Tribological studies of nanomodified mineral based multi-grade engine oil by Laad, M.

“…Wear rate for lubrication oil without nanoadditives was also found to be decreased with increase in sliding speed. Experimental results prove that nanoparticles can be used as a multifunctional additive in lubricating oil to enhance its tribological properties.…”
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Spectrofluorometric investigations on the solvent effects on the photocyclization reaction of diclofenac by Abdulilah Dawoud, Bani-Yaseen

“…Interestingly, the MLRA results (R = 0.99) revealed that the photoconversion rate increases with increasing solvent polarizability (π*) and H-bond donor capability (α), whereas the rate decreases with increasing hydrogen-bond acceptor capability (β). …”
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Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…The LST data derived from remote sensing sources demonstrates an upward trend for summer and a contrasting trend for winter. Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …”
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Land surface temperature responses to land use dynamics in urban areas of Doha, Qatar by Shikha, Patel

“…The LST data derived from remote sensing sources demonstrates an upward trend for summer and a contrasting trend for winter. Specifically, the mean summer LST increases by 7.64 °C (0.34 °C annually), and the mean winter LST decreases by 4.87 °C (0.22 °C annually). …”
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Experimental Investigation of Foam drilling fluid using Visualization Technique by Barooah, Abinash

“…A non-dimensional performance parameter was introduced, for comparison of the cutting transport efficiency of different fluids such as water, 0.05 wt. % and 0.1 wt. % bio-polymer concentrations. …”
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Application of titanium nanoparticles containing natural compounds in cutaneous wound healing by Ahmeda, Ahmad

“…In the part of cutaneous wound healing, use of TiNPs@FV ointment significantly (p ≤ 0.01) raised the wound contracture, vessel, hydroxyl proline, hexuronic acid, hexosamine, fibrocyte, and fibrocytes/fibroblast rate and significantly (p ≤ 0.01) decreased the wound area, total cells, neutrophil, and lymphocyte compared to other groups in rats. …”
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The association between serum cortisol, thyroid profile, paraoxonase activity, arylesterase activity and anthropometric parameters of undergraduate students under examination stres... by Anjum, Armghan

“…The results showed that overall cortisol level was increased at pre-examination and during examination time intervals as compared to the post examination time interval while PON-1 and ARE were significantly (p < 0.05) decreased. With regards to T4 and TSH, a non-significant (p < 0.05) difference was observed in pre and post examination time interval. …”
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Electronic vs Ionic limitations to electrochemical performance in Li4Ti5O12-based organic suspensions for lithium-redox flow batteries by Madec, L.

“…The electronic limitations are strongly dependent on the extent of percolation of KB which is influenced by the LTO/KB ratio and cell dimensions. Above a critical thickness in the 0.5-1 mm range, depending on the LTO content, the rate performance are significantly decreased. …”
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Silicon Enhances Morpho–Physio–Biochemical Responses in Arsenic Stressed Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) by Minimizing Its Uptake by Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah

“…Results from the present study revealed that the As toxicity induced a substantial decreased in shoot length, root length, number of leaves, leaf area, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, total chlorophyll, carotenoid content, net photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, soluble sugar, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar contents, calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), iron (Fe2+), and phosphorus (P) contents in the roots and shoots of the plants. …”
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Impact of trace noble metals on the catalytic performance of LaNiMgO towards methane dry reforming by Mohamed, Assem T.

“…On the other hand, at the same time-on-stream LaNiMgO-Rh lost 0.3 and 0.7 % of its maximum CO2 and CH4 conversions, respectively.In durability measurements, and after 140h LaNiMgO-Rh exhibited slight decay in the CO2 conversion from 77.6 % to 70.5%, the CH4 conversion decreased from 72.3% to 64.2%. …”
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Mechanical and thermal properties of gamma-ray irradiated polyethylene blends by Mariam, Al-Ali

“…The blends were produced by injection molding at 220°C with different compositional ratios, i.e. 100/0, 15/85, 25/75, 50/50/, 75/25, 85/15, and 0/100, of low-density PE with high-density PE and linear low-density PE. …”
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Effects of financial turmoil on financial integration and risk premia in emerging markets by Boubakri, Salem

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Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment by Alsaka, Lilyan

“…For 2 cm hydrogel thickness, the water flux of 3%kC-0.3%AC and 3%kC-3%V hydrogels was 25.6 LMH and 21.5 LMH, and the corresponding PFOA rejection was 86.9% for 3%kC-0.3%AC and 85.7% for 3%kC-3%V. …”
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Energy recovery and nutrients recycling from municipal sewage sludge by Das, Probir

“…With the increase in HTL reaction time, the concentration of nitrogen in the APL increased (5.1 to 6.8 mg/L) while the concentration of phosphorus decreased (0.89 to 0.22 mg/L); the opposite was observed for the biochar. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical (In)Activity Behavior in 10 Arab Countries by Al Sabbah, Haleama

“…Older age, watching TV, and using computers had a negative effect on physical activity before and during the lockdown (p < 0.050). …”
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Magnetorheological elastomer-based variable stiffness flexible coupling for vibration isolation by Syam, Thaer M.I.

“…Our results show that the level of vibration decreased when the magnetic field increased. The first natural frequency of the system happened at 26 Hz and moved to 28 Hz when the applied magnetic field increased from 0 to 12.38 mT. …”
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Driver Drowsiness Detection Study using Heart Rate Variability analysis in Virtual Reality Environment by Chowdhury, Muhammad E.H.

“…ECG signal was band passed through a filter (0.05-100 Hz) digitized at a sampling frequency of 500 Hz with 12-bit resolution to be displayed on the device GUI software BioCapture. …”
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Sensitization to common food and inhalant allergens in children attending Allergy and Asthma Pediatric Clinic in Doha, Qatar by Kerkadi, Abdelhamid

“…The prevalence of sensitization to FA decreased as age increases (35% at 0-2 years vs. 32.5% at the age 6-10 years). …”
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Short-term effects of warming treatment and precipitation manipulation on the ecophysiological responses of pinus densiflora seedlings by Yun, Soon Jin

“…The three precipitation manipulations consisted of decreased precipitation using transparent panels (–30%; P–), increased precipitation using pumps and drip irrigation (+30%; P+), and a control (0%; P0). …”
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Assessment of morphological changes due to oxidative stress: leukodepleted packed red blood cells stored in SAGM by Mustafa, Ibrahim

“…Day 42 displayed the highest osmotic fragility by the curve shifting to right. However, day 0 demonstrated the lowest osmotic fragility by the curve shifting to the left. …”
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