High-intensity interval training improves acute plasma volume responses to exercise that is age dependent by Jabbour, Georges

“…After both the warm-up and SCT, PV decreased significantly among participants at pre- and at post-HIT (P < 0.01). …”
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Conversion of Organic Municipal Wastes into Biochars and their Effect on Fertility Parameters of Normal and Sabkha Soils of Qatar by Ahmedna, Mohamed

“…Biochars produced from mixed materials pyrolyzed at 500–750°C for 4–6 hours of pyrolysis time and used 2% application rate are best for amendment of normal soil while soft and mixed materials pyrolyzed at 300–500°C for 4 hours and used at 0.5–1% application rates as most suitable for the amendment of sabkha soil. …”
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Regulation of NKG2D by RKIP: Implications on NK-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production by Galal, Youssef

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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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Novel paclitaxel formulations solubilized by parenteral nutrition nanoemulsions for application against glioma cell lines by Najlah, Mohammad

“…The pH range for the Clinoleic formulations (7.1–7.5) was slightly higher than that of the Intralipid formulations (6.5–6.9). …”
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Mathematical modeling assisted investigation of forward osmosis as pretreatment for microbial desalination cells to achieve continuous water desalination and wastewater treatment by Yuan, Heyang

“…Herein, an FO-MDC system was developed and examined in a continuously-operated mode. It achieved 70.6% COD removal from a synthetic wastewater and 94.0% conductivity decrease in a salt solution containing 35gL-1 NaCl. …”
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Dynamic Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms development under different flow conditions and their removal using nanoencapsulated thymol by Yammine, Jina

“…ML nanocapsules decreased significantly bacterial counts during the first 0.5 h, while LBL nanocapsules eliminated the remaining bacterial cells and ensured a protection from bacterial contamination for up to 5 h by releasing THY in a sustained manner over time due to the thicker shell wall structure.…”
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Effect of serum lipoproteins on stereoselective halofantrine metabolism by rat hepatocytes by Patel, J. P.

“…Experimental hyperlipidemia has shown to decrease cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2C11 expression and to increase liver concentrations and the plasma protein binding of halofantrine (HF) enantiomers. …”
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Screening of Qatari Microalgae and Cyanobacteria for Application in CO2 Utilization by Schipper, Kira

“…Picochlorum maculatum showed a similar trend, with slightly lower productivities of 67.1 ± 0.2, 160.5 ± 21.8, 244.1 ± 20.9 and 219.9 ± 15.6 mg L-1 d-1 for 5, 10, 20 and 30% CO2 respectively. …”
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Hydrogen Production via Ethanol Decomposition over Bimetallic Catalyst by Ashok, Anchu

“…At higher value of φ, the reactive medium generates H2 rich reducing environment to convert metal oxide to metallic form Bimetallic CuCo were synthesized from the aqueous solution of cobalt nitrate (Co(NO3)2·6H2O), copper nitrate (Cu(NO3)2·6H2O) and glycine (C2H5NO2) in solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method using a fuel to oxidizer ratio of φ 0.5, 1, 1.75 and 2.5. …”
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Extraction and characterization of biofunctional lignocellulosic fibers from Pulicaria undulata plant and the effect of alkali treatment on their bio-physicochemical properties by Mohammed, Alsafran

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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Zolezzi, Monica

“…Significantly more males than females were “current smokers” (62.9% versus 15.0%, respectively, p < 0.001). Significantly more patients with psychotic disorders than those with any other SMI were “current smokers”, and this difference was statistically significant (p = 0.006). …”
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Pilot-scale petroleum refinery wastewaters treatment systems: performance and microbial communities' analysis by Karray, Fatma

“…Decreasing HRT to 5 and 2.5 days led to a decrease in the efficiency of the process and a decrease in biomass concentration was also observed (<1000 mg/l). …”
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Association between Insulin and Nitric Oxide in Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in vitro by Rizk, Nasser Moustafa

“…This study demonstrated that hyperglycemia causes an increase in ROS/oxidative stress and apoptosis, while insulin promotes a significant decrease in ROS and apoptosis. eNOS mediated NO production increases with hyperglycemia but remarkably decreases with insulin treatment after 1 hour, 2 hours and 4 hours. …”
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Detoxification assays of tunisian tannery wastewater under nonsterile conditions using the filamentous fungus aspergillus Niger by Boujelben, Raouia

“…Characterization of effluents also revealed high salt levels (EC &gt; 17 mS/cm) and high organic matter content (25 g/L for the UE and 7.2 g/L for the FE) but a low biodegradability since BOD5 did not exceed 2.5 and 1.25 g/L for the UE and the FE, respectively. …”
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Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions by Kanaan, Laith

“…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…”
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Unveiling into Genetic Architecture of Transgenerational Stress Memory via Promoting Drought Tolerance in Barley by Alqudah, Ahmad M.

“…A significant quantitative trait nucleotide (QTN) at position 509,466,648 base pairs, has been identified in the candidate gene HORVU.MOREX.r3.5HG0502630. …”
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Effect of level of relative humidity on fungi and germination capacity of paddy (oryza sativa l.) Grains in egypt by Mazen, M.B. [محمد بهي الدين مازن]

“…At all levels, except at ~ 0%, of relative humidity the germination capacity of grain decreased slowly or rapidly with the increase of the storage period and the rate of decrease was enhanced with the rise of relative humidity which increased the moisture contents of grains, and complete mortality (100%) was recorded at 92% r.h. after 4 months and at 100% after 3 months, when the moisture contents of paddy grains rose to 21.6%'and 22.6% respectively.…”
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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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Effect of Verbal Encouragement on Performance and Affective Responses in Male Sport Science Students during Sprint Modalities by Sahli, Faten

“…Post hoc test analysis indicates a significant increase in physical performance during VETS and VESS conditions compared to the control condition due to a decrease in sprint in line 20 m (VETS: p < 0.001, d = 0.55; VESS: p = 0.016, d = 0.41), sprint 10*2 (VETS: p < 0.001, d = 0.64; VESS: p = 0.05, d = 0.36), and sprint L (VETS: p = 0.001, d = 1.19) times compared to the control condition. …”
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