Smoking cessation counseling in Qatar: Community pharmacists' attitudes, role perceptions and practices حسب El Hajj, Maguy Saffouh

"…Background: Smoking is a major public health problem in Qatar. The potential for community pharmacists to offer smoking cessation counseling in this country can be high. …"
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Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment حسب Alsaka, Lilyan

"…For 2 cm hydrogel thickness, the water flux of 3%kC-0.3%AC and 3%kC-3%V hydrogels was 25.6 LMH and 21.5 LMH, and the corresponding PFOA rejection was 86.9% for 3%kC-0.3%AC and 85.7% for 3%kC-3%V. …"
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Development of Inorganically Cross-Linked Sulfonated Polyacrylamide Preformed Particle Gels for Conformance Control: Impact of Anionic Groups حسب Elaf, Reem

"…Notably, aluminum-based PPGs exhibit slow swelling kinetics, taking over 5 h. Furthermore, results showed that high cross-linker concentrations and increased salinity are associated with decreased PPG swelling ratios but enhanced mechanical strength. …"
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Optimal Design of Cogeneration Systems Based on Flaring and Venting Streams and Accounting for the Involved Uncertainty حسب Tovar-Facio, Javier

"…This paper proposes a solution approach that enables to determine cumulative probability curves to give to decision makers a useful tool to know the financial risk related to the implementation of the proposed system, and the results show that the proposed system is a suitable option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to decrease the operating costs. 1 2017 Elsevier B.V.…"
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Nitrogen Transformations as affected by some factors at cultivated soils in Saudi Arabia حسب Al Falih, Abdullah M. [عبد الله مساعد خلف الفالح]

"…Ammonium sulphate (5 mg N g-1 soil) was added and the soil samples were incubated at 25°C for 4 weeks. …"
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Nitrogen Transformations As Affected By Some Factors at Cultivated Soils In Saudi Arabia حسب Al Falih, Abdullah M. [عبد الله مساعد خلف الفالح]

"…Ammonium sulphate (5 mg N g'' soil) was added and the soil samples were incubated at 25°C for 4 weeks. …"
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Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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? حسب Alali, Feras Q.

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Age-Related Differences of the Athlete`s Heart حسب 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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High temperature thermal stability of innovative nanostructured thin coatings for advanced tooling حسب 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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Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of voriconazole vs. liposomal amphotericin B in empiric treatment of invasive fungal infections in Turkey حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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 حسب 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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