Concrete Pavement Truck Equivalence Factors For Upgrades by Razouki, Sabah Said

“…The upgrade truck equivalence factors were developed taking into consideration the following three values for upgrade namely; 0%, 8% and 12%, four values of slab thickness namely; 6, 8, 10 and 12 inches (15.24, 20.32, 25.40 and 30.48cm) and two extreme ratios of H / B of 0.2 and 1.0. …”
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Hemoglobin Oxidation in Stored Blood Accelerates Hemolysis and Oxidative Injury to Red Blood Cells. by Mustafa, Ibrahim

“…RBCs show progressive changes in morphology echinocytes and spherocytes on day 28. There was 0.85% RBC lysis, an approximately 20% decrease in percentage oxyhemoglobin, and a 14% increase in methemoglobin formation, which shows hemoglobin oxidation on day 28.  …”
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Could Vagus nerve stimulation influence bone remodeling? by Tamimi, Ahmad

“…The lumbar Z score also increased in these patients from -1.22±1.15 to -0.88±1.22, P=0.006). Pre and Post VNA femoral BMD was measured in only 11 patients and, of those 3 showed a significant increase in BMD, 1 a significant decrease and 7 no change. …”
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Tribo-mechanical properties evaluation of HA/TiO2/CNT nanocomposite by Zalnezhad, Erfan

“…The results from nanoindentation tests showed that Young's modulus of the S3.0 sample was 58.1% greater than that of the S0 sample. …”
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Alveolar bone changes following bi-maxillary vertical molars' movements using clear aligners by Al-Warafi, Leena Ali

“…Result The patients were divided into two groups: extrusion (48.9%, n = 65 molars’ root) and intrusion (51.1%, n = 68 molars’ root) group. There was a significant decrease in the alveolar bone changes in the buccal surface of the mandibular right and left 1st molars in the extrusion group (-1.05 ± 0.97, -0.76 ± 1.12 mm, respectively) and the maxillary left 2nd molars in intrusion group (-0.42 ± 0.77 mm), and the lingual surface of intrusion of the mandibular left 1st molar (-0.64 ± 0.76 mm). …”
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Limiting the Rise in Core Temperature During a Rugby Sevens Warm-up With an Ice Vest. by Taylor, Lee

“…Athletes in VEST demonstrated a decrease in ΔTS (-1.59; ±0.72) and ΔTC (-1.63; ±0.73) pre- to post-warm-up, with a lower RPE post warm-up (-1.01; ±0.46), compared to CONTROL. …”
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Optimal Proactive Resource Allocation at the Extreme Edge by El Khatib, Rawan F.

“…Extensive simulation results show that OPRA outperforms a reactive baseline by yielding a 50% decrease in the subtask dropping rate and 97% decrease in the service capacity.…”
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Estimating the production and mortality of fine roots using minirhizotrons in a Pinus densiflora forest in Gwangneung, Korea by Han, Seung Hyun

“…The annual FP and FM values at the 0–30 cm soil depth were 3200.2 and 2271.5 kg ha−1 yr −1, respectively. …”
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Effects of combined calcium hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide on drinking water quality in Qatar and disinfection by-products formation by Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

“…Seven water samples were collected from the Ras Laffan-Q Power desalination plant outlet in amber bottles having a chlorine dioxide concentration of 0.3 mg/L in 1 liter. The bottles were spiked with Ca(ClO)2 in sequence to give concentration of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 mg/L as free chlorine. …”
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Trends in fecal carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in children before and after the implementation of international travel restrictions in response to COVID-19 by Andrés, Pérez-López

“…Furthermore, CPE carriage rate decreased 3.6-fold (95% CI, 1.5–10.5; P < 0.001) after March 15, 2020. …”
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Heat stress impairs proprioception but not running mechanics by Mtibaa K.

“…Results Rectal (39.7 ± 0.4 vs. 39.4 ± 0.4 °C), skin (36.3 ± 1.1 vs. 31.8 ± 1.1 °C) and average body (38.3 ± 0.2 vs. 36.4 ± 0.4 °C) temperatures together with heart rate (178 ± 8 vs. 174 ± 6 bpm) and thermal discomfort (6.5 ± 0.5 vs. 4.3 ± 1.3) were all higher at the end of the HOT compared to COOL run (all p < 0.05). …”
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Climatology and variability of wind speeds along the southwest coast of India derived from Climate Forecast System Reanalysis winds by Abdulla, Cheriyeri Poyil

“…The study reveals significant decreasing trends in annual mean wind speeds, of the order of −2.0 to −2.5 cm·s−1·year−1, for the period 1979–2019. …”
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Impact of Pulsed Dielectrophoretic Supply on the Function of Microorganisms in Membrane Bioreactors by Larbi B.

“…A comparison between the continuous and intermittent voltage supply for the 50 V further proved the Joule heating impact on the bacteria viability.…”
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Novel thiazolones for the simultaneous modulation of PPARγ, COX-2 and 15-LOX to address metabolic disease-associated portal inflammation by Mai S., El-Shoukrofy

“…As well, the expression levels of 20-HETE, Il-1β and TNF-α were decreased in LPS-challenged RAW264.7 macrophages upon treatment with compound 2a. …”
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Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A caseecontrol study by Tayyem, RF

“…The “High-Fiber Pattern”, which is mainly composed of legumes and bulgur, significantly reduced the odd of CHD (OR= 0.55, 95% CI=0.27–0.92) for the fourth quartile compared to the first one. …”
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Comparison Of In Vitro Models Of Diabetic Nephropathy Using Renal Tubular Cells by El Gamal, Heba

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Enzymatic treatment of peanut butter to reduce the concentration of major peanut allergens by Yu, Jianmei

“…Treated peanut butter samples were sampled weekly for evaluation of total soluble proteins and extractable Ara h 1/Ara h 2. Data show that 1:1 alpha-chymotrypsin: trypsin at 0.04% of enzyme-to-peanut butter ratio resulted in near complete reduction of extractable Ara h 1 and Ara h 2 respectively. …”
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Acidity's Impact on Yield, Morphological Structure, and Surface Functionalities of Polyaniline Synthesised via Oxidative Polymerisation by Ahmat, Dounia Ousmane

“…To answer the research objective, the medium acidity was manipulated using different concentrations of HCl (i.e., 0 M, 0.01 M, 0.1 M, 1M and 10M). The as-synthesised PANIs were then purified and characterised for their physicochemical properties. …”
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Aqueous Extract Of Origanum Syriacum Inhibits Proliferation, Migration, Adhesion As Well As Erk1/2 Phosphorylation In Aggressive Breast Cancer by Al Kahlout, Amal

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Possible evidence for the existence of a hairy layer at the surface of polymer latex particles by Said, Ziad F. M.

“…Post-addition of electrolyte (0.0-0.1M) to the seed latex results in a 4-6nm size contraction due to an increase in the hydrophobicity of the surface, leading to a backward extension away from the aqueous phase.…”
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