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Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2016 , Book chapter)In the field of tissue engineering (TE), cells are recruited with scaffolds and soluble factors to make artificial tissues. The scaffolds aim to re-create the native extracellular matrix (ECM) for the cells in vitro, ... -
Biomechanical design of a composite femoral prosthesis to investigate the effects of stiffness, coating length, and interference press fit
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Traditionally, high stiffness hip prostheses are associated with aseptic loosening. Hence, the effects of stiffness, coating length, and interference press fit on load sharing and micro-movements are investigated for a ... -
Biosynthesis and characterization of graphene by using non-toxic reducing agent from Allium Cepa extract: Anti-bacterial properties
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Graphene based materials have attracted huge interest in recent years due to their outstanding properties and applications in various fields including bioengineering, electronics, nanotechnology, composite materials and ... -
Bird strike analysis on a typical helicopter windshield with different lay-ups
( Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers , 2014 , Article)In the current paper, bird strike to a typical helicopter windshield is investigated using smoothed particles hydrodynamic (SPH) finite element method. Five types of lay-ups in a windshield (single layer stretch acrylic, ... -
A blockchain-based framework to optimize shipping container flows in the hinterland
(2023 , Article)We address two interrelated issues affecting the hinterland portion of the maritime container supply chain: reducing the movement of empty containers and reducing empty trips by trucks carrying these containers. In this ... -
Blue collar laborers’ travel pattern recognition: Machine learning classifier approach
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This paper proposes a pattern recognition model to develop clusters of homogenous activities for blue-collar workers in the State of Qatar. The activity-based data from the travel diary of 1051 blue-collar workers collected ... -
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells preconditioned with nitric-oxide-releasing chitosan/PVA hydrogel accelerate diabetic wound healing in rabbits
( IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)Impaired diabetic wounds are one of the major pathophysiological complications caused by persistent microbial infections, prolonged inflammation, and insufficient angiogenic responses. Here, we report the development of ... -
Bovine reticulum derived extracellular matrix (b-REM) for reconstruction of full thickness skin wounds in rats
( Elsevier GmbH , 2016 , Article)Thirty six clinically healthy adult Wistar rats of either sex were used in the study and randomly divided into three groups having twelve animals in each group. Under general anesthesia, a full-thickness skin wound (20 ? ... -
Breath Analysis for the in Vivo Detection of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)Human breath analysis of volatile organic compounds has gained significant attention recently because of its rapid and noninvasive potential to detect various metabolic diseases. The detection of ketones in the breath and ... -
Breathing Clean Air: Navigating Indoor Air Purification Techniques and Finding the Ideal Solution
( MDPI , 2024 , Article)The prevalence of airborne pathogens in indoor environments presents significant health risks due to prolonged human occupancy. This review addresses diverse air purification systems to combat airborne pathogens and the ... -
Broadband vibration energy harvesting from a non-deterministic system: Performance of different piezoelectric patch shapes
( IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)Harvesting energy from ambient structural vibration using piezoelectric materials gained massive interest in the past decade. Piezoelectric harvesters can be incorporated in many applications; however, one of the main ... -
Bubaline Cholecyst Derived Extracellular Matrix for Reconstruction of Full Thickness Skin Wounds in Rats
( Hindawi Limited , 2016 , Article)An acellular cholecyst derived extracellular matrix (b-CEM) of bubaline origin was prepared using anionic biological detergent. Healing potential of b-CEM was compared with commercially available collagen sheet (b-CS) and ... -
Buckling and crushing behavior of foam-core hybrid composite sandwich columns under quasi-static edgewise compression
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Article)Buckling and crushing behavior of foam-core hybrid composite sandwich columns under edgewise compressive load is dealt in this study. Composite laminates with different stacking sequence configurations made of glass and ... -
Building resilience in the infant formula milk supply chain
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)In recent years, Infant Formula Milk (IFM), a vital source of nutrition for infants lacking breast milk in their first two years, has been plagued by diverse and severe global supply chain disruptions. These challenges ... -
Building thermal energy modeling with loss minimization
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)The thermal losses in buildings are significant energy sinks. The Energy Semantic Network (ESN) is a new method for finding these losses at the design stage, as well as for the existing structures. The research purpose of ... -
Burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to demographic levels in Qatar: An emerging public health problem
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)Diabetes is one of the main contributors to ill health and premature mortality worldwide and its prevalence has been rising during the last decades. Aim The aim of the present study was to quantify the burden of disease ... -
Business Process Re-Engineering: A Literature Review-Based Analysis of Implementation Measures
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Business process re-engineering (BPR) is an approach to improving organizational performance. It evolved mostly within the private sector to maintain a successful business model despite increasing global competition. BPR ... -
Calcium deficiency in hydroxyapatite and its drug delivery applications
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2018 , Article)In this work, calcium deficient hydroxyapatites (HAPs) [Ca 10 ? x (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 ] [where x = 0 ? 0.3] were synthesised by precipitation method and calcined samples were characterised by Fourier transformation infrared ... -
Calculating the response of waveguides to base excitation using the wave and finite element method
( SAGE , 2021 , Article)The prediction of the response of waveguides to time-harmonic base excitations has many applications in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. The response to base excitations can be obtained analytically for simple ... -
Cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs): potential, mechanisms of resistance, and strategies for reinvigorating T cell responsiveness when resistance is acquired
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2023 , Article Review)Cancer is still the leading cause of death globally. The approval of the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies against immune checkpoint molecules, notably those that target the proteins PD-1 and PD-L1, has changed the ...