Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 by Gregory A. Roth (6302315)

“…GBD, an ongoing multinational collaboration to provide comparable and consistent estimates of population health over time, used all available population-level data sources on incidence, prevalence, case fatality, mortality, and health risks to produce estimates for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019. …”

A novel on-demand vehicular sensing framework for traffic condition monitoring by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…With the increased need for mobility and the overcrowding of cities, the area of Intelligent Transportation aims at improving the efficiency, safety, and productivity of transportation systems by relying on communication and sensing technologies. …”
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Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1 by Natalie C Galles (9715361)

“…Third-dose polio vaccine (Pol3) coverage also increased, from 42·6% (41·4–44·1) in 1980 to 79·8% (78·4–81·1) in 2019, and global coverage of newer vaccines increased rapidly between 2000 and 2019. …”

Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations by Henn, Brenna M.

“…We identify a gradient of likely autochthonous Maghrebi ancestry that increases from east to west across northern Africa; this ancestry is likely derived from “back-to-Africa” gene flow more than 12,000 years ago (ya), prior to the Holocene. …”
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What we do not know, hardly know, and really know about traffic safety by Leonard Evans (19773000)

“…Likewise, we have no direct experimental investigation of how a driver’s crash risk increases with increasing speed. Our estimate of the effectiveness of safety belts (4) in preventing fatalities rests on an assumption that we know is not true. …”

An overview of diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with obesity by Mohammed Bashir (5593550)

“…<p>Rates of obesity are increasing world-wide with an estimated 1billion people projected to be obese by 2030 if current trends remain unchanged. …”

Corporate Diversification, Earnings Management, and Financial Statement Readability by El Mouttaqui, Hajar

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The Relationship between Smoking Cessation and Health Insurance Coverage: An Analysis of Cost Saving and Health Outcomes by Al Farhan, Nasser

“…This approach involved analyzing data on health insurance coverage and smoking behavior to estimate the potential impact of smoking cessation on health outcomes and costs. …”
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Integrated desalination plant expansion and water distribution planning model by Ibnouf, Mahmoud Ahmed

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Can remittances alleviate energy poverty in developing countries? New evidence from panel data by Karim, Barkat

“…Our results also indicate that improved financial development and increased urbanization tend to enhance energy access. …”
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A Case Study in Qatar for Optimal Energy Management of an Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Multiple Renewable Energy and Storage Systems by Abdulla Al Wahedi (17115613)

“…This interest has focused mainly on reducing the reliance on fossil fuel-based means of transportation and decreasing the harmful emissions produced from this sector. …”

Total Quality Implementation on Marine Transportation Association Under Natural Disruption of COVID-19 Pandemic by ASAD, NUHA JAMAL

“…The total lockdown or partial lockdown devised by countries all over the world, which means that most economic activities were postponed until the outbreak, is contained. …”
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Numerical analysis of spatial distribution of carbon in methane dry reforming over supported nickel catalyst in a packed bed reactor by Ebrahimi, Parisa

“…The total carbon deposited was estimated to be around 18 g after 10,000 s of Time on Stream (TOS) at 650 °C. …”
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Digital radiography image quality evaluation using various phantoms and software by Ioannis A. Tsalafoutas (14776939)

“…For example, clear trends of improvement of IQ scores with increased IAK and reduction of most IQ scores with increased kVp were observed mostly with the IAEA phantom, but not with the commercial phantoms (for both automatic and visual scoring methods). …”

Rising blood pressure in Bangladesh by Nature Research (16552612)

“…Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases have recently increased in South-East Asia as a result of rapid urbanization, increased life expectancy, and lifestyle changes. …”

On-demand mobile sensing framework for traffic monitoring. (c2017) by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…With the increased need for mobility and the overcrowding of cities, the area of Intelligent Transportation aims at improving the efficiency, safety, and productivity of transportation systems by relying on communication and sensing technologies. …”
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The Impact of Board Gender Diversity on European Firms’ Performance: The Moderating Role of Liquidity by Robert Gharios (21393863)

“…Controlling for firm characteristics (firm size and leverage) and macroeconomic variables like inflation and GDP. This study estimated the connection using panel regression. Due to Hausman test significance, fixed effect estimation was used. …”

How do drivers choose a travel speed? Implications for speed management strategies in Australia by Jennifer Oxley (10057811)

“…The findings suggest that there are some inherent issues in traditional speed limit setting guidelines, particularly as drivers lack awareness of the true relationship between speed and road trauma, under-estimate crash and injury risk and over-estimate what is a safe speed, and that there is often a mismatch between environmental cues and speed limits. …”

Refractive Index of Engine‐Emitted Black Carbon and the Influence of Organic Coatings on Optical Properties by Dawei Hu (2186113)

“…The absorption is significantly over‐estimated by core‐shell, volume mixing, and effective medium approximations and under‐estimated by external mixing. …”

Cumulative Incidence of Venous Thromboembolic Events In-Hospital, and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 Months After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review of 87 Studies and Meta-anal... by Walid El Ansari (93732)

“…This study is the first to generate detailed estimates of the incidence and patterns of VTE after MBS over time. …”