Hyperhydration-induced decrease in urinary luteinizing hormone concentrations of Male athletes in doping control analysis by Athanasiadou, Ioanna

“…Baseline urinary LH concentrations, expressed as the mean � SD for each individual, were within the acceptable physiological range (7.11 � 5.42 IU/L). …”
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Factors associated with meeting current recommendation for physical activity in scottish adults with diabetes by Salman A.

“…Furthermore, meeting the recommended physical activity levels decreased with age (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.95–0.97), having a longstanding illness (OR 0.56; 95% CI 0.34–0.93) and body mass index (OR 0.94; 95% CI 0.92–0.97), but increased with higher fruit and vegetable intake (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.07–1.25) and mental wellbeing (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.02–1.06). …”
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Sulfobetaines Meet Carboxybetaines: Modulation of Thermo- and Ion-Responsivity, Water Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Cell Adhesion by Danko M.

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Do older adults with multimorbidity meet the recommended levels of physical activity? An analysis of Scottish health survey by Salman A.

“…Also, meeting recommended PA decreased with age [OR 0.92 (95% CI 0.90–0.94)] and body mass index [OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.91–0.95]; but increased per additional portion of fruit and vegetables taken [OR 1.19 (95% CI 1.12–1.25)] and with increase in well-being scale score [OR 1.05 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.06)]. …”
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Sorption of benzene and naphthalene on (semi)-arid coastal soil as a function of salinity and temperature by NgueleuS.K.

“…To quantify the sorption rates of PHCs in (semi)-arid coastal soil environments, we conducted a series of controlled-laboratory batch experiments under variable temperature and salinity conditions. …”
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Perinatal outcomes following Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice among village midwives in Sudan. by Arabi, Ame

“…To determine the impact of Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice (HBBT(+RPPSP)) on VMW resuscitation practices and outcomes. …”
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Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: digester performance and microbial population dynamics by Najoua, Mlaik

“…Anaerobic digestion is an attractive approach for the management of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and for the recovery of energy from this waste. A semi-continuous digestion of OFMSW was conducted on stirred reactor under mesophilic condition. …”
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MHD effects on nanofluid with energy and hydrothermal behavior between two collateral plates application of new semi analytical technique by Sheikholeslami, Mohsen

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Quality improvement can decrease blood delivery turnaround time: Evidence from a single tertiary-care academic medical center by Hammad Y.A.

“…Conclusions: Our program and its findings in terms of much improved blood delivery TAT after implementing this quality improvement approach represent an appropriate and effective solution to the challenge of making blood available fast enough to meet true hemorrhagic emergencies.…”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Whereas, the mean comfort temperature decreased with the elevation of the location and this difference was also statistically significant, t = −92.34 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). …”
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Organic materials amendments can improve NPK availability and maize growth by reducing heavy metals stress in calcareous soil by Saleem, A.

“…The deficiency of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in calcareous soils of semi-arid climates is well recognized, and various green-based strategies have been employed to enhance their availability. …”
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Inverse Weibull Distribution with Type II Censored Data by Alshaikh, Fatima A.

“…We found that the parameter estimators are almost unbiased, while the MRL and TVaR estimators are asymptotically unbiased. Moreover, the mean squared error of all estimators decreased for larger sample sizes and it increased when the censoring proportion is increased for a fixed sample size. …”
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Transverse vibration and stability of a functionally graded rotating annular disk with a circumferential crack by Bahaloo, Hassan

“…It is found that irrespective of the distribution of the modulus of elasticity in the FG disk, increasing the crack depth or decreasing the crack radial distance from the disk center decreases the critical speed. …”
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Strategic Sourcing in Construction Companies- A Case Study in Qatar by El Sibaii, Samer

“…Data was collected from various procurement officers/managers in construction companies in the supply chain department. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the required data, which helped better analyze and determine the issues that are vital for improving the partnership with suppliers, decrease cost, maintain or improve the required quality standards; leading to improving the overall operation of the business and supporting in achieving the long-term objectives of the organization. …”
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CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER MANAGEMENT PROJECT SUPPORT SYSTEM UTILIZING DELPHI METHOD by Naji, Khalid K.

“…Finally, an operational support system framework that takes into consideration the project life cycle of a project is developed to manage and control these factors to decrease disputes between project parties that occur due to improper COM performance.…”
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Effect of Water Stress (Drought and Waterlogging) on Medicinal Plants by Khalid, Muhammad Fasih

“…To cope with these stresses, tolerant genotypes have been produced, but more efforts are required for modification of medicinal plant genomes that can help us maintain plant growth and increase yield to meet the requirements of an increasing world population. …”
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Impact of time synchronization error on the mode-shape calculation in wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring by Abdaoui, Abderrazak

“…In order to decrease the size of the transmitted data by the sensor nodes and reduce the processing load and needed storage capacity on the central unit, we adopt a semi-local processing approach where each node partially processes the measured data. …”
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Impact of time synchronization error on the mode-shape identification and damage detection/localization in WSNs for structural health monitoring by Abdaoui, Abderrazak

“…In this paper, we characterize the impact of TSE on the modal analysis, damage detection and damage localization using frequency domain decomposition (FDD) implemented in a semi-local manner. In order to decrease the size of the transmitted data by the sensor nodes and reduce the processing load and the needed storage capacity on the central unit, we adopt a semi-local processing approach where each sensor node partially processed data and transmit it to a central unit for further processing such as mode shape identification, damage detection and damage localization. …”
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