Engineering the Surface and Mechanical Properties of Water Desalination Membranes Using Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes حسب Yehia M. Manawi (18091207)

"…More pronounced effect on membrane’s mechanical properties was observed due to compatibility of CNTs with PS matrix when compared to other factors (i.e., changes in the CNT aspect ratio). The water contact angle for PS membranes incorporated with commercial CNT sharply decreased from 73° to 53° (membrane hydrophilization) for membranes with 0.1 and 1.0 wt. % of CNTs, while for the same loading of produced CNTs the water contact angles for the membrane samples increased from 66° to 72°. …"

Pharmacist Role in Hypertension Management in the Community Setting: Questionnaire Development, Validation, and Application حسب Lama Soubra (11666333)

"…Patient satisfaction from the provided interventions/services was determined by means of an overall rating. The correlation between practiced roles and patient satisfaction with received interventions/services was determined.…"

Wound healing potential of quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside and myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside isolated from Pistacia lentiscus distilled leaves in rats model حسب Wiem Elloumi (17148337)

"…Moreover, the cutaneous wound tissues treated with PDL 20, MM, and QM exhibited significantly higher hydroxyproline content than the negative control group, which means a high collagen biosynthesis in wound tissues. …"

Hedgehog Signaling Inhibition by Smoothened Antagonist BMS-833923 Reduces Osteoblast Differentiation and Ectopic Bone Formation of Human Skeletal (Mesenchymal) Stem Cells حسب Nihal AlMuraikhi (6002234)

"…BMS-833923, a SMO antagonist/Hedgehog inhibitor, exhibited significant inhibitory effects on osteoblast differentiation of hMSCs reflected by decreased ALP activity, in vitro mineralization, and downregulation of osteoblast-related gene expression. …"

A 5-year trend in the use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and other oral antidiabetic drugs in a Middle Eastern country حسب Nancy Zaghloul (14147865)

"…Among SGLT2is, empagliflozin prescriptions showed an increase from 537 (10.65%) to 2881 (34.40%) compared to dapagliflozin, which decreased by the end of 2018 from 4505 (89.35%) to 5494 (65.6%).…"

Optoelectronic properties of highly porous silver oxide thin film حسب Ahmad Al-Sarraj (17151007)

"…</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: SN Applied Sciences<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-04091-1" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-04091-1</a></p>…"

Numerical analysis of spatial distribution of carbon in methane dry reforming over supported nickel catalyst in a packed bed reactor حسب Ebrahimi, Parisa

"…Furthermore, the hydrogen to carbon monoxide (H₂/CO) molar ratio peaked at over 1.1 at 650 °C, dropped to approximately 0.76 at 750 °C, and then rose back to 0.97 at 950 °C. …"
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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…Our results suggest that an increase in director excess compensation decreases the likelihood of CEO turnover, reduces the turnover-performance sensitivity, and increases managerial entrenchment. …"
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Chemotherapy prior to Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases: Helpful until Harmful? حسب Abdalla, Eddie K.

"…Importantly, bevacizumab decreases the incidence and severity of sinusoidal injury with oxaliplatin therapy. …"
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Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells حسب Mohamed Qasim, Al-Fahdawi

"…Pt/MgO nanoparticles also induced production of reactive oxygen species, decreased cellular glutathione level, and increased lipid peroxidation. …"
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SARS‐CoV‐2 infection triggers more potent antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses than mRNA‐, vector‐, and inactivated virus‐based COVID‐19 vaccines حسب Hadeel T. Zedan (12535521)

"…We analyzed ADCC activity targeting SARS‐CoV‐2 spike (S) and nucleocapsid (N) proteins in convalescent sera following WT SARS‐CoV‐2‐infection (<i>n</i> = 91), including symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, omicron‐infection (<i>n</i> = 8), COVID‐19 vaccination with messenger RNA‐ (mRNA)‐ (BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273, <i>n</i> = 77), adenovirus vector‐ (<i>n</i> = 41), and inactivated virus‐ (<i>n</i> = 46) based vaccines, as well as post‐mRNA vaccination BTI caused by omicron (<i>n</i> = 28). …"

Prognostic effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) start time and the interval between CPR to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) on patient outcomes under e... حسب Amir Vahedian-Azimi (11177056)

"…These outcomes included longer CPR duration (OR: 1.779, 95%CI: 1.218–2.605, <i> P</i> = 0.034) and decreased survival rates for ECMO at 24 h (OR: 0.561, 95%CI: 0.183–0.903,<i> P</i> = 0.009) and 28 days (OR: 0.498, 95%CI: 0.106–0.802, <i> P</i> = 0.011). …"

Investigation of the Effect of Exendin-4 on Oleic Acid-Induced Steatosis in HepG2 Cells Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy حسب Olfa Khalifa (10914452)

"…This reduction was confirmed by FTIR analysis, as the phospholipid band (C=O) at 1740 cm−1 in Ex-4 treated cells is significantly decreased compared to steatotic cells. …"

Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study حسب Elkhansa Elbashier (14152815)

"…<p dir="ltr">Density functional theory is used to study the adsorption of natural gas components in calcite (10.4) cylindrical nanopores with 1–4 nm diameters. The change of adsorption energy with the diameter of the nanopores is studied for CH₄ and CO₂ gases. …"

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... حسب Sudabeh Alatab (11257335)

"…The total YLDs attributed to IBD almost doubled over the study period, from 0·56 million (0·39–0·77) in 1990 to 1·02 million (0·71–1·38) in 2017. The age-standardised rate of DALYs decreased from 26·5 (21·0–33·0) per 100 000 population in 1990 to 23·2 (19·1–27·8) per 100 000 population in 2017. …"

Effects of visual field impairment on driving حسب Jan Andersson (218600)

"…Reaction time for double stimuli trials was 15% longer (1,68s vs. 1.46s) and hit rate was 27% less (69% vs. 88%). …"

Removal of Benzene and Toluene from Synthetic Wastewater by Adsorption onto Magnetic Zeolitic Imidazole Framework Nanocomposites حسب George Z. Kyzas (740387)

"…Fitting the adsorption data into the various models revealed the aptness of the Langmuir isotherm equation in describing experimental information and highest adsorption capacity; for benzene it was 129.4, 134.2, 137.3, and 148.2 mg g⁻¹, but for toluene it was 118.4, 125.2, 129.6, and 133.1 mg g⁻¹, for temperature 20, 30, 40, and 50 °C, respectively. …"

A new method for broad‐scale modeling and projection of plant assemblages under climatic, biotic, and environmental cofiltering حسب Alessandro Ferrarini (3951098)

"…Our model explained presences and absences of 175 plant species in 608 plots with >87% cross-validated accuracy, predicted decreases in <i>α, β</i>, and <i>γ</i> diversity by 2040 under both moderate and extreme climate scenarios, and identified likely advantaged and disadvantaged plant species under climate change. …"

CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages حسب Sooyeon Song (4891132)

"…We show here that the E. coli CRISPR-Cas system is active and serves to inhibit its nine defective (i.e., cryptic) prophages. Specifically, compared to the wild-type strain, reducing the amounts of specific interfering RNAs (crRNA) decreases growth by 40%, increases cell death by 700%, and prevents persister cell resuscitation. …"

The thioredoxin homolog YbbN functions as a chaperone rather than as an oxidoreductase حسب Kthiri, Fatoum

"…Escherichia coli contains two thioredoxins, Trx1 and Trx2, and a thioredoxin-like protein, YbbN, which presents a strong homology in its N-terminal part with thioredoxins, and possesses a 20 kDa C-terminal part of unknown function. …"
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