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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Fatigue and Monotonic Behaviors of Corrosion-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with FRCM Composites by Elghazy M.

“…Test results showed that the corrosion of steel bars dramatically decreased the fatigue life of the beams. …”
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Flight Scheduling in the Airspace by Msakni, Mohamed Kais

“…In this study, we developed a scatter search (SS) to deal with larger instances. …”
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Estimating blood pressure from the photoplethysmogram signal and demographic features using machine learning techniques by Chowdhury, Moajjem H.

“…Gaussian process regression (GPR) along with the ReliefF feature selection algorithm outperforms other algorithms in estimating SBP and DBP with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 6.74 and 3.59, respectively. …”
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Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan by Shahid, M. Z.

“…ir pollution during winters over north-eastern (NE) Pakistan (71–74.5 E, 28–34 N) is a major challenge that affects human health, climate and daily life. …”
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Dynamic Imaging of Hydrate Specific Area Evolution during Xenon Hydrate Formation by Jarrar, Zaher

“…After this threshold, hydrate specific area started to decrease with increasing hydrate saturation. This is an indication that the small crystals of hydrates tend to merge and form larger crystals during the process of hydrate formation.…”
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Effect of Verbal Encouragement on Performance and Affective Responses in Male Sport Science Students during Sprint Modalities by Sahli, Faten

“…The assessed parameters comprised physical performance, rating of perceived exertion (RPE), and a feeling scale. 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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Comparison of performance and health indicators between perimenopausal and postmenopausal obese women: the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). by Jabbour, Georges

“…Moreover, HF, LF, and the LF/HF ratio differed significantly in PERIM women preintervention compared to POSTM1 and 2 (P < 0.01, respectively). After 6 weeks, a significant decrease in anthropometric variables was observed for all groups (P < 0.01). …”
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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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Influence Of Surface Finish Parameters On Corrosion Of Zinc by Mourad, M. Y. [ممدوح درويش الديري]

“…Also, it was found that the increase in surface roughness has two connecting effects. The first leads to a decrease in corrosion potential due to a decrease in the cathodic surface area while the second leads to an increase in corrosion potential due to a decrease in the peak to valley distances of surface irregularities…”
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CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER MANAGEMENT PROJECT SUPPORT SYSTEM UTILIZING DELPHI METHOD by Naji, Khalid K.

“…Finally, an operational support system framework that takes into consideration the project life cycle of a project is developed to manage and control these factors to decrease disputes between project parties that occur due to improper COM performance.…”
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Structural performance and moment redistribution of basalt FRC continuous beams reinforced with basalt FRP bars by Abushanab, Abdelrahman

“…Seven beams were longitudinally reinforced with BFRP bars, while the remaining three beams were reinforced with conventional steel bars and served as a control. Test results showed that BFRC-RC beams had higher crack widths, mid-span deflections, and strains than steel-RC beams. …”
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Anaerobic and aerobic contributions to repeated supramaximal cycling exercises and their adaptation to high-intensity interval training in obese perimenopausal and postmenopausal w... by Jabbour, Georges

“…Results The results showed that, before training, the anaerobic contributions to repeated SCE did not differ between the perimenopausal and postmenopausal women for the first three repetitions. However, a higher decrease was reported for postmenopausal women at the fourth and fifth repetitions (P < 0.01, respectively). …”
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Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey. by Wang, Yue

“…Egg consumption at each survey was assessed by a 3-d 24-h recall and weighed food record methods. …”
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Electrocatalytic arsenite oxidation in bicarbonate solutions combined with CO2 reduction to formate by Wonjung, Choi

“…However, the application of a potential higher than the peak (E > Ep,As) leads to a significant decrease in the FE due to water oxidation. …”
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The influence of environmental and core temperature on cyclooxygenase and PGE2 in healthy humans by Esh, Christopher J.

“…Random coefficient models determined relationships between Tc and COX/PGE2. Tc [mean (range)] increased in hot [+ 0.8 (0.4–1.2) °C; p < 0.0001; effect size (ES): 2.9], decreased in cold [− 0.5 (− 0.8 to − 0.2) °C; p < 0.0001; ES 2.6] and was unchanged in thermoneutral [+ 0.1 (− 0.2 to 0.4) °C; p = 0.3502]. …”
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Wind energy potential along the onshore and offshore Qatar by Mohammed, Aboobacker Valliyil

“…The results show that there is no signi?cant increase or decrease of wind power around Qatar in the last 40 years in most of the locations, while there is a slight decreasing trend in the o?…”
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Effects of combined calcium hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide on drinking water quality in Qatar and disinfection by-products formation by Mohamed, Elsamoul H.

“…Chlorine dioxide levels decrease as the free chlorine residual levels increased. …”
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Effect of AlN nanoparticle concentration in the electrolyte on corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of the electrodeposited composite coatings by Khan, M.S.

“…This research aims to develop an innovative solution by incorporating AlN nanoparticles with various concentrations (0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 g/L) as reinforcement in the Ni-P electrolyte to develop composite coatings using A36 carbon steel as a substrate through direct current (DC) electrodeposition method. …”
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Investigating the utilization of healthcare services to manage respiratory tract infections (RTIs) among Qatari patients attended selected primary healthcare centers in Qatar by Islam, Nazmul

“…We have found no difference in the month-to-month rates of RTI-related GP visits (per 1000 total visits) over the study period (non-significant decreasing trend). However, there was a significant decreasing trend in the monthly rates of antibiotics consumption and an increasing trend in the tests/investigations done but there was no clear increasing or decreasing trend in the monthly rates of other medications use. …”
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