Thermodynamic efficiency analysis of ZnO/Zn based solar thermochemical CH4 reforming and H2O splitting cycle by R.Bhosale, Rahul

“…In case of the ZS process, the rise in the CH4/ZnO ratio from 0.1 to 1 resulted into an upsurge in the total solar energy required to run the cycle ( _Q solar ZS) and solar-to-fuel energy conversion effi- ciency ( hsolar to fuel ZS) by 460.1 kW and 13.0%, respectively. …”
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Predicting academic success in health professions training and education: Insights from a data mining analysis by Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi

“…However taking into account also the results of the questionnaire the goodness-offit of our model slightly decreases (AUC 0.91890 for 2008, AUC 0.99641 for 2009). …”
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Bio-Inspired Fabrication of Ultrafiltration Membranes Incorporating Polydopamine Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles by Alkhouzaam, Abedalkader I.

“…Thus, the flux increased with the embedding of rGO-PDA without affecting the rejection properties, while it decreased with the embedding of pristine GO. The highest pure water permeability (PWP) was obtained with PSF/rGO PDA-0.1 to be approximately twice that of the pristine PSF and PSF/GO-0.1. …”
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Independent and combined effects of antioxidant supplementation and circuit resistance training on selected adipokines in postmenopausal women by Saeidi, Ayoub

“…Visfatin and vaspin levels were also lower in ZMEG in comparison to EG at post-intervention (both p < 0.05). In contrast, omentin-1, ghrelin, adiponectin, and FGF21 significantly increased in EG and EMG (all p < 0.05) after CRT. …”
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Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis in Qatar by Alhussain, Hashim

“…Camels below breeding age (i.e., < 4 years old) showed decreased seropositivity (3.4%, 95% CI, 0.1–17.8), compared to (22.8%, 95% CI, 17.4–29.0) seropositivity in camels ≥ 4 years of age, with a significant association between age groups and seropositivity (P = 0.02). …”
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Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation by Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

“…As well, the expression levels of 20-HETE, Il-1β and TNF-α were decreased in LPS-challenged RAW264.7 macrophages upon treatment with compound 2a. …”
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EV impact on the residential distribution network with smart PV inverters by Abdullah, Heba

“…Introducing PV power reduced the load demand by 21% and overall line losses reduced 36% when operating at 0.8 power factor. Varying the inverter to PV ratio for smart operation from (1.1) to (2) further decreases the system losses. …”
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Thermal behavior and post-heating fracture characteristics of polypropylene microfiber-reinforced geopolymer binders by Mohammad R., Irshidat

“…Geopolymer binders with different fiber contents including 0%, 0.05%, 0.1%, and 0.2% by fly ash weight were prepared and exposed to elevated temperatures of 200 °C, 400 °C, and 600 °C. …”
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Effect of AlN nanoparticle concentration in the electrolyte on corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of the electrodeposited composite coatings by Khan, M.S.

“…This research aims to develop an innovative solution by incorporating AlN nanoparticles with various concentrations (0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 g/L) as reinforcement in the Ni-P electrolyte to develop composite coatings using A36 carbon steel as a substrate through direct current (DC) electrodeposition method. …”
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Structure–activity relationship of piperine and its synthetic amide analogs for therapeutic potential to prevent experimentally induced ER stress in vitro by Hammad, Ayat S.

“…Our findings indicate that exposure to tunicamycin (0.5 μg/mL) for 2 h induces the expression of GRP78 and CHOP, and apoptotic markers (caspase-3 and caspase-12) and causes a significant reduction in renal cell viability. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Letourneau, Ian D

“…Mortality rates ranged from 1·01 (0·895–1·13) per 100 000 in central Latin America to 0·054 (0·0464–0·0617) per 100 000 in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
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Impact of composition and salinity on swelling and gel strength of poly (acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) preformed particle gel by Ben Ali, Ahmed

“…On the contrary, PPG5, with the lowest acrylic acid and highest crosslinker content, has a swelling capacity of 239 g/g and more than 17 g/g in distilled and brine 1, respectively. …”
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Prediction of critical total drawdown in sand production from gas wells: Machine learning approach by Alakbari, Fahd Saeed

“…The SVM model has shown the lowest AAPRE of 6.1%, with the highest R of 0.995. The effects of all independent variables on the CTD are displayed in three-dimensional plots and showed significant interactions.…”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…The mean clothing insulation of the subjects were found to increase with the increase in the elevation of the location and this difference was statistically significant, t = −94.05 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). The yearly mean clothing insulation in S0135 was 0.640 clo, K1420 was 0.722 clo, M1640 was 0.947 clo, S1950 was 1.055 clo and T2565 was 0.907 clo, respectively. …”
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Hydropriming with moringa leaf extract mitigates salt stress in wheat seedlings by Ahmed, Talaat

“…Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the hydropriming of natural plant extract (moringa leaf extract) and water on wheat seeds and grown under different saline (0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 M NaCl) environments. …”
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Selective adsorption of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen using resorcinol-formaldehyde-xerogel activated carbon by Awadallah, Ahmed

“…Adsorption/desorption isotherms of CO2, CH4, and N2 gases onto RF-ACX adsorbent were measured gravimetrically by a magnetic suspension microbalance at five different temperatures (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 °C) in the pressure range of 0–1 MPa. …”
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Co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon based gas sensor for sensitive detection of H2S: DFT study by Salih, Ehab

“…The adsorption energy (Eads) of H2S/Zn-ZGNR and H2S/Cu-ZGNR systems were found to be −2.237 and −1.129 eV, respectively. For the case of H2S/Cu/Zn-ZGNR, the adsorption energy (Eads) and charge transfer (Δq) reflected an outstanding increase to −7.043 eV and −0.311 e, respectively, when compared with both pristine and doped systems: ZGNR, Zn-ZGNR, and Cu-ZGNR. …”
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Effect of surfactants on the convective heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of ZnO/DIW nanofluids: An experimental study by Qamar, Adnan

“…Convective heat transfer (HTC) and flow characteristics (pressure drop (ΔP) and friction factor (f)) of aqueous ZnO NFs' within a circular mini tube (Di = 1.0 mm, L = 330 mm) were analyzed. Experiments were carried out under steady-state and varying flow rates using 0.012–0.048 wt % of NFs and sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) and acetylacetone (ACAC) as surfactants (SFs). …”
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Numerical analysis of spatial distribution of carbon in methane dry reforming over supported nickel catalyst in a packed bed reactor by 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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