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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Evacuated tube heat pipe solar collector for Encontech engine-driven reverse osmosis solar desalination by Takalkar, Gorakshnath

“…Both energetic and exergetic efficiencies exhibit upper values at A co/A abs ratio up to 1. Further increment in this ratio up to 3 resulted in a decrease in the efficiency of the ETHPSC.…”
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Structural analysis of missense mutations in galactokinase 1 (GALK1) leading to galactosemia type-2. by P, Sneha

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed a decrease in interaction between the protein and ATP in all the 3 mutations, and molecular dynamic simulations of 50 ns showed a loss of stability and compactness in the mutant proteins. …”
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Rapid decline in family size in Oman: Untangling the puzzles and paradoxes by Islam, M Mazharul

“…Sultanate of Oman has experienced a rapid demographic transition with a sharp decrease in fertility and family size in recent time that is quite stunning and more than expected, yet has remained largely unnoticed. …”
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An improved asymmetrical multilevel inverter topology with reduced semiconductor device count by Sarwer, Zeeshan

“…As the number of devices has a direct relation to the cost of the inverter, therefore, reducing the devices will decrease the cost and makes the system more reliable for use in potential applications. …”
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Numerical simulation of stall development into surge and stall control using air injection in centrifugal compressors by Halawa, Taher

“…Results also showed that during surge, forces on the impeller blades increase to nearly double of its initial value and then decrease again. By using air injection at the vaneless region with different injection angles, it was found that injection with angle of 30° has a good effect on preventing surge and minimizing the pressure fluctuations comparing to other injection angles results. …”
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Angiotensin receptor blocker-neprilysin inhibitor for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Nasrallah, Dima

“…Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a clinical syndrome characterized by volume overload, impaired exercise capacity, and recurrent hospital admissions. …”
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Individual water consumption behavior in relation to urban residential dynamics: The Case of Qatar by Kalifa, Ahmed

“…To investigate this phenomenon, we mapped the human behavioral components with a view to evaluating water consumption in Qatar. …”
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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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Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation by Mostafa M., Shibl

“…In this paper, a deep RL-based EVs charging management solution is presented, while considering fast charging, conventional charging and V2G operation, in order to satisfy the requirements of the user and the utility. …”
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Production of flexible nanocomposite membranes for x-ray detectors by Ahmad I., Ayesh

“…Flexible membranes of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer and CuO nanoparticles for x-ray detection applications are reported in this work. PVA represents a polymer matrix for nanoparticles, and its flexibility and electrical conductivity are enhanced by addition of glycerol (GL) plasticizer. …”
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Prediction of biogas production from chemically treated co-digested agricultural waste using artificial neural network by Almomani F.

“…An ANN model consists of three layers, 15 neutrons and 260 epochs accurately predict the CMP with 99.1% of data within ±10% deviation of the mean experimental value. The developed model can be used to forecast the CMP as a function of operating temperature, the substrate composition, and chemical dose, and can be used for scaling-up and cost analysis purposes.…”
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Backfilling Shaft Surround Using Recycled Concrete Waste Material by Brown, John

“…Using RCA as shaft backfill is more beneficial from a sustainability perspective as it will decrease the carbon footprint by 70% when compared with using traditional backfill materials. …”
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Pharmacologic inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-hydroxylases ameliorates allergic contact dermatitis by Manresa M.C.

“…Background When an immune cell migrates from the bloodstream to a site of chronic inflammation, it experiences a profound decrease in microenvironmental oxygen levels leading to a state of cellular hypoxia. …”
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Protein Glycation in Plants-An Under-Researched Field with Much Still to Discover. by Rabbani, Naila

“…Recent research has identified glycation as a non-enzymatic post-translational modification of proteins in plants with a potential contributory role to the functional impairment of the plant proteome. …”
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IoT-based mock oxygenator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation simulator by Sayed, Aya

“…Methods: Consequently, it is advised that the training process include a simulated version of oxygenators to optimize reusability and decrease training expenses. …”
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Low Platinum-Loaded Molybdenum Co-catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline and Acidic Media by Malali, Praveen

“…The Ptd-Mo electrocatalyst presents similar catalytic activity to bulk Pt in alkaline media, while the performance is only slightly decreased in acidic media. Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) results confirm that the Ptd-Mo electrocatalyst produced hydrogen at a rate comparable with that of a pristine Pt sample at the same potential. …”
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Development of Semitransparent UV Photodetector Based on PTB7-Th:PCBM Composite Using the Cost-effective Fabrication Method by Riaz, Muhammad

“…The variation in UV intensity (0 to 20,000 pW/cm2) and frequency (100 Hz, 1 kHz, 10 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz) was carried out, and variation of impedance and capacitance has been studied. After a comprehensive analysis under specific UV strength and frequency, a considerable increase in capacitance and a significant decrease in impedance were observed. …”
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Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm by Abu Zitar, Raed

“…As a result, the embedding capacity in each class can increase by reducing the value of the difference between two consecutive pixels, and the distortion of the marked image can decrease after inserting the personal data using the DE method. …”
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AMPK Activation Attenuates Albumin-induced Alterations in Renal Tubular Cells In Vitro by Allouch, Soumaya

“…Notably, metformin also prevented albumin-induced EMT; this was marked by a 50% decrease in a-SMA and a 60% increase in E-cadherin expression. …”
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