Antagonistic Effects of Trichoderma harzianum Isolates against Ceratocystis radicicola: pioneering a Biocontrol Strategy against Black Scorch Disease in Date Palm Trees by Al-Naemi, Fatima A.

“…The aim of this study was to develop a method of biological control through the isolation, identification and examination of the effectiveness of bioagents in controlling black scorch disease. …”
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Navigating Cyclone Threats: A Forecast Approach Using Water Streams’ Physical Characteristics as an Indicator to Predict High Risk Potential Areas in the Sultanate of Oman by Al-Awadhi, Talal

“…Tropical cyclone is a natural disaster phenomenon that is considered one of the main challenges for human populations in many countries across the globe. …”
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Accelerated weathering effects on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and PHBV/TiO2 nanocomposites by Antunes, A.

“…It also slowed down the decrease in mechanical properties. The mechanical properties were shown to gradually decrease for the PHBV/TiO2 nanocomposites, whereas a sharp drop was observed for the neat PHBV after an accelerated weathering exposure. …”
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Effect of octylphenol polyethylene oxide on the corrosion inhibition of steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 by Algaber, A.S

“…The experimental data were fitted with the Flory-Huggins isotherm at a molecular ratio of 5:1. The Gibbs energy of adsorption decreases with the temperature. …”
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Performance assessment of renewable energy-fed three-phase grid-connected voltage source converters and boost inverters during DC side faults by Elserougi, A.

“…The simulation results elucidate a significant decrease in the DC fault current in case of boost inverter due to its blocking capability.…”
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Low complexity target coverage heuristics using mobile cameras by Neishaboori A.

“…Our proposed solutions provide extremely computationally efficient heuristics with only a small increase in number of cameras used, and a small decrease in number of covered targets. 2014 IEEE.…”
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Numerical and experimental investigation on corrugation geometry for metallic tubes under lateral loading by Eyvazian A.

“…Our results showed that using vertical elliptical corrugation decrease the densification point. Moreover, there is a gradual enhancement of mean crushing load by moving from the horizontal elliptical corrugations to the vertical ones. …”
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Microstructure, wear and corrosion characteristics of Cu matrix reinforced SiC–graphite hybrid composites by Jamwal A.

“…X-ray diffraction revealed that there is no intermediate phase formation between the reinforcement and matrix as a result of interfacial bonding between them. Microstructure study shows the uniform distribution of SiC-graphite particles in the Cu-matrix. …”
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Influence of fuel ratio on the performance of combustion synthesized bifunctional cobalt oxide catalysts for fuel cell application by Ashok A.

“…The kinetic current density for Co (φ = 0.5) is 6.45 mA cm−2 and decreases with increase in fuel ratio. …”
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VANET-based smart navigation for emergency evacuation and special events by Elbery A.

“…In this paper we propose, develop, and analyze the performance of a new system-optimum navigation model that utilizes Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), linear programming optimization, and stochastic routing to efficiently and smartly navigate vehicle crowds in case of an emergency evacuation or after special events. …”
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Microstructural, tribological and compression behaviour of Copper matrix reinforced with Graphite-SiC hybrid composites by Jamwal, A.

“…Compressive strength of composites is tested using Universal testing machine and showed a decrease in value with increase in graphite content. …”
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Organic materials amendments can improve NPK availability and maize growth by reducing heavy metals stress in calcareous soil by Saleem, A.

“…Incremental rates of each amendment resulted in greater immobilization of bioavailable Cd, Pb, and Cr in the soil, leading to reduced bioaccumulation in roots and decreased translocation to shoots. …”
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Artificial weathering and accelerated heat aging studies on low-density polyethylene (Ldpe) produced via autoclave and tubular process technologies by Luyt, A. S.

“…In particular, a mechanism of chain scission/branch-ing that resulted in crosslinking was assumed for the neat polyethylenes, after combining the decrease of molecular weight observed in the GPC analysis with the increase in Young's modulus after UV exposure. …”
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Analysis of bioconvection and oxytactic microorganisms in a porous cavity with nano-enhanced phase change materials and quadrant heater: Application of support vector regression ba... by Hussain, Shafqat

“…In this numerical study, two-dimensional simulations are performed to obtain the bioconvection flow in a quadrant heater located porous closed space saturated with nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM). …”
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The role of type II FB (I):Tl+ defect in laser light generation and color image formation at the low coordination surface sites of AgBr: Ab initio calculations by Shalabi, A.S.

“…As far as photographic sensitization is concerned, a supersensitizer increases the sensitizing capabilities of the two examined dye molecules by increasing the relative yield of quantum efficiency Φ. …”
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Boost inverter-based HVDC transmission system with inherent blocking capability of AC side contribution during DC side faults by Elserougi, A.

“…The simulation results elucidate a significant decrease in the DC fault current due to the blocking capability of the BI-HVDC system during DC side faults.…”
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Impact of aluminium acetate particles size on the gelation kinetics of polyacrylamide-based gels: Rheological and molecular simulation study by Hamza A.

“…Using 7 wt.% PAM/1 wt.% AlAc with sizes of 25 and 48 μm revealed a crosslinking time of 17 and 115 min, respectively. …”
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Rhus coriaria induces senescence and autophagic cell death in breast cancer cells through a mechanism involving p38 and ERK1/2 activation by El Hasasna, Hussain

“…We demonstrated that Rhus coriaria ethanolic extract (RCE) inhibits the proliferation of these cell lines in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. RCE induced senescence and cell cycle arrest at G1 phase. …”
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Cutaneous Aβ-Non-nociceptive, but Not C-Nociceptive, Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Exhibit Spontaneous Activity in the Streptozotocin Rat Model of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy . by Djouhri, Laiche

“…These faster AP and AHP kinetics may lead to repetitive firing and an increase in afferent input to the CNS and thereby contribute to DPNP development, and (d) a decrease in the electrical thresholds of Aβ-nociceptors that may contribute to their sensitization, and thus to the resulting hypersensitivity associated with DPNP.…”
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A precious-metal-free Fe-intercalated carbon nitride porous-network with enhanced activity for the oxygen reduction reaction and methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction by Bin Yousaf, Ammar

“…The C and N-rich additives help generate abundant Fe-Nxand N-C active sites for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under acidic and alkaline conditions and show a negligible decrease in activity after 2000 scan cycles. …”
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