Ramadan intermittent fasting induced poorer training practices during the COVID-19 lockdown: A global cross-sectional study with 5529 athletes from 110 countries by Washif, Jad

“…., training load and training times) of athletes, using pre-defined survey criteria/questions, during the ‘first’ COVID-19 lockdown, comparing RIFL to lockdown-alone (LD) in Muslim athletes. Specifically, a within-subject, survey-based study saw athletes (n = 5,529; from 110 countries/territories) training practices (comparing RIFL to LD) explored by comparative variables of: sex; age; continent; athlete classification (e.g., world-class); sport classification (e.g., endurance); athlete status (e.g., professional); and level of training knowledge and beliefs/attitudes (ranked as: good/moderate/poor). …”
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Growth and protein content of wheat kernels treated with three Growth regulators by Abo Hamed, S. A.

“…Alar at all doses caused a decrease in grain protein, except for 20 mg/L which increased the protein on 46 and 60 days post-anthesis. …”
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Negative emotional symptoms during COVID19 confinement: The relationship with reading habits by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…Additionally, individuals with lower negative emotion scores reported a decrease in reading during the COVID19 pandemic.…”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Kendrick, Parkes J

“…Among females, none of these 12 countries had significant decreases in prevalence of chewing tobacco use, whereas seven of 12 countries had a significant decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking use for the period. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Michael, Brauer

“…From 2000 to 2021, there was an observable shift in global health challenges, marked by a decline in the number of all-age DALYs broadly attributable to behavioural risks (decrease of 20·7% [13·9–27·7]) and environmental and occupational risks (decrease of 22·0% [15·5–28·8]), coupled with a 49·4% (42·3–56·9) increase in DALYs attributable to metabolic risks, all reflecting ageing populations and changing lifestyles on a global scale. …”
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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analy... by Hmwe Hmwe, Kyu

“…The most pronounced decline was in children younger than 5 years, with a 79·2% (72·4–84·6) decrease in diarrhoeal deaths. …”
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Call for emergency action to restore dietary diversity and protect global food systems in times of COVID-19 and beyond: Results from a cross-sectional study in 38 countries by Hoteit, Maha

“…Middle and older ages [OR = 1.2; 95 % CI = [1.125–1.426] [OR = 2.5; 95 % CI = [1.951–3.064], being a woman [OR = 1.2; 95 % CI = [1.117–1.367], having a high education (p < 0.001), and showing amelioration in food-related behaviors [OR = 1.4; 95 % CI = [1.292–1.709] were all linked to having a higher dietary diversity. …”
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A computational approach for investigating the mutational landscape of RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1) and screening inhibitors against the oncogenic E17K mutation... by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…The molecular interaction study also revealed that the co-crystallized AKT1 inhibitor N-(4-(5-(3-acetamidophenyl)-2-(2-aminopyridin-3-yl)-3H-imidazo [4,5-b]pyridin-3-yl)benzyl)-3-fluorobenzamide (12j) exhibited a better interaction with native AKT1 compared with the E17K mutant AKT1 protein, whereas, Akti-1/2 exhibited the opposite effects, i.e., a better interaction with the E17K mutant AKT1 than the native AKT1. …”
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valuation of salt tolerance in selected Qatari halophytes at the two initial growth stages by Alhaddad, Fedae A.

“…In general the seed germination experiments showed a decrease in the rate of germination as the salt concentration increased. …”
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Morphology, interfacial interaction, and thermal degradation of polycarbonate/MCM-41 (nano)composites by Sibeko, M.A.

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Swimming exercise improves short- and long-term memories: Time-course changes by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…On the other hand, swimming exercise-induced significant enhancement to the learning phase and memory formation after 7 days of training (p < 0.01). Errors decreased (p < 0.0001) after 7 days of training and remained lower (p < 0.0001) than baseline without differences between 7, 14, and 28 days (p > 0.5). …”
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Aluminum nitride (AlN) reinforced electrodeposited Ni-B nanocomposite coatings by Radwan, A. Bahgat

“…The corrosion resistance could be credited to the presence of inactive and insulating AlN nanoparticles that filled the existing defects in Ni–B matrix and subsequently decreased the active area exposed to the corrosive electrolyte (3.5 wt.% NaCl).…”
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Vascular cells proteome associated with bradykinin and leptin inflammation and oxidative stress signals by Hariri M.A.

“…BK altered the expression of 72 (4%) and 120 (6.5%) proteins, whereas leptin altered the expression of 189 (10.2%) and 127 (6.5%) proteins after 24 and 48 h, respectively, compared to control RASMC. …”
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Antibiotics Prescriptions Pattern among Patients Visiting Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC) before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study from Qata... by Al-Nuaimi, Salma

“…Numerous studies have reported a surge in antibiotic usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Enhancing the electrocoagulation process for harvesting marine microalgae (Tetraselmis sp.) using interdigitated electrodes by A. Khatib, Wardan

“…In this study, 10 min electrolysis time was found to be sufficient to harvest 82.4% microalgae with 1 cm electrode distance and 50 mA/cm2 current density. Furthermore, decreasing the electrode distance to 0.5 cm increased the algal harvesting efficiency to 96.18%. …”
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Optimization of the Biotreatment of GTL Process Water Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa Immobilized in PVA Hydrogel by Ahmed, Somaya A.

“…Three variables including PVA volume fraction, initial COD, and pH were investigated in the batch experiments. The biodegradation experiments were carried out by varying the initial COD values from 1000 to 3000 mg/L, pH from 5 to 8, and PVA v% from 20 to 30%. …”
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Date palm wood flour/glass fibre reinforced hybrid composites of recycled polypropylene: Mechanical and thermal properties by AlMaadeed, Mariam A.

“…An increase in wood particle content in the PP resulted in a decrease in the degree of crystallinity of the polymer. …”
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Occurrence and removal characteristics of phthalate esters from bottled drinking water using silver modified roasted date pits by Alhaddad F.A.

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Antiferromagnetism in EuPdGe3 by Albedah, M.A.

“…The temperature dependence of the hyperfine magnetic field follows a S=7/2 Brillouin function. The principal component of the electric field gradient tensor is shown to increase with decreasing temperature and is well described by a T3/2 power-law relation. …”
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Influence of nitrogen doping on the electrocatalytic activity of Ni-incorporated carbon nanofibers toward urea oxidation by Barakat, Nasser A.M.

“…However, the electrochemical measurements indicated that the content of the urea in the initial electrospun solution should be optimized as the results showed that the best nickel surface activation as well as the maximum observed current density can be achieved when the urea content is kept at 5 wt%. Typically, the observed current densities using 1.0 M urea (in 1 M KOH) were 3.15, 29.7, 13.75, 47.55, 14.13 and 9.85 mA/cm2 for the nanofibers obtained from electrospun solutions having 0, 1, 2, 5, 7 and 9 wt% urea, respectively. …”
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