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Migration frameworks in Africa
Published 2021“…Out of this, over 21 million Africans are estimated to have lived in another African country in 2019 (IOM 2019, pp. 19, 54). …”
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LDL-C Targets in Secondary Prevention: How Low Should We Go?
Published 2019“…The concern for adverse effects with very low LDL-C levels is not backed by the literature, and side effects appear to be medication-specific. There still remains a question of the cost-effectiveness of some non-statin therapies particularly PCSK9 inhibitors, in spite of recent price decreases, and whether the benefit is worth the cost.…”
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Pilot testing of a novel Multi Effect Distillation (MED) technology for seawater desalination
Published 2021“…Both the pilot testing and the simulation results confirm the features of the novel design of the MED. By implementing this invention's design, the heat transfer area has been decreased and accordingly, the capital cost of the evaporator is reduced by 20%. …”
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An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Dressing and Grinding Parameters on Sustainable Grinding of Inconel 738 Used for Automated Manufacturing
Published 2023“…With multipoint diamond tools, the grinding performance during the life of the dressing tool also tends to remain more consistent, which is a definite advantage in automated production. …”
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Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Published 2024“…Although mortality rates due to appendicitis decreased in all regions, there were large regional variations in the temporal trend in incidence. …”
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Impaired Liver Size and Compromised Neurobehavioral Activity are Elicited by Chitosan Nanoparticles in the Zebrafish Embryo Model
Published 2019“…However, potential side effects related to ChNP toxicity remain the major limitation hampering their wide application. …”
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Frugal innovation for sustainable rural development
Published 2023“…We developed a classification that identifies the increasing positive and decreasing negative parameters of SDGs to assess the extent to which frugal enterprises contribute to specific SDGs. …”
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The Effect of Soy Isoflavones on Steroid Metabolism
Published 2019“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">SPI decreased serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels in both men and women (P < 0.01), with decreased androstenedione (A4) (P < 0.01) in women not observed in men (P < 0.86). …”
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Techno-economic and environmental analyses of the pyrolysis of food waste to produce bio-products
Published 2024“…The land footprint is observed to remain constant despite changes in process conditions. …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study
Published 2022“…This study presents estimates of PCa prevalence, incidence, death, years-of-life-lost (YLLs), years-lived-with-disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted-life-years (DALYs), and the burden attributable to smoking during 1990-2019 in North Africa and Middle East using data of Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study 2019.…”
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Addressing Challenges of Distance Learning in the Pandemic with Edge Intelligence Enabled Multicast and Caching Solution
Published 2022“…Moreover, user preferences and network’s contextual information can differentiate between live and cached access patterns optimizing edge caching decisions. …”
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Dynamic Properties of Water Confined in Graphene-Based Membrane: A Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Published 2019“…We believe that our simulation results would be a significant contribution for designing a new graphene-based membrane for desalination.…”
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Thermal energy storage with phase change materials to increase the efficiency of solar photovoltaic modules
Published 2017“…The results show that, compared to the case without PCM module, the peak temperature of the solar module for a daily cycle can be decreased by approximately 20 K by an adequate design with a limited usage of metallic structure. …”
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Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey
Published 2019“…Independent predictors of meeting the recommended levels of PA include male gender [odds ratio (OR) 2.00 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.58–2.54)], living in the least deprived areas [OR 1.79 (95% CI 1.20–2.69)]; being a non-smoker [OR 2.22 (95% CI 1.48–3. 34)]. …”
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Exploring the LDHC Interactome as Novel Candidate Therapeutic Targets to Advance Breast Cancer Precision Medicine
Published 2024“…<p dir="ltr">Breast cancer remains a major health burden worldwide, being the second most commonly diagnosed cancer, and accounting for the highest cancer-related mortality rate among women. …”
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Hardware Trojan Mitigation Technique in Network-on-Chip (NoC)
Published 2023“…In this study, we implement a countermeasure to congeal the network-on-chip hardware design in order to prevent changes from being made to the network-on-chip design. …”
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Hedgehog Signaling Inhibition by Smoothened Antagonist BMS-833923 Reduces Osteoblast Differentiation and Ectopic Bone Formation of Human Skeletal (Mesenchymal) Stem Cells
Published 2019“…BMS-833923, a SMO antagonist/Hedgehog inhibitor, exhibited significant inhibitory effects on osteoblast differentiation of hMSCs reflected by decreased ALP activity, in vitro mineralization, and downregulation of osteoblast-related gene expression. …”
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Correlations between Resting Electrocardiogram Findings and Disease Profiles: Insights from the Qatar Biobank Cohort
Published 2024“…Elevated QTc was observed in CAD patients, whereas decreased QTc was correlated with decreased levels of calcium and potassium. …”
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Biochar from food waste: a sustainable amendment to reduce water stress and improve the growth of chickpea plants
Published 2022“…<p>The application of biochar in agriculture is a developing means to improve soil water retention, fertility, and crop yield. …”
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Adsorption of enhanced oil recovery polymer, schizophyllan, over carbonate minerals
Published 2020“…Nevertheless, the adsorption behavior of schizophyllan over carbonate minerals remains ambiguous element towards its EOR applications. …”