High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge by Integration of Electro-Fenton Process by Feki, Emna

“…Following EF pretreatment, the pH, conductivity, soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), and volatile fatty acids (VFA) increased to 7.5, 13.72 mS/cm, 4.1 g/L, and 925 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Impact of combined oil-in-water emulsions and particulate suspensions on ceramic membrane fouling and permeability recovery by Abdalla M.

“…The addition of 1500 mg·L−1 of bentonite to a 10 vol.% emulsion resulted in a permeability decrease of 3.5–5 times over that recorded for the emulsion, and 8–36 times lower than that of the bentonite suspension. …”
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A global multiregional life cycle sustainability assessment of national energy production scenarios until 2050 by Kucukvar M.

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Specific Bioactive Compounds from Ginger, Tea, and Apple Prevent Diabetes-Related Cataract Via Inhibition of Aldose Reducatse by Ahmedna, Mohamed

“…Results show that cell viability decreased to 93 ± 3%, 83 ± 6%, 65 ± 4% and 39 ± 3% at 10, 25, 50 and 100 mM of glucose on day 1 with further drastic decrease in cell viability to 73 ± 5%, 61 ± 3%, 35 ± 2%, and 11 ± 6%, respectively, on day 4 compared to the untreated cell. …”
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Regional variations in incidence of surgical site infection and associated risk factors in women undergoing cesarean section: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by Nazmul, Islam

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Synthesis and characterization of stir casted Cu-ZrO2-Graphite hybrid metal matrix composites for thermal management structures by Mittal, Prateek

“…ZrO2 and Graphite reinforcements were added (0.5–0.5, 1.0–1.0, 1.5–1.5 and 2.0–2.0 wt %) in the four composite samples prepared via stir casting. …”
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Overconfident results with the bivariate random effects model for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies by Furuya-Kanamori, Luis

“…Diaz found that the performance of the bivariate model deteriorates when between-study heterogeneity increases and the number of studies decrease.5 Our simulation studies found similar results—with moderate levels of heterogeneity (tau2 = 1), the coverage probabilities of Se, Sp, and the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) with the bivariate model dropped below the nominal level.6 Diagnostic accuracy studies usually favor sensitivity over specificity, or vice versa leading to diagnostic 2 × 2 tables with one or more of the cells with low frequency or zero counts. …”
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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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Human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater in the Gaza Strip by Basem, Shomar

“…For all metals and metalloids analyzed, HQ were below one (HQ1) indicating no risk; however, Sr presented an HQ 95th percentile equal to 0.19. …”
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Human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater in the Gaza Strip by Basem, Shomar

“…For all metals and metalloids analyzed, HQ were below one (HQ1) indicating no risk; however, Sr presented an HQ 95th percentile equal to 0.19. …”
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Concrete Pavement Truck Equivalence Factors For Upgrades by Razouki, Sabah Said

“…Presented in this paper are the upgrade truck equivalence factors for single unit trucks of type, 1.2 and 1.22 which are not covered by AASHTO. The equivalency factors for front and rear axles of single unit trucks were developed using AASHO Road Test equation after considering the decrease in front axle load and the increase in rear axle load due to the axle load redistribution on upgrades. …”
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Tailoring of the thermal, mechanical and dielectric properties of the polypropylene foams using gamma-irradiation by Mrl�k, Miroslav

“…Investigated mechanical properties in case of tensile tests as well as dynamical mechanical analysis proved, that enhanced behaviour was observed only in case of samples with irradiated by low doses, 1 kGy and 5 kGy, respectively, while the higher doses significantly decrease these ones, due to the present scission confirmed by FTIR and other investigations. …”
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Performance Of A Cool Thermal Store Filled With Balls Containing Water by Hariri, Abdulrahman Salih

“…It increased to 3°C after one and half-hours of a discharging process. Ball temperatures generally remained constant at around 3.5"C during most of a discharging process. …”
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Heat stress impairs proprioception but not running mechanics by Mtibaa K.

“…Results Rectal (39.7 ± 0.4 vs. 39.4 ± 0.4 °C), skin (36.3 ± 1.1 vs. 31.8 ± 1.1 °C) and average body (38.3 ± 0.2 vs. 36.4 ± 0.4 °C) temperatures together with heart rate (178 ± 8 vs. 174 ± 6 bpm) and thermal discomfort (6.5 ± 0.5 vs. 4.3 ± 1.3) were all higher at the end of the HOT compared to COOL run (all p < 0.05). …”
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Khalasa date palm leaf fiber as a potential reinforcement for polymeric composite materials by Mahdi E.

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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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Use Of Cement By-Pass Dust In Soil Stabilization by Taha, Ramzi

“…Mixtures were subjected to the following tests: (1) Atterberg limits, (2) pH, (3) compaction, (4) California Bearing Ratio (CBR), (5) swell percent, and (6) swell pressure. …”
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Preparation and characterization of chemically synthesized polyaniline–polystyrene blends as a carbon dioxide gas sensor by J., Bhadra

“…The non-ohmic behavior of I–V characteristics by the blend films indicates that these nanocomposite films may have some utility in electronic device applications; an increase in conductivity is observed with decreasing PS concentration. …”
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Demographic characteristics, laboratory features and complications in 346 cases of brucellosis: A retrospective study from Qatar by Varikkodan, Irfan

“…Blood culture was positive in 72.8% whereas Brucella immunoglobulin G antibody and immunoglobulin M antibody titer was positive in 72.5% and 73.1% patients, respectively. Approximately 21.4% had focal involvement and osteoarticular (11.6%) involvement was the most frequently observed focal form. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INSULIN RESISTANCE AND NITRIC OXIDE IN HUMAN RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO by Bushra, Sumbul

“…In the current study in order to examine the effect of insulin on NO production, HRECs cells were cultured and grown in high glucose (30mM) and normal (5mM) glucose for 24 hours. Subsequently, the cells were treated with 100nM insulin for 10 minutes, 1, 2, and 4 hours. …”
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