Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for th... حسب Jaimie D Steinmetz (18015919)

"…</p><p><br></p><h3>Findings</h3><p dir="ltr">Global crude prevalence of avoidable vision impairment and blindness in adults aged 50 years and older did not change between 2010 and 2019 (percentage change −0·2% [95% UI −1·5 to 1·0]; 2019 prevalence 9·58 cases per 1000 people [95% IU 8·51 to 10·8], 2010 prevalence 96·0 cases per 1000 people [86·0 to 107·0]). …"

The Effect of EVA and TPU Custom Foot Orthoses on Running Economy, Running Mechanics, and Comfort حسب Ken Van Alsenoy (14150559)

"…Compared to shoes only, mainly EVA tended to improve RE and comfort at submaximal running speeds. …"

Nonlinear Control of Brushless Dual-Fed Induction Generator With a Flywheel Energy Storage System for Improved System Performance حسب Mohammed Hamidat (3722086)

"…After optimization, the SMC settling time was significantly reduced from 0.7 seconds to 19.97 milliseconds, achieving a 96.9% improvement in response speed, while its steady-state error decreased from 0.48 to 0.06, marking an 87.5% reduction in tracking error. …"

Pore-scale simulation of fine particles migration in porous media using coupled CFD-DEM حسب Ahmed Elrahmani (17128837)

"…Simulations indicate that permeability reduction due to fine migration in porous media is directly proportional to flow velocity. The time required to develop bridging and subsequent clogging of the pore space that lead to permeability reduction decreases as the flow velocity increases. …"

Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems حسب Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators (13279180)

"…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">All countries displayed over a 40-fold difference in HIV mortality between municipalities with the highest and lowest age-standardized HIV mortality rate in the last year of study for men, and over a 20-fold difference for women. Despite decreases in national HIV mortality in all countries—apart from Ecuador—across the period of study, we found broad variation in relative changes in HIV mortality at the municipality level and increasing relative inequality over time in all countries. …"

Appropriateness of gentamicin therapeutic drug monitoring at a Middle Eastern tertiary hospital setting: a retrospective evaluation and quality audit حسب Fatima Khalifa Al-Sulaiti (14152056)

"…Gentamicin dose regimen continuations, dose regimen decreases and dose regimen discontinuations were inappropriately applied in 27% (<i>n</i> = 10), 25% (<i>n</i>= 2) and 14% (<i>n</i> = 1) of the times, respectively.…"

A Scoping Review to Find Out Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Underlying Determinants حسب Md. Rafiul Biswas (17293966)

"…Sometimes, several studies had been performed in the same country, and it was observed that vaccine hesitancy was high earlier and decreased over time with the hope of vaccine efficacy. …"

One-year experience of hybrid closed-loop system in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes previously treated with multiple daily injections: drivers to successful outcomes حسب Goran Petrovski (129836)

"…The participants used the sensor 88.4 ± 6.5% of the time with Auto Mode usage 85.6 ± 7.4% during 12 months of HCL system use. …"

Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 حسب Joseph L Ward (9715619)

"…Since 1950, deaths in this age group decreased by 30·0% in females and 15·3% in males, and sex-based differences in mortality rate have widened in most regions of the world. …"

Assessing Intra-Arab Trade Integration and Potential: Evidence from the Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model حسب Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla (16960008)

"…The results also reveal that the influence of “behind the border” constraints on trade flows between Arab countries has been decreasing over time. Moreover, the efficiency scores of intra-Arab trade indicate a relatively low degree of trade integration among Arab countries.…"

Effects of financial turmoil on financial integration and risk premia in emerging markets حسب Boubakri, Salem

"…Accordingly, we estimate a variant of the International Asset Pricing Model developed by Carrieri et al. (2007), allowing for time-varying stock market integration, in which we include the foreign currency risk. …"
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Microstructure–properties relationship in ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM)/nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)/halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) nanocomposites حسب Seyed Mohamad Reza Paran (17541846)

"…The crosslinking rate increased by HNTs loading, but the scorch time decreased. Moreover, a 45% rise in tensile strength was observed for systems containing 10 wt% HNTs. …"

Resilience-uncertainty nexus in building energy management integrated with solar system and battery storage حسب Hasan Mehrjerdi (16869957)

"…The energy resilience is improved and the energy cost is decreased at the same time while all events and uncertainties are modeled. …"

Energy saving potential analysis applying factory scale energy audit – A case study of food production حسب Derar, Al Momani

"…The CO2 harmful emissions were also decreased. Additionally, it is estimated that switching from the proposed motors to energy-efficient motors will cost less overall over time, saving around 3472.314 JD/month or 0.33576/year on average. …"
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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 حسب 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. …"

Engineering Novel Single-chain Variable Fragments for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Approaches in Parkinson's Disease حسب Safa Salim (9186786)

"…An <i>in vitro</i> α-synuclein aggregation assay revealed that the scFvs inhibit the seeding of α-synuclein aggregation in a time-dependent manner, monitored by Th-S assay. Furthermore, the scFvs decreased α-synuclein seed-induced toxicity in a cell model of PD. …"

Enhancing the electrocoagulation process for harvesting marine microalgae (Tetraselmis sp.) using interdigitated electrodes حسب Wardan A. Khatib (17302747)

"…In this study, 10 min electrolysis time was found to be sufficient to harvest 82.4% microalgae with 1 cm electrode distance and 50 mA/cm2 current density. …"

Removal of copper ions from aqueous solution using NaOH-treated rice husk حسب Shagufta Zafar (10027380)

"…The chemical treatment was carried out using NaOH solution and the effect of contact time (tc), adsorbent dosage (Dad), initial Cu (II) concentration ([Cu]i), and temperature (T) on the percentage removals of Cu (II) (%RCu) were investigated. …"

Investigating the Role of FOXA2 Transcription Factor in Adipogenesis Using Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells حسب Hafsa Madni (22674428)

"…Our analysis of <i>FOXA2</i> expression during adipocyte differentiation, using conventional and real-time PCR (RT-PCR), revealed that its highest expression occurs at day 5 during embryoid body (EB) formation, followed by continuous but reduced expression. …"

On-site workshop investment problem: A novel mathematical approach and solution procedure حسب Nima Moradi (19418821)

"…These temporary OSWs are cost-effective, leading to decreasing the material handling cost and project makespan, which indicates their important role as a part of a construction project. …"