Aldehyde dehydrogenase expression in Metaphire posthuma as a bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in soil by Panday, Raju

“…The ALDH activity was found to be highest in worms cultured in 5 ppm heavy metal contaminated soils. Although, ALDH activities decreased as the heavy metal concentration in soil increased, they were significantly higher when compared to control worms cultured in uncontaminated soils. …”
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Solar hydrogen production via a samarium oxide-based thermochemical water splitting cycle by Bhosale, Rahul

“…The computational thermodynamic analysis of a samarium oxide-based two-step solar thermochemical water splitting cycle is reported. …”
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The Effects of Statin Therapy on Circulating Levels of Trimethylamine N-oxide: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Jamialahmadi, Tannaz

“…There are only a few studies on humans suggesting that statins might also decrease TMAO, but their results are not unanimous. …”
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Climate change will seriously impact bird species dwelling above the treeline: A prospective study for the Italian Alps by Ferrarini, Alessandro

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A global multiregional life cycle sustainability assessment of national energy production scenarios until 2050 by Kucukvar M.

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Post stroke health-related quality of life, stroke severity and function: A longitudinal cohort study by Hartley, Tasneem

“…The anxiety/depression domain showed a non-significant change (p = 0.378). A weak negative significant correlation existed between EQ5D VAS and mRS scores (rs = -0.362; p = 0.02); indicating a trend that HRQoL was not improving to the degree stroke severity decreased. …”
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The Role of Qatar Community Pharmacists in Depression care: A Survey of Attitudes, Practices and Perceived Barriers by Shami, Rula

“…Responses were measured on a 5-point-Likert scale. Study outcomes were scores of attitudes towards depression, scores of self-reported depression care practices and perceived barriers for depression care. …”
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Impact of pharmacist-involved collaborative care on diabetes management in a primary healthcare setting using real-world data by Abdulrhim, Sara

“…Results After 17 months of follow-up, pharmacist-involved collaborative care compared to usual care resulted in a significant decrease in HbA1c (6.8 ± 1.2% vs. 7.1 ± 1.3%, p < 0.01). …”
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Demographic characteristics, laboratory features and complications in 346 cases of brucellosis: A retrospective study from Qatar by Varikkodan, Irfan

“…Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were raised to three times the normal in 39.6% and 37% of patients, respectively. Blood culture was positive in 72.8% whereas Brucella immunoglobulin G antibody and immunoglobulin M antibody titer was positive in 72.5% and 73.1% patients, respectively. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…ResultsMen who have sex with men (MSM) comprised 35 % and 40 % of attendees pre- and post- COVID-19 onset, respectively. Post-COVID-19 onset, a total of 1350 VCT services and 406 medical consultations were provided, an overall 45 % decrease compared with pre-COVID-19 onset. …”
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Vascular access types in hemodialysis patients in palestine and factors affecting their distribution: A cross-sectional study by Hamdan, Zakaria

“…We also highly recommend decreasing the duration of temporary catheters. …”
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Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Omar, Abeer A.

“…Prediabetes was defined using HbA1c between 5.7 and 6.4% and subclinical inflammation was defined using monocyte to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ratio (MHR). …”
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Adiposity indicators exhibit depot- and sex-specific associations with multimorbidity onset: A cohort study of the UK Biobank by Ma, Lu

“…Results Cox proportional hazard regression analyses of general obesity indices revealed that for every one-unit increase in body mass index, the risk of incident multimorbidity increased by 5.2% (95% confidence interval 5.0%-5.4%). A dose-response relationship was observed between general obesity degrees and incident multimorbidity. …”
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Optimization of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fueled with Jatropha biodiesel produced using a heterogeneous catalyst (CaO) by Singh, A.

“…The heterogeneous transesterification delivered a yield of 81.6% at 5 wt% catalyst concentration and 12:1 methanol to oil molar ratio. …”
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Proliposome tablets manufactured using a slurry-driven lipid-enriched powders: Development, characterization and stability evaluation by Khan I.

“…Sorbitol-based proliposome tablets in a 1:15 w/w ratio were found to be the best formulation as it exhibited excellent powder flowability with an angle of repose of 25.62 � 1.08� and when compacted the resultant tablets had low friability (0.20 � 0.03%), appropriate hardness (crushing strength) (120.67 � 12.04 N), short disintegration time (5.85 � 0.66 min), and appropriate weight uniformity. …”
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Morphology, Nucleation, and Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Mixed with a Polycarbonate/MWCNTs Masterbatch by Gumede, Thandi P.

“…Isothermal crystallization experiments performed by DSC showed an increase in the overall crystallization kinetics of PCL with increases in MWCNTs as a result of their nucleating effect. Nevertheless, the crystallinity degree of the nanocomposite containing 4 wt % MWCNTs decreased by about 15% in comparison to neat PCL. …”
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Morphology, nucleation, and isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(butylene succinate) mixed with a polycarbonate/MWCNTs masterbatch by Gumede, Thandi P.

“…Standard DSC scans showed that the MWCNTs nucleation effects saturated at 0.5 wt% MWCNT content on the PBS-rich phase, above this content a negative nucleation effect was observed. …”
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Turning point in COVID-19 severity and fatality during the pandemic: a national cohort study in Qatar by Chemaitelly, Hiam

“…Methods and analysis We conducted a national cohort study on 312 109 Qatari citizens to investigate incidence of severe, critical or fatal COVID-19 classified according to the WHO criteria between 28 February 2020 and 21 April 2023. …”
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Synergistic effects and optimization of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations on the growth and nutrient uptake of a freshwater Chlorella vulgaris by Alketife, Ahmed M.

“…1 and the maximum biomass produced was decreased more than three-fold to 0.5 g/L. The Box Behnken experimental design and response surface method were used to study the effects of the initial concentrations (P, N and C) on P and N removal efficiencies. …”
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Corrosion inhibition of API X120 steel in a highly aggressive medium using stearamidopropyl dimethylamine by Radwan, A.Bahgat

“…The inhibition efficiency of the stearamidopropyl dimethylamine (SAPDA) surfactant for the corrosion of API X120 steel in a 0.5 M HCl solution at different temperatures was investigated using different electrochemical and microscopy techniques. …”
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