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. …”
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Comprehensive thermoeconomic, exergoeconomic, and optimization analyses of direct oxy-combustion supercritical CO2 intercooled and reheated cycles under design and off-design condi... by Al-Ammari, Wahib A.

“…Therefore, from an economic point of view, the ICC is recommended as the best power block for a sCO2 power cycle driven by oxy-combustor at moderate TITs. …”
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Wind energy potential along the onshore and offshore Qatar by Mohammed, Aboobacker Valliyil

“…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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Modification of Pd/CeO2 catalyst by Atomic Layer Deposition of ZrO2 by Onn, Tzia Ming

“…Methane-oxidation rates in 0.5% CH4 and 5% O2 were slightly lower on the ZrO2-covered catalyst when both materials were calcined at 673 K but the activity of the ZrO2-modified catalyst did not decrease with catalyst calcination temperature. …”
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Inverse Weibull Distribution with Type II Censored Data by Alshaikh, Fatima A.

“…Moreover, the mean squared error of all estimators decreased for larger sample sizes and it increased when the censoring proportion is increased for a fixed sample size. …”
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Enhancement of flocculation and dewaterability of a highly stable activated sludge using a hybrid system of organic coagulants and polyelectrolytes by Yousefi S.A.

“…This study investigates the influence of hybrid coagulation-flocculation system on the flocculation and dewaterability efficiency of a real highly stable activated sludge obtained from the membrane bioreactor tank of a petroleum industry. …”
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Effects of rutile-TiO2 nanoparticles on accelerated weathering degradation of poly(Lactic Acid) by Antunes, A.

“…Thermal stability decreased in the presence of TiO2 and a double melting peak was observed for the PLA/TiO2 nanocomposite. …”
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Preparation and characterization of wollastonite/titanium oxide nanofiber bioceramic composite as a future implant material by Aly, Ibrahim H.M.

“…While porosity and water adsorption capacity decreased with increasing the metal oxide nanofibers with a considerable impact for the sintering temperature in both properties. …”
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Elucidating the role of interacting residues of the MSH2-MSH6 complex in DNA repair mechanism: A computational approach. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…From the simulation studies, we observed higher deviation, lower protein compactness, and a decrease in the number of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the mutant W764C MSH2-MSH6 protein complex. …”
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Coalition game theoretic P2P trading in a distribution network integrity-ensured local energy market by M., Imran Azim

“…This paper presents a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading-enabled local energy market (LEM) mechanism and analyses it in the Australian market context to verify its feasibility. …”
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Structural evaluation, preliminary in vitro stability and electrochemical behavior of apatite coatings on Ti6Al4V substrates by Yaser E. Greish

“…In the current work, a sputtering technique was used to develop a 300 nm-thick bone-like apatite layer onto Ti-6Al-4V. …”
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A Tailored, Bundle Care Intervention Strategy to Reduce Cardiac Mortality During the Hajj: A Population-Based, Before and After Study. by Al Faraidy, Khalid A

“…The numbers of cardiac catheterization procedures increased 3-fold and cardiac surgical procedures increased 5-fold between 2009 and 2011. …”
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A predictive strategy for lifetime maximization in selective relay networks by Mousavifar, S.A.

“…Two algorithms based on an energy conserving dynamic transmit power threshold are proposed for improving the lifetime in relay networks utilizing selective relay strategies with amplify-and-forward (AF) relays. the lifetime of the relay network is defined as the maximum number of successfully received messages satisfying a desired SNR at the destination under probability of outage constraints. …”
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Association between Serum Vitamin D Status and Circadian Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Arabi, Ahmed

“…The association between vitamin D deficiency and CircS was stronger than that with MetS. Additionally, a dose-response gradient in odds of CircS components, particularly with short sleep duration, was noted as serum vitamin D levels decreased. …”
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Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with early motor, but not language development in a South African cohort by Hendricks, Gaironeesa

“…Objective:To investigate the association of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and early neurodevelopment in the first 2 years of life, adjusting for maternal sociodemographic and psychosocial factors, in the Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS), a South African birth cohort study.Methods:The DCHS comprises a population-based birth cohort of 1143 children, of which, a subsample completed the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III (BSID-III) at 6 (n = 260) and 24 months of age (n = 734). …”
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Osteoporosis in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study by Tomasevic-Todorovic, Snezana

“…This research was designed as a cross-sectional study that included patients after a first stroke (≤1.5 years from a stroke; N = 40), who went through in-hospital rehabilitation treatment. …”
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Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up. by Cao, Yingting

“…At follow-up in 2007, sleep disorder symptoms, including daytime falling asleep, sleepiness and snoring at night, were gathered using a sleep questionnaire. (3) Results: The mean intake of magnesium was 332.5 mg/day. …”
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A dynamic MOPSO algorithm for multiobjective optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems by Sharafi, Masoud

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CO2 Absorption Capacity and its Enthalpy of Absorption in Aqueous Blend of MDEA/Piperazine/Arginine by Talkhan, A.G.

“…In this work, the solubility data of CO2 in aqueous blends of N-Methyldiethanolamine, Piperazine and Arginine (MDEA/PZ/ARG) of a total concentration of two moles is presented. …”
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Numerical evaluation of the thermal performance of a near-surface earth-to-air heat exchanger with short-grass ground cover: A parametric study by Pakari, Ali

“…By increasing the tube wall thickness from 1 to 10 mm, the outlet temperature for an aluminum tube remained unchanged, while for PE and PVC tubes, the outlet temperature increased by about 1.1 and 2.2 °C, respectively. By increasing the soil thermal conductivity from 1 to 5 W m−1 K−1 the outlet temperature decreased by about 4.4 °C.…”
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