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Salt tolerance of selected halophytes at the two initial growth stages for future management options
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Scarcity of water and the small area of the agricultural land are considered as the crucial environmental issues challenged the Arabian Gulf countries. In this study, experiments were conducted to identify the salt tolerance ...
UV-Accelerated Photocatalytic Degradation of Pesticide over Magnetite and Cobalt Ferrite Decorated Graphene Oxide Composite
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Pesticides are one of the main organic pollutants as they are highly toxic and extensively used worldwide. The reclamation of wastewater containing pesticides is of utmost importance. For this purpose, GO-doped metal ...
Molluscan diversity influenced by mangrove habitat in the khors of Qatar
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar is a rapidly developing region within the Arabian Gulf, where monitoring of changes in benthic biodiversity and its functioning is needed. The influence of mangroves and seasonality ...
Divergent changes of the elevational synchronicity in vegetation spring phenology in North China from 2001 to 2017 in connection with variations in chilling
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Royal Meteorological Society
, 2021 , Article)
Mountain ecosystems are sensitive to climate change, and vegetation phenology provides one of the best signals to exemplify ecosystem responses to climate change. Vegetation phenology of mountain ecosystems is usually ...
Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Twelve seas with an integral coastline length of about 38,000 km wash upon the Russian coasts. They belong to the basins of the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Pacific Oceans and stretch over temperate, subpolar, and polar ...
Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
ir pollution during winters over north-eastern (NE) Pakistan (71–74.5 E, 28–34 N) is a major challenge that affects human health, climate and daily life. In this article, distribution of aerosols and its optical properties ...
Formation and weathering assessment of oil-suspended sediment aggregates through a laboratory investigation.
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Formation of oil-suspended sediment aggregates (OSAs) is believed to be one of the natural cleaning processes in the marine environment. In this study, we have investigated the formation processes of OSAs under different ...
Substantial cell apoptosis provoked by naked PAMAM dendrimers in HER2-positive human breast cancer via JNK and ERK1/ERK2 signalling pathways
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
HER2-positive breast cancer is one of its most challenging subtypes, forming around 15–25% of the total cases. It is characterized by aggressive behavior and treatment resistance. On the other hand, poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) ...
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Ambient Air Quality in Northwest China (NWC)
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
SARS-CoV-2 was discovered in Wuhan (Hubei) in late 2019 and covered the globe by March 2020. To prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, China imposed a countrywide lockdown that significantly improved the air quality. ...
Language and Nature in Southern and Eastern Arabia
(2020 , Article)
This paper examines the relationship between language and nature in southern and eastern Arabia. The work is the result of a two-year interdisciplinary network between the University of Leeds and Qatar University, with ...