Optimization of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fueled with Jatropha biodiesel produced using a heterogeneous catalyst (CaO) by Singh, A.

“…In present investigation has witnessed a significant decrease in HC emissions (14.29 percent) compared to diesel, and a slight increase in NOx emissions (1.98 percent) is also observed. …”
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Combustion and emissions of a gas-to-liquid diesel engine utilizing optimized spiral-helical intake manifold designs by Abdellatif, Yasser M.

“…The results showed that the highest pressure and heat release were achieved by m(2.6,30,1t) with the diesel-GTL blend. In addition, the heat release rate decreases with the increase in the number of turns. …”
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Sputtered manganese oxide thin film on carbon nanotubes sheet as a flexible and binder-free electrode for supercapacitors by Dawoud H.D.

“…CNTs/MnO2 composite was tested as electrode materials for supercapacitors in sulfate media (1-M H2SO4 and Na2SO4) by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD). …”
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A computational model to predict the structural and functional consequences of missense mutations in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…These six mutations were subjected to pathogenicity, stability, and conservation analysis using online servers such as PredictSNP, iStable, and ConSurf, respectively. From the predictions, all the six mutations were almost predicted to be significant. …”
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Comparison of seed germination and recovery responses of a salt marsh Halophyte halopeplis perfoliata to osmotic and ionic treatments by Rasool S.G.

“…S: -0.5, -1.0, - 1.5, -2.0 and -2.5, MPa) of various salts and polythylene glycol (PEG) under two light regimes (12-h light photoperiod and 24-h complete darkness). …”
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Understanding the False Positive of Modified Martensitic Steels in Sweet & Sour Service Conditions Using a Point Defect Model Perspective by Martinez, Alan

“…Electrochemical tests were performed using a 1L autoclave holding 35 bar of CO2 gas with and without H2S at temperatures varied from 25 °C to 150 °C in salt brine solutions with a pH of 3.5. …”
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Adaptation of a Mice Doppler Echocardiography Platform to Measure Cardiac Flow Velocities for Embryonic Chicken and Adult Zebrafish. by Benslimane, Fatiha M

“…Theoretically, as the size of the imaged sample decreases, the frequency of the ultrasound transducer needed to image the sample increases. …”
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Adiposity indicators exhibit depot- and sex-specific associations with multimorbidity onset: A cohort study of the UK Biobank by Ma, Lu

“…Body fat percentage elevated 3% (0.2%-5.9%) and 5.3% (1.1%-9.7%) risks of incident multimorbidity in all adults and females, respectively. …”
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A control algorithm to increase the efficient operation of wind energy conversion systems under extreme wind conditions by Jargalsaikhan, Nyam

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Association between Lebanese Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults—A Preliminary Study by Daou, Tracy

“…No significant association was found between LMD adherence and frailty in fully adjusted models (OR = 0.195; 95% CI: 0.033–1.154; p = 0.071 when categorical and OR = 0.856; 95% CI: 0.668–1.097; p = 0.218 when continuous). …”
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A MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF USING SOFT RAILPADS ON GROUND-BORNE VIBRATIONS FROM UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS by Alsharo, Anas

“…Insertion Gains were calculated from the acquired data, and the findings demonstrated that using the soft resilient railpads decreased the vibration level on the free surface by around 10 dB for the majority of frequencies in the range of 40-200 Hz.…”
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A model for capacitated green vehicle routing problem with the time-varying vehicle speed and soft time windows by Xu Z.

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Development of a stacked machine learning model to compute the capability of ZnO-based sensors for hydrogen detection by Behzad, Vaferi

“…The model's accuracy is superior to that of conventional artificial neural networks, achieving outstanding prediction results with mean absolute error (MAE) = 0.11, mean squared error (MSE) = 0.31, mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) = 1.14%, and R-squared (R2) = 0.9994 based on 208 actual sensor sensitivities. …”
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Usefulness of In-Situ Synchrotron Study on Scale Formation during CO2 Corrosion of Mild Steel: A Review by Sk, Mobbassar Hassan

“…Figure 2 shows the anodic current as a function of time in a potentiostatic test in the NaCl solution at pH 6.3 (pCO2 = 1bar) and an applied potential of ? 500 mV (vs SCE), together with the intensities of the Fe and FeCO3 signals from the in-situ synchrotron XRD [1]. …”
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Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Pieter Francsois, Fouche

“…This meta-analysis indicated an 11% decrease in the death risk at 1 month after TXA use (odds ratio [OR] 0.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.84 to 0.95) with a number needed to treat of 61 to avoid 1 additional death. …”
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Bite force changes after surgical correction of mandibular prognathism in subjects with increased vertical dimension: A prospective clinical trial by Tamimi, Zaid Z.

“…Relapse was detected in group 1 where the number of posterior teeth in contact decreased during the observation period (T1–T2). …”
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Chemical characterization and anti-hemolytic anemia potentials of tin nanoparticles synthesized by a green approach for bioremediation applications by Ahmeda, A.

“…The therapeutic properties of tin nanoparticles have been proved in recent years. One of their probable effects is anti-anemia. In this study, tin nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized in aqueous medium using Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam leaf aqueous extract as the reducing and stabilizing agent. …”
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and bone healing in animal models-a systematic review and meta-analysis by Al-Waeli, Haider

“…We searched eight databases without limiting the search to starting date up to 1 February 2021 for articles on fractured bone healing in animal models in which NSAID were administered. …”
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Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Pieter Francsois, Fouche

“…This meta-analysis indicated an 11% decrease in the death risk at 1 month after TXA use (odds ratio [OR] 0.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.84 to 0.95) with a number needed to treat of 61 to avoid 1 additional death. …”
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Greensporone C, a Freshwater Fungal Secondary Metabolite Induces Mitochondrial-Mediated Apoptotic Cell Death in Leukemic Cell Lines by Prabhu K.S.

“…Treatment with GC suppressed constitutively phosphorylated AKT and downregulated expression of inhibitor of apoptotic proteins XIAP, cIAP-1, and cIAP-2. In summation to this, GC-treated leukemic cells upregulated protein expression of pro-apoptotic proteins, Bax with concomitant decrease in expression of anti-apoptotic proteins including Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. …”
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