Optimization of the Consolidation Parameters for Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Gr-Bi₂Te_2.55Se_0.45 Nanocomposites حسب Farah El-Makaty (19198006)

"…On the contrary, increasing pressure mainly causes improvements in densification. …"

Error performance of vertical-BLAST over Rayleigh and Nakagami fading channels حسب Khan, S.A.

"…The study of statistical distribution of errors is a prerequisite in the design of appropriate coding techniques to effectively control errors. An architecture, V-BLAST, that promises very high spectral efficiency is analyzed and compared for two transmitter-receiver arrangements. …"
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Formulation and rheological characterization of piezoelectric nanofluids حسب Mohamed Youssry (14158971)

"…Traces of PVdF further increased the OV to ca. 7.5 V in their hybrid suspensions.…"

Impact of miscuffing during home blood pressure measurement on the prevalence of masked hypertension حسب Mourad, Jean-Jacques

"…Standard vs. large cuff home BP mean differences were 6.9mm Hg (95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.7–9.2; P < 0.0001) for systolic BP and 4.0mm Hg (95% CI = 2.4–5.5; P < 0.0001) for diastolic BP. Hypertension status differed significantly between standard vs. large cuffs: sustained hypertension (56.6% vs. 41.5%, respectively; P = 0.002), controlled hypertension (20.8% vs. 28.3%, respectively; P = 0.04), white coat hypertension (7.5% vs. 22.6%, respectively; P = 0.002), masked hypertension (15.1% vs. 7.5%, respectively; P = 0.04). …"
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A Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in a Channel with an Array of Pin Fins in Aligned and Staggered Configurations حسب Issa, Johnny

"…The dimensionless spacing, S*, defined as the ratio of the gap between the fin walls to the fin diameter, is varied between a value of 0.5 and 1. Nine different approaching velocities are considered in this study which resulted in Reynolds number values ranging between 5 and 160. …"
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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017 حسب LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators (18567880)

"…Wasting decreased overall across LMICs between 2000 and 2017, from 8.4% (62.3 (55.1–70.8) million) to 6.4% (58.3 (47.6–70.7) million), but is predicted to remain above the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target of <5% in over half of LMICs by 2025. Prevalence of overweight increased from 5.2% (30 (22.8–38.5) million) in 2000 to 6.0% (55.5 (44.8–67.9) million) children aged under 5 years in 2017. …"

Nimesulide, a preferential cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor, suppresses peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor induction of cyclooxygenase 2 gene expression in human synovial fibrobl... حسب Faour, Wissam

"…Receptor activation studies were evaluated by cotransfecting pSG5-Gal 4 DNA binding domain (DBD)-PPARα ligand binding domain (LBD) or pSG5-Gal 4 DBD-PPARγ LBD chimeric constructs with a 5× Gal 4 enhancer site tk-tataa-luciferase reporter under ligand stimulation in the presence or absence of increasing concentrations of NIM. …"
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Regulation of circulating CTRP-2/CTRP-9 and GDF-8/GDF-15 by intralipids and insulin in healthy control and polycystic ovary syndrome women following chronic exercise training حسب Jayakumar Jerobin (6595520)

"…CTRP-2, CTRP-9, GDF-8 and GDF-15 levels were measured at 0, 3 and 5 h.</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>Intralipids dramatically increased CTRP-2 levels in PCOS (P = 0.02) and control (P = 0.004) subjects, which was not affected by insulin infusion or by exercise. …"

Metal Organic Frameworks Electrodes for Microbial Fuel Cell Applications and Hydrogen Production حسب Al-Murisi, Mohammed Abdullah Taher Mohammed

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Laws, policy measures, standards and regulations in the water sector in Lebanon: a review and perspective حسب Chatila, Jean G.

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Whole-genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli حسب Khodor, Ragheed R.

"…The isolates were distributed among different phylogroups groups: group A, 8 (42.1%), group B1, 2 (10.5%), group B2, 5 (26.3%), group C, 1 (5.2%), group D, 2 (10.5%), group F, 1 (5.2%). …"
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Identification of Cancer Stem Cells in Human Gastrointestinal Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors حسب Gaur, Puja

"…In vivo, ALDH+ CNDT2.5 cells generated more tumors, with shorter latency than ALDH- or sham-sorted cells. …"
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The effect of graphene on the activation energy of grain growth for the nanocrystalline thermoelectric n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 حسب Farah M. El-Makaty (14157090)

"…For the composite samples, a lower graphene weight percentage (0.05 wt.%) increased the activation energy to 270 kJ/mol. In contrast, higher amounts of graphene (0.5 wt.%) reduced the activation energy significantly to 254 kJ/mol. …"

Optimal design and operation of conventional, solar electric, and solar thermal district cooling systems حسب Dana M. Alghool (18387132)

"…Moreover, the solar electric cooling system is found to be the most cost‐effective, achieving ~5.5% and 55% cost savings compared with conventional and solar thermal cooling systems, respectively. …"

Experimental study of the influence of particle size on Minimum Explosible Concentration of sulfur dust حسب Jack M. Altwal (17302843)

"…The use of the Modified Hartmann Tube for MEC determination showed that the MEC increases with increasing particle size in the particle size range of 0–2000 μm. …"

Isolation and study of Lipase activity of an olive oil degrading Thermoactionomyces SP. (c2002) حسب Al Khudary, Rami

"…A concentration of 10% (v/v) olive oil did not inhibit its growth. Lipase production was constitutive, and did not depend on the presence of olive oil. …"
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Produced Water Treatment Using Naturally Abundant Pomegranate Peel حسب Ibrahim, Taleb

"…The results showed that as the adsorbent dosage, pH, and salinity of SPW were increased, the removal efficiency increased. The adsorption of crude oil by PPP was found to follow the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, with adsorption capacity of 555 mg/g. …"
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Risk factors for early death due to recurrence after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter study حسب Abdalla, Eddie

"…On multivariateanalysis, tumor size greater than 5 cm (P < 0.02; odds ratio, 3.0), multiple tumors(P < 0.01; odds ratio, 3.3), and greater than 5 mitoses per 10 high-power fields(P < 0.03; odds ratio, 3) were associated with increased risk of early death due torecurrence.Conclusions: These findings enable identification of patients with HCC who are athigh risk for early death due to recurrence following potentially curative resection whomight be candidates for adjuvant therapy trials.…"
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Unravelling the predictors of late cancer presentation and diagnosis in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of patients with lung and colorectal cancers حسب Damsees, Rana

"…For colorectal cancer, those having no previous knowledge about cancers or screening programmes had increased odds of reporting late diagnosis (2.30, 95% CI 1.06 to 4.97). …"
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DNA methylation predicts the outcome of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome حسب Martina Bradic (4923361)

"…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">COVID-19 infections could be complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), increasing mortality risk. We sought to assess the methylome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in COVID-19 with ARDS.…"