Influenza prevalence and vaccine efficacy among diabetic patients in Qatar by Swapna, Thomas

“…Among the typed IVA-positive cases, 33.4% were H1N1, and 7.7% were H3N2. A significant decrease in influenza infections was reported in vaccinated DM patients (14.5%) when compared to non-vaccinated patients (18.9%) (p-value = 0.006). …”
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Thermo-economic assessment of forward osmosis as pretreatment to boost the performance and sustainability of multi-effect distillation for seawater desalination by Ortega-Delgado, B.

“…This work presents the thermodynamic and techno-economic assessment of a forward osmosis – multi-effect distillation (FO-MED) system able to improve the thermal performance of the MED seawater desalination process and reduce its environmental impact. …”
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Effect of anions on the structural, morphological and dielectric properties of hydrothermally synthesized hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by Sundarabharathi L.

“…For the particles obtained from nitrate, acetate, chloride and egg shell precursors respectively give dielectric constant (εʹ) values of 9.96, 13.22, 9.92 and 10.86 at 5 MHz. The εʹ and dielectric loss (εʹʹ) values for the HA nanoparticles decrease with increase in the applied frequency as well. …”
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Novel, selective EPO receptor ligands lacking erythropoietic activity reduce infarct size in acute myocardial infarction in rats by Kiss, K.

“…In a pilot study, EPO at 100 U/mL significantly decreased cell death compared to vehicle (33.8 ± 2.3% vs. 40.3 ± 1.5%, p < 0.05) in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes subjected to simulated ischemia/reperfusion. …”
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Low Platinum-Loaded Molybdenum Co-catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline and Acidic Media by Malali, Praveen

“…Here we report the performance of a novel sputter-deposited molybdenum (Mo) thin film with an extremely low co-loading of Pt, where Pt atoms were dispersed on Mo (Ptd-Mo) as an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in either alkaline or acidic media. …”
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Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol by Taddei, Cristina

“…Globally, there was little change in total or non-HDL cholesterol from 1980 to 2018. This was a net effect of increases in low- and middle-income countries, especially in east and southeast Asia, and decreases in high-income western countries, especially those in northwestern Europe, and in central and eastern Europe. …”
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Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Prevents Short-Term Memory Deficit Induced by Chronic Stress in Rats by Alzoubi K.H.

“…This impairment could be attributed to a decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels during chronic stress. …”
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Production and investigation of flexible nanofibers of sPEEK/PVP loaded with RuO2 nanoparticles by Chamakh, Mariem

“…The samples were synthesized with different concentrations of hydrous ruthenium chloride of 2 wt%, 5 wt%, and 10 wt%, and then annealed at a temperature of 300 �C for 4 h to form the ruthenium oxide nanoparticles. …”
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Investigational Study for the efficiency of Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles in the Oil Recovery Process using glass micromodel by Elhaj, Wamda

“…In contrast, the value achieved for the seawater injection was 76.5%. For the oil recovery process, the Fe3O4 was applied for the inhibition (i.e., decrease) of oil sedimentation, and the SiO2 NPs were applied for wettability alteration and IFT reduction. …”
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Obesity-induced changes in kidney mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in the presence or absence of leptin by Munusamy, Shankar

“…We investigated obesity-induced changes in kidney lipid accumulation, mitochondrial function, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the absence of hypertension, and the potential role of leptin in modulating these changes. …”
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Energy Demand Estimation and Forecasting in Qatar by Khalifa, Ahmed Ali

“…This approach focuses on the estimation of the share cost of various inputs with respect to the total cost of production for a specific good. We express energy demand as a function of energy prices, the appropriate price should be a weighted average of the prices of the underlying energy sources (electricity, gas, oil…etc.). …”
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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

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Prevention of oral cancer by Malki, Ahmed Mohamed

“…Oral cancer is typically discovered late in its development, most often when it has already metastasized to the lymph nodes, at which point prognosis becomes very poor. Therefore, we firmly believe that it is no longer viable that prevention be considered a person’s own responsibility but rather a matter of a group of health professionals. …”
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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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Synthesis and properties of HA/ZnO/CNT nanocomposite by Ding M.

“…The goal of this study was to examine the tribomechanical properties of hydroxyapatite (HA)/ZnO and HA/ZnO/CNT composite ceramics (carbon nanotubes; with different ratios 0.5 wt%, 1.0 wt%, and 1.5 wt%). The composites were synthesized using the hydrothermal method in an autoclave. …”
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Nanosilver loaded GelMA hydrogel for antimicrobial coating of biomedical implants by El Hajj, F.

“…The ability of silver nanoparticles to destroy infectious micro-organisms makes them an attractive candidate for use against "super-bugs" resistant to antibiotics. In this work, we develop a silver nanoparticles loaded methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) hydrogel for antimicrobial coating of biomedical implants. …”
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Choroidal metastasis as initial presentation of aggressive medullary thyroid carcinoma with widespread mediastinal, brain, pituitary, bone, lung, and liver metastasis: Case report... by S. Al Hassan, Mohamed

“…MTC presenting as ocular symptoms due to choroidal mass is rare with bad prognosis. Presentation of case A 38-year-old Sudanese male presented to Hamad General Hospital, complaining of sudden painless decrease of vision of the right eye of 3 weeks duration. …”
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Application of magnetic nanoparticles for the removal of oil from oil-in-water emulsion: Regeneration/reuse of spent particles by Elmobarak W.F.

“…Up to 98.6% of the %Roil was attained for Coil in the range from 0 to 800 mg/L using only a DMNP of 10 mg/L. A lower DMNP of 5 mg/L recovered up to 55.6% of the oil, while increasing the DMNP > 50 mg/L did not significantly affect the %ηdem nor the %Roil. …”
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Characterization of polysulfone/diisopropylamine 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid membranes: high pressure gas separation applications by Khraisheh M.

“…DSC traces show that the Tg of PSF was 149.5 C and decreases gradually for the composites. …”
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Effect of sintering temperature of NBT–6BT lead-free ceramics on the structural, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties by Slimani, Ahmed

“…The lead-free Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 0.94 Ba 0.06 TiO 3 (NBT-6BT) ceramics was fabricated at various sintering temperatures using a conventional solid-state reaction method. …”
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