Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Brittney S Sheena (9715568)

“…</p><h3>Interpretation</h3><p dir="ltr">The prevalence of chronic HBV infection declined over time, particularly in children younger than 5 years, since the introduction of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b-vaccination" target="_blank">hepatitis B vaccination</a>. …”

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin. (c2018) by Toutounji, Maggie Nazih

“…Chitin content analysis showed that caspofungin resistant strains had elevated levels of chitin resulting in cell wall thickening that counters the effect of caspofungin, while sensitive strains showed decreased chitin content. Our results demonstrate an inverse correlation between resistance and virulence whereby resistance is due to thickening of the cell wall preventing the cell from gaining virulence attributes, while a more susceptible cell wall increases susceptibility to drugs but allows increased virulence.…”
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Quantitative Elastohydrodynamic Film-Forming for an Oil/ Refrigerant System by Bair, Scott

“…It seems that only central film thicknesses have been experimentally measured for oil/refrigerant systems leaving these calculations as the only means of assessing the minimum.…”
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment by Firas, Feki

“…However, increasing specific energy sonication to 3.2 kJ/g VS decreased the positive energy balance of whole process from 8.6 to 5.5 ± 0.3 kJ/g VS. …”
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Essays on international environmental policy by Marrouch, Walid

“…My first solution describes the case where linked bargaining results in gains on both issues, while the second one describes the case where gains entail partial concessions over the other. …”
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Optimum sizing of steam turbines for concentrated solar power plants by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…Thus, there is significant efficiency gains to be realized and large cost savings in increasing the turbine size up to 50MWe. …”
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Enhanced oil recovery using hyperbranched polyglycerol polymer-coated silica nanoparticles by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…A D_PSiMNPs = 100 mg/L was sufficient to achieve %η_dem of 99.4% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and slightly decreased to ~93% for C_oil ~4000 mg/L. The PSiMNPs can be reused up to 15 times with a steady %η_dem of 89.1% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and 88.6% for C_oil = 4000 mg/L. …”

An empirical approach to understanding users' fake news identification on social media by Aoun Barakat, Karine

“…While this topic has recently gained researchers' attention, very little is known about users' fake news identification behavior. …”
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Successful minimally invasive management of nonvascular grade IV blunt renal trauma with complete transection in a 7-year-old girl by Zlatan Zvizdic (9212371)

“…Although such injuries have a decreased likelihood of spontaneous resolution, not all require open operative repair. …”

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…In the common low-partner-number HSWNs, a significant proportion of NG incidence occurs among FSWs, with NG prevalence 13 times higher among FSWs than clients, and three times higher among clients than their spouses. …”
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In-Vehicle Performance Validation of the Semi-Active Hybrid Energy Storage System by Rehman, Habib-ur

“…The UCs supply the dynamic component of the load current which decreases the battery size, limits the battery peak current, and extends its life. …”
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Carbonate effects on hexavalent uranium removal from water by nanocrystalline titanium dioxide by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…However, the capacity of the nanocrystalline titanium dioxide to remove U(VI) from water decreased in the presence of inorganic carbonate at pH > 6.0. …”
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An Investigation into the factors influencing Arabic speaking students’ proficiency in the Arabic language in Dubai British School by AL AHMAD, ALAAEDDIN MEHY

“…However, those Arabic-speaking students attending non-Arabic schools become less proficient in the Arabic language and continually fall behind their peers in Arabic schools. This is despite the fact that both groups of students are native Arabic speakers, and that both groups of students attend Arabic classes that use the same curriculum and textbooks. …”
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Development of new reliability metrics for microgrids: Integrating renewable energy sources and battery energy storage system by Mohammadreza, Gholami

“…Microgrids (MGs) are gaining popularity due to their ability to provide reliable and resilient power supply, especially when integrated with renewable energy sources (RESs) and battery energy storage systems (BESS). …”
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A Decision Support Model for Prequalifying IPD Project Participants in Construction Projects by El Masri, Ahmad

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Critical Illness, Gastrointestinal Complications, and Medication Therapy during Enteral Feeding in Critically Ill Adult Patients by Btaiche, Imad F.

“…EN in critically ill patients provides the benefits of maintaining gut functionality, integrity, and immunity as well as decreasing infectious complications. However, the ability to provide timely and adequate EN to critically ill patients is often hindered by GI motility disorders and complications associated with EN. …”
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Development of new reliability metrics for microgrids: Integrating renewable energy sources and battery energy storage system by Mohammadreza Gholami (17032317)

“…<p dir="ltr">Microgrids (MGs) are gaining popularity due to their ability to provide reliable and resilient power supply, especially when integrated with renewable energy sources (RESs) and battery energy storage systems (BESS). …”

Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI by Tasneem Alshamaseen (22392382)

“…However, outdated channel state information (CSI) poses a major challenge to RIS’s physical layer security gains. This work explores the impact of varying degrees of outdated CSI on the secrecy performance of RIS-assisted wireless networks. …”

Finding novel targets for the treatment and reversal of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity by Imran Ramzan (15430807)

“…The present pilot study represents a novel dietary means by which to reduce BCAA, and as such, provides a blueprint for a potential dietary therapeutic in obesity/diabetes.…”

The Immunophenotyping Changes of Peripheral CD4+ T Lymphocytes and Inflammatory Markers of Class III Obesity Subjects After Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery – A Follow-Up Study... by Nasser M Rizk (18810328)

“…</p><h3>Results </h3><p dir="ltr">The means (SD) of age and BMI of class III obesity subjects was 32.32 (8.36) years and 49.02 (6.28) kg/m², respectively. …”