Virtual topologies for massively parallel computations. (c2015) by Jahed, Karim A.

“…Cores would spend computation time generating and exchanging tasks rather than traversing the search tree. This communication overhead will only increase as we scale-up the computation, up to the point where adding new cores negatively affects the computational time. …”
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Positron annihilation doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubber polymers by Semaan, Mars E.

“…This behavior can be understood as due to a combination of reduction in positronium formation as carbon black is added to the polymer, and the decrease in positron annihilation with valence electrons in the sample as the amount of carbon black-polymer links are increased. No effect on the S parameter is observed for sample mixing times longer than 45 seconds. …”
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Molecular typing of staphylococcus aureus and investigation of biofilm formation of isolates collected from jordan. (c2010) by Bazzoun, Dana A.

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The Impact of the 2019 Lebanese Multidimensional Crisis on Young Adults’ Political Attitudes and Behavior by Issa, Maria

“…This crisis has led to an increase in political mistrust, alteration in political affiliations, and a gradual decrease in political interest.…”
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Physicochemical studies of binary eutectic of ibuprofen and ketoprofen for enhanced transdermal drug delivery by Capomacchia, Anthony Cesare

“…Conclusion: The proposed flux ratio equations correctly predicted flux increase.…”
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Electrochemical decomposition of some azo dyes using Pt electrodes. Thermodynamic parameters for methyl red by Kabbani, Ahmad T.

“…The decomposition rates follow first order reactions and increase with increasing current. The studies indicate that electrodecomposition involves oxidation. …”
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Integration of solar chimney with desalination for sustainable water production: A thermodynamic assessment by Carlos Méndez (88102)

“…In addition, a seawater thermal desalination is incorporated with the idea to increase the overall efficiency of the solar chimney. …”

Spin-dependent transport in vacancy-defected carbon nanotubes with metal atom doping by G.R. Berdiyorov (7170563)

“…The conductivity of the system with pyridinic nitrogen is consistently higher than that of CNTs with reconstructed vacancy defects. …”

Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016 by Hou, Dongfang

“…Our EDTG-based survival analysis is at odds with some of the literature: for example, the demise of a leader and a larger share of transnational terrorist attacks increase the group’s odds of failure. After 2001, religious terrorist groups are more resilient than those with other ideologies. …”
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A Simulation Study of the Role of Mechanical Stretch in Arrhythmogenesis during Cardiac Alternans by Hazim, Azzam

“…We show that this transition is due to the increase of the dispersion of conduction velocity. …”
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A geoenvironmental application of burned wastewater sludge ash in soil stabilization by AI-Sharif, Munjed M.

“…The addition of percentage higher than 7.5 % by dry weight of the soil decreases both the maximum dry density and the unconfined compressive strength; as a result it showed less effectiveness in stabilizing the soil. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The analysis shows that UN missions are much less responsive to personnel spillovers, derived from other contributors' peacekeepers, than is the case of non-UN missions. UN peacekeeping missions display either no response or free riding to these personnel spillovers, while non-UN missions indicate spillover complementarity. …”
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Reusing Minarets as a Passive Cooling (Wind Catcher/Solar Chimney): A Case Study in the Emirate of Sharjah by ABDALLA, TALIB ABDALLA ALI

“…The minaret accompanies the design of each mosque, which is equivalent to the number of mosques, and more, since some mosque designs have more than one minaret. In this research, the idea of repurposing minarets or adding new uses to them is studied, such as using minarets as a passive cooling method, such as using them as wind catchers/solar chimneys that contribute to the process of directing the wind to the prayer hall and work to increase thermal comfort through environmentally friendly passive cooling methods. …”
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A New Method for Generalizing Burr and Related Distributions by Chakraborty, Tanujit

“…The models of this newly introduced generalized Burr family can significantly increase the flexibility of the former Burr distribution with respect to the density and hazard rate shapes. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global B... by Saeid Safiri (3713035)

“…Globally, colorectal cancer accounted for 896 000 (876 300–915 700) deaths in 2017, with an age-standardised death rate of 11·5 (11·3–11·8) per 100 000 person-years, which decreased between 1990 and 2017 (−13·5% [–18·4 to −10·0]). …”

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries: a retrospective study by Ahammed Mekkodathil (4578838)

“…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>A total of 4040 patients with fall-related injuries were identified in the study duration which corresponds to the rate of 2.34 per 10,000 population. Although the rate of fall-related injuries decreased over the years, the average number of patients per year remained high accounting for 32% of the hospitalized patients with moderate to severe injuries. …”

An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure by Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

“…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …”

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in labor housing in Dubai and its impact on ccupants' health by Nazzal, Saja Bassam

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Hypothetical high-surface-area carbons with exceptional hydrogen storage capacities by Kuchta, Bodgan

“…(iv) Additional increase of hydrogen uptake could potentially be achieved by chemical substitution and/or intercalation of OCF structures, in order to increase the energy of adsorption. …”
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Pregnancy and traffic crashes in North America by Donald Redelmeier (3586313)

“…We excluded women less than age 18 years, individuals living outside Ontario, those who lacked a valid identifier number under universal insurance, and cases managed by a midwife. …”