Sensitization to common food and inhalant allergens in children attending Allergy and Asthma Pediatric Clinic in Doha, Qatar by Kerkadi, Abdelhamid

“…Of children with FA, 37.5% were sensitized to IA. A statistically significant association between FA and IA was observed (OR:1.82; 95% CI: 1.15-2.88; P = 0.001), 76.9 and 75% sensitized to IA and FA, respectively, reported family history of allergy. …”
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Magnetorheological damper with external excitation for more efficient control of vehicles? dynamics by Sassi S.

“…The experimental tests made on the first prototype featuring this new technology was promising. The excitation of a set of 12 coils surrounding the body of the damper, by an electric current of 5 A, managed to increase the damping coefficient by up to 75%. …”
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Impact of combined oil-in-water emulsions and particulate suspensions on ceramic membrane fouling and permeability recovery by Abdalla M.

“…The addition of 1500 mg·L−1 of bentonite to a 10 vol.% emulsion resulted in a permeability decrease of 3.5–5 times over that recorded for the emulsion, and 8–36 times lower than that of the bentonite suspension. …”
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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

“…The transected organ was returned to the abdominal cavity for free arterial and venous bleeding until class IV hemorrhage is achieved [defined by persistent mean arterial pressure, MAP < 40 mmHg, and a shock index (ratio of heart rate and systolic arterial pressure), SI ≥ 5 for successive 10 minutes during the period of active uncontrolled bleeding]. …”
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Effects of Turbulence Intensity and Biogas Composition on the Localized Forced Ignition of Turbulent Mixing Layers by d’Auzay, C. Turquand

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Mechanical properties of gamma irradiated TiO2NPs/MWCNTs/LDPE hybrid nanocomposites by Zagho M.M.

“…Furthermore, the % of the total elongation at break is decreased after incorporating MWCNTs. The % of the total elongation at break after exposure to a dosage of 25 kGy was reduced as a result of chain scissions and molecular weight decrease. …”
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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.

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Changes of perceived unevenness caused by in-track vibration countermeasures in slab track by Verachtert, R.

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Comparison of performance and health indicators between perimenopausal and postmenopausal obese women: the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). by Jabbour, Georges

“…This study examined the effects of 6 weeks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on performance and health indicators in obese perimenopausal (PERIM) women and similarly aged and older postmenopausal women (POSTM1 and POSTM2, respectively). Sixteen PERIM women (average age 49.6 y), 21 POSTM1 women (average age 50.6 y), and 19 POSTM2 women (average age 69.6 y) completed a 6-week HIIT intervention. …”
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High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge by Integration of Electro-Fenton Process by Feki, Emna

“…Production of biogas was also found to improve during semi-continuous fermentation of EF-pretreated sludge conducted in a lab-scale reactor. In comparison to raw sludge, EF-pretreated sludge produced the highest biogas yield (0.81 L biogas/g VS) with a high COD removal rate, reaching 96.6% at an organic loading rate (OLR) of 2.5 g VS/L. d. …”
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Modeling the influence of daily temperature and precipitation extreme indices on vegetation dynamics in Katsina State using statistical downscaling model (SDM) by Mohammad, Hadi Ahmad

“…All the scenarios present increasing minimum and maximum temperatures and decreasing precipitation, except for RCP8.5, which predicted a more adverse trend. …”
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Conceptual Framework for Planning Urban Roadside Vegetation to Enhance Air Quality for Roadside Users by Mogra, Soujanya

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Analysis of dopant diffusion in molten germanium induced by pulsed nd : yag laser by Mousa, Ali M. [علي مطشر موسى]

“…Doped sample Tann = 200- 500 C for time t mn = 45 subjected to subsequent thermal annealing (at the temperature and to plused leacr annealing (en<5rgy density in a min) pluse E=5.2 - 9.5 J/cm2) in order to establish optimal condition. …”
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The Interference of Notch1 target Hes1 affects cell growth, differentiation and invasiveness of glioblastoma stem cells through modulation of multiple oncogenic targets by Cenciarelli, Carlo

“…Herein, we report that exposure to a Stat3/5 inhibitor, induced apoptosis either in shHes1-CSC or control cells. …”
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Food shopping, preparation and consumption practices in times of COVID-19: case of Lebanon by Ben Hassen, Tarek

“…Indeed, the study outcomes suggested (1) a move toward healthier diets; (2) a rise in the consumption of domestic products due to food safety concerns; (3) a change in the grocery shopping behaviors (with a rise in online shopping); (4) a surge of food stockpiling; and (5) a decrease in household food wastage. …”
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Asymmetric effects of oil price shocks on the demand for money in Algeria by Amirouche, Chelghoum

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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.

“…Gel strength was observed to increase upon increasing the size of nanosilica initially, and then, it has decreased which gave an optimum nanosilica size of 50 nm. …”
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Effect of Hyperglycemia on eNOS function in EPCs by Elshiekh, Duaa Ibnomer

“…Results showed that both acute and chronic hyperglycemia showed a trend towards decrease in phosphorylation of eNOS and Akt. …”
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The impact of using produced water for plant irrigation and its effects on plants and soil characteristics by Atia, Fathy Atia Mohamed

“…The generated water was used after different dilution:0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% for plant irrigation in greenhouse for Medicago sativa, Zea mays, Helianthus annus, Sorghum bicolor, Phramites australis and Salsola baryosma using a complete randomized design with three replications. …”
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Influence of anionic surface modifiers on the thermal stability and mechanical properties of layered double hydroxide/polypropylene nanocomposites by Yang, J.H.

“…Organo-layered double hydroxide/polypropylene (LDH/PP) nanocomposites were successfully synthesized via a solution blending method. As an attempt to improve the compatibility with hydrophobic PP, the LDH surface was modified by the incorporation of various anionic surfactants via electrostatic interaction with LDH cationic layers. …”
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