Engineering the Surface and Mechanical Properties of Water Desalination Membranes Using Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes by Yehia M. Manawi (18091207)

“…The water contact angle for PS membranes incorporated with commercial CNT sharply decreased from 73° to 53° (membrane hydrophilization) for membranes with 0.1 and 1.0 wt. % of CNTs, while for the same loading of produced CNTs the water contact angles for the membrane samples increased from 66° to 72°. …”

High-level synthesis from purely behavioral descriptions by Youssef, H.

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Functional disability of road traffic injury patients admitted to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka on admission and three months after discharge from the hospital by Roshan Chaminda Sampath (19774524)

“…At three months after the injury significant increase proportion of functional disability was observed with increase number of body regions injured (p=0.000) and with increase injury severity (p=0.000). …”

Expanding the donor pool by Ramos, Emilio

“…These measures may be beneficial in terms of increasing the number of donors and decreasing the waiting time. …”
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Phase transitions of nanoemulsions using ultrasound: Experimental observations by Singh, Ram

“…Additionally, as the size of the emulsion droplet increased, the intensity required for bubble formation decreased. As expected, perfluorohexane emulsions require greater intensity to form cavitating bubbles than perfluoropentane emulsions.…”
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A SENSITIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE HEALTH STATUS OF I-BEAMS BY MEASURING ITS NONLINEARITY THROUGH THE USE OF RAYLEIGH WAVES by Tse, Peter

“…Whereas, in case of damaged state, the nonlinearity parameter at the impacted location shows a sudden increase and reaches a value higher than that of the nonlinearity evaluated at the same location of intact state. …”
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The Impact of Managerial Risk factors on Building information modeling Performance in the Construction Industry by NAFA, MOHAMMAD MAHMOUD SULTAN

“…The quantitative part was carried out through an online questionnaire and a hard copy survey distributed to a population working in the same field to get the feedback about the topic of the research. …”
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The Triple “S” Impact of COVID-19: Nationwide Evidence of the Impact of the Stress Associated With Restrictive Measures on Substance Use, Sleep, and Social Connectedness in Qatar... by Muna Abed Alah (18171346)

“…Perceived stress was found to be an independent predictor for increased use of tobacco, deterioration in sleep quality, and increased sleep duration during home confinement.…”

Addressing the pandemic on our roads by Adnan Rahman (19772982)

“…As road infrastructure expands and becomes better in many parts of the world, and motorisation rates increase, the need to act to address this pandemic on our roads is becoming ever more urgent. …”

Clomiphene-induced myocardial infarction in a young male: A case report of a rare cardiovascular complication by Zubair Shahid (16441927)

“…<p dir="ltr">Clomiphene citrate is commonly prescribed to treat male hypogonadism due to its ability to increase endogenous testosterone levels while preserving fertility. …”

Road Accidents In Bangalore: A Report by Sanjeev Kumar (279609)

“…The absolute number of road accidents has also been growing at an alarming rate which reflects concomitant investment in road safety strategies coupled with rapid rate of motorisation. At the same time, there is lacuna in the whole system of reporting, recording and analysing road traffic crashes. …”

Effect of fasting on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease in male subjects by Hamdan, Abdul-Latif

“…All subjects were evaluated at the same time during the day. The evaluation consisted of a laryngeal examination and the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI). …”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Plant Varying Electricity Power Sources by Nassar, Dina

“…Wastewater treatment is an essential life process that enhances water quality as population and urbanization are increasing proportionally. The increase in population alongside the increase of wastewater treatment plants’ significance, lead to an increase in electricity demand to power the plants. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Water Efficiency Policies on Qatar’s Electricity and Water Sectors by Athar Kamal (17191843)

“…Further results suggest that while replacing groundwater with desalinated water can increase the energy consumption significantly, reuse of treated wastewater has almost the same footprint as groundwater, but can increase the resilience of the system considerably as groundwater abstraction levels are lowered to their renewal rates</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Energies<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14144348" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14144348</a></p>…”

Shear performance of FRP Reinforced Deep Beams Made of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) by Salman, Omar

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Postprandial lipaemia 10 and 34 hours after playing football: Does playing frequency affect the response? by Darren J. Paul (6905450)

“…Performing three consecutive days of football exercise may offer no greater protective effect for postprandial TG before a period of reduced activity, compared to a single session.…”

Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts by Habchi, W.

“…The compressibility of these liquids is modeled using the Tait equation of state (EoS) while all other transport properties are kept unchanged for the sake of isolating compressibility effects. In addition, the same typical generalized-Newtonian behavior is assumed for both model liquids. …”
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Resilience-uncertainty nexus in building energy management integrated with solar system and battery storage by Hasan Mehrjerdi (16869957)

“…The energy resilience is improved and the energy cost is decreased at the same time while all events and uncertainties are modeled. …”

Crisis Communication Management Model in the Public Sector of Dubai by Ali, Budoor Hussain

“…The unexpected events occur every day, and with the increase of the negative outcomes of these incidents on people and organizations, they would become crises that require effective management. …”
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Towards safe driving: The relation between driving vehicles and drug addiction behaviour by Abdullah Al-Otaibi (4968325)

“…On the other hand, official statistics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia point out to a-ten-fold increase in the previous years in the use of drugs and psychoactive substances.…”