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Timing driven genetic algorithm for standard-cell placement
Published 1995“…Without any noticeable loss in solution quality, sizable reduction in runtime is obtained when population size is allowed to decrease in a controlled manner whenever the search hits a plateau…”
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Effects of natural organic matter on aggregation kinetics of boron nanoparticles in monovalent and divalent electrolytes
Published 2010“…Nano boron is a promising new propellant being considered for military and civilian applications; however, the impact of its release on the environment is largely not known. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Adaptive Load Balancing Framework for Distributed Object Computing
Published 2006“…In this paper, we address the issue of judicious load balancing in distributed object computing systems. In order to decrease response time and to utilize services effectively, we have proposed and implemented a new technique based on machine learning for adaptive and flexible load balancing mechanism within the framework of distributed middleware. …”
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Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning
Published 2005“…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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IMPROVING BER PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES BASED ON INTERMEDIATE DECODING RESULTS
Published 2007“…Simulation results with a rate ½ (1024,512) progressive edge-growth (PEG) LDPC code show that the proposed modification can decrease the BER by as much as 10-to-40%, particularly for high SNR values.…”
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Nanoporous graphene monolith for hydrogen storage
Published 2018“…Monolith has been synthesized with a packing density of 0.7 g/cm3 using MSC30 and Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). …”
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Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue
Published 2014“…Physical exercise reduced the expression of various HSPs in obese to normal levels observed in lean subjects with a parallel decrease in the endogenous levels of IL-6, TNF-α, and RANTES. …”
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Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students
Published 2012“…Implications for Nursing Practice and Research: The results of this study will provide a better understanding of factors that are predictive of decreased well-being in Lebanese first-time college students and will be valuable in developing culturally sensitive intervention of stress and coping management program with a surveillance system and a systematic planning and evaluation procedure to respond to emerging and changing students’ needs at the Lebanese American University.…”
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StarD13
Published 2020“…As such, and through the dysregulation of Rho GTPases, this affects adhesion dynamics, actin dynamics, and leads to an increase or a decrease in tumor metastasis depending on the tumor grade and type. …”
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Palliative Tumor Control by Trabectedin in Pediatric Advanced Sarcoma
Published 2011“…The patient's quality of life improved as noted by a significant decrease in opiate requirements and ability to tolerate oral intake. …”
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Communication-Based Adaptive Overcurrent Protection for Distribution Systems with DistributedGenerators
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The economics of oil, biofuel and food commodities
Published 2013“…It is shown that, with a highly inelastic demand for food, an increase in the productivity of land in agriculture will decrease the price of food in the short-run, only to increase it in the long-run as the stock of fossil fuel is depleted.…”
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Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon
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Effect of lubricant rheology on friction in coated elastohydrodynamic lubricated contacts
Published 2017“…The first coating type consists of a soft material with a low thermal inertia while the second is a hard material with a high thermal inertia. …”
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Non-linear relationship between real commodity price volatility and real effective exchange rate: The case of commodity-exporting countries
Published 2019“…However, for periods when a country is better integrated financially, we observe a decrease in the impact of real commodity price volatility on REER, especially for the two panels of food and beverages as well as energy. …”
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IS security menace
Published 2016“…Nevertheless, this manuscript challenges that notion and advances a stream of research that suggests increasing security measures may lead to decrease in user productivity, increased user mistrust in the IT department, increased user frustration, increased user technology avoidance, increased non-malicious volitional security violations and overall may lead to increased security risk, instead of decreasing it. …”
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Doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubbers
Published 2001“…The S parameter decreases as carbon black is added to the rubber. The decrease in the S parameter depends on the type and morphology of the carbon black. …”
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Where do jobs go when oil prices drop?
Published 2017“…In this paper, we estimate a factor augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model to investigate the effect of oil price shocks on total private job flows as well as on industry-level job creation and destruction. …”
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