“…For the different input variables investigated, efficiencies were, almost always, seen to increase or decrease monotonically. We notice that an increase in the inlet wet bulb temperature invariably increases the second-law efficiency of all the heat exchangers. …”
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