Factors Affecting Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Qatar. by Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri

“…WTS was significantly associated with having a mother ( = 0.015) or a close friend ( < 0.001) who smoked. …”
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Effect of left atrial ligation-driven altered inflow hemodynamics on embryonic heart development: clues for prenatal progression of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. by Salman, Huseyin Enes

“…According to our CFD analysis, LAL results in an immediate decrease in the left AV canal WSS levels for 3.5-day (HH21) pre-septated hearts. …”
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Freezing-Based Acid Gas Removal and Its Integration with the Cold Section in an LNG Plant by Pal, Ajinkya

“…Natural gas (NG) feed undergoes a series of liquefaction and upgradation processes to produce the final liquefied natural gas (LNG) product that meets customer specifications. …”
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The Expression of TBC1 Domain Family, Member 4 (TBC1D4) in Skeletal Muscles of Insulin-Resistant Mice in Response to Sulforaphane by Rizk, Nasser M

“…Background: Obesity is commonly accompanied by impaired glucose homeostasis. Decreased glucose transport to the peripheral tissues, mainly skeletal muscle, leads to reduced total glucose disposal and hyperglycemia. …”
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Response of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress by Jing, Ma

“…Our results illustrated that the increasing levels of Cd in the sand, significantly (P < 0.05) decreased shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, germination percentage, germination index, mean germination time, time to 50% germination, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in all genotypes of B. oleracea. …”
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Molecular and Structural Changes in Induced-Brain Stroke Tissue Using FTIR Imaging Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy by Ali, Mohamed H

“…The infrared spectrum images showed a decrease in the lipid content of the white matter associated with the induced stroke brain sections. …”
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Optimizing nutrient removal of moving bed biofilm reactor process using response surface methodology by Almomani F.

“…Reactors demonstrated stable biofilm characteristics except for a slight decrease in biofilm thickness due to flow-shear stress. …”
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Computational Analysis for Bioconvection of Microorganisms in Prandtl Nanofluid Darcy-Forchheimer Flow across an Inclined Sheet by Wang, Jianfeng

“…The two-dimensional boundary layer flow of a Prandtl nanofluid was explored in the presence of an aligned magnetic field over an inclined stretching/shrinking sheet in a non-Darcy permeable medium. …”
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Conjugation of CTGF with Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles for the development of wound healing hydrogel patch by Syed, Raza ur Rehman

“…Non-healing chronic wounds are the key concern in type-2 diabetes that frequently leads to chronic infections, finally causes amputation of limbs, organs etc. …”
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Battery-Induced Load Hiding and Its Utility Consequences by Aly, Hussein

“…Our findings reveal that the inclusion of battery users in datasets can diminish the quality of conclusions drawn from these data. This can result in a decrease in the Area Under the Curve (AUC) by more than 10% when attempting to profile users within single-occupant and multiple-occupant households. …”
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The burden of ischemic heart disease and the epidemiologic transition in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: 1990-2019 by Sadeghi, Masoumeh

“…The age-standardized prevalence of IHD in the EMR increased from 5.0% to 5.5% between 1990 and 2019, while it decreased at the global level. …”
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The impact of intermittent fasting during Ramadan on psychomotor and cognitive skills in adolescent athletes by Bougrine, Houda

“…Methods: To achieve this purpose, a cohort of 23 female handball players, aged 17.2 ± 0.5 years, participated in a series of six testing sessions: one conducted prior to Ramadan (R0), and others during the first (R1), second (R2), third (R3), and fourth (R4) weeks of Ramadan, followed by a session in the week after Ramadan (R5). …”
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In patients with Chronic Heart Failure Which Polypharmacy Pheno-groups are associated with adverse health outcomes? (Polypharmacy Pheno-groups and Heart failure outcomes) by Mohammed Ibn-Mas'ud, Danjuma

“…Each patient's medications for the past four months were tallied, and a definitional threshold of ≤4, ≥5, ≥10 medications was established. …”
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Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. …”
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Physico-mechanical Properties of Sustainable Building Material Based Gypsum and Recycled Polyethylene Waste by Amina, Djoudi

“…Results proved the positive effect of the introducing of PET particles in the matrix of gypsum mortar, the lightening of this material but a decrease of mechanical properties was recorded comparing in to reference without polyethylene particles. …”
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Thermoelectric properties of SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 for thermoelectric devices and alternative energy applications by Bilal, M.

“…The maximum values of thermal conductivity are 92×1014 W/m K s and 88×1014 W/m K s for SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 respectively at a temperature of 900 K. The peak values of 5×1020/Ω m s and 5.2×1020/Ω m s are achieved for n-type SbNCa3 and BiNCa3 respectively at a temperature of 300 K. …”
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Impact On Local Pearl Oyster Pinctada Radiata Exposed To Chronic Levels Of Chlorine by Alfaqih, Arwa Shaif

“…This will lead to both, decrease in feeding and prevention from toxicity, resulting in a reduced growth and lower susceptibility, respectively.…”
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Enhancing the production of biogas through anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural waste and chemical pre-treatments by Almomani F.

“…The results revealed that the highest cumulative methane production (CMP) of 297.99 NL/kgVS can be generated by co-digestion of ASWs and CD at a ratio of 60:40. Further improvement was achieved via alkalinity treatment with 1.0 g of NaHCO3/gVS leading to decrease in lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose contents of feedstock by 3.5%, 10.5% and 15.9%, respectively, converting them to soluble fractions and improving the CMP by 11.2–29.7% based on substrate quality. …”
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Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in Europe: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Alareeki, Asalah

“…Seroprevalence decreased by 1% per calendar year. Pooled mean proportions of HSV-2 detection in GUD and in genital herpes were 22.0% (95% CI: 15.3–29.6%) and 66.0% (95% CI: 62.9–69.1%), respectively. …”
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Evaluation of different personalized ventilation air terminal devices: Inhalation vs. clothing-mediated exposures by Al Assaad, Douaa

“…Increasing the flow to 10 l/s led to reductions of 89% in exposure and 56.5% in deposition. A VDG delivering 5 l/s reduced exposure by 33% while deposition reduction was negligible at 3%. …”
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