High-sensitive detection and quantitation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from capillary/fingerstick and venepuncture whole-blood using fluorescence-based rapid lateral flow i... by Samar, Shurbaji

“…Using venepuncture whole-blood samples, Finecare™ showed similar results to serum with high sensitivity [95.2 % (76.2–99.9)], specificity [97.5 % (91.4–99.7)], excellent agreement (Cohen's Kappa = 0.91), and very strong correlation (r = 0.95, p < 0.0001) with cobas® e 601. …”
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Leptin And Free Leptin Receptor Is Associated With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome In Young Women by Sharif, Elham

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Impact of the Wireless Network's PHY Security and Reliability on Demand-Side Management Cost in the Smart Grid by El Shafie, Ahmed

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Synthesis and characterization of electrically conducting copolymers of poly(aniline-co-o-iodoaniline) by Waware, Umesh S.

“…The conductivity of the copolymer decreases upon increasing the o-IA content in molar feed, because the introduction of -I- as a functional group reduces the extent of conjugation of the polymer chain.…”
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Degraded Arid Soil Reclamation for Cotton Cultivation Using Organic Waste Amendments by Kogbara, Reginald

“…Qatar is one of the most fertilizer-dependent countries due to challenging soil and climatic conditions. …”
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Dysregulated Metabolic Pathways in Subjects with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Mir, Fayaz Ahmad

“…Results: A total of 83 metabolites, mostly lipids, were significantly different (p < 0.05) between the two groups. Among lipids, 22 sphingomyelins were decreased in OBM compared to OBO. …”
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Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe, Torquato

“…The lowest number of functional groups occurred in the early ages (2–3 years old), and some groups either increased or decreased their frequency and abundance along the years. …”
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Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth by Felipe, Torquato

“…The lowest number of functional groups occurred in the early ages (2–3 years old), and some groups either increased or decreased their frequency and abundance along the years. …”
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Substances Secreted by Starved Human Dermal Fibroblasts Enhancing the Wound Healing Process in Rat without Scar: A Potential Acellular System for Wound Healing by Hanifi-Moghaddam, Pejman

“…On the back of each rat two wounds were created with area of 452 mm2. Each wounds were treated daily with one milliliter of SFS or cell culture medium (DMEM). …”
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A quantitative three-dimensional comparative study of alveolar bone changes and apical root resorption between clear aligners and fixed orthodontic appliances. by Almagrami, Ibtehal

“…In both groups, root lengths significantly decreased after treatment (p < 0.005). The inter-group comparison revealed that ABT and root length had significantly decreased in the FA group compared to the CA group, while the ABH showed no significant difference between the two groups. …”
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Transverse vibration and stability of a functionally graded rotating annular disk with a circumferential crack by Bahaloo, Hassan

“…It is found that irrespective of the distribution of the modulus of elasticity in the FG disk, increasing the crack depth or decreasing the crack radial distance from the disk center decreases the critical speed. …”
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Shear Behavior of Green Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt FRP Bars and Stirrups. by Elahtem, Ayman Ahmed

“…The parameters investigated in this study are span to depth ratio (i.e. a/d =2.5 and 3.5), reinforcement ratio , stirrups spacing effect (i.e. 250 mm and 350 mm) and stirrups type (Steel and Basalt). …”
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Multifunctional self-healing polymeric nanocomposite coatings for corrosion inhibition of steel by Ubaid F.

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Fluctuations in cardiac stroke volume during rowing by Sejersen, Casper

“…Also, SV fluctuated markedly during the stroke with deviations being largest at the higher work rate. Thus, SV decreased by 27 ± 10% (31 ± 11 mL) at the beginning of the stroke and increased by 25 ± 9% (28 ± 10 mL) in the recovery (P =.013), while breathing was entrained with one breath during the drive of the stroke and one prior to the next stroke. …”
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Metabolomics Profiling of Stages of Coronary Artery Disease Progression by Anlar, Gulsen G.

“…We performed a metabolomic analysis on 221 participants from four different groups: (I) healthy individuals, (II) individuals with hypercholesterolemia (HC), (III) individuals with both HC and hypertension (HT) or diabetes, and (IV) patients with self-reported coronary artery disease (CAD). …”
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An experimental study on achieving even-frosting for an air source heat pump using a novel dual-fan outdoor coil by Bai, Xiaoxia

“…The experimental results demonstrated that when using the novel dual-fan outdoor coil in Cases 3, 4 and 7, the heating/frosting duration was lengthened by 23.6%, 34.5% and 46.4%, and the averaged output heating capacity () was increased by 5.5%, 9.5% and 9.6 %, and averaged COP () by 6.7%, 10.5% and 11.1% respectively, and the defrosting frequency was decreased by 33.3% in Case 7,when compared to using the traditional single-fan outdoor coil. …”
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A Modification to Enhance the Survival of the Island FDMA Flap by Adding a Skin Bridge by Al Lahham, Salim

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

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Techno-economic assessment of waste mandarin biochar as a green adsorbent for binary dye wastewater effluents of methylene blue and basic fuchsin: Lab- and large-scale investigatio... by Ahmed S., El-Shafie

“…The cost of MRBC was estimated to be ∼ 4 USD/kg, while the overall cost of wastewater treatment was estimated to be 1.06 USD/m3/year.…”
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Metabolic consequences of obesity on the hypercoagulable state of polycystic ovary syndrome. by Moin, Abu Saleh Md

“…However, two anticoagulant proteins, vitamin K-dependent protein-S (p < 0.0001) and heparin cofactor-II (p < 0.001) were elevated and prothrombin was decreased (p < 0.05). …”
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