Leptin And Free Leptin Receptor Is Associated With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome In Young Women by Sharif, Elham

“…PCOS is associated with hyperleptinemia and increased free leptin index. Decreased sOB-R could be a compensatory mechanism for the defective action of leptin…”
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Effect of sera from elite athletes on cytokine secretion and insulin signaling in preadipocytes and skeletal muscle cells by Alheidous, Sara

“…All elite athlete sera groups caused decreased insulin sensitivity in 3T3-L1 cells, whereas in C2C12 cells, only HE athlete serum reduced insulin signaling, while LE/LP and HP caused increased insulin sensitivity. …”
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MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM by ISMAEN, RABAH

“…The research investigates two solution paths: (1) the system transformation leading to re-organizing the conventional system (powered by the grid electricity) to achieve better economic and energy performance, and (2) the system integration of solar cooling technologies to enhance sustainable development for decreasing CO2 emissions. …”
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Combined effects of treated domestic wastewater, fly ash, and calcium nitrite toward concrete sustainability by Abushanab, Abdelrahman

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Event-triggered fault detection and isolation for discrete-time linear systems by Hajshirmohamadi, Shahram

“…Using a Leunberger observer as the residual generator, a multi-objective formulation of the FDI problem is presented based on l1, H- and H? performance indices. For each performance index, sufficient conditions for the design of FDI observer are presented based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). …”
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Nutritional quality and health risk of pepper fruit as affected by magnesium fertilization. by Lu, Ming

“…Increasing health risk was mainly attributed to decreasing concentrations of Ca and Vc in pepper fruit, though the increased Mg intakes offset the impact of 1.74% to 14.4%. …”
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Pore-scale simulation of fine particles migration in porous media using coupled CFD-DEM by Elrahmani, Ahmed

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Conceptual Based Hidden Data Analytics and Reduction Method for System Interface Enhancement Through Handheld devices by Babi, Syrinne Adnan

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Does Securitisation Make Monetary Policy Less Effective? by Qanas, Jalal

“…We empirically investigate the interactions between securitisation activities and monetary policy using data from 1995 to 2015 for a panel of 10 European countries. We employ a panel VAR model, and estimate it using a GMM system. …”
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Plasma volume variations in response to high intensity interval training in obese women: The influential role of menopausal status and age by Jabbour, Georges

“…PV was assessed at two points during each session: at post-warm-up (PV1), and immediately post-training (PV2). These measurements were derived using hematocrit (Ht) and hemoglobin (Hb) values. …”
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A Note on Norland Summability of Fourier Series by Ali, Ziad Rushdi

“…F(n) = o (Pn) as n--+ oo, where (H(x) = d.x g(t) dt, g(t) is continuous, non-increasing, H(x) is slowly varying, and F(x) is positive non-decreasing. THE CASE F(x) = 1, and g(x) =_liS THE RESULT IN [1] .…”
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Investigating algal CO2 capture through screening of Qatari desert microalgae & cyanobacteria strains by Al Muraikhi, Mariam

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Production Of Size-selected Copper Nanoclusters For Petroleum Refinery Applications by Ayesh, Ahmad

“…Copper (Cu) nanoclusters are a promising system for gas sensing applications, mainly because of its sensitivity and selectivity for H2S [1,2]. In this work, Cu nanoclusters were synthesized using the dc magnetron sputtering and gas-condensation technique [3,4]. …”
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Application of a property-based inherently safety quantification framework for integrating risk assessment into process safety life cycle by Kazi, Monzure-Khoda

“…In this work, an Inherently Safer Design Tool (i-SDT) is presented for early stage process synthesis to characterize and track the risk associated with different life-cycle phases of industrial processes and products. …”
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Combined influence of temperature and flow rate of feeds on the performance of forward osmosis by Hawari, Alaa H.

“…The experimental results also showed that the membrane flux increased by 93.3% due to temperature increase from 20 to 26 °C and the flow rate from 1.2 to 3.2 L/min using a 0.5 M NaCl solution as the draw solution and distilled water as the feed solution (FS).…”
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Electrically conductive hybrid organic crystals as flexible optical waveguides by Li, Liang

“…In cyclic operation mode, their conductivity decreases less than 1% after 10,000 thermal cycles. …”
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Corporate Governance and Islamic Social Responsibility Disclosure In Kuwaiti Shariah Compliant Financial Institutions by Al-Shammari, B.

“…Four major corporate governance characteristics are investigated: 1) the existence of a Shariah supervisory board; 2) the number of board members; 3) the proportion of non-executive directors to the total number of directors on the board; and 4) role duality. …”
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Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation by Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

“…As well, the expression levels of 20-HETE, Il-1β and TNF-α were decreased in LPS-challenged RAW264.7 macrophages upon treatment with compound 2a. …”
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Association between central obesity indices and iron status indicators among Qatari adults by Kerkadi, Abdelhamid

“…Waist circumference was inversely related to serum iron (β:-0.95, 95% CI:-1.50,-0.39) and transferrin saturation (β:-1.45, 95%CI:-2.46, -0.43) in women. …”
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Impaired Liver Size and Compromised Neurobehavioral Activity are Elicited by Chitosan Nanoparticles in the Zebrafish Embryo Model by Abou-Saleh, Haissam

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