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Sputtering of electrospun polymer-based nanofibers for biomedical applications: A perspective
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article Review)
Electrospinning has gained wide attention recently in biomedical applications. Electrospun biocompatible scaffolds are well-known for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, wound dressing, and tissue engineering ...
Plant defensins: types, mechanism of action and prospects of genetic engineering for enhanced disease resistance in plants
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article Review)
Natural antimicrobial peptides have been shown as one of the important tools to combat certain pathogens and play important role as a part of innate immune system in plants and, also adaptive immunity in animals. Defensin ...
Use of DPSIR Framework to Analyze Water Resources in Qatar and Overview of Reverse Osmosis as an Environment Friendly Technology
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
, 2019 , Article Review)
Qatar and other countries of Gulf Cooperation Council are among the most water scarce countries in the world and are being characterized as “high‐water risk” countries by Water Resource Institute. Therefore, it is important ...
Graphene a promising electrode material for supercapacitors?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2018 , Article Review)
The global demand for high performance and environmentally friendly energy storage systems leads to intensive research on new and advanced electrode materials that are able to satisfy the fast-growing global market in ...
Polymeric Micelles of Biodegradable Diblock Copolymers: Enhanced Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Drugs
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MDPI
, 2018 , Article Review)
Polymeric micelles are potentially efficient in encapsulating and performing the controlled release of various hydrophobic drug molecules. Understanding the fundamental physicochemical properties behind drug–polymer systems ...
Potential benefits and risk assessments of using sewage sludge on soil and plants: A review
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2019 , Article Review)
Fertiliser potential and pollutant risk for the applied sewage sludge in agricultural activities must be specifically evaluated for each sludge due to the fact that there is variation in the characteristics of sludge's in ...
Developing employability skills in information system graduates: Traditional vs. Innovative teaching methods
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IGI Global
, 2018 , Article Review)
It is widely acknowledged that traditional teaching methods such as lectures, textbooks and case study techniques on their own are not adequate to improving the most in-demand employability skills for graduates. The aim ...
The effects of physical training on quality of life, aerobic capacity, and cardiac function in older patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article Review)
Aim: The purposes of this meta-analysis were to quantify the effectiveness of physical training on quality of life (QoL), aerobic capacity, and cardiac functioning in older patients with heart failure (HF) and evaluate ...
Recent advances in applications of active constituents of selected medicinal plants of dhofar, sultanate of oman
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Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd
, 2018 , Article Review)
The Dhofar region of Oman is extremely opulent in plant biodiversity in comparison to other parts of the country. Most of the cultivated, medicinal and wild plants of the region are available in the mountainous side and ...
The relative contributions of ACE genotypes on personality traits in Tunisian athletes
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Edizioni Minerva Medica
, 2016 , Article Review)
BACKGROUND: The present study attempted to test whether the ACE genotypes can be associated with particular personality traits that can be potentially used as predictors of athletic performance. Eighty seven track and field ...