Hedonic valuation of land protection methods: implications for cluster development. by Kling, Robert

“…The key findings of the study are: (i) proximity to national or state park land and to city or county open space has a significant positive impact on property values, while proximity to national forest land or to privately conserved land exhibits no significant effects; and, (ii) inclusion of a property within a cluster development decreases its value by 17 to 26 %. …”
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A slow but steady nanoLuc: R162A mutation results in a decreased, but stable, nanoLuc activity by Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053)

“…Further, analysis of trajectories for <u>hydrogen bonds</u> (H-bonds) formed between NLuc and furimazine revealed substantial H-bond interaction between R162 and Q32 residues. …”

Studying the impact of an energy retrofit of a UAE-based existing building by adding intelligent valves on the main chilled water risers and reconfigure the chilled water pumps to... by MAHMOUD, ABDALLAH

“…Additionally, the research tries to present to buildings’ retrofit community a methodology to be followed for any future attempts on the same field by utilizing computer-based modeling software “IESVE” to simulate the existing cases and compare multiple scenarios for chilled water loops and ΔT. …”
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Differential Flatness-Based Performance Enhancement of a Vector Controlled VSC With an LCL-Filter for Weak Grids by Hassan Abdullah Khalid (16891473)

“…<p>In this paper, a novel single-loop flatness-based controller (FBC) is proposed to control the grid-side current in a shunt converter connected to a weak grid through an LCL-filter. …”

Thermal Management System Optimization for Electronics Using Loop Heat Pipe, Guided by Hybrid Heat-Sink Benchmarks, to Enhance Energy Efficiency and Sustainability by Morsi, Kareem

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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseas... by Parkes J Kendrick (9714851)

“…Among females, none of these 12 countries had significant decreases in prevalence of chewing tobacco use, whereas seven of 12 countries had a significant decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking use for the period. …”

Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems by Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators (13279180)

“…</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Our subnational estimates of HIV mortality revealed significant spatial variation and diverging local trends in HIV mortality over time and by age. …”

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Marissa B Reitsma (8674341)

“…Although prevalence of smoking had decreased significantly since 1990 among both males (27·5% [26·5–28·5] reduction) and females (37·7% [35·4–39·9] reduction) aged 15 years and older, population growth has led to a significant increase in the total number of smokers from 0·99 billion (0·98–1·00) in 1990. …”

Assessing uncertainty in image-based monitoring: addressing false positives, false negatives, and base rate bias in structural health evaluation by Vagelis Plevris (14158863)

“…However, its reliability is impacted by challenges such as false positives, false negatives, and environmental variability, particularly in low base rate damage scenarios. The Base Rate Bias plays a significant role, as low probabilities of actual damage often lead to misinterpretation of positive results. …”

Model Based Control of Amine Sweetening Unit by Al Hammadi, Jasim

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Remote Labs and Game-Based Learning for Process Control by Zaulkerman, Imran

“…The key findings are that even though there were no statistically significant differences in the post-game performance between the control (the group that conducted a regular level-control experiment) and treatment (the group that played the remote laboratory level-control game) groups, the students did enjoy playing the game, found it addictive and believed that it enhanced their knowledge and understanding of control loops.…”
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LQG-Based Virtual Inertial Control of Islanded Microgrid Load Frequency Control and DoS Attack Vulnerability Analysis by Athira M. Mohan (17947850)

“…<p dir="ltr">The load frequency control (LFC) in modern power system like microgrid has turned out to be significantly challenging due to the high penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) and the consequent reduction of overall system inertia. …”

Early detection of struvite formation in wastewater treatment plants by Fattah, Kazi Parvez

“…Among the many possible phosphate-based precipitated, struvite is the most common. …”
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Nasturtium officinalis water extract. (c2009) by Fares, Najwan

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Hepatoprotective, Antioxidant, and Anticancer Effects of the Tragopogon porrifolius Methanolic Extract by Tenkerian, Clara

“…The extract also showed substantial decrease in AST (57%), ALT (56%), and LDH (65%) levels. …”
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Turkronicles: diachronic resources for the fast evolving Turkish language by Togay Yazar (22828175)

“…<p dir="ltr">Over the past century, the Turkish language has undergone substantial changes, mainly driven by governmental interventions. …”

The effect of Inula Viscosa extract on inflammation, microbial growth, glycemia, and blood lipid profile. (c2005) by Zaza, Rola Mouin

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Past, present and future global mangrove primary productivity by Mark Chatting (5728340)

“…However, significant regional changes were identified, including substantial increases in NPP in the Southwest Australian Shelf (60.58 ± 97.9 %), the Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific (43.75 ± 65.7 %), and the Warm Temperate Northwest Pacific (31.55 ± 55.7 %), as well as decreases in <u>Southeast Asian </u>provinces like the Java Transitional (11.45 ± 6.2 %) and Western Coral Triangle (7.61 ± 9.6 %). …”

Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Improvements at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years—Are the Initial Benefits Sustained? by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…Mean HbA1c significantly decreased from 8.1%preop to 6.77%_{year 9}. …”

Competition vs cooperation: An agent based model for sustainable tomatoes’ import system by Sarah Namany (17268922)

“…Based on the research findings, a competitive global market can bring economic benefits to Qatar as an importing nation, but this approach also entails substantial <u>water consumption</u> and results in significant environmental emissions. …”