Do labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration by Alsamara, Mouyad

“…A larger increase in remittance outflows would lead to a decrease in the aggregate demand and produce a deflationary pressure. …”
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Recycled Polypropylene Fibres for Reinforcing Cement Mortar under Arid Conditions by Bendjillali, Khadra

“…It is also shown that under arid conditions, the presence of 1% of recycled polypropylene fibres in cement mortar leads to a considerable decrease in total shrinkage of about 46% and an increase in the flexural and compressive strength of about 24% and 26%, respectively, compared to control mortar (CM) at the age of 194 days. …”
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Hemoglobin, hematocrit and plasma volume variations following combined sprint and strength: Effect of advanced age by Sellami, M.

“…At P1, PV decrease during exercise was significantly (P <.05) higher in middle-aged compared to young groups. …”
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Synthesis of High-Antifouling and Antibacterial Ultrafiltration Membranes Incorporating Low Concentrations of Graphene Oxide by Alkhouzaam, Abedalkader Ibraheem

“…The pure water permeability (PWP) decreased with loadings of GO from 181.7 L.m-2.h-1.bar-1 of pure PSF to 181.1 and 167.4 L.m-2.h-1.bar-1 with 0.02 and 0.1 wt.% GO respectively. …”
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Tobacco Use and Its Health Effects among Professional Athletes in Qatar by Chaabane, Zaina

“…The decrease of FEV1 and FVC among smokers compared to nonsmokers is similar to what has been reported in the literature about other populations.…”
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Effect of rat serum lipoproteins on mRNA levels and amiodarone metabolism by cultured primary rat hepatocytes by Brocks, D. R.

“…The effect of hyperlipidemic rat serum, either before or with AM, was profound, causing a significant reduction in the CLint. Reductions were seen in mRNA for cytochrome P450 1A1, 3A2, and 2D1, some transporters, and low-density lipoprotein receptors after exposure of hepatocytes to lipoprotein-rich sera. …”
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Self-assembled zirconia nanotube arrays: Fabrication mechanism, energy consideration and optical activity by Amer, Ahmad W.

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Adaptive effects of seeing green environment on psychophysiological parameters when walking or running by Briki W.

“…Study 1 revealed that walking in a green environment induced a significant reduction in heart rate values as compared to the red and white conditions although no differences in gait speed were found. …”
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Modeling of dual-metal Schottky contacts based silicon micro and nano wire solar cells by Rabbani, M. Golam

“…The most efficient photovoltaic behavior is found to occur when one metal makes a Schottky contact with the wire, and the other makes an Ohmic contact. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations on axial crushing of square cross-sections tube with vertical wave by Eyvazian, Arameh

“…The annealing of aluminum shells resulted in a 76%increase in ultimate strain and a 60% and 56% decrease in yield and ultimate stresses, respectively. …”
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Palestinian import - export trade modeling For the period 1968-1998, an application of seemingly unrelated regression equations by Abugamea, Gaber Hussain

“…Also, under the prevailing relationship with Israel the Palestinian trade experienced losing of competitiveness, a situation let a shock in real exchange rate renders an increase in imports and a decrease in exports in trading with the ROW. …”
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Absorption of CO2 in aqueous blend of methyldiethanolamine and arginine by Talkhan, Ahmed Gomaa

“…However, for CO2 partial pressure of above 20 kPa, the addition of Arg caused a decrease in the solubility of CO2. The obtained loading data were correlated using a semiempirical (SE) vapour liquid equilibrium (VLE) model with an average absolute deviation (AAD) less than 4.1% between the predicted and the experimental values. …”
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Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Self-Compacted Geopolymer Concretes With Nano Silica and Steel Fiber Additives by Hasar, Ugur Cem

“…Finally, sample C7, which has 1% SF with a smaller diameter and 2% NS in reference to the mass of the binder, has the optimum NS and SF additives, producing maximum absorbance values.…”
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Could Vagus nerve stimulation influence bone remodeling? by Tamimi, Ahmad

“…The lumbar Z score also increased in these patients from -1.22±1.15 to -0.88±1.22, P=0.006). Pre and Post VNA femoral BMD was measured in only 11 patients and, of those 3 showed a significant increase in BMD, 1 a significant decrease and 7 no change. …”
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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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Trends in fecal carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in children before and after the implementation of international travel restrictions in response to COVID-19 by Andrés, Pérez-López

“…Consequently, the number of arrivals in Qatar declined almost 95% during the rest of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019 [1]. Analysis of quarterly trends revealed a significant and sustained decrease in the rate of colonization after the implementation of travel restrictions (P < 0.01), while testing rates did not vary significantly (P = 0.6) (Fig. 1). …”
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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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Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011 by Seah, Kiat Ying

“…In fact, we find that the gap decreased for households that were the least likely to own and remained unchanged for households that were the most likely to own, and that Black households with around a 50% probability of homeownership were especially vulnerable to the crisis. …”
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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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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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