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

"…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Seventeen recreationally active adults (5 females/12 males; age: 36.2 ± 7.4 year; body mass: 76.6 ± 13.1 kg) performed a ramp and a step incremental test, in NORM (The fraction of inspired oxygen; FiO₂ ≈ 21%) and HYPO (FiO₂ ≈ 13.5%), on separate days. …"

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%). …"

Central and peripheral muscle fatigue following repeated‐sprint running in moderate and severe hypoxia حسب Nathan Townsend (14779642)

"…No significant differences between conditions for mean distance occurred in set 2. There was a decrease in maximal voluntary contraction torque (Δ = −31.4 ± 18.0 N m, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and voluntary activation (%VA; Δ = −7.1 ± 5.1%, <i>P</i> = 0.001) from Pre- to Post-set 1, but there was no effect of hypoxia. …"

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.…"

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

"…The approximate difference between the best and poorest performing flow arrangements in terms of the decrease in supply air humidity ratio and enthalpy is 4.3% and 10.5%, respectively. …"

Evapotranspiration and water availability response to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa حسب Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

"…The trends in both projections (PET and AET) are exaggerated under SSP5-8.5. The analysis predicted a shortage of water availability (precipitation—AET), which is alarming for most MENA regions. …"

Comparative study of the parameters affecting the performance of microchannels' heat exchangers: Latest advances review حسب Muhammad Asim (2235472)

"…When the fluid is added with nanoparticles, like, Al2O3 and copper oxide (CuO) with different volumetric fractions (φ) of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%, the performance of the microchannel rises with rising the Reynolds number but conversely when the fluid is used in pure form the performance decreases with the rising value of Reynolds number. …"

Effects of ethanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blends on the CI engine characteristics حسب Fakher Hamdi (21225134)

"…However, adding ethanol helps mitigate this increase, especially at low and medium speeds, with an average decrease of 32% for a 2.5% ethanol blend compared to B0. …"

Divergent Biochemical Properties and Disparate Impact of Arrhythmogenic Calmodulin Mutations on Zebrafish Cardiac Function حسب Sahar I. Da'as (17128747)

"…In cardiac muscle, CaM modulates directly or indirectly the activity of several proteins that play a key role in excitation‐contraction coupling (ECC), such as ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR2), l‐type Ca²⁺ (Ca_v1.2), sodium (NaV1.5) and potassium (KV7.1) channels. …"

Corrosion Evaluation of 316L Stainless Steel Exposed to CNT-Water Nanofluid حسب Dana Abdeen (18147583)

"…Adsorption isotherm for CNTs adsorption on the surface of the metal and some thermodynamic properties of adsorption were found to help in proposing a mechanism for CNTs corrosion inhibition. It was observed that the SS tested in CNTs nanofluids presented low corrosion rates, which were comparable to those for tap water and lower than those for 3.5 wt.% NaCl solutions. …"

Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface: Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior حسب Patrik Sobolčiak (4401364)

"…This enhanced surface wettability was retained over a long time with only a 9% and 18% decrease in RF and corona plasma-treated samples’ surface energy after two months. …"

Enhancing the production of biogas through anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural waste and chemical pre-treatments حسب Fares Almomani (12585685)

"…The results revealed that the highest cumulative methane production (CMP) of 297.99 NL/kgVS can be generated by co-digestion of ASWs and CD at a ratio of 60:40. Further improvement was achieved via alkalinity treatment with 1.0 g of NaHCO₃/gVS leading to decrease in lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose contents of feedstock by 3.5%, 10.5% and 15.9%, respectively, converting them to soluble fractions and improving the CMP by 11.2–29.7% based on substrate quality. …"

Impact of aluminium acetate particles size on the gelation kinetics of polyacrylamide‐based gels: Rheological and molecular simulation study حسب Ahmed Hamza (7224470)

"…The addition of bentonite at low crosslinker concentrations (0.5–1 wt.%) did not decrease the gel strength of 7 wt.% PAM/1 wt.% AlAc significantly. …"

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. …"

Influence of shelf-life duration on mechanical, thermal and shape recovery motion derivatives of shape memory polyurethane حسب Vasavi, Boggarapu

"…In addition, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)exhibited a decrease in glass transition temperature (Tg) from S1 to S10, resulting in a corresponding reduction in the rate of shape restoration. …"
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Effect of speed and gradient on plantar force when running on an AlterG® treadmill حسب Athol Thomson (6651008)

"…Gradient made little difference except for a downhill grade of − 5% decreasing force peaks as compared to level or uphill running.…"

Utilization of the internet for physical activity and diet information and its influence on pregnant women’s lifestyle habits in Qatar حسب Ayman Al-Dahshan (8962568)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 327 pregnant women (mean age of 29.5 years ± 4.0) completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate: 87.5%). …"

PD-L1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Stem Cells Is Epigenetically Regulated through Posttranslational Histone Modifications حسب Pramod Darvin (153341)

"…The active demethylation of PD-L1 promoter was confirmed by the increase in the distribution of 5hmC and decrease in 5mC levels and the upregulation of TET3 and downregulation of DNMTs enzymes in MCF-7 tumorspheres, compared with the cell line. …"