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Association between antioxidant metabolites and N-terminal fragment brain natriuretic peptides in insulin-resistant individuals.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2024 , Article)
Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the development of metabolic syndrome, including heart failure and insulin resistance. The N-terminal fragment of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been associated with ...
A carbon dot-based clay nanocomposite for efficient heavy metal removal
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2023 , Article)
Carbon dots and their derivatives with fascinating photoluminescence properties have recently attracted tremendous scientific attention. This work describes the preparation of novel fluorescent bentonite clay (B), modified ...
The association between serum cortisol, thyroid profile, paraoxonase activity, arylesterase activity and anthropometric parameters of undergraduate students under examination stress
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
Stress caused due to examinations during any degree program and at any educational level has been observed at all levels so the present study was conducted to investigate the stress related to final examination in undergraduate ...
Master Planning and the Evolving Urban Model in the Gulf Cities: Principles, Policies, and Practices for the Transition to Sustainable Urbanism
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
The significant predicament of sustainable urbanism in contemporary cities of the Gulf region is being addressed by developing policies designed to make cities safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. By examining the ...
Managing the water-energy-food nexus on an integrated geographical scale
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is the subject of much research focusing on different aspects, a wide range of issues, and development of a variety of models and tools. This study takes a different approach by developing ...
Immunoinformatics prediction of potential immunodominant epitopes from human coronaviruses and association with autoimmunity
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2022 , Article)
Cross-reactivity between different human coronaviruses (HCoVs) might contribute to COVID-19 outcomes. Here, we aimed to predict conserved peptides among different HCoVs that could elicit cross-reacting B cell and T cell ...
Level of Financial Performance of Selected Construction Companies in South Africa
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose—There is no consensus on the indicators that assess a construction company’s financial performance projects undertaken. There is also a dearth of concepts on the financial performance indicators for construction ...
Nurturing Innovative Work Behaviour through Workplace Learning among Knowledge Workers of Small and Medium Businesses
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Springer
, 2023 , Article)
Organisations need to be innovative to be able to face the complexity and turbulence of the environmental forces and factors surrounding them. This is true in the case of all types of organisations, including SMEs, where ...
Reduction kinetics of ceria surface by hydrogen
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Elsevier
, 2004 , Article)
Sintered ceria pellets of porosity 16.4% and density 5.99gcm−3 were treated in a hydrogen flow at 1atm and various temperatures. The electrical conductivity was measured in situ while hydrogen gas was flowing over the CeO2. ...
Social media adoption and financial sustainability: Learned lessons from developing countries
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Social Media (SM) is considered one of the most discussed topics in today's business environment, mostly because of the recent developments and improvements in computer and ICT (Information and Communications Technology) ...