Enhanced Filtration Characteristics and Reduced Bacterial Attachment for Reverse Osmosis Membranes Modified by a Facile Method by Nnadiekwe, Chidera C.

“…The original membrane showed a water contact angle of ∼90−100° that was significantly decreased after silane coating: 63° for 3-APS and ∼52° for 6-AHAS. …”
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Investigating the effect of the air inlet temperature on the combustion characteristics of a spark ignition engine fueled by biogas by Ebrahemi, Abdullah Ebrahem

“…The effect of varying the air manifold temperature from 25 to 50°C on the combustion characteristics as well as engine performance under full load condition in a SI engine fueled by gasoline and biogas mixtures has been investigated. …”
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Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…Increasing asymptomatic treatment coverage among FSWs from 0 % to 50 % decreases prevalence from 8.2 % to 0.4 %, 0.6 % to 0.1 %, and 0.2 % to 0.0 %, respectively, with very low prevalence when coverage exceeds 50 %. …”
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A reliable and cost-effective planning framework of rural area hybrid system considering intelligent weather forecasting by Abazari, A.

“…Moreover, the growth of fuel cost causes an increase in the production of renewable energy resources (RESs) and a decrease in the usage of diesel engine generators. …”
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Investigating the blood-host plasticity and dispersal of Anopheles coluzzii using a novel field-based methodology by Orsborne J.

“…Results: A collection strategy utilising a transect of mosquito traps placed at 50 m intervals allowed the collection of blood-fed Anopheles coluzzii from a malaria-endemic village of southern Ghana where human host availability ranged from zero (a cattle pen), increasing until humans were the dominant host choice (the middle of the village). …”
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Dairy Wastage Footprint Analysis: A Farm-to-Fork Life Cycle Approach Across Dairy Supply Chain. by Al-Obadi, Muna

“…Although the dairy sector is a primary source of milk, cheese, yogurt, and cream, livestock's supply chain, including their wastes, releases a considerable greenhouse gas such as methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. …”
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Effects of polyphenol-rich traditional herbal teas on obesity and oxidative stress in rats fed a high-fat–sugar diet by Iftikhar, Neelam

“…A significant decrease in the levels of serum TC, TG, LDL, and VLDL was observed in all the treatment groups in comparison with the HFSDC group. …”
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Investigation of solar PV performance under Doha weather using a customized measurement and monitoring system by Touati, Farid

“…Results predict that the maximum power output from a Poly-crystalline panel decreases by around 30% for a dust exposure of five months. …”
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Predicting academic success in health professions training and education: Insights from a data mining analysis by Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi

“…Therefore, we are planning a series of curriculum counseling activities for high school students, based on the obtained results.…”
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Vascular access types in hemodialysis patients in palestine and factors affecting their distribution: A cross-sectional study by Hamdan, Zakaria

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A new family of boost active neutral point clamped inverter topology with reduced switch count by Siddique, Marif Daula

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Towards a Comprehensive Study of Fatigue Deducing Techniques for Evaluating the Quality of Experience of Haptic-Visual Applications by Alja'afreh M.

“…One common problem regarding a haptic-based application is fatigue. Undesirable muscular fatigue decreases the overall Quality of Experience (QoE) of such systems. …”
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Climate change will seriously impact bird species dwelling above the treeline: A prospective study for the Italian Alps by Ferrarini, Alessandro

“…The study area extends over 20,700 km2, ranging over 550 km in longitude and 320 km in latitude. We then investigated how much the expected treeline rise will induce a) shrinking and shifting of the elevation range and b) loss in suitable habitat for the flagship species rock ptarmigan, an alpine bird species dwelling above the treeline and, similarly to many other alpine species, highly vulnerable to treeline rise. …”
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Proliposome tablets manufactured using a slurry-driven lipid-enriched powders: Development, characterization and stability evaluation by Khan I.

“…Proliposome powders were prepared via a slurry method using sorbitol or D-mannitol as carbohydrate carriers in 1:10 or 1:15 w/w lipid phase to carrier ratios. …”
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Regional Difference in the Association between the Trajectory of Selenium Intake and Hypertension: A 20-Year Cohort Study. by Xie, Changxiao

“…The effect of selenium on hypertension is inconclusive. We aimed to study the relationship between selenium intake and incident hypertension. …”
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A computational method to characterize the missense mutations in the catalytic domain of GAA protein causing Pompe disease. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…These data are expected to serve as a platform for drug design against Pompe disease and will serve as an ultimate tool for variant classification and interpretations.…”
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Morphology, Nucleation, and Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Mixed with a Polycarbonate/MWCNTs Masterbatch by Gumede, Thandi P.

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Exchange counterion in polycationic hydrogels: Tunability of hydrophobicity, water state, and floating capability for a floating ph device by Danko, Martin

“…Smart gel materials are capable of controlling and switching swelling, water state, and wettability properties triggered by external stimuli. In this study, we fabricated a series of polyelectrolyte hydrogels bearing a 3-trimethylammoniumpropyl pendant to a methacrylamide-based backbone and examined the switchability with hydrophobic-like counteranions. …”
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Docosahexaenoic Acid, a Key Compound for Enhancing Sensitization to Drug in Doxorubicin-Resistant MCF-7 Cell Line. by Crovella, Sergio

“…Other observed effects included a decrease in the multi-drug resistance (MDR) carrier P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and TG2, a tumor survival factor. …”
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Comparison of seed germination and recovery responses of a salt marsh Halophyte halopeplis perfoliata to osmotic and ionic treatments by Rasool S.G.

“…In order to partition salinity effects, we studied seed germination and recovery responses of a coastal salt marsh halophyte Halopeplis perfoliata to different isotonic treatments (?…”
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