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

"…</p> <h2>Conclusions</h2> <p>There has been a decline in global drowning rates. This study shows that the decline was not consistent across countries. …"

Dividend policy and corporate investment under information shocks حسب Harakeh, Mostafa

"…Then, I find that the constraining effect of dividends on investments declines following the information shock, especially among firms with higher levels of information asymmetry ex-ante. …"
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The Impact of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Immunoglobulins and Cytokines in Elderly: Insights From a Critical Review of the Literature حسب Maha Sellami (4351159)

"…Chronic exercise in the form of short-term endurance training (i.e., 12-16 weeks) and long-term combined endurance and resistance training (i.e., 6-12 months) induced increases in salivary SIgA concentration. …"

Transfusion of Plasma from Young Exercise mice ameliorates Aging-associated Cognitive Impairments on Learning and Memory through activation of Autophagy حسب Khoury, Reine

"…The brain’s cognitive skills gradually decline with aging. In old animals, damaged proteins accumulate in neurons since autophagy, a catabolic process responsible for organelle and protein degradation, decreases. …"
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Effect of climate change on the annual energy consumption of a single family house in British Columbia حسب Mutasim Baba, Fuad

"…The simulation results show that for both bylaw and PH cases, heating energy consumption will be reduced while cooling energy consumption will be increased, as a result for bylaw case, the energy consumption will be decreased for four climate zones, while for PH case, the energy consumption will be increased for zone 4 & 5 and decreased for zone 6 & 7. …"
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Institutional development and the dowry death curve across states in India حسب Austin M. Mitchell (14778793)

"…<p dir="ltr">Why do some informal institutions increase in prevalence while other informal institutions decline? We study why dowry deaths have increased with economic development in some Indian states but have decreased in others. …"

Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey حسب Ahmad Salman (3173418)

"…Adherence to PA guidelines seems to be more related to age, BMI, gender (i.e. higher PA adherence in men vs. women), social support (i.e. social deprivation), dietary habits (i.e. fruit and vegetable intake) and social isolation among the elderly. …"

Effect of climate change on the energy performance and thermal comfort of high-rise residential buildings in cold climates حسب Mutasim Baba, Fuad

"…As a result, for the bylaw case, the total energy consumption would be decreased for two climate zones, while for PH case, the total energy consumption would be increased for zone 4 and decreased for zone 7. …"
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Epibenthic communities from offshore platforms in the Arabian Gulf are structured by platform age and depth حسب Felipe, Torquato

"…A step further is now required to determine whether these platform foundations should be converted to reefs after their decommissioning (i.e., Rigs to Reefs approach).…"
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Exogenous Contrast Agents in Photoacoustic Imaging: An In Vivo Review for Tumor Imaging حسب Farooq, Afifa

"…While current state-of-the-art oncology imaging techniques have decreased mortality rates, patients still face a diminished quality of life due to treatment. …"
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Exogenous Contrast Agents in Photoacoustic Imaging: An In Vivo Review for Tumor Imaging حسب Farooq, Afifa

"…While current state-of-the-art oncology imaging techniques have decreased mortality rates, patients still face a diminished quality of life due to treatment. …"
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Clinical correlates of white-matter abnormalities on head magnetic resonance imaging حسب Dimassi, Hani

"…In patients with strikingly decreased quantities of cerebral white matter, those with normal signal-intensity white matter are likely to be hypotonic with normal reflexes and those with increased signal intensity in the white matter are likely to be spastic. …"
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Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment حسب Farhat, Peter

"…Second, we propose a K-Means based clustering model embedded within a multi-objective optimization scheme for fog and container placement. …"
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Theoretical insight into effect of cation–anion pairs on CO₂ reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts حسب Sun Hee Yoon (7179263)

"…The adsorption energy (Eads) and work function (Wf) of the anions increases with decreasing anion size (i.e., Cl⁻ > Br⁻ > I⁻). …"

Functionalization of reverse osmosis membrane with graphene oxide to reduce both membrane scaling and biofouling حسب Mohammad Y. Ashfaq (14152290)

"…Results indicated that the permeate flux was reduced by only 15% at the end of the scaling experiment as opposed to the bared RO membrane which faced up to 22% decline in flux. The results of scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and X-ray diffraction confirmed that the bared RO membrane was extensively scaled by the CaSO4 precipitates. …"

Klotho overexpression protects human cortical neurons from β-amyloid induced neuronal toxicity حسب Mohammed R. Shaker (10316180)

"…Our data reveal that upregulation of <i>KLOTHO</i> significantly reduced β-amyloid-induced neuronal degeneration and apoptosis, as evidenced by decreased cleaved caspase-3 expression and preservation of axonal integrity. …"

Performance and analysis of kappa-carrageenan hydrogel for PFOA-contaminated soil remediation wastewater treatment حسب Alsaka, Lilyan

"…Due to pore size shrinkage, the AC-kC and V-kC hydrogels achieved the highest PFOA rejection at pH 4, whereas the water flux decreased. Increasing the PFOA concentration reduced water flux and increased PFOA rejection. …"
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Secrecy Performance of a RIS-Assisted Wireless Network: A Comprehensive Analysis Under Outdated CSI حسب Tasneem Alshamaseen (22392382)

"…The obtained results demonstrate that the adopted system can achieve an acceptable SOP level even with 10% outdated CSI (i.e., <i>ρ</i>=0.9 ). This resilience indicates that the system can reduce channel estimation frequency to reconfigure the RIS, thus decreasing overall system overhead and complexity and improving energy efficiency. …"

Characteristics of aerosols and planetary boundary layer dynamics during biomass burning season حسب Muhammad Zeeshaan Shahid (18131689)

"…The planetary boundary layer (PBL) height, measured with Ceilometer LIDAR, showed decreasing trend in height from October to December that support aerosol accumulation near the surface during the the month of November. …"

Quantitative Elastohydrodynamic Film-Forming for an Oil/ Refrigerant System حسب 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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