Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Stein Emil, Vollset

“…In the assessment of alternative future scenarios, the combined effects of the scenarios (Safer Environment, Improved Childhood Nutrition and Vaccination, and Improved Behavioural and Metabolic Risks scenarios) demonstrated an important decrease in the global burden of DALYs in 2050 of 15·4% (13·5–17·5) compared with the reference scenario, with decreases across super-regions ranging from 10·4% (9·7–11·3) in the high-income super-region to 23·9% (20·7–27·3) in north Africa and the Middle East. …”
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Performance Analysis of FSO Communications With Diversity Methods by Abou-Rjeily, Chadi

“…By comparing the MIMO and cooperative methods with point receivers, we reach the central result that it is always better, from a diversity gain point of view, to add more apertures to the source and destination rather than adding more relays in their vicinity despite the fact that the fading variance along FSO links decreases with the distance. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Michael, Brauer

“…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. …”
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Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1 by Natalie C Galles (9715361)

“…We analysed global and regional trends in coverage and numbers of zero-dose children (defined as those who never received a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis [DTP] vaccine dose), progress towards GVAP targets, and the relationship between vaccine coverage and sociodemographic development.…”

Developing Dynamic Daylighting Metric for Dynamic Facades in Office Buildings in Dubai by THALOOB, AFRA BAKHIT

“…To fulfill this purpose, a modified daylight metric has been developed which consists of Dynamic Useful Daylight (DUD) to measure the work plane area that receives a desired daylight illuminance and Dynamic Sunlight Exposure (DSE) to measure the work plane area that receives excessive direct sunlight. …”
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Can bitcoin’s volatility be tamed? by Ammous, Saifedean

“…Bitcoin is a software for operating a peer-to-peer payment network with its own hard money, without having to rely on a trusted third party. As the use of this network has grown, the value of the token underpinning it has increased sharply, with its total outstanding supply currently exceeding $100 billion in value. …”
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Genetic Variation in CCL5 Signaling Genes and Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Susceptibility and Prognosis Implications by Jingxuan Shan (4711089)

“…<i>CCL5</i> variants (<b>rs2107538</b> and <b>rs2280789</b>) were linked to CCL5 serum and mRNA levels. In the TCGA TNBC/Basal-like cohort the <b><i>MAP3K21</i></b><b> </b><b>rs1294255-G</b> allele was associated with a decreased OVS. …”

Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment by 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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Nanophthalmos and hemiretinal vein occlusion by Albar, Ahmad A.

“…Many risk factors have been linked to retinal vein occlusions (RVOs) whether central or branch retinal vein occlusion. …”
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Sulforaphane Delays Fibroblast Senescence by Curbing Cellular Glucose Uptake, Increased Glycolysis, and Oxidative Damage by Florence Hariton (18629764)

“…SFN delayed senescence by decreasing glucose metabolism on the approach to senescence, exhibiting a caloric restriction mimetic-like activity and thereby decreased oxidative damage to cell protein and DNA. …”

Unraveling the impaired incretin effect in obesity and type 2 diabetes: Key role of hyperglycemia-induced unscheduled glycolysis and glycolytic overload by Naila Rabbani (291722)

“…Incretin effect impairment is characterized by decreased secretion of incretins from enteroendocrine cells and incretin resistance of pancreatic β-cells. …”

Error probability of coded STBC systems in block fading environments by Zummo, S.A.

“…Results show that the performance degradation due to channel memory decreases as the number of transmit antennas is increased. …”
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay, Ganji

“…Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to increased adiposity and decreased bone density. …”
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Fraud by Jizi, Mohammad

“…It indicates that the existence of fraud in the Middle East is not linked to auditors' misunderstanding of their responsibilities, but might be attributed to the corporate culture and environment.…”
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Treatment sequencing strategy for hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma by Thomas, Ryan

“…However, 5-year survival for patients treated with chemotherapy at any point during their disease course was decreased compared with those who did not receive any chemotherapy (43.6% versus 82.9%, respectively; P = 0.02) and was predictive of a decreased overall survival on univariate analysis [HR 3.1 (CI 0.9–10.7), P = 0.02]. …”
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Essays on international environmental policy by Marrouch, Walid

“…However, since countries are linked via trade, tying-in environmental and trade agreements generates negative spillovers over defectors. …”
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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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Self-Reported Sleep and Exercise Patterns in Patients with Schizophrenia: a Cross-Sectional Comparative Study by Nancy Kiwan (12451992)

“…Patients with schizophrenia have shown abnormal sleep patterns and decreased physical activity that were linked to their psychopathology and physical health. …”

Corporate Governance and the diversification discount by Boumosleh, Anwar

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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay Ganji (8710491)

“…<p dir="ltr">Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to increased adiposity and decreased bone density. …”