ELECTRODE SUSPENSION FOR AQUEOUS SODIUM FLOW BATTERY by MESLAM, MENTALLAH MOHAMED HASSANIN MOHAMED HASSANIN

“…At 1.5 wt% KB, the anolytes could tolerate high load (25 wt%) of NTO without severe rise in the rigidity and conductivity under static and flow modes. …”
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Effect of mobile text messages on antiretroviral medication adherence and patient retention in early HIV care: An open-label, randomized, single center study in south Florida by Sherman, Elizabeth M.

“…At the end of the 6-month study period, adherence to ART was 84.4% in the intervention group versus 73.5% in the control group (OR, 1.9; 95% CI 0.7–5.0; p = 0.194). …”
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Estimating the production and mortality of fine roots using minirhizotrons in a Pinus densiflora forest in Gwangneung, Korea by Han, Seung Hyun

“…The annual FP and FM values at the 0–30 cm soil depth were 3200.2 and 2271.5 kg ha−1 yr −1, respectively. …”
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Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Wang, Yue

“…Compared with the first quartile of egg consumption (0-9·0 g/d), the adjusted OR of diabetes for the second (9·1-20·6 g/d), third (20·7-37·5 g/d) and fourth (≥37·6 g/d) quartiles were 1·29 (95 % CI 1·03, 1·62), 1·37 (95 % CI 1·09, 1·72) and 1·25 (95 % CI 1·04, 1·64), respectively (Pfor trend = 0·029). …”
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Trends in prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and effects of sociodemographic variables before and after the first wave of COVID-19 in Qatar by Khaled, Salma M.

“…Results The two-week prevalence of depressive symptoms (≥10 on the PHQ-9) was 6.6% in 2017 and 6.5% in 2020/2021 (p = 0.986). The two-week prevalence of anxiety symptoms (≥10 on the GAD-7) was 3.6% in 2018 and 5.1% in 2020/2021 (p = 0.062). …”
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Improvement of both lipid and biomass productivities of Qatar Chlorocystis isolate for biodiesel production and food security by Saadaoui, Imen

“…Indeed, culturing QUCCCM14 using f/2 medium with 10× NaH2PO4 (0.15 g L−1 NaNO3 and 5.6 mg L−1 NaH2PO4) resulted in an improvement of 3.178 folds the lipid productivity reaching 56.121 mg L−1 day−1 and enhanced the biomass productivity reaching 141.363 mg L−1 day−1, simultaneously. …”
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Climatology and variability of wind speeds along the southwest coast of India derived from Climate Forecast System Reanalysis winds by Abdulla, Cheriyeri Poyil

“…The study reveals significant decreasing trends in annual mean wind speeds, of the order of −2.0 to −2.5 cm·s−1·year−1, for the period 1979–2019. …”
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Osteoporosis in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study by Tomasevic-Todorovic, Snezana

“…For statistical analysis, we used the statistical program International Business Machines (IBM) Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics 22.0. …”
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Tailoring optical absorption in silicon nanostructures from UV to visible light: A TDDFT study by Hassan, Walid M.I.

“…(ii) The exciton binding energy is seen to decrease by approximately 45% from 0.67 eV to about 0.3 eV with length increase, for a nanostructure with a cross-section diameter of approximately 12 Å. …”
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Effect of hyperglycemia on EPCs function and regenerative ability by Hendawi, Hadeel Khalil

“…This research aims to test the EPC subtype blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOECs) and their ability to survive and function under chronic hyperglycemic conditions. For that, we studied BOECs viability, response to shear stress, angiogenesis ability, and barrier function under normoglycemic (5.5mM) and hyperglycemic (25mM) conditions. …”
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Socket Shield Technique to Improve the Outcomes of Immediate Implant: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Scarano, Antonio

“…Additionally, SST had a significant increase in implant stability (MD = 3.46, 95 % CI [1.22, 5.69], p = 0.002) and pink esthetic score (MD = 1.60, 95% CI [0.90, 2.30], p < 0.0001). …”
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Structural analysis of missense mutations in galactokinase 1 (GALK1) leading to galactosemia type-2. by P, Sneha

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed a decrease in interaction between the protein and ATP in all the 3 mutations, and molecular dynamic simulations of 50 ns showed a loss of stability and compactness in the mutant proteins. …”
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Development of CuAg/Cu2O nanoparticles on carbon nitride surface for methanol oxidation and selective conversion of carbon dioxide into formate by Nazir, Roshan

“…The lower reduction potential of copper ([Cu+(aq) + e− → Cu(s)], + 0.52 eV) compared to Ag ([Ag+(aq) + e− → Ag(s)], +0.80 eV) makes Cu(0) easily exchangeable by Ag+ ions via galvanic exchange without applying any external bias. …”
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Origanum Syriacum Inhibits Proliferation, Migration, Invasion and Induces Differentiation of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by AlDisi, Sara

“…Cells were incubated with OSEE (0, 0.5, 0.1 and 0.2 mg/ml) for 24, 48 and 72 hours. …”
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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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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…Post-COVID-19 onset, 1.7 % of patients tested positive for any STI compared with 1.1 % pre-COVID-19 onset (OR: 1.5, 95%CI: 0.8–2.7). …”
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The Structure of the Free Volume in Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) from Positron Lifetime and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) Experiments by Dlubek, Gunter

“…The specific number of holes, equation image, estimated from a comparison of PVT and PALS results, is independent on the temperature and the composition of SAN, equation image = (0.56 ± 0.02) × 1021 g−1 which corresponds to Nh(Tg) = equation image/V(Tg) = 0.59 nm−3 and 1/Nh(Tg) = 1.7 nm3 for the volume which contains one hole. …”
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Roadmap toward energy-positive upfront nitrogen removal process in baseload LNG plant by Mkacher, Hajer

“…The results show that UNrem of 87.5% from the NG feed can reduce the total power requirements by 0.24%, increase the production flow rate by 4.4%, and decrease the exergy losses by 0.23% compared with the base case. …”
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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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Qatar Culture Collection of Microalgae: A Sustainable Source for Biodiesel Production and Omega Fatty Acid Compounds by Bounnit, Touria

“…The good growth rate of these strains along with their lipid content and profile make them competitive for a viable algal biofuel technology comparing to the terrestrial oil crops which need longer time to grow and present lower amount of lipids (Weyer et al., 2010). In addition, we observed the presence of the omega-3 and 9 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), such as eicosapentaenoic (EPA, 20:5 n-3), docosahexaenoic (DHA, 22:6 n-3) and Nervonic Acid (C24:1 n-9) acids, which have a high commercial value and are known for their beneficial effects on human health…”
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