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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Docosahexaenoic Acid, a Key Compound for Enhancing Sensitization to Drug in Doxorubicin-Resistant MCF-7 Cell Line. by Crovella, Sergio

“…Augmented quantities of molecules promoting apoptosis such as Bak1 and caspase-3 and enhanced lipid peroxidation were also detected. …”
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Kv7 Channel Activators Flupirtine and ML213 Alleviate Neuropathic Pain Behavior in the Streptozotocin Rat Model of Diabetic Neuropathy by Ahmed, Ashraf Ibrahim

“…Both flupirtine and ML213 were as effective as the positive control gabapentin (10/kg, i.p.), and their anti-allodynic effects were prevented by the Kv 7 channel-specific blocker XE991 (3 mg/kg, i.p.). …”
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Novel Electroless Deposited Corrosion - Resistant and Anti-Bacterial NiP-TiNi Nanocomposite Coatings by Fayyad, Eman

“…Below and beyond this concentration as well as after heat treatment, the improvement in the corrosion protection of the composite coatings slightly decreases. Besides, the NiP-TiNi NCCs have effective antibacterial properties as it decreased the cell viability of Escherichia coli from 100 to 19%.…”
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Food behavior changes during the covid-19 pandemic: Statistical analysis of consumer survey data from bosnia and herzegovina by Ben Hassen, Tarek

“…Consequently, in this study, we analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Bosnians' behaviors relating to food. …”
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Hydrogen Production via Ethanol Decomposition over Bimetallic Catalyst by Ashok, Anchu

“…Ethanol decomposition over bimetallic CuCo were conducted using in situ diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFT) study under N2 flow at different temperatures (50, 100, 200, 300, 400°C). Temperature-time profile of CuCo shows an increase in combustion temperature with increase in fuel ratio with maximum temperature at φ = 1 (stoichiometric ratio) and after that it decreases. …”
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Wind energy potential along the onshore and offshore Qatar by Mohammed, Aboobacker Valliyil

“…Wind energy is one among the clean and renewable energy resources. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in Lebanon: A retrospective chart review by Sunji, Nadine

“…Post-COVID-19 onset, a total of 1350 VCT services and 406 medical consultations were provided, an overall 45 % decrease compared with pre-COVID-19 onset. The prevalence pre-COVID-19 onset of HIV, syphilis, HBV, and HCV was 0.8 %, 0.3 %, 0.2 %, and 0.1 %, respectively, and post-COVID-19 onset 1.2 %, 0.7 %, 0.3 %, and 0.3 %, respectively. …”
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Effect of mobile text messages on antiretroviral medication adherence and patient retention in early HIV care: An open-label, randomized, single center study in south Florida by Sherman, Elizabeth M.

“…At the end of the 6-month study period, adherence to ART was 84.4% in the intervention group versus 73.5% in the control group (OR, 1.9; 95% CI 0.7–5.0; p = 0.194). Retention in care significantly improved in the intervention group compared to the control group with the odds of retention increasing by 20% (OR, 1.2; 95% CI 1.1–1.5; p = 0.006). …”
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Biochemical and structural impact of two novel missense mutations in cystathionine β-synthase gene associated with homocystinuria by Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.

“…We observed that the disease-associated K72I genetic variant had no apparent effects on the spectroscopic and catalytic properties of the full-length enzyme. …”
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Burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to demographic levels in Qatar: An emerging public health problem by Bener, Abdulbari

“…Diabetes is one of the main contributors to ill health and premature mortality worldwide and its prevalence has been rising during the last decades. …”
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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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A systematic review of stability of medicines used in emergency medical service settings by Rachid, Ousama

“…Background: Temperature, among several environment conditions like humidity, is known to impact medicine stability 1,2 . In emergency medical service (EMS) settings, it is often challenging to control these conditions. …”
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Changing Trends in the Referral and Timing of Treatment for Congenital Cryptorchidism: A Single-Center Experience from Bosnia and Herzegovina. by Zvizdic, Zlatan

“…Of these patients, 62 received a bilateral orchidopexy (19.1%). Total referral age of patients with congenital cryptorchidism was 23 months (range, 4-74.5 months). …”
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Selection of Bacillus spp. with decontamination potential on multiple Fusarium mycotoxins by Zahoor Ul, Hassan

“…Bacillus cereus BC344-2, Bacillus cereus BC399-2, Bacillus simplex BS350-3 and Paenibacillus favisporus PF341, showed significant biodegrading capacity on T-2 toxin, leading to 72, 70, 71 and 88% decontamination, respectively. Complete degradation (100%) of ZEN was observed at a contamination level of 0.375 μg/ml in LB, while showing a decreasing trend of degradation (87 and 84%) at increasing levels of mycotoxins (0.750 and 1.50 μg/ml LB medium, respectively). …”
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Dietary patterns associated with the risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women by Tayyem, Reema F.

“…The ‘High-Fruits and Vegetables’ dietary pattern showed a decreased likelihood of osteoporosis risk in the fourth quartile [Q4: AOR 0.375, 95% CI (0.154–0.9150), P = 0.031]. …”
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Thermally assisted efficient electrochemical lithium extraction from simulated seawater by Yanxi, Yu

“…Based on these understandings, we demonstrated that a thermally assisted electrochemical lithium extraction process could achieve rapid (36.8 mg g-1 day-1) and selective (51.79% purity) lithium extraction from simulated seawater with an ultrahigh Na+/Li+ molar ratio of 20,000. …”
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Differences in the neovascular potential of thymus versus subcutaneous adipose-derived stem cells from patients with myocardial ischemia. by Oliva-Olivera, Wilfredo

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Heterogeneous Diplomacy of Political Relations between Iran and Afghanistan in exploiting the water of Helmand Border River by Poorhashemi, Abbas

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Molecular and Structural Changes in Induced-Brain Stroke Tissue Using FTIR Imaging Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy by Ali, Mohamed H

“…The infrared spectrum images showed a decrease in the lipid content of the white matter associated with the induced stroke brain sections. …”
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