Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes by Sukkarieh-Haraty, Ola

“…This pilot-study tested the effect of culturally-tailored education targeting diabetes selfcare on glycemia and cardiovascular risk factors of Lebanese with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (n = 27; Age: 61 ± 10 yrs, 59% males, HbA1c: 8.98 ± 1.38%). Results: Diabetes self-care (Diet, Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose and foot care) improved after 6 months, which was reflected in a significant drop in glycemic levels (HbA1c:-0.5%; FPG: − 38 mg/dl), and cholesterol/HDL ratio (4.45 ± 1.39 vs. 4.06 ± 1.29). …”
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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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Garlic for cardiovascular disease: Prevention or treatment? by Alali, Feras Q.

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Age-Related Differences of the Athlete`s Heart by Kneffel, Zsuzsanna

“…Left ventricle muscle mass (LVMM) is higher in older endurance athletes than in age-matched non-athletes (5) but the difference between athletic and non-athletic subjects decrease continuously or disappears during the ageing. …”
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Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of voriconazole vs. liposomal amphotericin B in empiric treatment of invasive fungal infections in Turkey by Turner, Stuart J.

“…The current pharmacoeconomic evaluation investigated the use of liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) and voriconazole for the empiric treatment of IFI in the Turkish setting.Methods: Decision analytic modelling was used to create a pathway for patient treatment with a 5-point composite outcome measure. …”
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Investigation Into the Effects of Non-Linear Loading of Domestic Power Network on Home Appliances by Hossain, Ajad

“…Efficiency computation of a single-phase capacitor start machine. c) Fundamental frequency, 3rd harmonic and 5th harmonic power is estimated by using the above block. …”
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Study of voltage source converter-based HVDC system during DC side faults by Khader, H.

“…A 500MW/400kV HVDC system is simulated using Matlab/Simulink. …”
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Energy recovery and nutrients recycling from municipal sewage sludge by Das, Probir

“…The maximum energy recovery (i.e., 59%) and maximum energy return on investment (i.e., 3.5) were obtained at 350 °C and 60 min of holding time. …”
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Synthesis of Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene 1,7-Octadiene Copolymer: Effect of Copolymerization on Polymer Properties by Rahaman M.

“…The tensile stress-strain plots show multiple necks. A reduction in tensile modulus, strength, and strain at break is seen for copolymers compared to homopolymer. …”
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Effect of the support on physicochemical properties and catalytic performance of cobalt based nano-catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch reaction by Ali, Sardar

“…Fischer-Tropsch reaction (FTS) was carried out in a fixed-bed microreactor (220 �C and 1 atm and with H2/CO = 2 v/v, SV of 12 L/g h). …”
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Performance assessment of inductive power transfer for railway applications by Almuhannadi, D.

“…The practical implementation has been conducted at a rated voltage of 100V DC at 50kHz and input power of 80W. …”
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Hybrid wind-diesel-battery system planning considering multiple different wind turbine technologies installation by Rakhshani, E.

“…Results of the case study demonstrate a significant reduction in the planning cost, namely above 5 percent depend on the wind speed. …”
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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of AA 6063 Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation by Jafarlou, Davoud Mashhadi

“…HA of AA6063 increased the fatigue and fretting fatigue lives of SPD + HT-processed samples at low cycle by 15.5 and 18.4 pct respectively; however, at high cycle, HA had reverse effects, whereby the fatigue and fretting fatigue lives of SPD + HT-processed samples decreased by 16.7 and 30 pct, respectively.…”
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Developing pretreatment methods to promote the production of biopolymer and bioethanol from residual algal biomass (RAB) by Fares, AlMomani

“…The maximum bioethanol production (Mbio−ethP) of 0.950 ± 0.005 mL/gRAB was achieved using microalgae pretreated with Mv-H2O2-Fe-PT and incubated at pH = 5.5 and 37 °C. The Mbio−ethP was negatively affect by increasing the pH or decreasing the temperature. …”
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Trends and Appropriateness of Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors Use in Qatar by Zaghloul, Nancy

“…Male gender (odds ratio [OR], 1.692; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.015 to 2.822; P=0.044), patients with a baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7% (OR, 3.219; 95% CI, 1.838 to 5.637; P<0.001) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) (OR, 2.182; 95% CI, 1.053 to 4.523), patients on metformin (OR, 7.556; 95% CI, 4.460 to 12.802; P<0.001), sulfonylureas (OR, 2.301; 95% CI, 1.160 to 4.563; P=0.017), and dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4is) (OR, 3.430; 95% CI, 2.004 to 5.871; P<0.001) were more likely to be prescribed a SGLT2i. …”
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Microbially induced calcite precipitation in calcareous soils by endogenous Bacillus cereus, at high pH and harsh weather by Oualha, Meriam

“…Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) improves the physical properties of soils by increasing the solid content, decreasing the pore sizes and improving the rigidity of the particle-to-particle contact ending with a better mechanical and geotechnical performances of the soils. …”
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Effect of reinforcement concentration on the properties of hot extruded Al-Al2O3 composites synthesized through microwave sintering process by Reddya, M. Penchal

“…Results showed that, as the content of hard ceramic particles increases, it improves overall mechanical properties including microhardness, 0.2% yield strength, ultimate compression/tensile strength, and Young's modulus while the ductility and co-efficient of thermal expansion decreases. XRD patterns and SEM/EDS mapping images show a uniform distribution of Al2O3 particles in the Al matrix. …”
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Quality, safety and efficiency in practice: Risk assessment and standardisation of anesthesia equipment and supplies in operating theaters of high-volume tertiary-care academic med... by Hammad Y.

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DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF MICRORNAS BY ANTI-OBESITY TREATMENT SULFORAPHANE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE OF DIET-INDUCED OBESITY IN MICE by ALASMAR, DIMA RIYAD

“…Furthermore, we identified eight differentially expressed miRNAs in SFN-treated DIO mice, of which five were upregulated (mmu-miR-150-5p, mmu-miR-486a-3p, mmu-miR-126b-5p, mmu-miR-140-3p, mmu-miR-92a-3p) and three were downregulated (mmu-miR-101a-3p, mmu-miR-29c-3p, mmu-miR-3074-5p). …”
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