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Anti-hypertensive Herbs and their Mechanisms of Action: Part I
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
The use of herbal therapies for treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is increasing. Plants contain a bounty of phytochemicals that have proven to be protective by reducing the risk of various ailments ...
Anti-Hypertensive Herbs and Their Mechanisms of Action: Part II
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
Traditional medicine has a history extending back to thousands of years, and during the intervening time, man has identified the healing properties of a very broad range of plants. Globally, the use of herbal therapies to ...
Experimental Diabetes Mellitus in Different Animal Models
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Hindawi
, 2016 , Article)
Animal models have historically played a critical role in the exploration and characterization of disease pathophysiology and target identification and in the evaluation of novel therapeutic agents and treatments in vivo. ...
Rhus coriaria suppresses angiogenesis, metastasis and tumor growth of breast cancer through inhibition of STAT3, NFκB and nitric oxide pathways
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article)
Recently, we reported that Rhus coriaria exhibits anticancer activities by promoting cell cycle arrest and autophagic cell death of the metastatic triple negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Here, we investigated the ...
Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Behavior of Fungal Extracellular Synthesized Ag Nanoparticles Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
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MDPI AG
, 2016 , Article)
Silver nanoparticles have been synthesized by subjecting a reaction medium to a Fusarium oxysporum biomass at 28 °C for 96 h. The biosynthesized Ag nanoparticles were characterized on the basis of their anticipated peak ...
Pilot-scale spiral wound membrane assessment for THM precursor rejection from upland waters
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Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
The outcomes of a pilot-scale study of the rejection of trihalomethanes (THMs) precursors by commercial ultrafiltration/nanofiltration (UF/NF) spiral-wound membrane elements are presented based on a single surface water ...
How to Bring a Graduate Program Closer to Employers? Needs?: A Case Study in Qatar University in the Field of IT
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Since the mid of the 1990s, Qatar is engaged in an economic diversification strategy to move away from an economy strongly based on gas and oil. The national authorities consider that high-quality education, especially at ...
Generalised and versatile connected health solution on the Zynq SoC
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
This chapter presents a generalized and versatile connected health solution for patient monitoring. It consists of a mobile system that can be used at home, an ambulance and a hospital. The system uses the Shimmer sensor ...
Consumers motivations and roles in rooting for or against underdog consumer
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
When wronged customers feel powerless they could bring publicly their fight against offending firms. Doing so could help to put the perpetrator firms under pressure and urge them to restore fairness. While some consumers ...
Effectiveness of Market-Level Biosecurity at Reducing Exposure of Poultry and Humans to Avian Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Oxford University Press
, 2018 , Article)
In this study, we aimed to identify the effect of market-level risk factors on avian influenza (AI) infection in poultry and humans and generate evidence that will inform AI prevention and control programs at live bird ...