The Arabian Gulf is exposed to intensive dust storms during summer until early winter. We investigated the nutritive effect of the dust on microbial biodiversity of the water...

We develop an inventory model for perishable products with a two-period shelf-life. The demand during a stock out in either period is treated as lost sales. Besides the initial...

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based regimens have been associated with impaired kidney function and loss of bone mineral density among patients living with HIV (PLWH). We...

On-road freight is a significant source of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. The resulting economic damages can cross borders through processes of atmospheric fate and...

Toward an attempt to limit the global warming to 2 °C, there has been an increasing emphasis on devising suitable policies and practices for entrapment and storage of...

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a representative swarm intelligence algorithm, which has the drawback of being restricted by premature convergence. To make PSO less likely...

Electronic waste management in the US has been characterized as ‘inconsistent’, ‘disparate’, and a ‘patchwork’. While there is currently no federal leadership on the regulation...

The sensory characteristics of suckling lamb meat from 40 animals of the Castellana and Churra breeds from both conventional and organic maternal rearing systems were evaluated...

The development of in situ vapour sampling methods to measure δ2H and δ18O in pore water of deep, unsaturated soil profiles, including mine tailings and waste rock, is required...

A process combining three steps has been developed as a tertiary treatment for waste water in order to remove micropollutants not eliminated by a conventional waste water...

The internal migration of Bengali people to the CHT since the 1970s has been a significant factor in the long-standing ethnopolitical conflict in this region. The prevailing...

Objective The aim of the current study is to determine whether baseline serum adiponectin levels predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method The current report...

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the level of contamination of breast milk (BM) by ochratoxin A, among Moroccan lactating mothers in the city of Rabat, and to...

In this paper, inference for a multicomponent stress–strength model is studied. When latent strength and stress random variables follow a bathtub-shaped distribution and the...

Emergency Departments (ED) are rapidly becoming an important location for initiation of buprenorphine (EDBUP) for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Previous...

National data suggest drivers who are younger, older, and have lower socioeconomic status (SES) have heightened crash-related injury rates. Ensuring vulnerable drivers are in...

Anuran sound archives allow monitoring populations, studying animal communication, evolution, taxonomy, and natural history, besides evaluating historical events through the...

This study focuses on the ability of the adult sound system to reorganise as a result of experience. Participants were exposed to existing and novel syllables in either a...

The 2015 Volkswagen Group (VW) diesel emissions scandal has affected no group of individuals more directly than owners of the affected vehicles. Yet to date no research has...

To identify initial parameters that predict worsening of skin thickening in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) using a multicentre, prospective,...