The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series حسب Alice Sehurutshi (21842696)

"…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …"

BRET-Based Biosensors for Nucleic Acid Detection and Impact of Molecular Crowding Monitoring حسب Asfia Sultana (19170880)

"…While flexible biosensor exhibited a faster decrease in enzymatic activity compared to rigid biosensor. …"

SynergyGrids: blockchain-supported distributed microgrid energy trading حسب Moayad Aloqaily (14158932)

"…The trading system shows 17.8% decrease in energy cost for consumers and 76.4% decrease in load over utility grids when compared with its counterparts.…"

A dramatized method for teaching undergraduate students responsible research conduct حسب Kuei-Chiu Chen (14108854)

"…RCR test question scores showed only a slight decrease in correct answers from 2 to 10 weeks. Theatrical presentation is an inexpensive yet engaging approach that provides students with a chance to actively consider the importance of RCR and the complexities of contexts surrounding ethics decisions before starting a research career.…"

On the Performance of the Node Control Volume Finite Element Method for Modeling Multi-phase Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media حسب Abdul Salam Abd (14151648)

"…Large artificial fluid smearing is observed in coarse meshes; however, it decreases with the increase in mesh resolution. These findings prompt the use of high-resolution meshes for the method and the need for development of novel numerical methods to address this unphysical flow.…"

Simulation of the size-composition distribution of atmospheric nanoparticles over Europe حسب David Patoulias (4722960)

"…The ground level concentrations of particles with a diameter larger than 100 nm (N100) were reproduced with a daily normalized mean error of 40 % and a daily normalized mean bias of −20 %. …"

The influence of different preparation methods on the erosion behavior of NiP-ZrO₂ nanocomposite coating حسب Mostafa H. Sliem (6316958)

"…The results shows that the erosion rate decreases linearly with increasing angle of incidence and increases with increasing particle velocity. …"

Adsorption of enhanced oil recovery polymer, schizophyllan, over carbonate minerals حسب Mohammad Shoaib (3488174)

"…Our results indicate the adsorption capacity is higher on calcite and dolomite compared to silica and kaolin and the adsorption capacity decreases with salinity. Moreover, the adsorption kinetics follows pseudo-second order mechanism regardless of the mineral type. …"

Fast Sampling of Score-Based Models With Cyclical Diffusion Sampling حسب Karimul Makhtidi (21401540)

"…We have shown, via empirical assessments, that cyclical diffusion sampling significantly enhances image quality and markedly decreases inference time. Notably, the method preserves simplicity and requires no alterations to the network architecture, which promotes straightforward reproducibility and seamless integration with current methodologies.…"

Hardware Trojan Mitigation Technique in Network-on-Chip (NoC) حسب Musharraf Hussain (17541498)

"…Compared to the runtime HT mitigation method, the proposed scheme also decreases the average latency for the hardware Trojan inserted in the flit’s header, tail, and destination field up to 14.7%, 8%, and 3%, respectively.…"

The nexus between debt structure, firm performance, and the financial crisis: non-linear panel data evidence from Japan حسب Rami Zeitun (17075215)

"…In addition, there is a U-shaped relationship between firm performance and short-term debt, suggesting that a firm’s profit decreases at lower levels of short-term debt (below 45.2%) and increases at higher levels of debt with short-term maturity. …"

Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities حسب Salah Basem Ajjur (14150967)

"…Surveying showed that, between 1984 and 2020, urban areas grew by 777%, and bare lands decreased by 54.7%. In addition, Doha witnessed various climatic changes with a notable increase in air temperature (+ 8.7%), a decrease in surface wind speed (− 19.5%), and a decrease in potential evapotranspiration losses (− 33.5%). …"

Electrospun polylactic acid/date palm polyphenol extract nanofibres for tissue engineering applications حسب Khadija M. Zadeh (14152338)

"…Increasing the polyphenol concentration caused the tensile strength and Young’s modulus to decrease. The SEM graphs indicated a decrease in fibre diameter with increasing DP content. …"

Understanding the Mechanism of Diabetes Mellitus in LRBA-Deficient Patient حسب Iman Hawari (12561958)

"…Consistent with our results, blood transcriptomic analysis revealed that abundance of aggregates related to T cells or B cells (A1 & A2) or inflammation (A33 & A35) did not differ compared to healthy controls. However, aggregates related to CD71+ erythroid cells, which have immunosuppressive characteristic, were highly upregulated in the LRBA-deficient patients.Experimental analysis of MIN6 cell in culture revealed that in siRNA-mediated-knockdown of LRBA revealed a significant decreased intracellular proinsulin and mature insulin inside β-cells in comparison so the wild type cells. …"

Optimal Energy Dispatch Engine for PV-DG-ESS Hybrid Power Plants Considering Battery Degradation and Carbon Emissions حسب Laith Kanaan (21632714)

"…The test results revealed a 9.2% and 3.5% decrease in daily costs compared to the heuristic and stochastic methods, respectively, and a 29.4% decrease in carbon emission costs.…"

Performance comparison of different flow arrangements of 4-fluid internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifiers حسب Ali Pakari (14158902)

"…The approximate difference between the best and poorest performing flow arrangements in terms of the decrease in supply air humidity ratio and enthalpy is 4.3% and 10.5%, respectively. …"

Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan حسب Mahmoud A. Alomari (14780446)

"…Being a male is associated with a “decrease” and being a female is associated with an “increase” in nighttime sleeping hours (p < 0.05). …"

Welding of Semiconductor Nanowires by Coupling Laser-Induced Peening and Localized Heating حسب Kelly M. Rickey (19568770)

"…The morphology results show that laser peening can decrease porosity and bring nanowires into contact and pulsed laser heating fuses those contacts. …"

Psychological inoculation against problematic social media use among adolescents: An experimental study حسب Sameha Alshakhsi (17032311)

"…The passive inoculation group showed a significant decrease in deception only. No changes were observed in the control group. …"

Experimental investigation of double-pipe heat exchangers in air conditioning applications حسب Saud Ghani (7205633)

"…By increasing the DIW flowrate in the evaporator, the compressor work was shown to decrease, while the COP was shown to increase. In comparison with a standard rated air conditioning unit, using a double-pipe evaporator and condenser units with the maximum DIW flowrates resulted in a decrease of about 53% in the compressor work and a similar percentage of increase in the system COP.…"