Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking (waterpipe and cigarette) and participants' BMI across various sociodemographic groups in Arab countries in the Mediterranean Region حسب Al Sabbah, Haleama

"…RESULTS: Overall, the prevalence rate of smoking decreased significantly during the lockdown from 29.8% to 23.5% (p<0.05). …"
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In patients with Chronic Heart Failure Which Polypharmacy Pheno-groups are associated with adverse health outcomes? (Polypharmacy Pheno-groups and Heart failure outcomes) حسب Mohammed Ibn-Mas'ud, Danjuma

"…Each patient's medications for the past four months were tallied, and a definitional threshold of ≤4, ≥5, ≥10 medications was established. …"
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Experimental Investigation on the Flexural Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Treated Wastewater and Recycled Concrete Aggregates حسب Abushanab, Abdelrahman

"…In addition, the utilization of FA at a 20% replacement ratio enhanced the flexural strength by 5% to 7%.…"
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Screening of Qatari Microalgae and Cyanobacteria for Application in CO2 Utilization حسب Schipper, Kira

"…Furthermore, spectrophotometric analysis of Pleurocapsa sp. and Leptolyngbya sp. showed production of phycobilin proteins, which can have a high commercial value. The tolerance of the strains to increased concentrations of CO2 in the gas phase was also studied for CO2 concentrations ranging from 5% to 30% (v/v). …"
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Enhancing effect of chia seeds on heterocyclic amine generation in meatball حسب Elbir, Zeynep

"…The impact of using chia seeds at different rates (0%, 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%) in meatball on the water content, pH and lipid oxidation (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, TBARS), cooking loss and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) content of meatballs cooked at 150, 200, and 250 °C was investigated. …"
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Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells حسب Mohamed Qasim, Al-Fahdawi

"…The cytotoxicity of Pt/MgO nanoparticles was determined via the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)−2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay on the human lung and colonic cancer cells (A549 and HT29 respectively) and normal human lung and colonic fibroblasts cells (MRC-5 and CCD-18Co repectively). …"
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Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells حسب Mohamed Qasim, Al-Fahdawi

"…The cytotoxicity of Pt/MgO nanoparticles was determined via the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)−2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay on the human lung and colonic cancer cells (A549 and HT29 respectively) and normal human lung and colonic fibroblasts cells (MRC-5 and CCD-18Co repectively). …"
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CD44 mediates stem cell mobilization to damaged lung via its novel transcriptional targets, Cortactin and Survivin حسب Ouhtit, Allal

"…Our results show that CSC decreased the expression of both CD44 and its downstream targets CTTN and BIRC5 in MSCs, and that HA reversed these effects. …"
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Caffeine use or napping to enhance repeated sprint performance after partial sleep deprivation: Why not both? حسب Romdhani, Mohamed

"…Purpose: To compare the effect of a 20-minute nap opportunity (N20), a moderate dose of caffeine (CAF; 5 mg·kg-1), or a moderate dose of caffeine before N20 (CAF+N) as possible countermeasures to the decreased performance and the partial sleep deprivation-induced muscle damage. …"
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Environmental Factors Affecting the Growth and Enzymatic Activity of Ceratocystis Radicicolathe Causal Agent of Black Scorch Disease on Date Palm حسب Al-Naemi, Fatima

"…To optimize the fungus growth, pH media was adjusted at different levels (5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5 and 8). In addition, standard Czapek broth media was used as a control. …"
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment حسب Firas, Feki

"…Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis biomass, sonication pretreatment using specific energy of 1.6 kJ/g VS significantly improved specific methane production by 60.5%. However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …"
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment حسب Firas, Feki

"…Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis biomass, sonication pretreatment using specific energy of 1.6 kJ/g VS significantly improved specific methane production by 60.5%. However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …"
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Experimental study on effective placement of PCM packets in cooling vest to improve performance in warm environment حسب Itani, Mariam

"…The used PCM melting temperature is 28 °C with a coverage area of 642 cm2 and total weight of the vest of 1.19 kg including 8 PCM packets (87.5 grams each). …"
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Long-Term Variability of Aerosol Concentrations and Optical Properties over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in South Asia حسب Shahid, Imran

"…In contrast, AOD values decreased during spring by −5%, −12%, and −5 over Islamabad, Lahore, and Delhi, respectively. …"
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Application of Fe3O4 magnetite nanoparticles grafted in silica (SiO2) for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions حسب Elmobarak W.F.

"…Using an MDdose as low as 10 mg/L attained a %ηdem in the range of 93%–94.3% for O/W mixtures with Coil < 2000 mg/L, which slightly decreased to ∼90% for higher concentrations. …"
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Thermodynamic analysis of solar-driven chemical looping steam methane reforming over Cr2O3/Cr redox pair حسب Bhosale, Rahul

"…The total solar energy required to drive the CS process (Q-solar-CS) rises by 1498.8 kW as the CH4/Cr2O3 molar ratio upsurges from 0.5 to 3. In case of the CSH process, when the TL increases from 500 to 1400 K, the Q solar CSH decreases by 54.5 kW and further surge in the TL from 1400 to 2050 K yields into upturn in the Q-solar-CSH by 108.5 kW. …"
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Effect of graphene loading on thermomechanical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)/starch blend حسب Jose, J.

"…Polymer nanocomposites based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/starch blend and graphene were prepared by solution mixing and casting. Glycerol was used as a plasticizer and added in the starch dispersion. …"
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Role of TiO2 and carbon nanotubes on polyethylene, and effect of accelerated weathering on photo oxidation and mechanical properties حسب Zagho M.M.

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Repositioning for pressure injury prevention in adults. حسب Gillespie, Brigid M

"…We identified five additional trials and one economic substudy in this update, resulting in the inclusion of a total of eight trials involving 3941 participants from acute and long-term care settings and two economic substudies in the review. …"
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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of AA 6063 Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation حسب Jafarlou, Davoud Mashhadi

"…HA of AA6063 increased the fatigue and fretting fatigue lives of SPD + HT-processed samples at low cycle by 15.5 and 18.4 pct respectively; however, at high cycle, HA had reverse effects, whereby the fatigue and fretting fatigue lives of SPD + HT-processed samples decreased by 16.7 and 30 pct, respectively.…"
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