Conversion of Organic Municipal Wastes into Biochars and their Effect on Fertility Parameters of Normal and Sabkha Soils of Qatar by Ahmedna, Mohamed

“…Box-Behnken experimental design was used instead of the full factorial to decrease the number of treatments to a manageable level (126 treatments) with three replications at the center. …”
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Inhibitory effect of sodium nitrite on corrosion of lead in 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution by Mourad, M.Y.

“…The concentrations of NaNO2 employed are in the range 1-5×10-5. There is a linear relationship between the corrosion potential and the molar concentration of NaNO2. …”
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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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The Association between Zinc and Copper and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults by Al Kudsi, Dana Samir

“…High Zn/Cu ratio increased the prevalence of low HDL (4.508; p?0.001) and MetS (5.570; p?0.01). These findings suggest that high Cu levels are associated with a protective effect on DBP, HDL, and MetS and that high plasma Zn/Cu ratio is associated with the risk of low HDL and MetS. …”
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Effects of financial turmoil on financial integration and risk premia in emerging markets by Boubakri, Salem

“…However, the recent global crisis has induced a reassessment of the world market risk premium for all emerging countries, highlighting the global nature of the crisis. © 2016 Elsevier B.V..…”
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Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Different Piperine Analogs for Therapeutic Potential to Prevent ER Stress by Hammad, Ayat Samir

“…Our findings indicate that exposure to tunicamycin (0.5 µg/mL) for 2 hours induces the expression of GRP78 and CHOP, and causes a significant reduction in renal cell viability. …”
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The effect of genetic and nongenetic factors on warfarin dose variability in Qatari population. by Bader, Loulia

“…Similarly, carriers of each additional copy of (A) variant in VKORC1 (-1639G>A) led to reduction in warfarin dose requirement compared to noncarriers [21(7.5) vs. 31.5(18.7) vs. 43.7(15), p < 0.0001]. …”
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Development of an Air-Cooled Induction Manifold for Diesel Engines in Hot and Humid Climate by Elrentisy, Mohamed H.

“…Furthermore, the smoke emission has decreased by 40% at the engine full load. It was also proved that using the air-conditioning system of a vehicle to cool the intake air temperature is visible, as the net gained the power of the engine has increased by 14.5% when running at 20 °C compared with 45 °C.…”
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Phospholipase C zeta profiles are indicative of optimal sperm parameters and fertilisation success in patients undergoing fertility treatment. by Kashir, Junaid

“…Male recruitment criteria required a minimum sperm count of 5 × 10 spermatozoa/mL, while all female patients included in this study yielded at least five oocytes for treatment. …”
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Hybrid wind-diesel-battery system planning considering multiple different wind turbine technologies installation by Rakhshani, E.

“…Furthermore, the total yearly energy generated by diesel generator is decreased by 700 kWh, meaning higher renewable penetration and less emissions.…”
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High-sensitive detection and quantitation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from capillary/fingerstick and venepuncture whole-blood using fluorescence-based rapid lateral flow i... by Samar, Shurbaji

“…Methods102 fingerstick, venepuncture whole-blood, and serum samples (with normal and abnormal TSH values) were analyzed by Finecare™ Rapid Quantitative LFIA test and Roche cobas® e 601 as a reference test. ResultsUsing serum, when compared to cobas® e 601 reference method, Finecare™ showed high sensitivity [90.5 % (69.6–98.8)] and specificity [96.3 % (89.6–99.2)] for diagnosis of thyroid abnormalities (<0.35 or >4.5 mIU/L). …”
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High-sensitive detection and quantitation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from capillary/fingerstick and venepuncture whole-blood using fluorescence-based rapid lateral flow i... by Samar, Shurbaji

“…Methods102 fingerstick, venepuncture whole-blood, and serum samples (with normal and abnormal TSH values) were analyzed by Finecare™ Rapid Quantitative LFIA test and Roche cobas® e 601 as a reference test. ResultsUsing serum, when compared to cobas® e 601 reference method, Finecare™ showed high sensitivity [90.5 % (69.6–98.8)] and specificity [96.3 % (89.6–99.2)] for diagnosis of thyroid abnormalities (<0.35 or >4.5 mIU/L). …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Flexural Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Treated Wastewater and Recycled Concrete Aggregates by Abushanab, Abdelrahman

“…In addition, the utilization of FA at a 20% replacement ratio enhanced the flexural strength by 5% to 7%.…”
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Gender Prespecified Sampling for Cost Control by Trung Le1, Kien

“…The same question was asked among nonnationals and the split is almost the same: 54.5% of males prefer a male interviewer, whereas 5.2% of women prefer a male interviewer. …”
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Glycine and Folate Ameliorate Models of Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia by Fernández-Murray1, J. Pedro

“…Sideroblastic anemias are acquired or inherited anemias that result in a decreased ability to synthesize hemoglobin in red blood cells and result in the presence of iron deposits in the mitochondria of red blood cell precursors. …”
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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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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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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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