Occurrence, origin and potential ecological risk of dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia, Southern Mediter... by Hatem, Zaghden

“…The results demonstrated a wide range of concentrations (ng L−1) with the following decreasing order: Ʃ16 PAHs (17.6–71.2) > Ʃ20 PCBs (2.9–33.7) > Ʃ6 DDTs (1.1–12.1) > Ʃ4 HCHs (1.1–14.8). …”
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Numerical evaluation of the thermal performance of a near-surface earth-to-air heat exchanger with short-grass ground cover: A parametric study by Pakari, Ali

“…By increasing the soil thermal conductivity from 1 to 5 W m−1 K−1 the outlet temperature decreased by about 4.4 °C.…”
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Elucidating the role of interacting residues of the MSH2-MSH6 complex in DNA repair mechanism: A computational approach. by Thirumal Kumar, D

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Tailoring of the thermal, mechanical and dielectric properties of the polypropylene foams using gamma-irradiation by Mrl�k, Miroslav

“…Investigated mechanical properties in case of tensile tests as well as dynamical mechanical analysis proved, that enhanced behaviour was observed only in case of samples with irradiated by low doses, 1 kGy and 5 kGy, respectively, while the higher doses significantly decrease these ones, due to the present scission confirmed by FTIR and other investigations. …”
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Use Of Cement By-Pass Dust In Soil Stabilization by Taha, Ramzi

“…The soil was stabilized with 0, 3, 6, and 9% CBPD. Mixtures were subjected to the following tests: (1) Atterberg limits, (2) pH, (3) compaction, (4) California Bearing Ratio (CBR), (5) swell percent, and (6) swell pressure. …”
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Performance Of A Cool Thermal Store Filled With Balls Containing Water by Hariri, Abdulrahman Salih

“…The solution circulated through the store during charging and discharging processes at a speed of 0.417 kg/sec by entering the store at the top and leaving at the bottom. …”
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Variation in temperature and light but not salinity invokes antioxidant enzyme activities in germinating seeds of Salsola drummondii by A. Rasheed,A. Hameed,M. A. Khan &B. Gul

“…Seeds absorbed water and germinated in less than 1 h in non-saline control while increases in salinity decreased the rate of water uptake as well as seed germination. …”
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Evaluation of the acute basic biological effects of herbal formulation to control obesity: a preliminary study by Kumar, Mukul

“…Results: In the study, it was observed that the female rats treated at the highest dose showed a significantly (P < 0.005) higher decrease in weight compared to male rats after 10 days. …”
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Effective removal of phenol from wastewater using a hybrid process of graphene oxide adsorption and UV-irradiation by Al-Ghouti M.A.

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Light-controllable viscoelastic properties of a photolabile carboxybetaine ester-based polymer with mucus and cellulose sulfate by Mrlik, Miroslav

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Foamed phase change materials based on recycled polyethylene/paraffin wax blends by Sobolčiak, Patrik

“…The porosity of FPCMs was about 85–87 vol.% and resulting thermal conductivity 0.054–0.086 W/m·K. Differential Scanning Calorimetry was used to determine the specific enthalpies of melting (22.4–25.1 J/g) what is the latent heat of materials utilized during a heat absorption. …”
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Short-term greenhouse emission lowering effect of biochars from solid organic municipal wastes by Rehrah D.

“…Two biochars produced from mixed materials at 300–500 °C for 2 h and used at 0.5–1% application rate performed the best in enhancing soil fertility parameters. …”
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Burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to demographic levels in Qatar: An emerging public health problem by Bener, Abdulbari

“…The YLD showed a sharp increase in men (2.52 in 2011 from 1.34 in 2007) and women (1.05 in 2011 from 0.33 in 2007) during the year 2011. …”
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Ultra-low thermal conductivity in scheelite and A-deficient scheelite ceramics by Bsaibess, Eliane

“…BaMoO ceramic has shown a decrease in thermal conductivity from 0.8 W m K to 0.65 W m K from 400 K to 650 K. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of flexible ruthenium oxide-loaded polyaniline/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers by Chamakh, M.

“…The tests revealed the decrease of electrical resistivity and activation energy with increasing RuO2 concentration for the as-prepared samples, while the annealed samples showed lower activation energy values of ~0.1 eV with increasing the concentration of RuO2. …”
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Bariatric Surgery Improves Serum CD40L Levels as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Jamialahamdi, Tannaz

“…The overall effect size was detected by a random-effects meta-analysis and the leave-one-out approach. Random-effects meta-analysis of 7 studies including 191 subjects showed a significant reduction in CD40L after bariatric surgery (standardized mean difference (SMD), − 0.531; 95% CI, − 0.981, − 0.082; p = 0.021; I2, 87.00). …”
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Influence of shelf-life duration on mechanical, thermal and shape recovery motion derivatives of shape memory polyurethane by Vasavi, Boggarapu

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Effectiveness of carbohydrate counting and Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension dietary intervention on managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among pregnant women who used metfor... by Sabika, Allehdan

“…ResultsAdherence to the three dietary interventions, resulted in decreased FBG levels significantly among all the participants (P < 0.05). …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle behaviors and their association with personality among adults in Qatar: A cross-sectional study by Al-Abdi, Tamara

“…The overall MD adherence decreased during lockdown (5.9 vs. 6.1, p < 0.001). …”
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Investigating the Properties of Electrodeposited of Ni-P-ZrC Nanocomposite Coatings by Fayyaz O.

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