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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Membrane solubilization in erythrocytes as a measure of radiation exposure to fast neutrons by Monem, A Soltan

“…The solubilization of erythrocyte membrane by a non- ionic detergent, octylglucoside (OG), was found to exhibit a two stage transition from vesicular form to mixed micellar form in the range of detergent concentrations 1.5-7.8 mM. …”
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Implementing and Analyzing a Recursive Technique for Building Path Oblivious RAM by Rachid, Maan Haj

“…Since it requires O(N) space, that could be a problem. (Stefanov, et al., 2013) mentioned a general idea for a solution that uses another smaller ORAM O1 on the server to store the position map and stores the position map for O1 in the client's memory. …”
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A decision support system for automating document retrieval and citation screening by van Dinter, Raymon

“…In two cases, our model yielded a better performance over the benchmark review datasets. …”
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Limiting the Rise in Core Temperature During a Rugby Sevens Warm-up With an Ice Vest. by Taylor, Lee

“…Measures of thermal sensation (TS) and comfort (TC) were obtained pre- and post-warm-ups, with rating of perceived exertion (RPE) taken post-warm-ups. Athletes in VEST had a lower ΔTc [mean (SD) VEST 1.3°C (0.1°C); CONTROL 2.0°C (0.2°C)] from pre-warm-up to post-warm-up [effect size (ES) ± 90% confidence limit; -1.54; ±0.62] and Tc peak [mean (SD) VEST 37.8°C (0.3°C); CONTROL 38.5°C (0.3°C)] at the end of the warm-up (-1.59; ±0.64) compared to CONTROL. …”
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Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM) System as a Strengthening Technique on Reinforced Concrete Beams by Afzal, Muhammad Shekaib

“…Six beams were strengthened with one (“ρ” _“T-PBO” ^“1” “ = 0.009%”) and two (“ρ” _“T-PBO” ^“2” “ = 0.018%”) layers of PBO TRM system. …”
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Effect of using Cement Kiln Dust as a nano-material on the strength of cement mortars by Alnahhal, Wael

“…The CKD was milled up to 4 hours in a planetary ball mill. In addition to the control cement mortar mixture with 0% CKD, a total of 28 concrete mortar mixtures were prepared with four different replacement percentages of nano-CKD (5, 10, 15, and 20 %), and seven different milling times (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, and 4 hours). …”
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Intended and Unintended Benefits of Folic Acid Fortification—A Narrative Review by Ismail, Shrooq

“…For this reason, mandatory fortification of folic acid, a synthetic, easily bioavailable form, in processed cereals and cereal products has been implemented in the US since 1 January 1998 to reduce the risk of NTD in newborn children. …”
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Urology Residents' Perspectives on the In-House On-Call Systems: A Study in an Accredited Academic Center by Khalil, Ibrahim A. and Ibrahim, Tarek and Aldeeb, Maya and Mohamed, Ahmed and Ben Salah, Rym and Aboumarzouk, Omar M. and Al-Naimi, Abdulla

“…Working hours: compliance and violations There was no significant difference in the mean weekly working hours (p = 0.1). However, the total number of duty hours violations decreased in the 12-hour on-call system. …”
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Impact of Draw Solution Concentration on Forward Osmosis Process: A Simulation Study by Alfahel, Radwan

“…Also, while increasing concentration of draw solution, energy consumption decreased. The maximum recovery rate of 33% was achieved using (0.5M NaCl) draw solution and a flow rate of 40000 m3/day. …”
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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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Khalasa date palm leaf fiber as a potential reinforcement for polymeric composite materials by Mahdi E.

“…Tensile properties revealed that Khalasa fiber had tensile strength/tensile modulus of 47.99 � 13.58 MPa and 2.1 � 0.40 GPa, respectively. The results are also demonstrated that high variation in the mechanical properties and morphology was showed in KDPLF. …”
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EFFECT OF PHENOL AS A CONTAMINANT ON THE WILD PEARL OYSTER PINCTADA IMBRICATA RADIATA IN QATAR: ECOTOXICOLOGICAL APPROACH AND USE OF OYSTER SHELL STRUCTURE AS A POTENTIAL MITIGATIO... by BARAH, FARAHNAZ GHOLAMREZA

“…Phenol removal is a vital environmental concern due to its toxicity and hazard effects. …”
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CO2 enhanced gas recovery and sequestration in depleted gas reservoirs: A review by Hamza A.

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Reviewing the oil price-GDP growth relationship: A replication study by Charfeddine, Lanouar

“…Parameter stability tests suggest that the impact of oil price decreases might be limited to certain periods. 2020 Elsevier B.V.…”
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Proline Accumulation In Plants Of Different Ecological Groups As A Response To Water Deficit by Batanouny, K. H. [كمال الدين حسن البتانوني]

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Dietary Patterns Associated with Breast Cancer in the Middle East: A Scoping Review by Zamzam, Syed

“…Breast cancer (BC) is the most predominant malignancy in Arab women in the Middle East, and yearly increases in occurrence by 37.5 and mortality rates by 15.2 for every 100,000 in 2019. …”
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Experimental investigation of the influence of grain geometry on residual NAPL using synchrotron microtomography by Al-Raoush, Riyadh I.

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Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study by Elbashier E.

“…The nanopores absorbed up to 28 and 24 molecules of CH4 and CO2, respectively, and the adsorption energy decreased to −0.0062 and −0.0075 eV/Å2 for each. Although the nanopore was filled spatially by the molecules, its surface still has an affinity to absorb more gas molecules energetically. …”
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Profiling of intestinal microbiota in patients infected with respiratory influenza a and b viruses by Al Khatib, Hebah A.

“…Overall, infected patients experienced an increased abundance of Bacteroidetes and a corresponding decrease in Firmicutes. Differential abundance testing illustrated that differences in gut microbiota composition were influenza type-dependent, identifying ten differentially abun-dant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) between influenza A-and influenza B-infected patients. …”
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