Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking (waterpipe and cigarette) and participants' BMI across various sociodemographic groups in Arab countries in the Mediterranean Region by Al Sabbah, Haleama

“…Descriptive and regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between smoking practices and the participant's country of origin, sociodemographic characteristics, and BMI (kg/m2). RESULTS: Overall, the prevalence rate of smoking decreased significantly during the lockdown from 29.8% to 23.5% (p<0.05). …”
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Prevention of oral cancer by Malki, Ahmed Mohamed

“…Oral cancer, a part of head and neck cancer, is a combination of two types of cancer: oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer. …”
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Electrochemical behavior of mild and corrosion resistant concrete reinforcing steels by Sohail, Muazzam G.

“…The polarization resistance of the HC was found to be 1.5 times higher than that of the MS. The EIS technique showed that EC, even with damaged epoxy coating, has the highest resistance to chloride attack. …”
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Selective adsorption of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen using resorcinol-formaldehyde-xerogel activated carbon by Awadallah, Ahmed

“…RF-ACX was used in the adsorption of CO2, CH4, and N2 gases. Adsorption/desorption isotherms of CO2, CH4, and N2 gases onto RF-ACX adsorbent were measured gravimetrically by a magnetic suspension microbalance at five different temperatures (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 °C) in the pressure range of 0–1 MPa. …”
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Obesity-induced changes in kidney mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in the presence or absence of leptin by Munusamy, Shankar

“…Renal ATP levels were decreased in both obesity models, and mitochondria isolated from both models showed alterations that would lower mitochondrial ATP production. …”
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Effects of Turbulence Intensity and Biogas Composition on the Localized Forced Ignition of Turbulent Mixing Layers by d’Auzay, C. Turquand

“…The biogas is represented by a CH4 /CO2 mixture and a two-step mechanism involving incomplete oxidation of CH4 to CO and H2 O, and an equilibrium between the CO oxidation and the CO2 dissociation has been used. …”
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Investigation of gas-liquid flow using electrical resistance tomography and wavelet analysis techniques for early kick detection by Barooah, Abinash

“…The experiments were conducted on a horizontal flow loop of 6.16 mERT with an annular diameter ratio of 1.8 for Newtonian fluid (Water) with varying pipe inclination angle (0 - 10o) and annulus eccentricity (0 - 30%), liquid flow rate (165 - 265 kg/min), and air input pressure (1 - 2 bar). …”
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Antibacterial Performance of Protonated Polyaniline-Integrated Polyester Fabrics by Aizamddin, Muhammad Faiz

“…Para-toluene sulfonic acid (pTSA) was used to protonate the PANI fabric and thus grant it antibacterial performance. The results of a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay showed high antioxidant activity of protonated PANI fabric at a scavenging efficiency of 84.83%. …”
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Burden and trend of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Australia and comparison with 34 OECD countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. by Melaku, Yohannes Adama

“…The age-standardized PAF of diet-related NCD mortality and DALYs decreased over the study period by 28.2% (from 27.0% in 1990 to 19.4% in 2015) and 41.0% (from 14.3% in 1990 to 8.4% in 2015), respectively. …”
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Novel techniques for improving NNetEn entropy calculation for short and noisy time series by Heidari, Hanif

“…The present study proposes 6 methods for filling the reservoir for time series of any length 5 ≤ N ≤ 19,625. Two of them (Method 3 and Method 6) employ the novel approach of stretching the time series to create intermediate elements that complement it, but do not change its dynamics. …”
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Energy Demand Estimation and Forecasting in Qatar by Khalifa, Ahmed Ali

“…He consider three scenarios, the reference one and two alternatives with increases/decreases in the factors affecting energy demand. …”
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Glycine and Folate Ameliorate Models of Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia by Fernández-Murray1, J. Pedro

“…Sideroblastic anemias are acquired or inherited anemias that result in a decreased ability to synthesize hemoglobin in red blood cells and result in the presence of iron deposits in the mitochondria of red blood cell precursors. …”
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Machine learning-based management of electric vehicles charging: Towards highly-dispersed fast chargers by Shibl, M.

“…ML models used in this paper are (1) Decision Tree (DT), (2) Random Forest (RF), (3) Support Vector Machine (SVM), (4) Naïve Bayes (NB), (5) K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), (6) Deep Neural Networks (DNN), and (7) Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). …”
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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) by Hamad, Anas

“…Background: In line with global trends, cancer incidence and mortality may have decreased for specific types of cancer in Qatar. However, the cancer-related burden on patients, healthcare systems, and the economy is expected to expand; thus, cancer remains a significant public healthcare issue in Qatar. …”
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From the Renewed Policy of Sport Mega Events to Prosumerism: Articulating the challenges faced by the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by Bretherton, Paul

“…These changes in the bidding and organisation of SMEs can be seen as examples of prosumerism, which refers to "the tendency towards a market where the distinction between producers and consumers decreases, where consumers are producing their own goods and services" (IGI Global, 2022, para. 2). …”
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High fat diet exacerbates long-term metabolic, neuropathological, and behavioral derangements in an experimental mouse model of traumatic brain injury by Stanley, Ibeh

“…Key findingsTwo months of HFD feeding, together with TBI, led to a notable metabolic, neurological, and behavioral impairment. …”
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Electrochemical oxidation of ammonia (NH4+/NH3) ON synthesized nickel-cobalt oxide catalyst by Almomani F.

“…The XRD pattern confirmed the formation of Co/Ni–C composite with a reasonable presence of metal hydroxide (Ni(OH)2 & Co(OH)2). …”
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Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol by Taddei, Cristina

“…High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world3 and countries are using lipid-lowering medications at varying rates. …”
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Heterogeneous Diplomacy of Political Relations between Iran and Afghanistan in exploiting the water of Helmand Border River by Poorhashemi, Abbas

“…It has always influenced the relations between the two countries since the border formation. The fluctuation of the Helmand water flow and decrease in the running water towards Sistan (Iran) in the last hundred years has always created problems in relations between Iran and Afghanistan at the National and local levels. …”
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Carbon Emissions Policies and its Impact on the Design of Supply Chains by Pokharel, Shaligram

“…This conclusion is also proved by the further investigation when the total cost and emission are observed under decreasing cap. A further investigation reveals the transportation mode doesn't change when the carbon price increase from 9 to 234. …”
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