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Aquaporins Are One of the Critical Factors in the Disruption of the Skin Barrier in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
The skin is the largest organ of the human body, serving as an effective mechanical barrier between the internal milieu and the external environment. The skin is widely considered the first-line defence of the body, with ...
Burden and disease pathogenesis of influenza and other respiratory viruses in diabetic patients
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
Over the past two decades, diabetes mellitus (DM) has been receiving increasing attention among autoimmune diseases. The prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes has increased rapidly and has become one of the leading ...
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and food consumption: Preliminary insights from the gulf cooperation council region
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Cogent OA
, 2022 , Article Review)
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, measures to contain it—such as home confinement, social isolation, closure of businesses and educational institutions, and remote work—have affected everyday life. Further, some voices ...
Review: The effect of different nanofiller materials on the thermoelectric behavior of bismuth telluride
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
This review paper summarizes and discusses the effect of nanosized fillers on bismuth telluride nanocomposites for thermoelectric applications. Classified into various dimensions based on electron confinement in space, the ...
Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a review
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Springer
, 2022 , Article Review)
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review application of biochar-based for carbon sink, ...
Interfacial engineering for high performance organic photovoltaics
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article Review)
In the past two decades, bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have gained tremendous attention due to its intrinsic merits of cheap, flexible, clean and high throughput manufacturing processibility and ...
X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopic analyses for intercalative nanohybrids with low crystallinity
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article Review)
Intercalation reactions can be achieved through ion-exchange, pillaring, and exfoliation-reassembling reactions to explore new intercalation compounds with desired electronic, electrochemical, and optical functions. Such ...
A regional review of marine and coastal impacts of climate change on the ROPME sea area
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article Review)
The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area (RSA) in the northern Indian Ocean, which comprises the Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the northern Arabian Sea, already experiences ...
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Biosynthesis: Overview
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
Zinc (Zn) is plant micronutrient, which is involved in many physiological functions, and an inadequate supply will reduce crop yields. Its deficiency is the widest spread micronutrient deficiency problem; almost all crops ...
Bioactive Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Weapon to Counteract Zoonosis.
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
Zoonoses have recently become the center of attention of the general population and scientific community. Notably, more than 30 new human pathogens have been identified in the last 30 years, 75% of which can be classified ...