Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking (waterpipe and cigarette) and participants' BMI across various sociodemographic groups in Arab countries in the Mediterranean Region by 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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A kernelized sparsity-based approach for best spectral bands selection for face recognition by Bouchech, H.J.

“…We formulate best spectral bands selection as a pursuit optimization problem wherein the vector of weights determining the importance of each visible spectral band is supposed to be sparse, and hence can be determined by minimizing its L1-norm. …”
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Tandem osmotic engine based on hydrogel particles with antipolyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte effect fuelled by both salinity gradient modes by Padmanabhan, Anjali Cheeramthodi

“…The swelling of hydrogel with a polyelectrolyte effect and shrinking of hydrogel particles possessing an antipoly-electrolyte effect in desalinated water, and subsequent shrinking of hydrogel with polyelectrolyte and swelling of hydrogel antipolyelectrolyte effect in saline water, generate power in both increasing and decreasing salinity modes. To investigate the energy recovery, we scrutinized osmotic engine assemblies by a setup arrangement of pistons with hydrogel particles, with polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects, in tandem. …”
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Thermally assisted efficient electrochemical lithium extraction from simulated seawater by Yanxi, Yu

“…Based on these understandings, we demonstrated that a thermally assisted electrochemical lithium extraction process could achieve rapid (36.8 mg g-1 day-1) and selective (51.79% purity) lithium extraction from simulated seawater with an ultrahigh Na+/Li+ molar ratio of 20,000. …”
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Investigation of Magnesium (II), Calcium (II) and Barium (II) Complexes in Aqueous Solution by Bakr, Mustafa Farag [مصطفى فرج بكر]

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Deregulation of cell growth and apoptosis in UV-induced melanomagenesis by Ouhtit A.

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Impact of Blockade on Labor Market by Al-Marri, Asmaa

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Simulation and Optimization of an LNG Plant Cold Section by Katebah, Mary Anna

“…Heavy hydrocarbons, primarily condensate (C5+) leaving the fractionation unit, can be either sold or sent to a close by refinery for further processing. …”
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Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Phenytoin Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa Region by Dagenais, Renée

“…Study quality was assessed using a National Institutes of Health assessment tool. …”
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The influence of aeration scheme and aeration rate on the permeate flux for wastewater treatment using membrane bioreactors: Experimental and artificial neural network modeling by Jawad, Jasir

“…Furthermore, a continuous and pulsed aeration scheme (5 min on and 5 min off) was tested. …”
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Co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon based gas sensor for sensitive detection of H2S: DFT study by Salih, Ehab

“…In this work, we present a highly sensitive gas sensor for the detection of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) based on copper and zinc co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon (Cu/Zn-ZGNR). …”
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Dysregulated Metabolic Pathways in Subjects with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Mir, Fayaz Ahmad

“…We measured 1069 serum metabolites and correlated them to clinical features. …”
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Tailoring the defects of sub-100 nm multipodal titanium nitride/oxynitride nanotubes for efficient water splitting performance by Eid, Kamel

“…These defects decreased the bandgap energy to 2.4 eV, increased visible-light response, and enhanced the incident photon-to-current collection efficiency (IPCE) and the photocurrent density of TiONxNTs by nearly 8 times compared with TiO2NTs, besides a quick carrier diffusion at the nanotube/electrolyte interface. …”
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Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011 by Seah, Kiat Ying

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Channel Network Control on Seasonal Lake Area Dynamics in Arctic Deltas by Tejedor, Alejandro

“…To characterize variability in lake extents, we analyzed summertime lake area loss (i.e., shrinkage) on two deltas over the past 20 years, using Landsat-derived water masks. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Adiponectin-Induced Attenuation of Mechanical Stretch-Mediated Vascular Remodeling by Ghantous, Crystal M.

“…Stretching the RPV for 10 minutes significantly decreased phosphorylation of LKB1, AMPK, and eNOS, while APN significantly increased p-LKB1, pAMPK, and p-eNOS in stretched vessels. …”
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Dicarbonyl stress, protein glycation and the unfolded protein response by Rabbani, Naila

“…We propose that dicarbonyl stress, through increased formation of MG-glycated proteins, may be an important physiological stimulus of the UPR and Glo1 inducers may provide a route to effective suppression and therapy. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY AND CONTAMINATION OF PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS IN QATAR’S COASTAL WATERS by Abayomi, Oyebamiji Abib

“…There has been a tremendous proliferation in plastic production in the last five decades due to its low cost and versatile applications. …”
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Microstructure and compressive behavior of Al-Y2O3 nanocomposites prepared by microwave-assisted mechanical alloying by Mattli M.R.

“…The Al–1.5 vol. % Y2O3 nanocomposite exhibited the best ultimate compressive strength and yielded a strength of 359 ± 7 and 111 ± 5 MPa, respectively. …”
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Functionalization of silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles as powerful demulsifier to recover oil from oil-in-water emulsion by Elmobarak W.F.

“…The Fe–Si-MNP exhibited excellent %Soil, reliable stability, and high magnetization values ranging between 46.1 and 80.2 emu/g. adding a 5 nm silica layer on the surface of the Fe–Si-MNP (i.e., Fe–Si-1) protected them from oxidation conditions, extended their service life, and achieved a %Soil of ∼96.3%. …”
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