Factors associated with meeting current recommendation for physical activity in scottish adults with diabetes by Salman A.

“…Furthermore, meeting the recommended physical activity levels decreased with age (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.95–0.97), having a longstanding illness (OR 0.56; 95% CI 0.34–0.93) and body mass index (OR 0.94; 95% CI 0.92–0.97), but increased with higher fruit and vegetable intake (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.07–1.25) and mental wellbeing (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.02–1.06). …”
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Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy by Rakib, Fazle

“…Acute injury is one of the substantial stage post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurring at the moment of impact. Decreased metabolism, unregulated cerebral blood flow and direct tissue damage are triggered by acute injury. …”
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Sulfobetaines Meet Carboxybetaines: Modulation of Thermo- and Ion-Responsivity, Water Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Cell Adhesion by Danko M.

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Do older adults with multimorbidity meet the recommended levels of physical activity? An analysis of Scottish health survey by Salman A.

“…Also, meeting recommended PA decreased with age [OR 0.92 (95% CI 0.90–0.94)] and body mass index [OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.91–0.95]; but increased per additional portion of fruit and vegetables taken [OR 1.19 (95% CI 1.12–1.25)] and with increase in well-being scale score [OR 1.05 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.06)]. …”
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Molecular and Structural Changes in Induced-Brain Stroke Tissue Using FTIR Imaging Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy by Ali, Mohamed H

“…Instrumentation: 2.2.1. FTIR Imaging Measurements: The FTIR images were obtained using FTIR spectrometer (Agilent Technology) at a reflection mode within the range of 4000-700 cm-1. …”
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Hyperhydration-induced decrease in urinary luteinizing hormone concentrations of Male athletes in doping control analysis by Athanasiadou, Ioanna

“…Baseline urinary LH concentrations, expressed as the mean � SD for each individual, were within the acceptable physiological range (7.11 � 5.42 IU/L). …”
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Smart City and Preservation of Identity in Doha by Altiok, Huzeyfe

“…The limited population of Qatar and the significant wealth of natural gas provide them the means to establish a smart city. The main catch phrase for Qataris on that development project is "modernization with protecting the heritage." …”
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Quality improvement can decrease blood delivery turnaround time: Evidence from a single tertiary-care academic medical center by Hammad Y.A.

“…Conclusions: Our program and its findings in terms of much improved blood delivery TAT after implementing this quality improvement approach represent an appropriate and effective solution to the challenge of making blood available fast enough to meet true hemorrhagic emergencies.…”
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EV impact on the residential distribution network with smart PV inverters by Abdullah, Heba

“…Varying the inverter to PV ratio for smart operation from (1.1) to (2) further decreases the system losses. …”
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VANET-based smart navigation for emergency evacuation and special events by Elbery A.

“…In this paper we propose, develop, and analyze the performance of a new system-optimum navigation model that utilizes Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), linear programming optimization, and stochastic routing to efficiently and smartly navigate vehicle crowds in case of an emergency evacuation or after special events. …”
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DSA-based energy efficient cellular networks: Integration with the smart grid by Hassan, Hany Kamal

“…Smart Grid (SG)-aware cellular networks are expected to decrease their energy consumption and consequently decrease the global carbon emissions. …”
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Towards the higher solubility and thermal stability of poly(aniline-co-m-bromoaniline) by WawareU.S.

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Self-healing performance of smart coatings modified with different corrosion inhibitors. by Habib, Sehrish

“…As a result, they are a favorable solution for longer endurance of coated piping steel and decreased operation expense contributing to economic saves, materials reliability and safety…”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Whereas, the mean comfort temperature decreased with the elevation of the location and this difference was also statistically significant, t = −92.34 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). …”
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Development And Performance Evaluation Of Smart Polymeric Coatings For Corrosion Protection Of Steel by Khan, Adnan

“…Consequently, they are a promising solution for longer durability of coated piping steel and decreased operation expense. If properly designed, smart self-healing coatings also help to reduce the overall thickness of the coating scheme as well as the investment cost. …”
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Thermal properties of smart microencapsulated paraffin/plaster composites for the thermal regulation of buildings by Karkri M.

“…Smart plaster composites were manufactured by mixing plaster with different amounts of Micronal? …”
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Edge-based compression and classification for smart healthcare systems: concept, implementation and evaluation by Awad Abdellatif A.

“…Smart healthcare systems require recording, transmitting and processing large volumes of multimodal medical data generated from different types of sensors and medical devices, which is challenging and may turn some of the remote health monitoring applications impractical. …”
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Fourier-transform infrared imaging spectroscopy and laser ablation -ICPMS new vistas for biochemical analyses of ischemic stroke in rat brain by Ali M.H.M.

“…Materials and Methods: FT-IR imaging spectroscopy and LA-ICPMS techniques examined stroke brain samples, which were compared with standard immunohistochemistry studies. Results: The FTIR results revealed that in the lesioned gray matter the relative distribution of lipid, lipid acyl and protein contents decreased significantly. …”
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Effect of concentration of DOC loaded TiO 2 nanotubes on the corrosion behavior of smart coatings by Ubaid F.

“…Moreover, a decrease in the corrosion rate of smart coatings with increasing amount of encapsulated TiO2 nanotubes in the EIS analysis confirms their superior anticorrosive performance. …”
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Impact of the Wireless Network's PHY Security and Reliability on Demand-Side Management Cost in the Smart Grid by El Shafie, Ahmed

“…We show that increasing the PHY security of the legitimate transmissions decreases the communication reliability between the smart meters and the meter data-management system since to secure the transmissions, a portion of the transmit powers will be assigned to AN signal transmissions. …”
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