Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification by Khalifa, Ahmed A.

“…Integration among the GCC countries in an atmosphere of stability will support trade creation, sustainable growth, and consequently a better performance towards economic diversification. We provide analysis of the consequences of counting on one commodity (oil or natural gas) in the economic activities of GCC countries and the importance of pursuing economic diversification to achieve sustainable development.…”
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Enhancing effect of chia seeds on heterocyclic amine generation in meatball by 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 by 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 by 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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Hydrogel Sensors for the Agricultural Applications by Ali, Ruba

“…Agriculture is an important contributor to Qatar's economy, as the country is aiming to produce more local products. We chose to use hydrogel in soil, for their high efficiency in absorbing water. …”
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CD44 mediates stem cell mobilization to damaged lung via its novel transcriptional targets, Cortactin and Survivin by 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? by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by Zagho M.M.

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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of AA 6063 Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation by 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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Prospects Of Amino Acids And Ionic Liquids As Natural Gas Hydrate Inhibitors For Offshore Flow Assurance by Qureshi, M. Fahed Aziz

“…The results show that the selected amino acids and ionic liquids exhibit dual functional behaviour by providing the temperature shift of around 1.5-2.3 oC and delaying the hydrate formation time from 0.5-1.5 hr. …”
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Joint coding for proactive caching with changing file popularities by Amir M.

“…Proactive caching is a promising technique used to minimize peak traffic rates by storing popular data, in advance, at different nodes in the network. We study a cellular network with one base station (BS) communicating with multiple mobile units (MUs). …”
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Thermal properties of smart microencapsulated paraffin/plaster composites for the thermal regulation of buildings by Karkri M.

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