Effect of Carbonyl Iron Particle Types on the Structure and Performance of Magnetorheological Elastomers: A Frequency and Strain Dependent Study by Salem, Ayman M. H.

“…Each MRE composition have three different concentrations, which is 5%, 10%, and 20% by volume. The dynamic properties of the fabricated samples are tested by compression oscillations on a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA). …”
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Electrically conductive composites based on an elastomeric matrix filled with expanded graphite as a potential oil sensing material by Krupa, Igor

“…Slightly stretched films (by 4% of the original length) showed a response that was 12.5 times faster with respect to oil absorption than an un-stretched film. …”
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Synthesis and characterisation of Co2+-incorporated ZnO nanoparticles prepared through a sol-gel method by Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.

“…A hexagonal wurtzite-phase structure of Co2+-doped ZnO was observed, with a slight decrease in particle size as the Co2+ doping concentration increased. …”
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Optimization of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fueled with Jatropha biodiesel produced using a heterogeneous catalyst (CaO) by Singh, A.

“…The heterogeneous transesterification delivered a yield of 81.6% at 5 wt% catalyst concentration and 12:1 methanol to oil molar ratio. …”
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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

“…Results Cox proportional hazard regression analyses of general obesity indices revealed that for every one-unit increase in body mass index, the risk of incident multimorbidity increased by 5.2% (95% confidence interval 5.0%-5.4%). A dose-response relationship was observed between general obesity degrees and incident multimorbidity. …”
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Severe vegetation degradation associated with different disturbance types in a poorly managed urban recreation destination in Iran by Erfanian, Mohammad Bagher

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On Time-Dependent Rheology of Sutterby Nanofluid Transport across a Rotating Cone with Anisotropic Slip Constraints and Bioconvection by Abdal, Sohaib

“…The leading formulation is transmuted into ordinary differential formate via similarity functions. Five coupled equations with nonlinear terms are resolved numerically through the utilization of a MATLAB code for the Runge-Kutta procedure. …”
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BIOTREATMENT OF GTL PROCESS WATER AND PESTICIDES CONTAMINATED WATER USING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by AHMED, SOMAYA AHMED ELBASHIR

“…Over 40% of the world's population suffers from water scarcity, a problem that is expected to get worse because of global warming and desertification. …”
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Topiramate monotherapy for weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paravattil, Bridget

“…Results: Of the 284 studies identified, 5 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Topiramate decreased weight by a mean difference of 3.4 kg (95% CI, -3.79 to -3.04) compared to placebo. …”
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Changes in dietary habits and eating behaviors during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…Among these changes, they have increased (p < 0.05) the prevalence of fruit and vegetable, immune boosters, water, and hot beverage consumption, as well as decreased (p < 0.05) eating in restaurants and fatty food consumption, indicating a positive change. …”
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Association between Lebanese Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults—A Preliminary Study by Daou, Tracy

“…The results showed that a higher LMD adherence was associated with a significantly decreased frailty prevalence (OR = 0.123, 95% CI: 0.022–0.676, p = 0.016 when categorical and OR = 0.773, 95% CI 0.608–0.983, p = 0.036). …”
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The effectiveness of targeted relative to empiric prophylaxis on infectious complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: a meta-analysis by Scott, S.

“…Overtreatment associated with augmented prophylaxis approaches may be reduced as a result. Further prospective assessment and cost?…”
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An enhanced distance-dependent electric field model for contact-separation triboelectric nanogenerator: Air-breakdown limit as a case study by Ahmed, Anas A.

“…The maximum surface charge density that can be obtained without air breakdown was predicted to be lateral sizedependent. It shows a monotonical decrease from 51.94 to 33.59 µC/m2 with a lateral size increase from 0.5 to 10 cm. …”
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Enhanced photovoltaic performance with co-sensitization of a ruthenium(ii) sensitizer and an organic dye in dye-sensitized solar cells by Mehmood, Umer

“…Upon optimization, the device made of 0.3 mM N3 + 0.2 mM RK-1 yielded Jsc = 18.1 mA cm2, Voc = 888 mV, FF = 57.44, and ? = 9.23%. …”
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A Prospective Association of Nut Consumption with Cognitive Function in Chinese Adults aged 55+ _ China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Li, M

“…Nut intake of more than 10g/d was associated with higher cognition score by 0.63 points (95% CI 0.15-1.12) or 40% less likely to have poor cognitive function (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.43-0.84) after adjusted for demographic, lifestyle behavioural, BMI, and energy intake. …”
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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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Clinical characteristics and outcome of children with acute cryptorchid testicular torsion: A single-center, retrospective case series study by Zvizdic, Zlatan

“…Results We found eight patients with unilateral acute cryptorchid TT with a prevalence of 8.9% (8/90) among all TT cases. …”
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Cobalt phthalocyanine as a novel molecular recognition reagent for batch and flow injection potentiometric and spectrophotometric determination of anionic surfactants by El-Nemma, Eman M.

“…Under batch mode of operation, the sensor displays a near-Nernstian slope of −56.5 mV decade−1, wide response linear range of 7.8 × 10−4 to 8.0 × 10−7 mol L−1, lower detection limit of 2.5 × 10−7 mol L−1 and exhibits high selectivity for anionic surfactants in the presence of many common ions. …”
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Box-Behnken approach for optimization of Cr(III) removal from a real tanning effluent using powdered marble by Boujelben, R.

“…The results showed that the maximum uptake (> 99%) was obtained at a chromium initial concentration of 0.758�g/L, pH = 5.0 and using 6% (w:v) of powdered marble. …”
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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

“…There is a clear peak in the current transient, with the XRD results showing FeCO3 formation during the increasing portion of this transient and then a rapidly decreasing rate of FeCO3 formation as the anodic current decreases towards the end of the test, indicating the growth of a protective surface scale. …”
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