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Multicriteria Decision-Making Methodology for Credit Selection in Building Sustainability Rating Systems
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2017 , Article)
Uncertainty is an inherent characteristic of decision making related to sustainable construction projects. The main reason for this uncertainty is the incomplete information available to stakeholders on the relative impact ...
Optimization of lycopene extraction from tomato peels industrial by-product using maceration in refined olive oil
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Institution of Chemical Engineers
, 2019 , Article)
Lycopene, a nutraceutical compound, was extracted from a Tunisian industrial tomato peels by-product using maceration in refined olive oil (ROO). To do, a Box–Behnken design was applied to maximize the lycopene recovery ...
Optimization of iron dosage for microalgal biomass production as a feedstock for biofuel
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Summary: Biomass and metabolite production of three marine (Tetraselmis sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Chlorocystis sp.) and three freshwater microalgae (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp., Monoraphidium sp.) were studied under ...
Biological activities of phenolics from leaves of Tunisian Cydonia oblonga miller
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International Allelopathy Foundation
, 2018 , Article)
We examined the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) leaf methanol extract of Tunisian variety Commune. Chromatographic characterization of the leaf extract using HPLC-MS/MS revealed ...
Pistacia lentiscus by-product as a promising source of phenolic compounds and carotenoids: Purification, biological potential and binding properties
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The hydro-distilled leaves of Pistacia lentiscus are considered as an agricultural residue and of no commercial value yet. In this study, chromatographic purification of a methanolic fraction of P. lentiscus L. (lentisk) ...
Variation in temperature and light but not salinity invokes antioxidant enzyme activities in germinating seeds of Salsola drummondii
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Seeds with efficient antioxidant defence system show higher germination under stress conditions; however, such information is limited for the halophyte seeds. We therefore studied lipid peroxidation and antioxidant responses ...
Cryopreservation of microalgae from desert environments of Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2016 , Article)
The Qatar University Culture Collection of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae (QUCCCM) is a unique resource containing a diverse collection of microalgae and cyanobacteria, isolated from the Qatar desert environment. In order ...
Fabrication and characterization of poly(vinyl alcohol)-Glycerol-Spinel ferrites flexible membranes
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Polymer membranes of ferrites nanoparticles, glycerol, and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) were fabricated using a solution casting method. Spinel ferrites nanoparticles, CuFe2O4 or ZnFe2O4, and glycerol were used as dopants to ...
Contribution of major polyphenols to the antioxidant profile and cytotoxic activity of olive leaves
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2019 , Article)
Aims: This study was designed to investigate the phytochemical profile and the cytotoxic activities of the eco-friendly extracts of olive leaves from Chemlali cultivar. Materials and Methods: The Phenolic composition of ...
Detoxification assays of tunisian tannery wastewater under nonsterile conditions using the filamentous fungus aspergillus Niger
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
The ability of Aspergillus Niger strain to reduce organic and mineral pollution as well as the toxicity of two tannery wastewaters, the unhairing effluent (UE) and the final effluent (FE), taken from a local Tunisian tannery ...