The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tobacco use: A population-based study by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…Results The prevalence of smoking was 33.3%, 46.1%, and 21.1% for cigarettes (Cg), waterpipe (Wp), and E-cigarettes (ECg), respectively. Among the smokers, 38.5-45.8% reported a "no-change,"while 32.1-41.7% reported a "decrease"in SH during confinement. …”
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The Effects of Statin Treatment on Serum Ferritin Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jamialahmadi, Tannaz

“…Results: The meta-analysis of nine studies (1611 patients) analyzing the effects of statins on serum ferritin levels that were included showed a significant decrease in circulating ferritin levels caused by statins. …”
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Impact of Draw Solution Concentration on Forward Osmosis Process: A Simulation Study by Alfahel, Radwan

“…Also, while increasing concentration of draw solution, energy consumption decreased. The maximum recovery rate of 33% was achieved using (0.5M NaCl) draw solution and a flow rate of 40000 m3/day. …”
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Reviewing the oil price-GDP growth relationship: A replication study by Charfeddine, Lanouar

“…Parameter stability tests suggest that the impact of oil price decreases might be limited to certain periods. 2020 Elsevier B.V.…”
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Proline Accumulation In Plants Of Different Ecological Groups As A Response To Water Deficit by Batanouny, K. H. [كمال الدين حسن البتانوني]

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Intended and Unintended Benefits of Folic Acid Fortification—A Narrative Review by Ismail, Shrooq

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Profiling of intestinal microbiota in patients infected with respiratory influenza a and b viruses by Al Khatib, Hebah A.

“…Overall, infected patients experienced an increased abundance of Bacteroidetes and a corresponding decrease in Firmicutes. Differential abundance testing illustrated that differences in gut microbiota composition were influenza type-dependent, identifying ten differentially abun-dant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) between influenza A-and influenza B-infected patients. …”
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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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Limiting the Rise in Core Temperature During a Rugby Sevens Warm-up With an Ice Vest. by Taylor, Lee

“…Measures of thermal sensation (TS) and comfort (TC) were obtained pre- and post-warm-ups, with rating of perceived exertion (RPE) taken post-warm-ups. Athletes in VEST had a lower ΔTc [mean (SD) VEST 1.3°C (0.1°C); CONTROL 2.0°C (0.2°C)] from pre-warm-up to post-warm-up [effect size (ES) ± 90% confidence limit; -1.54; ±0.62] and Tc peak [mean (SD) VEST 37.8°C (0.3°C); CONTROL 38.5°C (0.3°C)] at the end of the warm-up (-1.59; ±0.64) compared to CONTROL. …”
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Trade Liberalization and Economic Diversification: A Dynamic CGE Model for The Economy of Qatar by Vellinga, Nico

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A new process for the recovery of ammonia from ammoniated high-salinity brine by Mohammad, Ameera F.

“…The initial ammonia concentration in a Solvay effluent of 13,700 mg/L N was decreased to 190 mg/L N. …”
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Effect of using Cement Kiln Dust as a nano-material on the strength of cement mortars by Alnahhal, Wael

“…The CKD was milled up to 4 hours in a planetary ball mill. In addition to the control cement mortar mixture with 0% CKD, a total of 28 concrete mortar mixtures were prepared with four different replacement percentages of nano-CKD (5, 10, 15, and 20 %), and seven different milling times (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, and 4 hours). …”
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EFFECT OF PHENOL AS A CONTAMINANT ON THE WILD PEARL OYSTER PINCTADA IMBRICATA RADIATA IN QATAR: ECOTOXICOLOGICAL APPROACH AND USE OF OYSTER SHELL STRUCTURE AS A POTENTIAL MITIGATIO... by BARAH, FARAHNAZ GHOLAMREZA

“…Phenol removal is a vital environmental concern due to its toxicity and hazard effects. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of a Novel Nanocomposite Polysulphone - Carbon Nanotubes Membrane for Water Treatment by Wang, Kui

“…The commercial CNTs had a lengths of 1 ?m to 10 ?m and outer diameters of 10 nm to 20 nm (corresponded aspect ratios ranging from 50 to 1000), with purity >95% and BET surface area of 156 m2/g. …”
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The Effects of Statin Therapy on Circulating Levels of Trimethylamine N-oxide: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Jamialahmadi, Tannaz

“…There are only a few studies on humans suggesting that statins might also decrease TMAO, but their results are not unanimous. …”
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Environmental impacts of solar photovoltaic systems: A critical review of recent progress and future outlook by Tawalbeh M.

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Urology Residents' Perspectives on the In-House On-Call Systems: A Study in an Accredited Academic Center by Khalil, Ibrahim A. and Ibrahim, Tarek and Aldeeb, Maya and Mohamed, Ahmed and Ben Salah, Rym and Aboumarzouk, Omar M. and Al-Naimi, Abdulla

“…Quality of life and education: We adopted a validated survey based on a 5-point Likert scale to assess the residents' perception of the transition to a 12-hour on-call system on their quality of life and education. …”
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Development of a Mechanistic and Data-Driven Model for Multiphase Flow Leak Detection in Pipeline by Barooah, Abinash

“…Data sets were generated for a wide range of geometric (3-5 inch pipe diameter, 2000-10000 feet pipe length, 500-1500 feet leak location, 0.2-3 inch leak opening diameter), hydrodynamic (Newtonian, air, CO2, N2) and operating conditions (0.3-0.628 outlet liquid fraction). …”
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Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM) System as a Strengthening Technique on Reinforced Concrete Beams by Afzal, Muhammad Shekaib

“…The cement-based mortar used in TRM acts as a barrier against chloride ions penetration thus protecting the main reinforcing bars from corrosion attack. …”
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A Modular Multilevel Voltage-Boosting Marx Pulse-Waveform Generator for Electroporation Applications by Elgenedy M.A.

“…At start up, all the arm's SM capacitors are resonantly charged in parallel from 0 V, simultaneously via directing diodes, to a voltage in excess of the source voltage. …”
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