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Frugal innovation: Unveiling the uncomfortable reality
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Frugal innovation (FI) has been getting growing attention from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers for its promise to serve low-income customers with affordable solutions. As a recently emerged concept, it has been ...
Dynamic travel information strategies in advance traveler information systems and their effect on route choices along highways
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Advance Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) inform drivers about traffic incidences and expected travel times/ delays en-route. An online computer study was conducted in Qatar to investigate drivers' willingness ...
An integrated urban-transport smart growth model around metro stations: A case of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Urban growth strategies are incorporated for land-use planning and transportation to facilitate people's movement towards a mass transit system. This requires transport demand analysis of a particular area so that, if ...
Empirical evaluation of drivers’ start-up behavior at signalized intersection using driving simulator
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Start-up behavior at signalized intersection mainly depends on perception reaction time of drivers to the green phase. This study investigated the start-up behavior at signalized intersections by considering reaction time, ...
Alginate, gelatin, and carboxymethyl cellulose coated nonwoven fabrics containing antimicrobial AgNPs for skin wound healing in rats
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Nonwoven fabrics containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely utilized to assist management of infected wounds and those at risk of infection. However, such materials have varied responses due to their chemical nature. ...
White button mushroom, agaricus bisporus (Agaricomycetes), and a probiotics mixture supplementation correct dyslipidemia without influencing the colon microbiome profile in hypercholesterolemic rats
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Begell House
, 2020 , Article)
Consumption of foods rich in dietary fiber has attracted considerable attention for lowering blood cholesterol and triglycerides through attenuation of gut microbiome. Diets rich in fiber may provide substrates for microbes ...
Sulpiride Serves, a Substrate for the Gut Microbiome
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International Dose-Response Society
, 2021 , Article)
In the contemporary research world, the intestinal microbiome is now envisioned as a new body organ. Recently, the gut microbiome represents a new drug target in the gut, since various orthologues of intestinal drug ...
Efficacy of Euphorbia helioscopia in context to a possible connection between antioxidant and antidiabetic activities: a comparative study of different extracts
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Euphorbia helioscopia, conventionally known as sun spurge, has been used as a traditional medicine to treat different diseases owing to its reported antitumor, antiviral and antioxidant activities. Methods: The ...
Effect of short fibres in the mechanical properties of geopolymer mortar containing oil-contaminated sand
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Sand contaminated with crude oil is becoming a major environmental issue around the world, while at the same time, fly ash generated by coal-fired power stations is having a detrimental effect on the environment. Previous ...
In situ photopolymerization of acrylamide hydrogel to coat cellulose acetate nanofibers for drug delivery system
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
In this study we developed electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers (CANFs) that were loaded with a model non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) (ibuprofen, Ib) and coated with poly(acrylamide) (poly-AAm) hydrogel ...