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Simultaneous treatment of reject brine and capture of carbon dioxide: A comprehensive review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article Review)The ongoing expansion of industries results in the increased emission of various pollutants into the environment, contributing to the rapid deterioration of air, water, and soil quality. Notable pollutants addressed in ... -
A single tube system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA using gold nanoparticles based FRET assay
( Elsevier , 2017 , Other)The global combat against MTB is limited by challenges in accurate affordable detection. In this study, a rapid, affordable, single tube system for detection of unamplified MTB16s rDNA was developed. Utilizing a AuNP based ... -
A single tube system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA using gold nanoparticles based FRET assay
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Abstract The global combat against MTB is limited by challenges in accurate affordable detection. In this study, a rapid, affordable, single tube system for detection of unamplified MTB16s rDNA was developed. Utilizing a ... -
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing with Spatial Transcriptomics of Cancer Tissues
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) techniques can perform analysis of transcriptome at the single-cell level and possess an unprecedented potential for exploring signatures involved in tumor development and progression. ... -
Single-Voxel H MR spectroscopy of cerebral nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ) in humans at 7T using a 32-channel volume coil.
( Wiley , 2019 , Article)Reliable monitoring of tissue nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ) concentration may provide insights on its roles in normal and pathological aging. In the present study, we report a H MRS pulse sequence for the in ... -
Sintering behaviour and properties of manganese-doped alumina
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The effect of manganese (0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 wt%) on the sintering and mechanical properties of alumina was studied. Sintering was carried out by the conventional heating method in a box furnace and in a hybrid multimode ... -
SIRT1 may play a crucial role in overload-induced hypertrophy of skeletal muscle
( Wiley , 2017 , Article)Silent mating type information regulation 2 homologue 1 (SIRT1) activity and content increased significantly in overload-induced hypertrophy. SIRT1-mediated signalling through Akt, the endothelial nitric oxide synthase ... -
SIRT1 promotes lipid metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis in adipocytes and coordinates adipogenesis by targeting key enzymatic pathways.
( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)The NAD-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 controls key metabolic functions by deacetylating target proteins and strategies that promote SIRT1 function such as SIRT1 overexpression or NAD boosters alleviate metabolic complications. ... -
Situating Gulf's Oil and Gas Supply to Asia: Implications of US Shale Boom, Iran Sanctions and Trade War with China
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The Middle Eastern Gulf region is Asias traditional supplier of oil and gas. However, in the past two years, record oil and gas oil volumes from United States have headed into Asia, riding high on the shale boom. While ... -
Situation Awareness Recognition Using EEG and Eye-Tracking data: a pilot study
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)Since situation awareness (SA) plays an important role in many fields, the measure of SA is one of the most concerning problems. Using physiological signals to evaluate SA is becoming a popular research topic because of ... -
The Situation of Incommensurability in Strategic Management
( NICCOLO’ CUSANO UNIVERSITY , 2023 , Article)The field of strategic management has witnessed a proliferation of theoretical perspectives following two main paradigms. The two camps roughly correspond, on the one hand, to the "classical" and "neo-classical" approaches, ... -
Size-And Wavelength-Dependent Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Section of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)All-inorganic colloidal perovskite quantum dots (QDs) based on cesium, lead, and halide have recently emerged as promising light emitting materials. CsPbBr3 QDs have also been demonstrated as stable two-photon-pumped lasing ... -
Skyline Discovery and Composition of Multi-Cloud Mashup Services
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , 2016 , Article)A cloud mashup is composed of multiple services with shared datasets and integrated functionalities. For example, the elastic compute cloud (EC2) provided by Amazon Web Service (AWS), the authentication and authorization ... -
SLiFi: Exploiting Visible Light Communication VLC to Authenticate WiFi Access Points
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)This work presents an effective and efficient solution (SLiFi) to the evil twin attack in wireless networks. The evil twin is a rogue Wifi Access Point (AP) that pretends to be an authentic one by using the same network ... -
Slippery liquid-infused porous polymeric surfaces based on natural oil with antimicrobial effect
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Many polymer materials have found a wide variety of applications in biomedical indus-tries due to their excellent mechanical properties. However, the infections associated with the bio-film formation represent serious ... -
Sludge-derived biochars: A review on the influence of synthesis conditions on pollutants removal efficiency from wastewaters
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Pyrolysis is a thermochemical process that permits the conversion of biomasses into energy (bio-oil and biogas) and a solid residue called biochar. The generation of biochar from lignocellulosic materials has been, for ... -
Smart and robust electrospun fabrics of piezoelectric polymer nanocomposite for self-powering electronic textiles
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The present work designs a piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) based on the electrospun nanofibers of the piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene fluoride hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP), by uniformly drawing the spun membranes ... -
Smart cities and communities in the GCC region: from top-down city development to more local approaches
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2024 , Article)City planners are seeking ways to incorporate human-centric urban projects that combine smart technology, good infrastructure and people's perception as well as their participation. Smart city developments are increasingly ... -
Smart design of exquisite multidimensional multilayered sand-clock-like upconversion nanostructures with ultrabright luminescence as efficient luminescence probes for bioimaging application
( Springer , 2020 , Article)A facile scalable approach is presented for the rational design of multidimensional, multilayered sand-clock-like UCNPs (denoted as UCCKs) bounded with high index facets, with a tunable Nd3+ content, and without a template ... -
Smart energy usage and visualization based on micro-moments
( Springer Verlag , 2020 , Conference Paper)Due to global energy demands and overwhelming environmental dilemmas, exorbitant domestic energy usage is a colossal barrier towards energy efficiency. Tremendous research efforts have been poured into a plethora of methods ...