Effect of mobile text messages on antiretroviral medication adherence and patient retention in early HIV care: An open-label, randomized, single center study in south Florida by Sherman, Elizabeth M.

“…A significant increase in CD4 cell count and a decrease in HIV RNA were found at study end, with no differences between the two groups. …”
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Mechanical properties of gamma irradiated TiO2NPs/MWCNTs/LDPE hybrid nanocomposites by Zagho M.M.

“…Furthermore, the % of the total elongation at break is decreased after incorporating MWCNTs. The % of the total elongation at break after exposure to a dosage of 25 kGy was reduced as a result of chain scissions and molecular weight decrease. …”
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High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge by Integration of Electro-Fenton Process by Feki, Emna

“…Production of biogas was also found to improve during semi-continuous fermentation of EF-pretreated sludge conducted in a lab-scale reactor. In comparison to raw sludge, EF-pretreated sludge produced the highest biogas yield (0.81 L biogas/g VS) with a high COD removal rate, reaching 96.6% at an organic loading rate (OLR) of 2.5 g VS/L. d. …”
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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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Correlation between delta-endotoxin and proteolytic activities produced by Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki growing in an economic production medium by Ennouri, Karim

“…Maximal protease activity (540-2468 UI) obtained by BUPM5-1 and BUPM5-2 was 2.34-fold and 10.7-fold, respectively, more than that obtained by the wild strain BUPM5 with a drastic decrease of their delta-endotoxin production. …”
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Screening of Qatari Microalgae and Cyanobacteria for Application in CO2 Utilization by Schipper, Kira

“…All four strains were then cultivated under various temperatures, ranging from 30 to 45˚C. The most productive strain was Tetraselmis sp., with a maximum biomass productivity of 157.7 ± 10.9 mg L-1 d-1 at 30˚C, with a decreasing productivity for increasing temperatures. …”
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Conceptual Framework for Planning Urban Roadside Vegetation to Enhance Air Quality for Roadside Users by Mogra, Soujanya

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Food shopping, preparation and consumption practices in times of COVID-19: case of Lebanon by Ben Hassen, Tarek

“…Indeed, the study outcomes suggested (1) a move toward healthier diets; (2) a rise in the consumption of domestic products due to food safety concerns; (3) a change in the grocery shopping behaviors (with a rise in online shopping); (4) a surge of food stockpiling; and (5) a decrease in household food wastage. …”
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Enhancing effect of chia seeds on heterocyclic amine generation in meatball by Elbir, Zeynep

“…The impact of using chia seeds at different rates (0%, 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%) in meatball on the water content, pH and lipid oxidation (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, TBARS), cooking loss and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) content of meatballs cooked at 150, 200, and 250 °C was investigated. …”
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Assessment of SnO2 nanoparticles' impact on the growth of Picochlorum maculatum algae by Bounnit, Touria

“…To determine the effect of SnO2 nanoparticles on Picochlorum maculatum - isolated from a Qatar marine environment, algal growth media are amended with different nanoparticle concentrations (1, 5, 25, 50, and 100 mg L−1) and the culture was observed for 72 h. …”
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Use Of Cement By-Pass Dust In Soil Stabilization by Taha, Ramzi

“…Mixtures were subjected to the following tests: (1) Atterberg limits, (2) pH, (3) compaction, (4) California Bearing Ratio (CBR), (5) swell percent, and (6) swell pressure. Results indicate that as cement by-pass dust content increases, the swell percent and maximum dry density decrease while the pH and CBR values tend to increase. …”
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Use and assessment of “e-plastics” as recycled aggregates in cement mortar by Makri, Chrysanthi

“…The replacement percentages (RPs) used were 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10% and 12.5%, while the water to cement (w/c) ratio was maintained constant at 0.5 in all tests. …”
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The Cellular Interplay Between Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform I and Osteopontin in Cardiac Hypertrophy by Abdelaziz, Iman Ahmed

“…This was significantly abolished in the presence of siRNA-OPN (20.2 fold decrease±0.12 of control) and (68.5±0.24% vs. 586.5±103.54% NHE1-infected). …”
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Failure mode analysis for single-phase Multi-level qZSI interfacing PV system to utility grid by Rahman, Syed

“…The power deficit due to a failure of the module is reflected as a decrease in the grid current reference. …”
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Experimental study on combustion, performance, and emission behaviours of diesel /WCO biodiesel/Cyclohexane blends in DI-CI engine by Elkelawy, Medhat

“…The CO, HC, and smoke density have decreased by increasing the Cyclohexane dose as a flammable additive. …”
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Numerical and wind tunnel investigation of Hot Air Recirculation across Liquefied Natural Gas Air Cooled Heat Exchangers by Ghani S.

“…Horizontal winglets were shown to be more effective than vertical winglets as they decreased intake and exhaust air temperatures by about 5�C and 8�C respectively and increased exhaust air velocity by 1.2 m/s. …”
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The Influence of Urbanization on Natural Overland Flow Paths by Al-Sayed, Amna Mohammed

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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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Effects of Trehalose Administration in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III. by Mobini, Moein

“…Decreases in mean splenic length were observed, whereas the liver volume did not change. …”
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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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