College of Arts & Sciences: المرسلات الحديثة
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Effects of exercise training on type 2-diabetes: The role of Meteorin-like protein
( Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , 2019 , Article)Diabetes, as a chronic condition affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States, approximately 84 million people have pre-diabetes, a condition that blood sugar is elevated but not to the number that is considered ... -
Effect of physical exercise and training on gastrointestinal hormones in populations with different weight statuses
( Oxford University Press , 2019 , Article)Several types of hormones exert control over appetite in humans. This narrative review explores the effects of exercise and training on the concentrations of gastrointestinal hormones in healthy and obese individuals. It ... -
Nutrigenomics and breast cancer: State-of-art, future perspectives and insights for prevention
( MDPI , 2020 , Article Review)Proper nutrition plays a major role in preventing diseases and, therefore, nutritional interventions constitute crucial strategies in the field of Public Health. Nutrigenomics and nutriproteomics are arising from the ... -
Differences in body fat, body mass index, and physical performance of specific field tests in 10-to-12-year-old school-aged team handball players
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)This study aimed to compare 10-to-12-year-old Qatari male athletes and assess body fat, body mass index, and physical fitness, as well as the difference of these measures between ages. Thirty-five youth handball players ... -
The effect of sport and physical activity on transport proteins: implications for cancer prevention and control
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The present contribution briefly overviews the major biological functions of the plasma membrane and of the transport proteins (transporters), which enable the movement of different molecules and substrates (either charged ... -
Cancer bioenergetics as emerging holistic cancer theory: the role of metabolic fluxes and transport proteins involved in metabolic pathways in the pathogenesis of malignancies. State-of-the-art and future prospects
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Cancer represents a global health concern, imposing a severe burden both from a societal and clinical perspective. Despite the latest advancements and achievements in the treatment and management of malignancy, cancer still ... -
Hemoglobin, hematocrit and plasma volume variations following combined sprint and strength: Effect of advanced age
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Objectives: The study investigated the effect of combined sprint and resistance training (CSRT) on red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), plasma volume (PV) variation at rest and during exercise. ... -
Exercise training increases telomerase reverse transcriptase gene expression and telomerase activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)Telomeres protect genomic stability and shortening is one of the hallmarks of ageing. Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is the major protein component of telomerase, which elongates telomeres. Given that short telomeres ... -
Epigenetic control of exercise adaptations in the equine athlete: Current evidence and future directions
( Equine Veterinary Journal Ltd , 2021 , Article)Horses (Equus ferus caballus) have evolved over the past 300 years in response to man-made selection for particular athletic traits. Some of the selected traits were selected based on the size and horses' muscular power ... -
Synchronization and chimeras in a network of photosensitive FitzHugh-Nagumo neurons
( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2021 , Article)Recently, a photosensitive model has been proposed that takes into account nonlinear encoding and responses of photosensitive neurons that are subject to optical signals. In the model, a photocell term has been added to ... -
8-hydroxyquinoline grafted triazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in H2SO4 solution: Electrochemical and theoretical studies
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article)The inhibition capacity of carbon steel (CS) in 0.5M H2SO4 by three 8-hydroxyquinoline grafted triazole derivatives (EHTC, AHTC, and MHTC) have been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), ... -
An incentive-based optimization approach for load scheduling problem in smart building communities
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)The impact of load growth on electricity peak demand is becoming a vital concern for utilities. To prevent the need to build new power plants or upgrade transmission lines, power companies are trying to design new demand ... -
Proposing a Nondestructive and Intelligent System for Simultaneous Determining Flow Regime and Void Fraction Percentage of Gas-Liquid Two Phase Flows Using Polychromatic X-Ray Transmission Spectra
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Two phase flows are of particular importance in various research fields. In the current article, a novel system consists of an X-ray tube and one sodium iodide crystal detector with ability of determining type of flow ... -
The Effect of the Moroccan Salvadora Persica Extract on the Corrosion Behavior of the Ni-Cr Non-precious Dental Alloy in Artificial Saliva
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article)To evaluate, for the first time, the effect of the Moroccan Miswak (Salvadora persica) extract on the corrosion behavior of Ni-Cr dental alloy in artificial saliva, the electrochemical techniques, such as Inductively Coupled ... -
Biodiversity and possible utilization of halophytes in Qatar
( Springer International Publishing , 2021 , Book chapter)Climate change, nature destruction, food security, and accessibility to fresh water are all the most concerning world issues facing humanities. There are many solutions to minimize the adverse effects of such environmental ... -
Application of artificial intelligence and gamma attenuation techniques for predicting gas-oil-water volume fraction in annular regime of three-phase flow independent of oil pipeline's scale layer
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)To the best knowledge of the authors, in former studies in the field of measuring volume fraction of gas, oil, and water components in a three-phase flow using gamma radiation technique, the existence of a scale layer has ... -
A image encryption algorithm based on chaotic Lorenz system and novel primitive polynomial S-boxes
( Springer , 2021 , Article)We have proposed a robust, secure and efficient image encryption algorithm based on chaotic maps and algebraic structure. Nowadays, the chaotic cryptosystems gained more attention due to their efficiency, the assurance of ... -
Cryptanalysis of nonlinear confusion component based encryption algorithm
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Recently many substitution box based encryption algorithms ensuring privacy have been proposed. Many, chaotic map based S-boxes have been generated posing high nonlinearity and strong cryptographic properties. Encryption ... -
Computational study of metal doped graphene nanoribbon as a potential platform for detection of H2S
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Theoretical investigation for detection of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas using hydrogen/nitrogen-terminated armchair graphene nanoribbon (HAGNR and NAGNR) doped with Pt is presented in this study. The investigation was ... -
First principle study of transition metals codoped MoS2 as a gas sensor for the detection of NO and NO2 gases
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)Exposure to nitrogen oxides (NOx) has been reported to seriously affect the respiratory systems. More precisely, breathing NOx may lead to the appearance of asthma symptoms, and may also result in the infection with asthma ...
