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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Integrated planning of spare parts and service engineers with partial backlogging by Rahimi-Ghahroodi, S.

“…In this paper, we consider the integrated planning of resources in a service maintenance logistics system in which spare parts supply and service engineers deployment are considered simultaneously. …”
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Production of flexible nanocomposite membranes for x-ray detectors by Ahmad I., Ayesh

“…Flexible membranes of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer and CuO nanoparticles for x-ray detection applications are reported in this work. PVA represents a polymer matrix for nanoparticles, and its flexibility and electrical conductivity are enhanced by addition of glycerol (GL) plasticizer. …”
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Absorption of CO2 in aqueous blend of methyldiethanolamine and arginine by Talkhan, Ahmed Gomaa

“…However, for CO2 partial pressure of above 20 kPa, the addition of Arg caused a decrease in the solubility of CO2. The obtained loading data were correlated using a semiempirical (SE) vapour liquid equilibrium (VLE) model with an average absolute deviation (AAD) less than 4.1% between the predicted and the experimental values. …”
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Evaluation of different personalized ventilation air terminal devices: Inhalation vs. clothing-mediated exposures by Al Assaad, Douaa

“…The model was validated experimentally in a climatic chamber by comparing real-time particle mass concentration near a thermal manikin. …”
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Guidelines for Patients with Bleeding Disorders Undergoing Dentalveolar Surgeries by Amirova, Mahira

“…Prolongation of bleeding time can seriously complicate the patient’s condition during and after surgery, especially if there is iron deficiency anemia or any other condition accompanied by a decrease in hematopoiesis. For this reason, the dentist surgeon must be aware about the presence of such diseases in advance, in order to prevent the development of bleeding and its undesirable consequences promptly. …”
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Effect of self-healing calcium nitrate microcapsules on concrete properties by Milla, Jose

“…Overall, the results of this study indicated that although microcapsules caused a decrease in the compressive strength of the concrete, they enhanced the self-healing capability of the concrete that was produced. …”
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Modeling of dual-metal Schottky contacts based silicon micro and nano wire solar cells by Rabbani, M. Golam

“…However current per surface area exposed to light is found to decrease rapidly with increase in length. The use of a multi-contact interdigitated design for long wires is investigated to increase the photovoltaic response of the devices.…”
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Reinfections in COVID-19 Patients: Impact of Virus Genetic Variability and Host Immunity by Fakhroo, Aisha

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is still posing a devastating threat to social life and economics. …”
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The Structure of the Free Volume in Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) from Positron Lifetime and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) Experiments by Dlubek, Gunter

“…The mean hole volume, vh, varies in PS between 105 Å3 (27 °C) and 220 Å3 (190 °C), and shows a systematic decrease with increasing AN content, at Tg from 121 Å3 for PS to 102 (±2) Å3 for SAN50. …”
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Responses of lichen communities to 18 years of natural and experimental warming by Alatalo, Juha M.

“…The negative effect on species richness and effective number of species was driven by a decrease in lichens under experimental warming in the meadow. …”
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Financial Intermediaries and Capital Market Development in Nigeria by Ilo, Bamidele M.

“…The result revealed that in the long run, credit to private sector and money supply will lead to an increase in capital market development while banks total savings and government expenditure results to a decrease in capital market development in the long run. …”
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DC conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of nonstoichiometric MgCuZn ferrites by Madhuri, W.

“…All the compositions showed a negative Seebeck coefficient exhibiting n-type semiconducting nature. …”
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Wastewater remediation using coal fly ash nanocomposites by Nadeem, Nimra

“…Coal fly ash (CFA), an industrial waste product, can be used as a multifunctional material. CFA is an anthropogenic material and its disposal on open land or by dumping underground causes serious environmental issues such as respiratory problems and underground water pollution. …”
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Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter? by Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami

“…This study aims to assess whether or not the presence of credit bureaus is associated with more or fewer financing constraints while considering the interfering effect of corruption in a sample of 18 countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period 2011-2014. …”
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Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries by Mouyad, Alsamara

“…The results indicate that non-oil real GDP exhibits an adverse and magnified response to an increase in remittance outflows, relative to a decrease. Furthermore, this negative impact is amplified when accounting for oil price changes. …”
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Insights Into the Role of CircRNAs: Biogenesis, Characterization, Functional, and Clinical Impact in Human Malignancies by Nisar, Sabah

“…Because of the structural stability, high expression, availability of microRNA (miRNA) binding sites and tissue-specific expression, circRNAs have become hot topic of research in RNA biology. Compared to the linear RNA, circRNAs are produced differentially by backsplicing exons or lariat introns from a pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) forming a covalently closed loop structure missing 3′ poly-(A) tail or 5′ cap, rendering them immune to exonuclease-mediated degradation. …”
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An Overview of Solid Waste Management and Plastic Recycling in Qatar by Al-Maaded, M.

“…Recent literature on current solid waste management (SWM) in Qatar has been reviewed in this paper, and a focused study has been carried out to provide a review on the total amount of municipal solid waste generated, stored, collected, disposed as well as the constituents of the waste. …”
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Interface modification of compatibilized polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene blends: Effect of compatibilization on thermomechanical properties and thermal stability by Inuwa, Ibrahim M.

“…Compatibilization with a suitable block/graft copolymer is one way to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of the PET/PP blend. …”
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Numerical investigation of rotating stall in centrifugal compressor with vaned and vaneless diffuser by Halawa, Taher

“…These pressure fluctuations in the case of the vaneless diffuser appear with a gradual decrease of the mean pressure value as a part of the surge cycle. …”
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