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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Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 by Gregory A. Roth (6302315)

“…There is an urgent need to focus on implementing existing cost-effective policies and interventions if the world is to meet the targets for Sustainable Development Goal 3 and achieve a 30% reduction in premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases.…”

Pharmacist Role in Hypertension Management in the Community Setting: Questionnaire Development, Validation, and Application by Lama Soubra (11666333)

“…Pharmacists can play a substantial role in decreasing the burden of the disease.</p><h3>Purpose</h3><p dir="ltr">The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale assessing the pharmacist role in hypertension management in the community pharmacy setting. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Natalia V, Bhattacharjee

“…Forecast estimates for the alternative combined scenario suggest that meeting SDG targets for education and contraceptive met need, as well as implementing pro-natal policies, would result in global TFRs of 1·65 (1·40–1·92) in 2050 and 1·62 (1·35–1·95) in 2100. …”
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Characterization and magnetic properties of pure and transition metal doped ZnO thin films by Fawaz, Wissam

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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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Enhancing sustainability through resource efficiency in beef production systems using a sliding time window-based approach and frame scores by Muhammad Ismail (3176079)

“…<p dir="ltr">The food needs of the increasing global population, inefficiencies in supply chains, customer expectations and environmental concerns are the challenges to meeting resource-intensive protein needs sustainably. …”

Effect of Climate Change on the Energy Performance and Thermal Conditions of a Single-family Detached House in Canada by Mutasim Baba, Fuad

“…This paper attempts to answer this question by investigating the effect of climate change on the energy demand and overheating risk in a single-family detached house with different energy efficiency levels, i.e. NECB that meets current National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB), and passive house (PH) that meets the PH requirements. …”
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COLLABORATIVE MULTI-AGENT-BASED E-COMMERCE FRAMEWORK by Helmy, Tarek

“…We believe that increased support for collaboration is a logical next step in the evolution of the e-commerce systems. …”
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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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Industrial Processes Performance Improvement using Six Sigma Principles and Tools by AlAwadhi, Alya

“…Printing and packaging industries are continuously facing fierce competition and the challenge of meeting increasing demands for higher quality products at economical costs. …”
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Enhanced oil recovery using hyperbranched polyglycerol polymer-coated silica nanoparticles by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…<p dir="ltr">Functionalized Fe₃O₄–SiO₂ magnetic nanoparticles (Fe–Si-MNPs) coated with hyperbranched polyglycerol polymer were prepared and tested for oil recovery from oil in water (O/W) emulsions. …”

Dietary Trichosporon mycotoxinivoron modulates ochratoxin-A induced altered performance, hepatic and renal antioxidant capacity and tissue injury in broiler chickens by Sheraz Ahmed Bhatti (9759633)

“…Dietary OTA at all the tested levels induced the hepatic and renal tissue injury as indicated by significant decreased total antioxidant capacity in these organs along with significant decreased (p ≤ 0.05) serum concentrations of total proteins and albumin. …”

Investigation of infiltration rates under different experimental conditions by Maani, Mariam S.

“…The infiltration results of FH and CH showed that the initial moisture content highly affects the magnitude of the final IR as the infiltration capacity of the tested soils decreases for AI cases. CH final IRs observed were much higher than their FH analogues. …”
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Channel Network Control on Seasonal Lake Area Dynamics in Arctic Deltas by Tejedor, Alejandro

“…This shrinkage signal, easily extracted from remote sensing observations, may offer the means to constrain estimates of lacustrine methane emissions and to develop process-based estimates of depth to permafrost on arctic deltas.…”
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The impact of scoliosis surgery on pulmonary function in spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review by Abduljabber Alhammoud (14152503)

“…A systematic literature review was performed, with pulmonary function testing being the primary outcome pre- and post-scoliosis surgery. …”

Wild carrot oil extract is selectively cytotoxic to human acute myeloid leukemia cells by Tawil, Mirna

“…All the AML cell lines tested were sensitive to the extract while peripheral mononuclear cells were not. …”
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The Use of Cutting-Stone-Slurry-Waste in Engineering Practice by Attom, Mousa

“…Also, both unconfined compressive strength and the modulus of elasticity of the soil was improved significantly due to the addition of stone slurry waste to the tested soil.…”
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PSA-activated proaerolysin as a prostate specific cancer therapy by Abi-Habib, Ralph

“…Modification of native proaerolysin to PRX302 markedly altered the activity of each of the proteases (chymotrypsin, trypsin, furin, and thrombin) tested toward this protein. Activity toward proaerolysin was decreased 10-100 fold for each of the proteases tested except PSA, which showed a 4-fold increase in activity against the modified protein. …”
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Antecedents and consequences on employee turnover intention in the hospitality industry in Lebanon by Baajour, Maya

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS Software and the hypothetical model was tested using Onyx. Findings: The finding of the research supported all three hypotheses. …”
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