Never out of Now: Preference Falsification, Social Capital and the Arab Spring حسب Ammar Shamaileh (5678516)

"…Such discussions, however, neglect the potential for there to be a decrease in expressions of discontent in the wake of spreading revolutionary sentiment in certain contexts. …"

SynergyGrids: blockchain-supported distributed microgrid energy trading حسب Moayad Aloqaily (14158932)

"…In this paper, a hybrid energy trading system coupled with a smart contract named SynergyGrids has been proposed as a solution, that reduces the average cost of energy and load over the utility grids. …"

The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series حسب Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

"…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …"

BRET-Based Biosensors for Nucleic Acid Detection and Impact of Molecular Crowding Monitoring حسب Asfia Sultana (19170880)

"…While flexible biosensor exhibited a faster decrease in enzymatic activity compared to rigid biosensor. …"

Effect of Hypoxia on Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate During Incremental Cycling : Relationship to the Gas Exchange Threshold حسب Youmna Elsayed Hassanein (21547490)

"…A 25% decrease in MFO in HYPO (0.25 ± 0.08g.min^-1) compared to NORM (0.35 ± 0.08g.min-1; <i>P</i> < 0.001; <i>d</i> =1.24) was observed. …"

Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions حسب Laith Kanaan (21632714)

"…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…"

Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities حسب Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

"…Surveying showed that, between 1984 and 2020, urban areas grew by 777%, and bare lands decreased by 54.7%. In addition, Doha witnessed various climatic changes with a notable increase in air temperature (+ 8.7%), a decrease in surface wind speed (− 19.5%), and a decrease in potential evapotranspiration losses (− 33.5%). …"

Experimental investigation of double-pipe heat exchangers in air conditioning applications حسب Saud Ghani (7205633)

"…By increasing the DIW flowrate in the evaporator, the compressor work was shown to decrease, while the COP was shown to increase. In comparison with a standard rated air conditioning unit, using a double-pipe evaporator and condenser units with the maximum DIW flowrates resulted in a decrease of about 53% in the compressor work and a similar percentage of increase in the system COP.…"

Psychological inoculation against problematic social media use among adolescents: An experimental study حسب Sameha Alshakhsi (17032311)

"…The passive inoculation group showed a significant decrease in deception only. No changes were observed in the control group. …"

Reinforced steering Evolutionary Markov Chain for high-dimensional feature selection حسب Atiq ur Rehman (3044409)

"…(iv) Agents moving in the right way are rewarded with an increase in their associated transition probability, while the agents going in the wrong direction are discouraged with a decrease in their associated transition probabilities; this promotes the establishment of an equilibrium state and leads to convergence. …"

Performance comparison of different flow arrangements of 4-fluid internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifiers حسب Ali Pakari (14158902)

"…The comparison was performed using a two-dimensional heat and mass transfer model of the dehumidifier that was solved numerically. …"

Welding of Semiconductor Nanowires by Coupling Laser-Induced Peening and Localized Heating حسب Kelly M. Rickey (19568770)

"…The characterization results indicate that solely laser peening or sintering can only moderately improve the thin film quality; however, when coupled together as laser peen sintering (LPS), the electrical conductivity enhancement is dramatic. LPS can decrease resistivity up to a factor of ~10,000, resulting in values on the order of ~105 Ω-cm in some cases, which is comparable to CdTe thin films. …"

Novel Concrete Mix for 3D Concrete Printing with Special Functions حسب Malek Omar Mohammad (20433575)

"…Additionally, to investigate the environmental impact of 3DCP compared to conventional concrete construction, a cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment (LCA) study was done, which highlighted 3DCP ability to decrease negative environmental impacts. …"

Electrospun polylactic acid/date palm polyphenol extract nanofibres for tissue engineering applications حسب Khadija M. Zadeh (14152338)

"…Increasing the polyphenol concentration caused the tensile strength and Young’s modulus to decrease. The SEM graphs indicated a decrease in fibre diameter with increasing DP content. …"

Insights Into SARS-CoV-2 S1-RBD-ACE2 Interaction Using Computational Tools and Membrane Microarray Platform حسب Angelin Mary Philip (21547421)

"…Similarly, the Omicron mutant showed, among other differences, a decrease in the interfacial dynamics. Importantly, the reversal of the Q493R mutation showed further interaction enhancement.…"

Association between thermal responses, medical events, performance, heat acclimation and health status in male and female elite athletes during the 2019 Doha World Athletics Champi... حسب Sebastien Racinais (318896)

"…Athletes (63%) who performed 5–30 days heat acclimation before the competition: ranked better (18±13 vs 28±13, p=0.009), displayed a lower peak T_core (39.4°C±0.4°C vs 39.8°C±0.7°C, p=0.044) and larger in-race decrease in T_skin(−1.4°C±1.0°C vs −0.9°C±1.2°C, p=0.060), than non-acclimated athletes. …"

Rhus coriaria L. (Sumac) Demonstrates Oncostatic Activity in the Therapeutic and Preventive Model of Breast Carcinoma حسب Peter Kubatka (11008854)

"…In the mouse model, R. coriaria at a higher dose (1%) significantly decreased tumor volume by 27% when compared to controls. …"

BRET-based biosensors for SARS-CoV-2 oligonucleotide detection حسب Asfia Sultana (19170880)

"…Specifically, we designed BioODs against the SARS-CoV-2 parental (Wuhan strain) and B.1.617.2 Delta variant through the conjugation of specific, fluorescently modified molecular beacons (sensor module) through a complementary oligonucleotide handle DNA functionalized with the NanoLuc (NLuc) luciferase protein such that the dissolution of the molecular beacon loop upon the binding of the viral oligonucleotide will result in a decrease in BRET efficiency and, thus, a change in the bioluminescence spectra. …"

Increased cellular protein modification by methylglyoxal activates endoplasmic reticulum-based sensors of the unfolded protein response حسب Mingzhan Xue (3607649)

"…Pharmacological decrease of MG with Glo1 inducer, trans-resveratrol and hesperetin in combination, offers a novel treatment strategy to counter UPR-related cell dysfunction, particularly in hyperglycemia associated with diabetes.…"

DNAJB3 attenuates metabolic stress and promotes glucose uptake by eliciting Glut4 translocation حسب Abdelilah Arredouani (10914455)

"…Using JNK1- and IKKβ-dependent luciferase reporters, we show a marked decrease in luciferase activity by DNAJB3 in response to PMA and TNF-α that was consistent with a decrease in the translocation of p65/NF-κB to the nucleus in response to LPS. …"