Corporate governance and cost of debt financing: Empirical evidence from Canada by Ghouma, Hatem

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Mixed Solid Municipal Waste-Based Biochar for Soil Fertility and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by Bansode, Rishipal

“…Municipal solid waste management is one of the major challenges facing Qatar with more than 2.5 million tons of municipal solid waste each year, a very high waste generation rate in a country with small land mass. …”
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Interface modification of compatibilized polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene blends: Effect of compatibilization on thermomechanical properties and thermal stability by Inuwa, Ibrahim M.

“…PET, PP, and SEBS-g-MAH were melt-blended in a single stLGusing the counter rotating twin screw extruder with compatibilizer concentrations of 0, 5, 10, and 15 phr, respectively. …”
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Integrated planning of spare parts and service engineers with partial backlogging by Rahimi-Ghahroodi, S.

“…In a numerical study, we show that for problems with more than five types of spare parts it is preferable to use approximate evaluations as they become significantly faster than exact evaluation. …”
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Evacuated tube heat pipe solar collector for Encontech engine-driven reverse osmosis solar desalination by Takalkar, Gorakshnath

“…Both energetic and exergetic efficiencies exhibit upper values at A co/A abs ratio up to 1. Further increment in this ratio up to 3 resulted in a decrease in the efficiency of the ETHPSC.…”
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Pharmacologic inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-hydroxylases ameliorates allergic contact dermatitis by Manresa M.C.

“…Background When an immune cell migrates from the bloodstream to a site of chronic inflammation, it experiences a profound decrease in microenvironmental oxygen levels leading to a state of cellular hypoxia. …”
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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON INR NORMALIZATION IN PRE-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WARFARIN PATIENTS by ELJILANY, ISLAM AHMED SAYED AHMED

“…To optimize the period of preprocedural warfarin interruption to decrease the incidence of bleeding in case of bridging and the incidence of thromboembolism in case of non-bridging, a study was conducted to determine the influence of CYP2C9, VKORC1, CYP4F2, FII, and FVII genetic polymorphisms and non-genetic factors on INR decline in a cohort of Arabs undergoing a procedure that requires warfarin interruption and developing an algorithm to tailor the duration of warfarin interruption before the procedure. …”
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Comparison of fosfomycin against fluoroquinolones for transrectal prostate biopsy prophylaxis: an individual patient-data meta-analysis by Roberts M.J.

“…Meta-analysis was performed using MetaXL 5.3. Results: From 15 studies (eight retrospective and seven prospective) representing 12,320 participants, infectious complication incidence was 3.4% in EAP and 0.8% in TAP patients. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of flexible ruthenium oxide-loaded polyaniline/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers by Chamakh, M.

“…The tests revealed the decrease of electrical resistivity and activation energy with increasing RuO2 concentration for the as-prepared samples, while the annealed samples showed lower activation energy values of ~0.1 eV with increasing the concentration of RuO2. …”
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Nanoclay compatibilization of phase separated polysulfone/polyimide films for oxygen barrier by Ammar, Ali

“…Herein, we quantify the effect of a nanoclay, Cloisite 30B on the phase separated blend film morphology compatibilization of PSF/PI and associated changes in its mechanical properties and film surface energy. …”
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Reinforcement of polyacrylamide-co-tert-butyl acrylate base gel using nanosilica for conformance control at low and high reservoir temperatures by Shamlooh M.

“…Therefore, this study introduces a new polymeric formulation that serves as a water shut-off agent for reservoirs at low and high temperatures. …”
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Co2 Removal Using Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid -Aspen Plus Modelling Study by Qureshi, Tooba Ishtiaq

“…Additionally, a flow rate of 20,000 kg/h for the ionic liquid is optimized for the highest purity values of CO2 and CH4, and the total annualized cost for the process is 2.1 million dollars with operating expenses of 1.8 million dollars for a 20-year of plant life with a plant capacity of 4000 kg/h (0.035 Mt/year). …”
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Dispatchable capacity optimization strategy for battery swapping and charging station aggregators to participate in grid operations by Mingze, Zhang

“…Considering the characteristics of an aggregator’s multilateral services, in this study, BSCSs need to ensure the quality of swapping service for EV users and participate in the demand-side regulation response. Firstly, we analyze the operation mechanism of a BSCS in the aggregation mode and propose a state transition model for EV batteries. …”
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Dynamic Imaging of Hydrate Specific Area Evolution during Xenon Hydrate Formation by Jarrar, Zaher

“…During hydrate formation and dissociation, full 3D images are acquired at a time resolution of 45 seconds and a spatial resolution of 5.38 ?…”
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Computational structural assessment of BReast CAncer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) and BRCA1-Associated Ring Domain protein 1 (BARD1) mutations on the protein-protein inter... by Thirumal Kumar, D.

“…From the analysis, we observed the highest deviation with lowest compactness and a decrease in the intramolecular h-bonds in the BRCA1-BARD1 protein complex with the V11G mutation compared to the native complex or the complexes with other mutations. 2022 Elsevier Inc.…”
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Structural analysis of missense mutations in galactokinase 1 (GALK1) leading to galactosemia type-2. by P, Sneha

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed a decrease in interaction between the protein and ATP in all the 3 mutations, and molecular dynamic simulations of 50 ns showed a loss of stability and compactness in the mutant proteins. …”
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Basin of Attraction through Invariant Curves and Dominant Functions by Alsharawi, Ziyad

“…We study a second-order difference equation of the form z<inf>n+1</inf> = z<inf>n</inf> F (z<inf>n-1</inf>) + h, where both F (z) and z F (z) are decreasing. …”
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Smoking cessation counseling in Qatar: Community pharmacists' attitudes, role perceptions and practices by El Hajj, Maguy Saffouh

“…Main outcome measures: Qatar community pharmacists' smoking cessation practices, their attitudes toward tobacco use, smoking cessation and smoking cessation counseling and their perceived barriers for smoking cessation counseling. Results: Over 5 months, we collected 127 surveys (40 % response rate). …”
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Understanding the progress and challenges in the fields of thermo-catalysis and electro-catalysis for the CO2 conversion to fuels by Yadav, V. S. K.

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Gas Driven Fracture during Gas Production using HeleShaw Cell by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…The cell consists of two transparent acrylic sheets that are separated by a small gap. The gap between the two sheets is maintained using filter sheets that have a thickness of 1/16 in. (1.6 mm) at the boundaries. …”
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