ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INSULIN RESISTANCE AND NITRIC OXIDE IN HUMAN RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO by Bushra, Sumbul

“…This may suggest that insulin could counteract the hyperglycemic effect on AKT/PI3 kinase which mediates NO production and VEGF-A, with decreased adhesion molecules such as p-selectin that is involved in barrier disorder of retinal endothelial cells. …”
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Acidity's Impact on Yield, Morphological Structure, and Surface Functionalities of Polyaniline Synthesised via Oxidative Polymerisation by Ahmat, Dounia Ousmane

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Understanding the mechanisms mediating cardio-renal benefit of empagliflozin in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Dimitrios, Patoulias

“…They have demonstrated1 that empagliflozin treatment resulted in a significant decrease in pulse pressure (PP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and cardiac workload, compared with placebo; at week 12, placebo-adjusted mean changes from baseline were − 2.5 mmHg for PP, − 2.2 mmHg for MAP and − 315 mmHg x beats per minute (bpm) for cardiac workload (p < 0.0001 for all). …”
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The Structure of the Free Volume in Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) from Positron Lifetime and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) Experiments by Dlubek, Gunter

“…The specific number of holes, equation image, estimated from a comparison of PVT and PALS results, is independent on the temperature and the composition of SAN, equation image = (0.56 ± 0.02) × 1021 g−1 which corresponds to Nh(Tg) = equation image/V(Tg) = 0.59 nm−3 and 1/Nh(Tg) = 1.7 nm3 for the volume which contains one hole. …”
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Reinforcement of polyacrylamide-co-tert-butyl acrylate base gel using nanosilica for conformance control at low and high reservoir temperatures by Shamlooh M.

“…The target of water shut-off process is plugging fractures or high permeability zones to decrease water cuts. Polyacrylamide tert-butyle Acrylate (PAtBA) is used for such applications. …”
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Mycoremediation of Tunisian tannery wastewater under non-sterile conditions using Trametes versicolor: live and dead biomasses by Boujelben, Raouia

“…Laccase activity reached a maximum of 7.975 U/L (pH = 8.25) and 20 U/L (pH = 5.5) after 5 days of treatment. …”
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In vitro effects of hydrogen peroxide on rat uterine contraction before and during pregnancy by AlanaziR.

“…Results In both term-pregnant and non-pregnant uterine strips, H 2 O 2 elicited a biphasic response, consisting of a transient contraction followed by a persistent decrease in spontaneously generated contractions, contractions induced by oxytocin, and contractions induced by high Ca +2 (all P&lt; 0.01, compared with controls) in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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Effect of anions on the structural, morphological and dielectric properties of hydrothermally synthesized hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by Sundarabharathi L.

“…For the particles obtained from nitrate, acetate, chloride and egg shell precursors respectively give dielectric constant (εʹ) values of 9.96, 13.22, 9.92 and 10.86 at 5 MHz. The εʹ and dielectric loss (εʹʹ) values for the HA nanoparticles decrease with increase in the applied frequency as well. …”
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Overconfident results with the bivariate random effects model for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies by Furuya-Kanamori, Luis

“…Diaz found that the performance of the bivariate model deteriorates when between-study heterogeneity increases and the number of studies decrease.5 Our simulation studies found similar results—with moderate levels of heterogeneity (tau2 = 1), the coverage probabilities of Se, Sp, and the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) with the bivariate model dropped below the nominal level.6 Diagnostic accuracy studies usually favor sensitivity over specificity, or vice versa leading to diagnostic 2 × 2 tables with one or more of the cells with low frequency or zero counts. …”
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Effect of concentration of DOC loaded TiO 2 nanotubes on the corrosion behavior of smart coatings by Ubaid F.

“…Towards this direction, TiO2 nanotubes with an average size of ⁓10–15 nm (as confirmed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis) were synthesized through a hydrothermal process and were then impregnated with DOC. …”
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Mechanical and microstructure characterization of hard nanostructured N-bearing thin coating by Cabibbo, M.

“…The main problem with steel, is that it exhibits a relatively low hardness (below 10GPa) which strongly decreases upon annealing above about 600K. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of flexible ruthenium oxide-loaded polyaniline/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers by Chamakh, M.

“…The tests revealed the decrease of electrical resistivity and activation energy with increasing RuO2 concentration for the as-prepared samples, while the annealed samples showed lower activation energy values of ~0.1 eV with increasing the concentration of RuO2. …”
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High temperature thermal stability of innovative nanostructured thin coatings for advanced tooling by Cabibbo, Marcello

“…Three different thin hard nitrogen-rich coatings were mechanically, microstructurally, and thermally characterized: A 2.5 micron-thick CrN-NbN, a 11.7 micron-thick TiAlN, and a 2.92 micron-thick AlTiCrxNy. …”
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Pd nanocrystals encapsulated in MOF-derived Ni/N-doped hollow carbon nanosheets for efficient thermal CO oxidation: unveiling the effect of porosity by Ipadeola, Adewale K.

“…This is evidenced in the great ability of Pd/Ni-MOF-HNC to utterly oxidize CO at a lower complete conversion temperature (T100) of 114.5 °C compared with Pd/Ni-MOF-NC (153.8 °C) and Pd/C (201.5 °C) under atmospheric pressure. …”
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Functionalization of silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles as powerful demulsifier to recover oil from oil-in-water emulsion by Elmobarak W.F.

“…The Fe–Si-MNP exhibited excellent %Soil, reliable stability, and high magnetization values ranging between 46.1 and 80.2 emu/g. adding a 5 nm silica layer on the surface of the Fe–Si-MNP (i.e., Fe–Si-1) protected them from oxidation conditions, extended their service life, and achieved a %Soil of ∼96.3%. …”
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Association between Insulin and Nitric Oxide in Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in vitro by Rizk, Nasser Moustafa

“…This study demonstrated that hyperglycemia causes an increase in ROS/oxidative stress and apoptosis, while insulin promotes a significant decrease in ROS and apoptosis. eNOS mediated NO production increases with hyperglycemia but remarkably decreases with insulin treatment after 1 hour, 2 hours and 4 hours. …”
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دراسة تأثير تركيز تيترا أيزوبروبكسيد التيتانيوم (TTIP) على بعض مواصفات ألياف ثنائي أكسيد التيتانيوم النانوية المغزولة كهربائياً... by طهماز, غزل

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Gas Driven Fracture during Gas Production using HeleShaw Cell by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…Following saturation, CO2 is applied to the cell at a constant pressure (2 kPa, 5 kPa, and 10 kPa). …”
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Investigation of Spatiotemporal Variability of Microplastics in Qatar's Cstal Environment by Ben-Hamadou, Radhouane

“…Seawater was sampled respectively with a surface neuston net (300 ?m mesh size) towed off the side of the speedboat in undisturbed water for 5 minutes at 1.5 knots (Doyle et al., 2011). …”
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Fabrication of Selective Sensors for Hg2+ Traces in Water Using Graphene Decorated with Metal Nanoclusters by Ayesh, Ahmad I.

“…Two batches of sensors were tested in this work: i) sensors based on graphene only, and ii) sensors based on graphene and percolating films of Au nanoclusters, each has a thickness of 5 nm. For nanocluster deposition, each graphene sample was fixed on a cryostat finger. …”
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