3-O-ethyl-l-ascorbic acid: characterisation and investigation of single solvent systems for delivery to the skin by Iliopoulos, Fotis, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Moore, David J., Lucas, Robert A., Lane, Majella E.

“…Skin uptake but no permeation through the skin was observed for Transcutol® (TC) and dipropylene glycol (DiPG), while no penetration was observed for the solvents 1,5 pentanediol (1-5P) and tripropylene glycol (TriPG). …”
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An investigation into parental attachment, child protection strategies and other risk factors associated with delinquency and criminal behaviour among young offenders in the UAE by Al-Nuaimi, Nasser

“…Delayed PTSD onset was suffered by 5.2% of the sample while 43.5% were found to be PTSD negative. …”
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An investigation into performance, stress level, auditing and evaluation of core skills training among staff working in emergency operation services, search and rescue and disaster... by Al-Raisi, Ahmed Naser

“…Main results of this study indicated that more than half of the surveyed sample (62.5%) were in the age group of 18- 28 years, followed by 31.5% in the age group 29-39 years. …”
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Wideband Planar Array Antenna Based on SCRLH-TL for Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Application by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Maximum gain and radiation efficiency measured are 4.8 dBi and 79.5%, respectively, at 2.40 GHz. The antenna has a 3-dB axial-ratio bandwidth of 3.94 GHz from 144 MHz to 4.66 GHz. …”
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Study on isolation improvement between closely packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal MTM-electromagnetic bandgap structures by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Ali, Ammar Hussein, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed array covers the frequency range of 8-9.25 GHz for X-band applications, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 14.5%. With the proposed method the edge-to-edge gap between adjacent antenna elements can be reduced to 0.5λ0 with no degradation in the antenna array’s radiation gain pattern. …”
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Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna Based on Metamaterial Concept for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The results show that the proposed MPA is useful for various communications existing and emerging systems such as ultra-wideband (UWB) communications, RFID systems, massive multiple-output multiple-input (MIMO) for 5G, and radar systems.…”
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High-Isolation Leaky-Wave Array Antenna Based on CRLH-Metamaterial Implemented on SIW with ±30o Frequency Beam-Scanning Capability at Millimetre-Waves by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Radiation gain in the backward (−30°), broadside (0°), and forward (+30°) directions are 8.5 dBi, 10.1 dBi, and 9.5 dBi, respectively. The decoupling slab is shown to have minimal effect on the array’s performance in terms of impedance bandwidth and radiation specifications. …”
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Overcome the limitations of performance parameters of on-chip antennas based on metasurface and coupled feeding approaches for applications in system-on-chip for THz integrated-cir... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna exhibits a large impedance bandwidth of 60GHz from 0.5THz to 0.56THz with an average radiation gain and efficiency of 4.58dBi and 25.37%, respectively. …”
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High‑isolation antenna array using SIW and realized with a graphene layer for sub‑terahertz wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Salekzamankhani, Shahram, Aïssa, Sonia, See, Chan, Soin, Navneet, Fishlock, Sam Jeffery, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Huynen, Isabelle, McLaughlin, James, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The dimensions of the array were 20 × 13.5 × 0.125 mm3. Metallization of the antenna was coated with 500 nm layer of Graphene. …”
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Effect of small quantities of oxygen in a neon glow discharge by Mushtaq, Sohail, Steers, Edward B. M., Pickering, Juliet C., Weinstein, Viktoria

“…A clear trend of cascading for neon ionic lines with excitation energies about ∼56 eV and ∼53 eV could be observed in neon–oxygen mixtures. …”

Synthesis and characterization of metals doped on fibrous silica zeolites for benzene alkylation with methanol by Abdul Rahman, Anis Farhana

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Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of jeotgalibacillus malaysiensis to provide insights inti its osmotic adaption by Yaakop, Amira Suriaty

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Estimating persistence in the volatility of asset returns with signal plus noise models by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…The results suggest that volatility has a component of long-memory behaviour, the order of integration ranging between 0.3 and 0.5, the series being therefore stationary and mean-reverting.…”
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Z domain delay subcircuits and compact Verilog-A macromodels for mixed-mode sampled data circuit simulation by Brinson, Mike, Nabijou, Hassan

“…Each of these stresses the use of test and data extraction techniques which are not easily undertaken with the SPICE 2g6 or 3f5 simulators.…”
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Silicon-Based 0.45-0.47 THz Series-Fed Double Dielectric Resonator On-Chip Antenna Array Based on Metamaterial Properties for Integrated-Circuits by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna has a maximum gain of 4.5dBi and radiation efficiency of 45.7% at 0.4625 GHz. …”
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Making masks for maternity staff by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Lawin-O'Brien, Anna

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Synthesis and characterization of nickel catalyst supported on porous silica oxide for carbon dioxide methanation by Shahul Hamid, Muhamed Yusuf

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Blood mononuclear cells and platelets have abnormal fatty acid composition in homozygous sickle cell disease by Okpala, Iheanyi, Ren, Hongmei, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Ugochukwu, Cynthia C., Ibegbulam, Obike, Crawford, Michael A.

“…Table 1: Fatty Acid Composition of MNC Total Phospholipids in HbSS Patients and HbAA Controls Fatty Acids HbSS Patients HbAA Controls 24:0 0.71 [0.30]*** 1.3 [0.4] saturates ∑ 38.2 [3.6] 39.1 [1.7] 16:1 0.69 [0.45] 0.56 [0.11] 18:1 14.4 [1.8]* 12.9 [1.9] 24:1 1.2 [0.3] 1.1 [0.4] ∑monoenes 16.2 [2.1]** 14.3 [1.4] 18:2n-6 6.1 [0.9] 7.0 [1.4] 18:3n-6 0.11 [0.04]* 0.23 [0.17] 20:2n-6 0.56 [0.18]** 0.83 [0.32] 20:3n-6 (DHGLA) 1.2 [0.2]* 1.4 [0.2] 20:4n-6 20.2 [1.7]*** 18.1 [1.8] 22:4n-6 1.7 [0.4] 1.6 [0.4] 22:5n-6 0.3 [0.21] 0.24 [0.14] n-6 metabolites ∑ 24.1 [1.9]* 22.6 [1.7] n-6 ∑ 30.2 [2.0] 29.7 [2.2] 20:5n-3 (EPA) 0.43 [0.16] 0.61 [0.35] 22:6n-3 (DHA) 1.9 [0.4]** 2.5 [0.6] ∑n-3metabolites 4.3 [0.9]* 4.8 [0.4] n-3 ∑ 4.5 [0.9]* 5.0 [0.4] DHGLA:AA ratio 0.06 [0.01]**** 0.08 [0.01] AA:EPA ratio 52.4 [20.9] 38.6 [18.4] Values are Means [SD}. …”

Plasma fatty acid abnormality in Sudanese drug-resistant epileptic patients by Abuknesha, N., Ibrahim, Fas, Mohamed, I. N., Salih, Mam, Daak, Ahmed A., Elbashir, Mustafa I., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

“…Conversely, the patients had lower levels of n-6 (C18:2n-6, C18:3n-6, C20:4n-6, n-6 metabolites and total n-6; p<0.005 and C20:2n-6 and C20:3n-6; p<0.05) and n-3 (C20:5n-3, C22:5n-3, C22:6n-3, ∑EPA and DHA, n-3 metabolites and total n-3; p<0.05) fatty acids. …”

Recognising diversity in architecture : teaching and learning in the context of diversity by Sinha, Sumita

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