Acute exposure to cigarette smoking followed by myocardial infarction aggravates renal damage in an In vivo mouse model by Kobeissy, Firas

“…Finally, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was significantly accentuated in S+MI group concomitant with a significant increase in NOX-4 protein levels. …”
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Assessing the role of Environmental Legislation in Mitigating Climate Risk in GCC: A quantile ARDL approach by Mohamed Sami Ben Ali (23073832)

“…Using the panel Quantile ARDL technique, the findings suggest that climate legislation effectively mitigates climate risk. This effect is notably increased at the upper quantile in the long run. …”

Baroreflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity during air-jet stress in rats by Kanbar, Roy

“…The latter effect was secondary to an increase (P < 0.01) in the range of the RSNA variation from 285 ± 33 to 619 ± 59 NU. …”
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Impact of inflammation, gene variants, and cigarette smoking on coronary artery disease risk by Merhi, Mahmoud

“…Results rs4769874 (ALOX5AP), rs854560 (PON1), and rs4646903 (CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism) are significantly associated with an increased risk of CAD with respective odds ratios of 1.53703, 1.67710, and 1.35520; the genetic variant rs9579646 (ALOX5AP) is significantly associated with a decreased risk of CAD (OR 0.76163). …”
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Local Over-Expression of VEGF-DDNDC in the Uterine Arteries of Pregnant Sheep Results in Long-Term Changes in Uterine Artery Contractility and Angiogenesis by Abi Nader, Khalil

“…There was a tendency to higher UABF in Ad.VEGF-DΔNΔC compared to Ad.LacZ transduced UtAs (50.58% v/s 26.94%, p = 0.152). There was no significant effect on maternal haemodynamics. An increased number of proliferating endothelial cells and adventitial blood vessels were observed in immunohistochemistry. …”
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A comparison of peer, teacher and self-feedback on the reduction of language errors in student essays by Diab, Nuwar Mawlawi

“…Comparison of students' performance on pronoun agreement errors revealed that all groups increased the percentage of this error on the immediate post-test but decreased it on the delayed post-test, with no significant difference between the groups. …”
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High phosphorus diet mitigates impairments in lipid and glucose metabolism associated with diet-induced obesity in male sprague dawley rats by Bassil, Maya

“…High fat induced obesity significantly (p<0.05) increased serum cholesterol, triglycerides and ALP in HF group (46.1±3.9mg/dl, 38.8±4.4mg/dl and 192.8±55.9U/l, respectively) compared to control (19.8±2.7mg/dl, 26.0.1±3.7mg/dl and 76.6±7.3U/l, respectively) but P supplementation in HFHP prevented this increase. …”
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A CFD- RSM study of cuttings transport in non-Newtonian drilling fluids: Impact of operational parameters by Abdelrahman M. Awad (16932519)

“…The drill pipe rotation has the dominant effect on the performance of cuttings transportation, with the effect are more pronounced for highly deviated and horizontal wells. …”

Formability of Ultrasonically Additive Manufactured Ti-Al Thin Foil Laminates by İrfan Kaya (18623313)

“…Hydraulic bulge test results showed that elongation improved as the number of bi-layers increased, yet the ultimate strength values did not change significantly indicating an expansion of the formability window.…”

Formability of Ultrasonically Additive Manufactured Ti-Al Thin Foil Laminates by İrfan Kaya (18623313)

“…Hydraulic bulge test results showed that elongation improved as the number of bi-layers increased, yet the ultimate strength values did not change significantly indicating an expansion of the formability window.…”

Breast cancer cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells by Faour, Wissam H.

“…While co-culture assays with SaOS-2 increased the expression of osteoblastic markers in MCF-7 cells, SaOS-2 cell conditioned medium increased the expression of RANKL, PTHrP, VEGF and NOGGIN in MCF-7 cells. …”
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Engineering the Surface and Mechanical Properties of Water Desalination Membranes Using Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes by Yehia M. Manawi (18091207)

“…The water flux of the fabricated membranes increased considerably (up to 20 times) along with the increase in CNT loading. …”

Strengthening of thin reinforced concrete slabs with CFRP laminates by Hawileh, Rami

“…However, for the second group, the flexural capacity of the strengthened slab was increased by 48% of that of the control specimen. The preliminary results from this study have shown that, the thin RC slabs can carry significantly higher loads in buildings if externally strengthened with CFRP laminates. …”
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Omega-3 fatty acid-rich fish oil supplementation prevents rosiglitazone-induced osteopenia in aging C57BL/6 mice and in vitro studies by Chiara Cugno (3441302)

“…<p>Rosiglitazone is an effective insulin-sensitizer, however associated with bone loss mainly due to increased bone resorption and bone marrow adiposity. …”

Investigating energy savings due to implementing green roof on existing residential buildings in UAE by Alnaqbi, Athari Khamis

“…A widespread use of roof vegetation as a refurbishing technique has significantly increased in recent years. The specific purposes of green roof installations vary, between storm water reduction and/or improved building energy efficiency and often both. …”
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Development and Evaluation of Nano-silica Sustainable Concrete by Alqamish, Habib Hassan Abdulla

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The role of protected areas in modulating vegetation response to climatic stressors in hyper-arid ecosystems by Ammar Abulibdeh (15785928)

“…Results show that vegetation sensitivity to climate drivers increased significantly post-protection. For example, in Al Reem, the effect of evaporation on NDVI shifted from a non-significant, 28.1 (p = 0.136) before 2006 to a significant, 18.5 (p = 0.007) after protection, while the number of precipitation events lost its prior significance (β = 3.4, p = 0.016 → p = 0.981). …”

What is the impact of implementing problem-based learning (PBL) in school curricula on the development of critical thinking abilities in elementary students? by SAMAD, JOULIANA ABDEL

“…This study examines the effect of implementing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in elementary school curricula on the development of critical thinking skills among students. …”
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Competition, regulation, and systemic risk in dual banking systems by Ernaningsih, Indria

“…Interestingly, this effect is not significantly different between IBs and CBs. …”
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Response of cauliflower (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.) to nitric oxide application under cadmium stress by Jing Ma (24574)

“…The concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and Cd accumulation (roots and shoots) increased significantly (P < 0.05) under the increasing levels of Cd in all genotypes of B. oleracea while antioxidant (enzymatic or non-enzymatic) capacity and nutritional status of the plants was decreased with varying levels of Cd in the sand. …”