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Application of yeasts and yeast derivatives for the biological control of toxigenic fungi and their toxic metabolites
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Mycotoxins, the metabolites of toxigenic fungi are important contaminants of food and agriculture industry throughout the world. Among the different strategies to minimize the mycotoxins synthesis and decontamination of ...
Ecological and health risks assessment of potentially toxic metals and metalloids contaminants: A case study of agricultural soils in Qatar
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In recent years, Qatar has witnessed exponential growth in the human population, urbanization, and increased anthropogenic activities, including agriculture. ...
Energy recovery and nutrients recycling from municipal sewage sludge
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) could be a promising and better alternative to other techniques for energy recovery from municipal sewage sludge (MSS). However, the nutrients (i.e., N, and P) recovery potential from the ...
Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Qatari soil, synthesizing δ-endotoxins highly active against the disease vector insect Aedes aegypti Bora Bora
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram-positive soil bacterium that has been recognized as an effective bioinsecticide active against plant, animal and human pathogenic and disease vector insects. During its sporulation ...
Copper-Catalyzed Dual Cyclization for the Synthesis of Quinindolines
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
A synthetic approach to quinindoline derivatives by the Cu-catalyzed dual cyclization has been developed. This catalytic reaction is a practical method for the systematic synthesis of quinindoline core structure, which ...
Electrolytic oxidation as a sustainable method to transform urine into nutrients
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 by the authors. In this work, the transformation of urine into nutrients using electrolytic oxidation in a single-compartment electrochemical cell in galvanostatic mode was investigated. The electrolytic oxidation ...
Synthesis of Novel Aqua ƞ4-NNNO/Cu(II) Complexes as Rapid and Selective Oxidative Catalysts for O-Catechol: Fluorescence, Spectral, Chromotropism and Thermal Analyses
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
A new tetradentate Schiff base (SB), (E)-4-fluoro-2-(1-((2-(piperazin-1-yl)ethyl)imino)ethyl)phe-nol, was synthesized from condensation of 2-(1-piperazinyl)ethylamine and 5-fluoro-2-hydroxyacetophe-none. This ligand was ...
Spectrophotometric Determination of the Honey Bee Quality
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Honey produced by bees from nectar in flowers and plants, is an aqueous supersaturated sugar solution, mainly monosaccharide (fructose and glucose) (70%–80%) and water (10%–20%). 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) content in ...
Investigation on the effect of LiTFSI salt on PVDF-based Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Solid polymer electrolytes provide an alternative approach to providing improved safety whilst concurrently acting as a performance enhanced separator within Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This investigation studies the ...
Detecting Organic Nitrogen with 1H-15N HMBC Spectra
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
NMR spectroscopy has been the most important tool for organic chemistry research, providing detailed structure information. While 1H and 13C NMR spectra were frequently measured, 15N NMR spectra were relatively rare, even ...