High-sensitive detection and quantitation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from capillary/fingerstick and venepuncture whole-blood using fluorescence-based rapid lateral flow i... حسب Samar Shurbaji (9938696)

"…These key performance indicators were slightly decreased when fingerstick whole-blood samples were used: sensitivity [85.7 %(63.7–97)], specificity [90.0 %,(81.5–96)], good agreement (Cohen's Kappa = 0.7) and very strong correlation (r = 0.9, p < 0.0001) with cobas® e 601. …"

Enhanced PSO-Based NN for Failures Detection in Uncertain Wind Energy Systems حسب Khaled Dhibi (16891524)

"…Then, in order to maximize the diversity between data samples and improve the effectiveness of using PSO algorithm for feature selection, the Euclidean distance metric is used in order to reduce the data and maximize the diversity between data samples. …"

Psychological and Coping Strategies Related to Home Isolation and Social Distancing in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study حسب Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel (18055382)

"…Higher levels of anger, depression, and general anxiety were prevalent among 1.3% (n=84), 3.9% (n=260), and 1.6% (n=104) of participants, respectively. The mean score for the emotional constructs anger and depression decreased with increased compliance with regulations (<i>P</i>=.04 and <i>P</i>=.11, respectively). …"

Occurrence and removal characteristics of phthalate esters from bottled drinking water using silver modified roasted date pits حسب Fedae A. Alhaddad (14152161)

"…</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>The results indicated that the most abundant phthalate esters were DMP followed by DEP under 30 °C; however, DNOP was not detected in any of the tested water samples, except for one sample under 30 °C with a concentration of 0.031 μg/mL. …"

Parallel Algorithm for Hardware Implementation of Inverse Halftoning حسب Siddiqi, Umair F.

"…It can provide at least 4 times decrease in lookup table size when compared with serial lookup table method implemented multiple times for same number of pixels.…"
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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana حسب Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

"…A distance gradient analysis indicates that as distance from the nearest toxic source increases, the mean percentage of blacks in the community decreases and the mean percentage of whites increases. …"
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Transfer function analysis between arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity at cardiac pacing frequencies in the rat حسب Kanbar, Roy

"…Cardiac pacing slightly increased mean AP (0.8 ± 0.2 mmHg/Hz) and decreased pulse pressure (−3.6 ± 0.3 mmHg/Hz) while leaving the mean level of RSNA essentially unaltered (P = 0.680, repeated-measures ANOVA). …"
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Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning حسب Siddiqi, U.F.

"…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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Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 حسب Nicholas, Steel

"…In 2019–21, there was an overall decrease in mean annual life expectancy across all countries (overall mean –0·18 years [95% UI –0·22 to –0·13]), with all countries having an absolute fall in life expectancy except for Ireland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, which showed marginal improvement in life expectancy, and Belgium, which showed no change in life expectancy. …"
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Vertical Distribution of Phosphorous Fractions and Bioavailability of the Nutrient in the Southern Indian Ocean حسب Muhammed Nayeem Mullungal (21385463)

"…The enriched levels of organic carbon were observed in samples due to adsorption on fine grained sediments. …"

Effect of Mg incorporation on the properties of PCL/Mg composites for potential tissue engineering applications حسب Sumama Nuthana Kalva (19206064)

"…Additionally, the weight loss during <i>in vitro</i> degradation showed that the presence of Mg had significantly increased the degradation rate of composite samples. Also, Mg incorporation influences cell adhesion, with better attachment observed for 10% Mg 3DP samples. …"

Doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubbers حسب Semaan, Mars E.

"…The Doppler broadening is characterized by the S parameter, which is a measure of the fraction of the positrons that annihilate with low-momentum valence electrons or from positronium in the sample. The S parameter decreases as carbon black is added to the rubber. …"
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Macular ultrastructural features in amblyopia using high-definition optical coherence tomography حسب Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias

"…Also, amblyopic eyes demonstrated a shallow foveal pit compared with normal fellow eyes. Mean foveal thickness was significantly increased in amblyopic (228.56 µm) versus fellow eyes (221.72 µm), p=0.03. …"
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Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Use of Groove-Epoxy Anchorage System for Shear Strengthening of RC Beams Using CFRP Laminates حسب Mohamed, Khalid Mustafa Elradi

"…The developed models predicted the experimental shear-strength of the tested RC beams with a good level of accuracy, with an average mean absolute percent error (MAPE) = 3.31% and 6.68%, normalized mean square error (NMSE) = 0.072, 0.523, and coefficient of determination R2 = 0.964, 0.691, for plates and sheets, respectively.…"
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IS security menace حسب Balozian, Puzant

"…It is widely believed in IS security literature that enforcing IS security policy compliance on employees through various means is the solution for security effectiveness. …"
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Regulation, bank capital, and bank risk: evidence from the Lebanese banking industry حسب El Khoury, Rim

"…This paper analyzes the relationship between change in capital and change in risk for a sample of 23 Lebanese banks between 2009 and 2014. …"
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The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Well-Being of students with SEN in Primary Stage in Dubai Schools حسب ABUSNENEH, NOOR

"…Findings indicated a decrease in the levels of well-being among the study sample as a result of their Well-being affected by the pandemic, while there were no statistically significant differences between the various disabilities ( learning difficulties - hyperactivity - hearing impairment - visual impairment - mild speech disorder) in their average levels of well-being, while it became clear that there are some differences between males and females in the average Well-being scores in favour of males, and their average Well-being scores were high compared to females. …"
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Is board compensation excessive? حسب Dah, Mustafa A.

"…Excess compensation declines over our sample period, which may be consistent with increased director workloads as well as increased scrutiny. …"
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Non-linear relationship between real commodity price volatility and real effective exchange rate: The case of commodity-exporting countries حسب Boubakri, Salem

"…To this end, we consider a sample of 42 commodity-exporting countries subdivided into 4 panels: food and beverages, energy, metals, and raw materials. …"
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Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis in Qatar حسب Hashim Alhussain (9167136)

"…Only samples that tested positive by both tests were considered seropositive for brucellosis. …"