The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…Europe‘s aging population is increasing, affecting various sectors, including the healthcare system, labor market, and public services. Loneliness among the elderly has become a significant concern, especially post-COVID-19. …”
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The association between serum cortisol, thyroid profile, paraoxonase activity, arylesterase activity and anthropometric parameters of undergraduate students under examination stres... by Anjum, Armghan

“…Although, a correlation between academic performance and examinations stress in semester system was found but a large scale trial in multiple institutions throughout the Pakistan is required to exclude any socioeconomic factors because Pakistan belongs to developing country.…”
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Global disease burden attributed to low physical activity in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study by Ammar, Achraf

“…The age-standardized rates of low-PA-related deaths and DALYs per 100,000 people in 2019 were 11.1 (95% UI 5.7 to 19.5) and 198.4 (95% UI 108.2 to 360.3), respectively. …”
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Managing multitype capacity resources for frequency regulation in unit commitment integrated with large wind ramping by Hemmati, Reza

“…Such models are more complicated under a high penetration level of renewable energy because of renewable ramping and uncertainty. …”
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The investigation of treatment design parameters on carbon integration networks by Alnouri, Sabla Y.

“…In fact, it has been previously reported in many studies that the most expensive step in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) is the treatment system. As a result, this paper focuses on reassessing the performance of carbon integration networks using a more rigorous cost model for the treatment design stage. …”
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Allelopathic effects of the invasive Prosopis juliflora (sw.) Dc. On seed germination of selected Qatari native plant species by Bibi, Shazia

“…In order to achieve the goals, aqueous extract of P. juliflora was made by immersing 100 g/l of powdered parts of plant in warm distilled water (∼50°C) for 24 hours with regular mixing. …”
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Simulation and Optimization of an LNG Plant Cold Section by Katebah, Mary Anna

“…Among all the available cycles, the propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant (C3MR) system is the leading one in the LNG industry. Therefore, this research focuses on decreasing the energy consumption of C3MR and NGL recovery system with helium extraction (producing approximately 60 mol% crude helium) and nitrogen rejection units. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning Powered IRS-Assisted Downlink NOMA by Shehab, Muhammad

“…Simulation results reveal that the IRS-assisted NOMA system based on our utilized DRL scheme achieves a high sum-rate compared to OMA-based one, and as the transmit power increases, the capability of serving more users increases. …”
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Towards the higher solubility and thermal stability of poly(aniline-co-m-bromoaniline) by WawareU.S.

“…Thus, conduction of electrons is prohibited along the conjugated system. In the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), a three-stage decomposition of the copolymer has been observed. …”
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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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Production Of Size-selected Copper Nanoclusters For Petroleum Refinery Applications by Ayesh, Ahmad

“…Copper (Cu) nanoclusters are a promising system for gas sensing applications, mainly because of its sensitivity and selectivity for H2S [1,2]. …”
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Brine reject dilution with treated wastewater for indirect desalination by Khanafer, Daoud

“…A considerable high water flux (±35 L/m2h) was generated and slightly decreased throughout each experiment's 4 cycles. …”
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EFFECT OF BIOINSPIRED SYNTHETIC ANTI-MICROBIAL PEPTIDES ON COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS (SW620) by HASHEM, SHEEMA

“…Anti-microbial peptides (AMPs) are a class of small peptides that widely exist in nature, and they are an essential part of the innate immune system of different organisms. …”
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Downlink Interference Analysis of UAV-Based mmWave Fronthaul for Small Cell Networks by Dabiri, Mohammad Taghi

“…The results show that, in the presence of UAV's fluctuations, optimizing radiation pattern shape requires balancing an inherent tradeoff between increasing pattern gain to reduce the interference as well as to compensate large path loss at mmWave frequencies and decreasing it to alleviate the adverse effect of a UAV's vibrations.…”
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Dynamic workload patterns prediction for proactive auto-scaling of web applications by Iqbal W.

“…In this paper, we address these challenges by proposing a framework for prediction of dynamic workload patterns as follows. …”
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3D FEM Model on the Parameters' Influence of EPB-TBM on Settlements of Single and Twin Metro Tunnels During Construction by Forsat, Masoud

“…The initial results showed a valid ground settlement behavior. The maximum settlements occurred at the end of the shield tail and it was higher in the single tunnel. …”
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Heat Transfer Attributes of Gold–Silver–Blood Hybrid Nanomaterial Flow in an EMHD Peristaltic Channel with Activation Energy by Souayeh, Basma

“…The equations governing this motion were simplified under the approximations of a low Reynolds number (LRN), a long wavelength (LWL) and Debye–Hückel linearization (DHL). …”
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Experimental results and modelling of corrosion-damaged concrete beams strengthened with externally-bonded composites by Elghazy M.

“…It was observed that lowering the concrete compressive strength or increasing the concrete cover decreased the load-carrying capacities of the strengthened beams regardless of the strengthening system used (FRCM or FRP). …”
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Effects of Trehalose Administration in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III. by Mobini, Moein

“…Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (MPS III) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease (LSD) caused by a deficiency of lysosomal enzymes required for the catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), mainly in the central nervous system. …”
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Impact of fines type on gas flow using 3D micro-computed tomography by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…Therefore, there is a need to model and quantify fines impact on multi-phase flow using 3D reconstruction to better understand gas recovery systems. …”
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