The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study by Richard Charles Franklin (9154052)

“…Global age-standardised mortality rates decreased 57.4%, from 9.3 (8.5 to 10.0) in 1990 to 4.0 (3.8 to 4.1) per 100 000 per annum in 2017. …”

Association Between Three-Months Vitamin D Supplementation and Depressive Symptomatology incidence among Saudi Arabian Adults by Khaddaj, Rashel

“…Results: The final sample size included 71 participants with an average age of 30.23 ±7.66and constituted of 59.2% females. The mean baseline 25(OH)D3 concentration was 16.92±7.23ng/ml in the vitamin D group and 16.44±5.91 ng/ml in the control group (p =0.76). …”
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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana by Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

“…A distance gradient analysis indicates that as distance from the nearest toxic source increases, the mean percentage of blacks in the community decreases and the mean percentage of whites increases. …”
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The Moderating Role of Training in the Relationship between Knowledge Management and Innovation by Fadel, Reem

“…Overall, the study recommends that organizations who want to foster innovation should give considerable attention to their knowledge management processes of acquisition, application, and protection, even in the presence of training.…”
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Transfer function analysis between arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity at cardiac pacing frequencies in the rat by Kanbar, Roy

“…Cardiac pacing slightly increased mean AP (0.8 ± 0.2 mmHg/Hz) and decreased pulse pressure (−3.6 ± 0.3 mmHg/Hz) while leaving the mean level of RSNA essentially unaltered (P = 0.680, repeated-measures ANOVA). …”
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Parallel Algorithm for Hardware Implementation of Inverse Halftoning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…It can provide at least 4 times decrease in lookup table size when compared with serial lookup table method implemented multiple times for same number of pixels.…”
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A Qualitative Investigation of University Students’ Experience of the Beirut Port Explosion by Issa, Elio

“…The collective’s role in fostering social support was evident through decreased fearful reactions. Many lost trust in the judicial system and favored emigration over standing for justice. …”
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The efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with medication overuse headaches secondary to chronic migraines (P4.128) by Ahdab, Rechdi

“…Patients filled a migraine diary to record the intensity of pain (using a visual analogue scale) and the number of analgesic pills taken daily for a period extending from one week before (W−1) to one and two weeks after stimulation (W+1 and W+2). …”
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Macular ultrastructural features in amblyopia using high-definition optical coherence tomography by Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias

“…Also, amblyopic eyes demonstrated a shallow foveal pit compared with normal fellow eyes. Mean foveal thickness was significantly increased in amblyopic (228.56 µm) versus fellow eyes (221.72 µm), p=0.03. …”
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Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Use of Groove-Epoxy Anchorage System for Shear Strengthening of RC Beams Using CFRP Laminates by Mohamed, Khalid Mustafa Elradi

“…The developed models predicted the experimental shear-strength of the tested RC beams with a good level of accuracy, with an average mean absolute percent error (MAPE) = 3.31% and 6.68%, normalized mean square error (NMSE) = 0.072, 0.523, and coefficient of determination R2 = 0.964, 0.691, for plates and sheets, respectively.…”
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Modeling the risk-based decisions of the microgrid in day-ahead energy and reserve markets considering stochastic dispatching of electrical and thermal energy storages by Salah Bahramara (21347576)

“…Also, the risk-based behavior of the MGO showed that increasing the robust parameter decreases the reserve provided for the market and the net power trading with the market. …”

Concise fuzzy representation of big graphs by Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.

“…The accuracy of our answers would decrease but would be compensated for by fuzzy logic which gives an idea about the likelihood of error. …”
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Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar by Nayla Higazy (17679453)

“…<p dir="ltr">Qatar is one of the most water stressed countries globally, despite Qatar’s aridity and its lack of freshwater resources, per capita water consumption became one of the highest in the world due to population growth, agricultural expansion, rapid urbanization and industrialization and it is expected to increase in the coming decades. …”

IS security menace by Balozian, Puzant

“…It is widely believed in IS security literature that enforcing IS security policy compliance on employees through various means is the solution for security effectiveness. …”
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Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning by Siddiqi, U.F.

“…It can provide at least 4 times decrease in lookup table size when compared with a serial lookup table method implemented multiple times for the same number of pixels.…”
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Developing a Framework for improving Business Continuity Management success (BCM) in UAE Construction Industry by ALFALASI, ALMUR ABDULLA

“…In addition, change in the policies & regulations and governmental approval are other major parameters which highly influence working of organisations and performance of an individual one. Study even identified that employee’s performance was decreased and new challenges come in workplace. …”
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Self-assembly of Pseudo-Dipolar Nanoparticles at Low Densities and Strong Coupling by Mariano E. Brito (18622741)

“…Furthermore, our results give insights about the dynamically-arrested nature of the string-gel regime, where we show that the slow relaxation takes place in minuscule energy steps that reflect local rearrangements of the network.…”

Soiling Detection on Solar Panels Using Artificial Intelligence by Kaya, Hussein Mohammad Ali

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Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study by Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel (18055382)

“…Higher levels of anger, depression, and general anxiety were prevalent among 1.3% (n=84), 3.9% (n=260), and 1.6% (n=104) of participants, respectively. The mean score for the emotional constructs anger and depression decreased with increased compliance with regulations (<i>P</i>=.04 and <i>P</i>=.11, respectively). …”

A snapshot of current medical research: The notion of supply and demand by Almutairi, Adel F.

“…Contemplating the amount, type and quality of current medical research over the last decade leads one to consider the driving forces behind such research. …”
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