Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter? by Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami

“…This study aims to assess whether or not the presence of credit bureaus is associated with more or fewer financing constraints while considering the interfering effect of corruption in a sample of 18 countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period 2011-2014. …”
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Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. Furthermore, this negative impact is amplified when accounting for oil price changes. …”
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An Overview of Solid Waste Management and Plastic Recycling in Qatar by Al-Maaded, M.

“…Recent literature on current solid waste management (SWM) in Qatar has been reviewed in this paper, and a focused study has been carried out to provide a review on the total amount of municipal solid waste generated, stored, collected, disposed as well as the constituents of the waste. …”
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Interface modification of compatibilized polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene blends: Effect of compatibilization on thermomechanical properties and thermal stability by Inuwa, Ibrahim M.

“…Compatibilization with a suitable block/graft copolymer is one way to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of the PET/PP blend. …”
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Solely abluminal drug release from coronary stents could possibly improve reendothelialization by Zhang, Haijun

“…Background Stents with asymmetric coating, eluting the drug to the vessel wall (BPSES-A), could potentially give faster reendothelialization after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and decrease in in-stent thrombosis and late restenosis. …”
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Warming up for athletic events by Hussain, Helmi

“…Coaches, physical educators and athletes of almost every athletic activity assume that the warming-up procedure is a mean by which athletic performance may be improved, and the chance of injury reduced; they also hold that the benefits of warming up have been attributed to an increased range of motion in the joints, increased circulation, decreased viscosity, increased body and muscle temperature and neural facilitation (24) and that warming up has an inherent psychological effect since it helps the athlete to achieve a state of mental readiness or mind set. …”
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Structural influence of chromium substituted magnetite ferrofluids on the optical and antibacterial characteristics by Babukutty, B.

“…As the composition of Cr increases from x = 0.2 to x = 0.8, the crystalline size decreases reaching a minimum value of 9 nm. …”
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Numerical investigation of rotating stall in centrifugal compressor with vaned and vaneless diffuser by Halawa, Taher

“…These pressure fluctuations in the case of the vaneless diffuser appear with a gradual decrease of the mean pressure value as a part of the surge cycle. …”
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Effect of hyperglycemia on EPCs function and regenerative ability by Hendawi, Hadeel Khalil

“…There was a trend towards an increase in permeability as indicated by barrier function assays. …”
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Tapped Switched-Coupled-Inductors Γ-Source Inverter by Esmaeili, S.

“…This paper introduces a novel tapped switched-coupled-inductors Γ-source inverter (TSCL-ΓSI) with modified cell and high voltage boost ability. …”
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Hemoglobin, hematocrit and plasma volume variations following combined sprint and strength: Effect of advanced age by Sellami, M.

“…Equipment and methods: Twenty-eight moderately trained were randomly assigned into a young trained (YT), young control (YC), middle-aged trained (MAT), and middle-aged control (MAC) group. …”
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Superior photocatalytic activity of Cu doped NiWO4 for efficient degradation of benzene in air even under visible radiation by Tri N.L.M.

“…This was because Cu effectively acted as novel dopant, which not only affected valence band (VB) top and conduction band (CB) bottom of NiWO4 but also formed a medium energy level between CB and VB of the NiWO4 to decrease its energy band gap and electron-hole recombination rate. …”
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Comparative Investigation of the Physicochemical Properties of Chars Produced by Hydrothermal Carbonization, Pyrolysis, and Microwave-Induced Pyrolysis of Food Waste by Khan, Moonis Ali

“…The mass yield of HTC samples showed a decrease (78.7 to 26.7%) as the HTC temperature increased from 180 to 220 °C. …”
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Tribo-mechanical properties evaluation of HA/TiO2/CNT nanocomposite by Zalnezhad, Erfan

“…The wear rate of HA/TiO2/CNT with the highest CNT content showed a decrease compared with those of the other samples. …”
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Understanding the progress and challenges in the fields of thermo-catalysis and electro-catalysis for the CO2 conversion to fuels by Yadav, V. S. K.

“…Several studies have been reported in both the processes with a desire to decrease the atmospheric CO2 concentration by stopping CO2 emissions at the site of generation itself. …”
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Mechanism and kinetics of electrochemical degradation of uric acid using conductive-diamond anodes by Dbira, Sondos

“…Results show that the increase of current density from 20 to 60 mA cm–2 leads to a decrease in the efficiency of the electrochemical process. …”
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Multi-component MWCNT/NG/EP-based bipolar plates with enhanced mechanical and electrical characteristics fabricated by compression moulding by Akhtar M.N.

“…The highest shore hardness (69.7 HD) was recorded at a temperature of 25 ?C, while the lowest shore hardness (31.3 HD) was recorded at 200 ?…”
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Sestrin2 suppression aggravates oxidative stress and apoptosis in endothelial cells subjected to pharmacologically induced endoplasmic reticulum stress by Fatima, Munazza T

“…Importantly, SESN2 silencing, unlike thapsigargin, caused a dramatic decrease in protein expression and phosphorylation of Akt, a critical pro-survival hub and component of the AMPK/Akt/mTORC1 axis. …”
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Mercury pollution in doha (Qatar) coastal environment by Al-Madfa, H.

“…m sediment fraction. There is a general trend for all Hg species determined in water and sediments to decrease seaward. …”
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ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE ACTIVITY & BIOAVAILABILITY DURING OBESITY CONDITIONS by Das, Sandra Concepcion

“…Levels of plasma ADMA increased and serum nitrite concentrations were reduced in the CAF-OB group while the CAF-WR group had a decrease in plasma ADMA levels and an increase in serum nitrite concentrations. …”
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