Co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon based gas sensor for sensitive detection of H2S: DFT study by Salih, Ehab

“…The adsorption energy (Eads) of H2S/Zn-ZGNR and H2S/Cu-ZGNR systems were found to be −2.237 and −1.129 eV, respectively. …”
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Isothermal crystallization kinetics and morphology of double crystalline PCL/PBS blends mixed with a polycarbonate/MWCNTs masterbatch by Gumede T.P.

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The expression of bile acid Receptor TGR5 in Adipose Tissue in Diet-induced obesity mice by Ahmed, Sumaya

“…The objective of this research is to investigate TGR5 gene expression level in different fat depots including visceral or epididymal adipose tissue (eWAT), brown adipose tissue and inguinal adipose tissue (iWAT) and to study the response of TGR5 gene expression to the antiobesity treatment (SFN). …”
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Fabrication of Selective Sensors for Hg2+ Traces in Water Using Graphene Decorated with Metal Nanoclusters by Ayesh, Ahmad I.

“…Gold nanoclusters were produced by the sputtering and inert gas condensation technique inside an ultra-high vacuum system. The system consists of three main chambers (source, mass filter, and deposition chambers) that were pumped initially to a base pressure of 10-8 mbar using two turbo pumps. …”
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Evacuation under flooded conditions: Experimental investigation of the influence of water depth on walking behaviors by Dias, Charitha

“…Three floodwater levels, i.e., 0.08 m, 0.43 m, and 0.90 m were considered to represent ankle, knee, and waist heights, respectively. …”
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Studying movement reorganization when learning a whole-body action: Example of learning a constrained gait pattern by Majed, Lina

“…Results indicated an immediate reorganization incoordinative patterns (e.g., relative phases and stride frequency) accompanied by a general decrease in the initial movement variability (i.e., standard deviation of many key variables). …”
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Uncovering the Epigenetic Contribution of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) during Zebrafish Cardiomyogenesis by Zakaria, Zain Zaki

“…This was accompanied by a moderate decrease in blood flow (20%), significantly higher decrease in general cardiac output (65%), and reduction in red blood cells count (50%). …”
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Specific Bioactive Compounds from Ginger, Tea, and Apple Prevent Diabetes-Related Cataract Via Inhibition of Aldose Reducatse by Ahmedna, Mohamed

“…Results show that cell viability decreased to 93 ± 3%, 83 ± 6%, 65 ± 4% and 39 ± 3% at 10, 25, 50 and 100 mM of glucose on day 1 with further drastic decrease in cell viability to 73 ± 5%, 61 ± 3%, 35 ± 2%, and 11 ± 6%, respectively, on day 4 compared to the untreated cell. …”
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Detailed organic characterization of process water to evaluate reverse osmosis membrane fouling in industrial wastewater treatment by Minier-Matar, Joel

“…Additionally, a rigorous bench-scale testing procedure was implemented to assess the performance of a full-scale RO system with and without activated carbon filter (ACF) pretreatment, making this study the first one to apply LC-OCD methodology on real wastewater to evaluate the fouling of RO membranes deployed at an industrial treatment plant. …”
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Remote sensing of desertification and study of temporal variability of aeolian deposits in parts of the Arabian Desert for sustainable development in an arid environment by Rajendran, Sankaran

“…Analysis of temporal variability of deposits between 2000 and 2021 using ASTER band 12 by Parallelepiped image classification showed a decreasing trend from 9.70% to 2.94% in their distributions due to erosion and transportation. …”
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Impact On Local Pearl Oyster Pinctada Radiata Exposed To Chronic Levels Of Chlorine by Alfaqih, Arwa Shaif

“…Such non-effect of chlorine on mortality was also confirmed in oysters endpoints related to growth (i.e. length, width and height increments) and physiological (i.e. respiration rate). …”
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Vertical zonation and functional diversity of fish assemblages revealed by ROV videos at oil platforms in The Gulf by Torquato, F.

“…Several trends were uncovered in the vertical distribution of the fish community; most species were observed between 20 and 50 m depth and fish abundance decreased towards the bottom, with the highest abundances recorded in the upper layers, i.e. down to 40 m depth. …”
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Time-motion analysis of elite male kickboxing competition by Ouergui, Ibrahim

“…The fighting to nonfighting ratio was found to be 1:1. Moreover, the number of HIA and LIA and the time of LIA decreased in latter rounds (e.g., the average number of HIA was 27.1 ± 7.1, 25.1 ± 6.6, and 24.9 ± 6.1, respectively, for rounds 1, 2, and 3), meanwhile the time and number of pauses increased (e.g., the average pause times were 12.8 ± 11.4, 22.3 ± 22.6, and 24.6 ± 23.3 seconds, respectively, for rounds 1, 2, and 3). …”
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Guests’ Happiness in Luxury Hotels in Jordan: The Role of Spirituality and Religiosity in an Islamic Context by Koburtay, Tamer

“…This study uses Stephenson’s model of Islamic-spiritual hotels to examine how spiritual practices and Islamic Shari’a compliant approach (i.e., religious obligations) inside luxury hotels may increase guests’ subjective happiness (GSH). …”
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Thermally assisted efficient electrochemical lithium extraction from simulated seawater by Yanxi, Yu

“…Comprehensive material characterization and mechanistic analyses revealed that the improved lithium extraction originates from boosted kinetics rather than thermodynamic equilibrium shifts. A higher temperature (i.e., 60 oC) mitigates the activation polarization of lithium intercalation, decreases charge transfer resistances, and improves lithium diffusion. …”
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Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity by Wu, Gao-Lin

“…Here, we used long-term field measurements to examine how climatic changes between the 1980s and the 2010s (i.e., growing season temperature, precipitation, habitat moisture index, solar radiation, and sunshine duration) have affected aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) for all major grassland types in northern China. …”
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A study on stability of active layer of polymer solar cells: effect of UV–visible light with different conditions by Mehmood U.

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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

“…To further secure the smart meters' transmissions and enhance their reliability, we propose a new encoding scheme where the data are encoded over the available smart meters' communication (i.e., non-idle) times in a given hour.…”
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A robust experimental-based artificial neural network approach for photovoltaic maximum power point identification considering electrical, thermal and meteorological impact by Gowid, Samer

“…The results showed a decrease in the MSE of Vmp by 74.3% (from 1.6 V to 0.411 V), and in the MSE of Imp by 95% (from 4.4e−6 A to 2.16e−7 A), respectively. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series by Sehurutshi, Alice

“…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …”
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