Adrenoceptor Desensitization: Current Understanding of Mechanisms by Maaliki, Dina

“…In this context, this review discusses the different patterns of desensitization of the α1-, α2- and the β adrenoceptors and highlights the role of β-arrestins in regulating physiologic responsiveness through desensitization and biased agonism. …”
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Association between Insulin and Nitric Oxide in Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in vitro by Rizk, Nasser Moustafa

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Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments by Critchley, Julia

“…Results Risk factor trends: Smoking prevalence was high in men, persisting in Syria but decreasing in Tunisia, oPt and Turkey. BMI rose by 1-2 kg/m2 and diabetes prevalence increased by 40%-50%. …”
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المُكوِّّنَان الصرفيّ والتَّركيبيّ في كتبِّ تدريس اللغةِّ العربيةِّ للمرحلةِّ الابتدائيةِّ في قطر.... by عاطف, أماني حسين علي

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Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in Europe: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Alareeki, Asalah

“…Seroprevalence decreased by 1% per calendar year. Pooled mean proportions of HSV-2 detection in GUD and in genital herpes were 22.0% (95% CI: 15.3–29.6%) and 66.0% (95% CI: 62.9–69.1%), respectively. …”
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Association Between Sleep Duration, Food Consumption Patterns and Obesity Among Adolescents in Qatar by Mohammed, Sara

“…Hypothesis: Sleep duration and unhealthy dietary pattern may be positively correlated to obesity. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study including 1161 adolescents aged 14-19 years from a representative sample of independent secondary schools in the state of Qatar. …”
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Nonlinear stochastic modeling for optimal dispatch of distributed energy resources in active distribution grids including reactive power by Mehrjerdi, Hasan

“…The network is also equipped with distributed energy resource (DER) and its uncertainty is modeled and dealt by means of stochastic programming. Different DERs including diesel, wind, and solar resources are modeled and studied. …”
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Fluctuations in cardiac stroke volume during rowing by Sejersen, Casper

“…Eight nationally competitive oarsmen (mean ± standard deviation: age 21 ± 2 years, height 190 ± 9 cm, and weight 90 ± 10 kg) rowed on an ergometer at a targeted heart rate of 130 and 160 beats per minute. …”
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Effect of binary mixture of waste plastics on the thermal behavior of pyrolysis process by Pek, Wee Kiat

“…It was also found that secondary reaction occurred when mixing two types of plastics. The activation energy of the first step pyrolysis reaction is also higher than the secondary reaction. …”
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Montmorency tart cherry supplementation does not impact sleep, body composition, cellular health, or blood pressure in healthy adults by Hillman, Angela R.

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Tandem osmotic engine based on hydrogel particles with antipolyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte effect fuelled by both salinity gradient modes by Padmanabhan, Anjali Cheeramthodi

“…Exchange of sulfobetaine with methacrylamide (SBAm), the main polymer backbone, revealed a positive increase in energy recovery of 670 J kg−1 with a mean power of 0.19 W kg−1 for the tandem system operating under the same parameters (SPA@SBAm). …”
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The Effects of Class IV Hemorrhagic Hypotensive Shock and Its Resuscitation with Fluids and Adjuvant Vasopressors or Cellular Energy Replenishment on the Splanchnic Microcirculatio... by Zakaria, El Rasheid

“…In all four groups, class IV hemorrhagic shock remarkably decreased hemoglobin, hematocrit and produced a metabolic acidosis characterized by low pH, PCO2, HCO3, TCO2 and an increase in the base deficit as compared with the baseline pre-hemorrhage levels. …”
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Impact of fines type on gas flow using 3D micro-computed tomography by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…The qualitative and quantitative findings achieved in this work in 3D, agree with other observations in recent literature on 2D micromodels. Understanding the fluid physics in homogenous sand systems is an essential step to quantify fines impact on heterogeneous rock systems. …”
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Impact of fines type on gas flow using 3D micro-computed tomography by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…The qualitative and quantitative findings achieved in this work in 3D, agree with other observations in recent literature on 2D micromodels. Understanding the fluid physics in homogenous sand systems is an essential step to quantify fines impact on heterogeneous rock systems. …”
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Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors by Almallah, Mustafa

“…Importantly, designing buildings that replicate a real-world environment could increase SP and decrease SS. …”
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Investigation of the rheological properties of nanosilica-reinforced polyacrylamide/polyethyleneimine gels for wellbore strengthening at high reservoir temperatures by Shamlooh M.

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Molecular dynamics of CH4/CO2 on calcite for enhancing gas recovery by Carchini, Giuliano

“…The effect of temperature and pressure on the adsorption of CO2 and CH4 gases on calcite (104) has been studied by means of classical molecular dynamics. The results show that carbon dioxide greatly improves methane desorption in the 323-373 K range, even at low CO2 concentrations. …”
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Energy Demand Estimation and Forecasting in Qatar by Khalifa, Ahmed Ali

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Binding energy, structural, and dielectric properties of thin film of poly(aniline-co-m-fluoroaniline) by Waware, Umesh S.

“…The permittivity of copolymer PA-co-m-FA50 has a higher value than polyaniline in the high-frequency regime and decreases with the increase of frequency. …”
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Biodegradable polysaccharide grafted polyacrylamide inhibitor for corrosion in CO2- saturated saline solution by Jalab, Rem

“…Lastly, potentiostatic testing of steel with AGGPAM at an applied potential of 50 mV illustrated surface protection and decreased current over a prolonged time. …”
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