Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions by Harfouche, Manale

“…Pooled HSV-2 proportion in genital ulcer disease was 50.7% (95% CI: 44.7–56.8%) and in genital herpes it was 97.3% (95% CI: 84.4–100%). Interpretation: Seroprevalence is declining by 2% per year, but a third of the population is infected. …”
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Obesity-induced changes in kidney mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in the presence or absence of leptin by Munusamy, Shankar

“…Mitochondria from hyperleptinemic LoxTB MC4R−/− mice kidneys respired NADH-generating substrates (including palmitate) at lower rates due to an apparent decrease in complex I activity, and these mitochondria showed oxidative damage. …”
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Effect of gamma irradiation on the microstructure and morphology of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol blends by Al-Maadeed, M.

“…Thin films of a blend of 90, 75, 50 (wt/wt%) percentage of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol were synthesized and irradiated with 5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 kGy. …”
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The impact of intermittent fasting during Ramadan on psychomotor and cognitive skills in adolescent athletes by Bougrine, Houda

“…Results and discussion: The obtained data illustrated that there was a decrease in SRT, CRT, VT, and MRT performances during R1 in comparison to R0 (all p < .001). …”
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Foamed phase change materials based on recycled polyethylene/paraffin wax blends by Sobolčiak, Patrik

“…This work represents one of very few attempts for a preparation of polymeric phase change foams without a use of micro-encapsulated phase change component leading to the enhancement of the real PCM component (PW) within a final product. …”
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Ethanolic extract of Origanum syriacum L. leaves exhibits potent anti-breast cancer potential and robust antioxidant properties by Mesmar, Joelle

“…Non-cytotoxic concentrations of OSEE attenuated cell proliferation and induced G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, which was associated with phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, an increase in the levels of tumor suppressor protein p21, and a decrease of proliferation marker protein Ki67. …”
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Low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy associated with gestational diabetes mellitus and low birth weight: results from the MAASTHI birth cohort by Deepa, R.

“…Furthermore, causal mediation analysis showed that a decrease in one unit of Vitamin D is associated with a decrease of 0.015 units of fasting blood sugar (FBS) and 0.019 units of postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) as it flows through the mediator variable insulin resistance. …”
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Facile Electrochemical Synthesis of Highly Efficient Copper-Cobalt Oxide Nanostructures for Oxygen Evolution Reactions by Nath, Narayan Chandra Deb

“…An optimized nanopetal structure of CuxCo3-xO4 (x = 0.95, annealed at 200 °C) shows a considerably high Faradaic efficiency (∼93%) with a remarkably low overpotential (∼230 mV) at a benchmark current density (J) of 10 mA cm-2; at the same J in an alkaline solution (1 M KOH) for OER, it also exhibits high durability (up to 100 h). …”
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Synthesis and electrochemical properties of nickel oxide/carbon nanofiber composites by Al-Enizi, Abdullah M.

“…The EDLC increased from 0.144 F g−1 at a calcination temperature of 100 °C to 485 F g−1 at a calcination temperature of 500 °C.…”
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Influence of the heteroatom on the optoelectronic properties and transistor performance of soluble thiophene-, selenophene- and tellurophene-vinylene copolymers by Al-Hashimi, Mohammed

“…The optical band gap of the polymers is shown to systematically decrease as the size of the heteroatom is increased, mainly as a result of a stabilization of the LUMO energy, resulting in a small band gap of 1.4 eV for P3TeV. …”
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Modelling the asymmetric responses of price level to oil price changes in Qatar by Mrabet, Zouhair

“…To achieve that, we proceed by employing a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach on data during the period 1990Q1-2014Q4. …”
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Optimal Design of Cogeneration Systems Based on Flaring and Venting Streams and Accounting for the Involved Uncertainty by Tovar-Facio, Javier

“…This paper proposes a solution approach that enables to determine cumulative probability curves to give to decision makers a useful tool to know the financial risk related to the implementation of the proposed system, and the results show that the proposed system is a suitable option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to decrease the operating costs. 1 2017 Elsevier B.V.…”
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Modified zno nanoparticles using iron ions (Fe3+) for photo-catalytic degradation of toxic pollutants under sunlight by Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.

“…As the Fe3+ concentration increased from 0.25 to 1.00 wt. %, the crystal size decreased in comparison with the undoped ZnO. …”
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Moderate salinity stimulates growth and photosynthesis of Phragmites karka by water relations and tissue specific ion regulation by Abideen, Zainul

“…The aim of the present work was to determine the effect of salt stress on growth, ion homeostasis, water status and photosynthesis of Phragmites karka - a potential biofuel crop. Plants were grown in 0, 100 and 300mM NaCl (equivalent to non-saline, 20 and 60% seawater). …”
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Flight Scheduling in the Airspace by Msakni, Mohamed Kais

“…Given a set of flights, each flight has to be assigned to one track and one level. …”
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Effect of hexagonal on the in-plane crushing behaviour of plain weave composite hexagonal quadruple ring system by Mahdi, E.

“…Increasing the cell angle showed a decrease in energy absorption capability and load carrying capacity. …”
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Study of the Ion Interclation Mechanism in Mxene Membrane for the Water Treatment Applications by Helal, Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ali Hussein

“…The same observation was true in the in-situ environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) study, where the cross-section of these cations suffers a significant decrease compared with lower hydration enthalpy cations. …”
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Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes by Kwon, Taeoh

“…In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4-2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9-1.5% in the temperate biome. …”
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ELECTRODE SUSPENSION FOR AQUEOUS SODIUM FLOW BATTERY by MESLAM, MENTALLAH MOHAMED HASSANIN MOHAMED HASSANIN

“…Whilst those formulated in the saturated KB dispersions manifested a serious decrease in the conductivity at high load of NTO nanorods.…”
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The Role of Key Impurity Elements on the Performance of Aluminium Electrolysis - Current Efficiency and Metal Quality by Al-Mejali, Jassim Ali

“…It is established in the literature that for every 100 ppm of phosphorus in the bath the current efficiency is decreased by 1%. …”
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