Effects of combined calcium hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide on drinking water quality in Qatar and disinfection by-products formation by Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

“…Seven water samples were collected from the Ras Laffan-Q Power desalination plant outlet in amber bottles having a chlorine dioxide concentration of 0.3 mg/L in 1 liter. The bottles were spiked with Ca(ClO)2 in sequence to give concentration of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 mg/L as free chlorine. …”
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Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan by Shahid, M. Z.

“…Over the past decade, the winter mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) values were in the range of 0.5–0.8, which is attributed to anthropogenic activities due to increase in urban development and economic growth in NE Pakistan. …”
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Floating capital pattern and biomass slope allocation method in the life history of calotropis procera (AIT.) AIT. F. by Ismail, A. M. A. [احمد محمد علي اسماعيل]

“…There were differences in the direction of change in the root/shoot ratio: increase, decrease and no change. The mean root/shoot ratio was 0.21:1 during the juvenile phase, rising to 0.68:1 and stabilized at 0.5:1 prior to and following the reproductive phase. …”
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Platelet Concentrate Treatments for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Al-Hamed F.S.

“…1.11 (CI, ?1.62 to ?0.60; P < 0.0001) and ?0.57 (CI, ?…”
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Does the Mediterranean Diet Have Any Effect on Lipid Profile, Central Obesity and Liver Enzymes in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Subjects? A Systematic Review and Meta-... by Del Bo', Cristian

“…According to the results, the MD seems to decrease the liver stiffness (kPa) by –0.42 (CI95% –0.92, 0.09) (p = 0.10) and significantly reduce the TC by –0.46 mg/dl (CI95% –0.55, −0.38) (p = 0.001), while no significant findings were documented for liver enzymes and WC among patients with NAFLD. …”
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Effects of Combined Calcium Hypochlorite and Chlorine Dioxide on Drinking Water Quality in Qatar and Disinfection by Products Formation by Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

“…Seven water samples were collected from the Ras Laffan-Q Power desalination plant outlet in amber bottles having a chlorine dioxide concentration of 0.3 mg/l in 1 liter. The bottles were spiked with Ca(ClO)2 in sequence to give concentration of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 mg/l as free chlorine. …”
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Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Omar, Abeer A.

“…Similarly, after multivariable linear regression, a unit increase in serum bicarbonate was associated with a 0.18 unit decrease in MHR (beta −0.18, 95%CI: −0.29, −0.07, p=0.002), again with no association observed in females. …”
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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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Socket Shield Technique to Improve the Outcomes of Immediate Implant: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Scarano, Antonio

“…Meta-analyses revealed that the immediate implants placed with SST had a statistically significant decrease in horizontal (MD = −0.28, 95% CI [−0.37, −0.19], p < 0.0001), vertical (MD = −0.85, 95% CI [−1.12, −0.58], p < 0.0001), and crestal (MD = −0.35, 95% CI [−0.56, −0.13], p = 0.002) bone loss, as well as probing depth (MD = −0.64, 95% CI [−0.99, −0.29], p = 0.0003). …”
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Recycled Concrete Used in Subbase in Potential Use for Road Base and Cement Bounded Material (CBM) by Ahmad, Hassan Haidar

“…Qatar’s benefit is to decrease pollution, generating economic benefits and become more self-sustainable and save its existing resources. …”
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Drive-up INR testing and phone-based consultations service during COVID-19 pandemic in a pharmacist-lead anticoagulation clinic in Qatar: Monitoring, clinical, resource utilization... by Alhmoud, Eman N.

“…Results: There was no statistically significant difference between clinic-based and phone-based anticoagulation services in mean time and number of visits within therapeutic range (P =.67; P =.06 respectively); mean number of extreme subtherapeutic and supratherapeutic INR values (P =.32 and P =.34, respectively); incidence of thromboembolic complications and warfarin related hospitalization. There was one reported bleeding and one emergency visit (0.9%) in the phone-based group vs none in the clinic-based group. …”
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A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact by Gowid, Samer

“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of Vmp by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of Imp by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”
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Osteoporosis in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study by Tomasevic-Todorovic, Snezana

“…However, the extent of decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) after stroke and all factors that influence such rapid bone loss are still not sufficiently explored. …”
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Molecular dynamics of CH4/CO2 on calcite for enhancing gas recovery by Carchini, Giuliano

“…Radial distribution function (RDF) analysis reveals two distinct peaks for CO2 (0.36 and 0.47 nm) and two for methane (0.87 and 0.57 nm) and the intensities of these peaks tend to decrease with increasing temperature. …”
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Zebrafish larvae as a model to demonstrate secondary iron overload. by Nasrallah, Gheyath K

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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON INR NORMALIZATION IN PRE-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WARFARIN PATIENTS by ELJILANY, ISLAM AHMED SAYED AHMED

“…The economic evaluation of the above practice demonstrated that the mean overall cost of peri-procedural warfarin management per patient was USD 3,260 (QAR 11,900), associated with an overall success rate of 0.752. …”
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Excess pCO2 and carbonate system geochemistry in surface seawater of the exclusive economic zone of Qatar (Arabian Gulf) by Connor, Izumi

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Excess pCO2 and carbonate system geochemistry in surface seawater of the exclusive economic zone of Qatar (Arabian Gulf) by Connor, Izumi

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Topiramate monotherapy for weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paravattil, Bridget

“…Mean HbA1c reduction of -0.4% (95% CI, -0.58 to -0.32) and mean BMI reduction of -1.43 kg/m2 (95% CI, -1.83 to -1.03) were both significantly observed with topiramate (p &lt; 0.00001). …”
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Variations in the temperature sensitivity of spring leaf phenology from 1978 to 2014 in Mudanjiang, China by Dai J.

“…On average, ST increased by 16%, from − 2.8 ± 0.83 days °C−1 during 1980–1994 to − 3.30 ± 0.65 days °C−1 during 2000–2014. …”
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