Relationship between Asymmetry Indices, Anthropometric Parameters, and Physical Fitness in Obese and Non-Obese High School Students by Haddad, Monoem

“…Twenty-six male students (15 ± 1.0 years) were randomly selected. Body composition, measurements of vertical jump height using a countermovement jump test (CMJ), and dynamic single stance balance using the Y-balance test (YBT), were collected over 4 weeks. …”
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Finite element study of functionally graded porous femoral stems incorporating body-centered cubic structure by Alkhatib, Sami E.

“…Finally, FGP stems with a grading exponent of n = 10 resulted in an 11%‐28% reduction in micromotions.…”
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Effect of electroless bath composition on the mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical properties of new NiP-C 3 N 4 nanocomposite coatings by Fayyad E.M.

“…It has an efficiency of approximately 96% that decreased gradually, losing about only 2% after one week and 20% after one month of immersion time in the aforementioned chloride solution.…”
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Natural aging of shape stabilized phase change materials based on paraffin wax by Krupa, Igor

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Electronic vs Ionic limitations to electrochemical performance in Li4Ti5O12-based organic suspensions for lithium-redox flow batteries by Madec, L.

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Why Construction Projects are delayed in PWA: Problems and Solutions by Al Marri, Dana Ahmad

“…The solution consists of two parts, (1) identify the relevant corrective, immediate and preventive actions, and (2) develop a responsibility matrix for the implementation of those solutions to ensure its governance.…”
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Brain microstructural changes support cognitive deficits in HIV uninfected children born to HIV infected mothers by Santosh K., Yadav

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Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis in Qatar by Alhussain, Hashim

“…Camels below breeding age (i.e., < 4 years old) showed decreased seropositivity (3.4%, 95% CI, 0.1–17.8), compared to (22.8%, 95% CI, 17.4–29.0) seropositivity in camels ≥ 4 years of age, with a significant association between age groups and seropositivity (P = 0.02). …”
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Uv-l/sulfite advanced reduction process as an efficient method for chlorate reduction in water by Bensalah, Nasr

“…The presence of SO3 •–, e– aq, and H• scavengers affected the efficiency of UV-L/sulfite ARP. A decrease of chlorate reduction yield was observed in presence of dissolved oxygen, nitrite, or nitrate confirming the contribution of SO3 •–, e– aq, and H• in the mechanism of chlorate reduction. …”
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Prospects of Biocrude Production Potential from Local Diatom by Al-Namimi, Sara Mohammed

“…A marine diatom Nitzchia reversa was grown in 5 sq. m open raceway pond (10 cm culture depth, 500 L culture volume) in the Qatari desert environment. …”
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The nexus between debt structure, firm performance, and the financial crisis: non-linear panel data evidence from Japan by Zeitun, Rami

“…In addition, there is a U-shaped relationship between firm performance and short-term debt, suggesting that a firm's profit decreases at lower levels of short-term debt (below 45.2%) and increases at higher levels of debt with short-term maturity. …”
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Dynamic Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms development under different flow conditions and their removal using nanoencapsulated thymol by Yammine, Jina

“…Enteritidis biofilms displayed 5.96, 6.28 and 6.80 log CFU cm−2 under 0.006 cm s−1, 0.045 cm s−1, and 0.087 cm s−1 flow velocities, respectively. …”
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Hypospadias Reconstruction Training: Development of an Ex-Vivo Model for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skills by Abbas, Tariq

“…However, EMG measurements showed significant reductions in average EMG power, total time, dominant frequency, and cumulative muscle workload after training. Additionally, the mean power spectral density of the EMG signal decreased notably post-training. …”
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Influence of changing casing groove parameters on the performance of centrifugal compressors near stall condition by Halawa, Taher

“…Five groove aspect ratios were considered ranging from 0.2 to 1.8. Three groove locations were studied: at full blades leading edge, at splitter blades leading edge, and after the splitter blades leading edge by a distance equals to the distance between the first and second groove locations. …”
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Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating by Sreedevi, Paramparambath

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Sex Differences in Healthy Eating: Investigating the Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy by Razaz, Jalaledin Mirzay

“…Results: The sex-based analysis revealed that females were more likely to adopt a healthy diet vs males (adjusted odds ratio, 1.85; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-3.35). The moderation analysis showed that eating behavior self-efficacy significantly moderated the relationship between sex differences and HEI-2015 scores (?…”
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Perinatal outcomes following Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice among village midwives in Sudan. by Arabi, Ame

“…Excluding 11 macerated fetuses, there were 55 perinatal deaths: 14 FSB/18 ENND (6 months pre-HBBT(+RPPSP)) and 10 FSB/13 ENND (18 months post-HBBT(+RPPSP)). FSB rates decreased from 10.5 to 3.3 per 1000 births ((χ(2))=8.6209, p=0.003), while ENND rates decreased from 13.5 to 4.3 per 1000 live births ((χ(2))=10.9369, p=0.001) pre-HBBT(+RPPSP) and post-HBBT(+RPPSP), respectively. …”
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Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: digester performance and microbial population dynamics by Najoua, Mlaik

“…Three organic loading rates (OLRs) were tested throughout the anaerobic process (1.36, 2.5 and 3.5 g VS/L.d). The achieved results showed that biogas yield decreased with the increase of OLR. …”
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Renoprotective Effects of Aldose Reductase Inhibitor Epalrestat against High Glucose-Induced Cellular Injury by El Gamal, Heba

“…Prolonged high glucose exposure (for 48 hours) induced AR expression and G1 cell cycle arrest and decreased cell viability (84% compared to control) in NRK-52E cells. …”
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Spatio-temporal changes in water-related ecosystem services provision and trade-offs with food production by Shiliang, Yang

“…The results showed that: 1) food production increased from 0.497×108tons to 0.798×108tons despite area of cultivated land decreasing from 23.61×104km2 to 23.40×104km2 during the study period (2000–2015). 2) Water yield and soil retention both showed a downward trend, while nitrogen and phosphorus exports showed an increasing trend, in 2000–2015.3) Food production showed a trade-off relationship with soil retention and water yield, but a synergistic relationship with nitrogen and phosphorus export. …”
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