Cold Plasma as Effective Tool for Aluminum Surface Cleaning by Popelka, Anton

“…Aluminum (Al) is heavily used to manufacture structural parts in the aeronautic, railway, automotive or naval industries because of its lightness and its corrosion resistance [1]. One of the most popular uses of Al is in the packaging industry. …”
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Study of performance, combustion, and emissions parameters of DI-diesel engine fueled with algae biodiesel/diesel/n-pentane blends by Elkelawy, Medhat

“…Through performance tests, it was found that 15 ml of n-pentane per liter was the best addition as it caused an increase in the brake thermal efficiency of 7.1% and a decrease in brake specific fuel consumption of 6.4% compared to the elegant B50. …”
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Gaining or losing team ball possession: The dynamics of momentum perception and strategic choice in football coaches by Briki, Walid

“…The match scenario was manipulated so that the coach was exposed to either a positive momentum sequence (i.e., ascending scenario of TBP) or a negative momentum sequence (i.e., descending scenario of TBP). …”
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, META-ANALYSES, AND META-REGRESSIONS by ABU-EL-RUZ, RASHA

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Contrasting effects of necrotrophic and biotrophic plant pathogens on the aphid Aphis fabae by Al-Naemi, F.

“…However, sequential plant infection (pathogens applied 5 days apart) led to a 70% decrease in fecundity and 50% reduction in intrinsic rate of increase. …”
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The status of forward osmosis technology implementation by Awad, Abdelrahman M.

“…The outcomes of 15 studies conducted at pilot scale revealed the energy associated with the draw solution (DS) recovery to present a significant barrier to implementation of the technology, with a 40–50% decrease in energy consumption required for the DS recovery step for the process to successfully compete with classical reverse osmosis (RO) based processes. …”
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Trilemma of life cycle carbon, employment, and costs of trucking industry's shift toward automation and electrification by Mandouri, Jafar

“…Autonomy and electrification combined could lead to a 50% decrease in emissions and 46% savings in life cycle costs. …”
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Changes of perceived unevenness caused by in-track vibration countermeasures in slab track by Verachtert, R.

“…When vibration countermeasures, such as resilient elements (e.g. soft rail pads), are introduced in a track, the perceived unevenness is modified. …”
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Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Wang, Yue

“…Logistic regression was used to examine the association. The mean age of the study population was 50·9 (sd 15·1) years. …”
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Salicylic acid restricts mercury translocation by activating strong antioxidant defense mechanisms in sweet pepper (Capsicum annum L.) by Khalid, Muhammad Fasih

“…Spraying of 100 μM SA at three different Hg levels, i.e., 0 μM, 50 μM, 100 μM, and 150 μM. The maximum decrease in photosynthetic machinery, plant growth attributes (shoot length, root length, no. of leaves, fresh and dry biomass (shoot and root)), and more accumulation of Hg in leaves, roots, and fruits of sweet pepper. …”
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Combustion-Free Synthesis of Lithium Manganese Oxide Composites with CNTs/GNPs by Chemical Coprecipitation for Energy Storage Devices by Tariq, Hanan Abdurehman

“…Higher density energy storage systems raise significant safety issues, and for safety, they are restricted to 30 percent to 50 percent of their ability. …”
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Developmental Toxicity of Surface-Modified Gold Nanorods in the Zebrafish Model by Zakaria, Zain Z

“…Our data showed that AuNRs caused mortality with a calculated LC50 of EC50,24hpf of AuNRs being 9.1 μg/mL, while a higher concentration of AuNRs was revealed to elicit developmental abnormalities. …”
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AMPK Activation Attenuates Albumin-induced Alterations in Renal Tubular Cells In Vitro by Allouch, Soumaya

“…In contrast, metformin co-treatment restored the levels of phosphorylated AMPK, and suppressed activation of AKT and P70S6K in NRK-52E cells exposed to albumin. Notably, metformin also prevented albumin-induced EMT; this was marked by a 50% decrease in a-SMA and a 60% increase in E-cadherin expression. …”
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Pharmacologic inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-hydroxylases ameliorates allergic contact dermatitis by Manresa M.C.

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An improved asymmetrical multilevel inverter topology with reduced semiconductor device count by Sarwer, Zeeshan

“…As the number of devices has a direct relation to the cost of the inverter, therefore, reducing the devices will decrease the cost and makes the system more reliable for use in potential applications. …”
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Barriers and motivators of appropriate antibiotic prescription at PHCC in Qatar: perspective of physicians and pharmacists by Sharaf, Nahla

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health problem of global concern. …”
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Age-Related Differences of the Athlete`s Heart by Kneffel, Zsuzsanna

“…No difference was seen between athletic and non-athletic children comparing their diastolic function (E/A). In the competitive age (19-35 years) athletes have a higher E/A than non-athletes (1.98 ± 0.37, vs. 1.73 ± 0.31, p = 0.013). …”
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Effect of left atrial ligation-driven altered inflow hemodynamics on embryonic heart development: clues for prenatal progression of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. by Salman, Huseyin Enes

“…At later stages after the heart septation, it causes hemodynamic disturbances in LV. As a consequence of the LAL procedure, the left-AV canal and LV volume decrease in size, and in the opposite way, the right-AV canal and right ventricle volume increase. …”
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Association between Insulin and Nitric Oxide in Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in vitro by Rizk, Nasser Moustafa

“…In conclusion, this study demonstrated that Hyperglycemia causes an increase in ROS/oxidative stress and apoptosis, while insulin promotes a significant decrease in ROS and apoptosis, eNOS mediated NO production increases with hyperglycemia but remarkably decreases with insulin treatment after 1 hour, 2 hours and 4 hours, insulin could counteract the hyperglycemic effect on AKT/pI3 kinase which mediates NO production and VEGF-A, decreased adhesion molecules p-selectin involved in barrier disorder of retinal endothelial cells. …”
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Heme Oxygenase Isoform 1 Regresses Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Through Regressing Sodium Proton Exchanger Isoform 1 Activity by Sobh, Ahmed

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