Event-triggered based consensus of autonomous underactuated surface vessels by Mirzaei, Morteza

“…Unactuated and actuated states of considered vehicles are strongly coupled, hence a state transformation is utilized to represent the vehicle model in a cascade nonlinear system format, and consequently switching controllers are designed to make the vehicles to reach a consensus. …”
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The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …”
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Nutritional quality and health risk of pepper fruit as affected by magnesium fertilization. by Lu, Ming

“…As a result, Mg fertilization decreased the comprehensive nutrition level of pepper by 16.6%. …”
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Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Parvovirus (B19V) among Blood Donors with Different Nationalities Residing in Qatar by Abdelrahman, Doua

“…Human parvovirus (B19V) is the causative agent of erythema infectiosum in children and is linked to a wide range of clinical manifestations. Studies related to B19V prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and other parts of Asia are very scarce. …”
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Iron Sulfide Scale Inhibition in Carbonate Reservoirs by Gasimli, Nijat

“…A scale inhibitor solution is introduced into a formation by applying a squeeze treatment. …”
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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 surfactants on the convective heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of ZnO/DIW nanofluids: An experimental study by Qamar, Adnan

“…Convective heat transfer (HTC) and flow characteristics (pressure drop (ΔP) and friction factor (f)) of aqueous ZnO NFs' within a circular mini tube (Di = 1.0 mm, L = 330 mm) were analyzed. …”
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An enhanced performance IPT based battery charger for electric vehicles application by Abdelhamid, E.

“…IPT system has proved its capability to be a safe, convenient, and efficient electric vehicle battery charger through its features, such as operating in a harsh environment, high efficiency at reasonable power levels, and decreasing equipment maintenance through operating without any mechanical contacts. …”
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Changes in Dietary Habits and Eating Behaviors during COVID-19 Induced Confinement by alnatsheh, reem bassim

“…Among these changes, increased (p<0.05) prevalence of fruit and vegetable, immune boosters, water, and hot beverage consumption as well as decreased (p<0.05) eating in restaurants and fatty food consumption, suggesting a positive change. …”
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Microbiota-derived acetate activates intestinal innate immunity via the Tip60 histone acetyltransferase complex by Bat-Erdene, Jugder

“…Reduced expression of the histone acetyltransferase Tip60 decreased IMD signaling and blocked rescue by dietary acetate and other sources of intracellular acetyl-CoA. …”
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Effect of blade tip geometry on centrifugal compressor performance and stability by Shahina, Ibrahim

“…The reliability operation for small fuel cells and hybrid fuel cell with gas turbine requires centrifugal compressor surge prevention. This study concerns a high speed centrifugal compressor stage with different blade tip geometries. …”
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Mechanical characteristics of ultra-high performance steel FRC made with recycled concrete aggregates by Alnahhal, W.

“…However, the flowability was decreased by 12% to 15% with steel fibers. The results also revealed that at a steel fiber volume fraction of 0%, RCA had little influence on the compressive strength, while they noticeably influenced the flexural tensile strength. …”
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Experimental investigations on spray flames and emissions analysis of diesel and diesel/biodiesel blends for combustion in oxy-fuel burner by ElKelawy M.

“…Present research work shows the emissions and flame analysis of oxy-fuel combustion of diesel and diesel/biodiesel blends in the experimental test burner manufactured in Mechanical power engineering laboratory at Tanta University, Egypt. Diesel and a mixture of diesel and biodiesel (B0, B10, B20, B30, and B40) used as a fuel with the effect of pure air and oxy-combustion. …”
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Smart City and Preservation of Identity in Doha by Altiok, Huzeyfe

“…The theory of smart cities provides the administrative power of a country with a well-established, sustainable, and smart development. …”
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Frugal innovation for sustainable rural development by Mokter, Hossain

“…We developed a classification that identifies the increasing positive and decreasing negative parameters of SDGs to assess the extent to which frugal enterprises contribute to specific SDGs. …”
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Role of TiO2 and carbon nanotubes on polyethylene, and effect of accelerated weathering on photo oxidation and mechanical properties by Zagho M.M.

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Estimating the age-dependent changes in carbon stocks of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in Turkey by Lee, Jongyeol

“…Although Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a main species in Turkey, studies on such changes are still lacking. • Aims We aimed to estimate the changes in carbon stocks, with stand age, of Scots pine stands in Turkey using field work data and a forest carbon model (FBDC model). • Methods Biomass and dead organic matter carbon stocks were investigated to adjust the forest carbon model and to verify the model estimates. …”
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Modal analysis of spur gears for varied teeth root cracks characteristics: finite element analysis (FEA) simulations by Syam, Thaer

“…This causes progressive damage to gear teeth which causes teeth failure, and hence, a damaged gear. This work shows a numerical framework to identify and quantify cracks' existence at the teeth root of spur gears. …”
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Phytoplankton size changes and diversity loss in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea in relation to long-term hydrographic variability by Ramírez-Romero, Eduardo

“…This novel study shows an overall rise in the proportion of small phytoplankton cells and a decreasing trend in phytoplankton diversity in the southern Mediterranean area. …”
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Geotechnical considerations on the design of piled rafts on rock by Eid, Hisham T.

“…A crude estimation is commonly made for these two parameters. …”
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