Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis by Ghali, Mohamed Said

“…It requires proper management to decrease mortality and morbidity. Clinical scoring systems for diagnosing AA aimed to decrease the use of radiological scans and the rate of negative appendectomies (NA). …”
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Self-healing performance of smart coatings modified with different corrosion inhibitors. by Habib, Sehrish

“…Corrosion results in considerable materials and equipment failure. According to one survey, about 1/4 to 1/3 of the total interruption in industries is due to detrimental effects of corrosion. …”
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Albumin administration in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: A meta-analytic update by Ashour, A.A.

“…Heterogeneity was mild across all studies (I223.3%). Studies reporting long-term albumin (LTA) administration were found to have a significant decrease in mortality (RR 0.57, 95% CI 0.44-0.73). …”
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Low electro-synthesis potentials improve permselectivity of polymerized natural phenols in biosensor applications by Monti, Patrizia

“…The natural phenol-coated electrodes were stable and responsive throughout 14 days. A biosensor prototype based on acetylcholine esterase and choline oxidase was electro-coated with poly-magnolol in order to evaluate the interference-rejecting properties of the electrosynthesized film in an amperometric biosensor; a moderate decrease in ascorbic acid rejection was observed during in vitro calibration of biosensors.…”
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High temperature thermal stability of innovative nanostructured thin coatings for advanced tooling by Cabibbo, Marcello

“…Three different thin hard nitrogen-rich coatings were mechanically, microstructurally, and thermally characterized: A 2.5 micron-thick CrN-NbN, a 11.7 micron-thick TiAlN, and a 2.92 micron-thick AlTiCrxNy. …”
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Effect of Fluid Viscosity and Fiber Length on the Performance of Fibrous Fluid in Horizontal Well Cleanout by Mendez, Michael

“…Various methods have been developed to improve hole cleaning, but their effectiveness decreases as the wellbore inclination increases. One way to solve this issue is to add fibers to the drilling fluid and reduce the settling velocity of the solids to improve the fluid's lifting capacity. …”
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Investigation of Spatiotemporal Variability of Microplastics in Qatar's Cstal Environment by Ben-Hamadou, Radhouane

“…Seawater was sampled respectively with a surface neuston net (300 ?m mesh size) towed off the side of the speedboat in undisturbed water for 5 minutes at 1.5 knots (Doyle et al., 2011). …”
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Hemoglobin Oxidation in Stored Blood Accelerates Hemolysis and Oxidative Injury to Red Blood Cells. by Mustafa, Ibrahim

“…Blood bags with CPD-SAGM stored at 4°C for 28 days were withdrawn aseptically on days 1, 14, and 28. Hematology analyzer was used to investigate RBC indices. …”
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A disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's disease: Focus on the trans-sulfuration pathway by Berry, Thomas

“…There is a decrease in aconitase 1 (ACO1) in AD. ACO1 is an iron-sulfur enzyme in the citric acid cycle that upon loss of an iron-sulfur cluster converts to iron regulatory protein 1 (IRP1). …”
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USING EMBEDDED MACHINE LEARNING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD TO DETECT TOXICITY IN SPOKEN LANGUAGE by ABU NADA, AHLAM HUSNI

“…In our study, quantization demonstrated a significant reduction in model size by almost fourfold and a 3.3-fold decrease in RAM usage. The marginal average F1 score decrease was limited to only 1%. …”
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Deoxygenation of pyrolysis vapour derived from durian shell using catalysts prepared from industrial wastes rich in Ca, Fe, Si and Al by Tan, Y.L.

“…The catalytic performance of AS-EAF at different temperatures (400–600 °C) and AS-EAF/durian shell ratios (1:30, 2:30, 3:30) was investigated. Increasing catalytic temperature enhanced production of bio-oil, reduced oxygenates and enhanced formation of esters. …”
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Propagation rate coefficient for sulfobetaine monomers by PLP-SEC by Lacík, Igor

“…The kp decreases upon increasing the monomer concentration up to 20 wt % followed by independence of kp on further increased monomer concentration. …”
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Gaining or losing team ball possession: The dynamics of momentum perception and strategic choice in football coaches by Briki, Walid

“…Nonetheless, both variables displayed asymmetrical effects, in the sense that: (1) the strength of positive PM appeared to be easier to decrease than to increase; and (2) the greater the positive PM (or the negative PM), the lesser (or the greater) the coaches' tendency to make a change in the organization of their teams. …”
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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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The expression of bile acid Receptor TGR5 in Adipose Tissue in Diet-induced obesity mice by Ahmed, Sumaya

“…There was significant downregulation of TGR5 gene expression level in obese (DIO) mice and remarkable upregulation of TGR5 gene expression after successful weight loss in DIO mice treated with SFN in time dependent manner at 1 weeks and 4 weeks of ip applications. In conclusion, obesity is associated with decrease in expression of TGR5 in different fat depots and treatment with anti-obesity drug (Sulforaphane) causes stepwise upregulation of TGR5 gene expression in epididymal white adipose tissue parallel stepwise decrease in body weight. …”
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Changes in movement organization and control strategies when learning a biomechanically constrained gait pattern, racewalking: a PCA study by Majed, L.

“…With practice, the significant decrease in the variance accounted for by PC1 and in the correlations between many variables could indicate a destabilization of spontaneous tendencies to facilitate the adoption of more task-specific coordinative pattern. …”
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Barriers and Motivators of Appropriate Antibiotic Prescription at PHCC in Qatar: Perspective of Physicians and Pharmacists by Sharaf, Nahla

“…Two different interview guides were constructed; one for physicians and one for pharmacists. In-depth, face-to-face, five focus groups were conducted and transcribed verbatim. …”
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Barriers and motivators of appropriate antibiotic prescription at PHCC in Qatar: perspective of physicians and pharmacists by Sharaf, Nahla

“…Two different interview guides were constructed; one for physicians and one for pharmacists. In-depth, face-to-face, five focus groups were conducted and transcribed verbatim. …”
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Effect of serum lipoproteins on stereoselective halofantrine metabolism by rat hepatocytes by Patel, J. P.

“…Experimental hyperlipidemia has shown to decrease cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2C11 expression and to increase liver concentrations and the plasma protein binding of halofantrine (HF) enantiomers. …”
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Uniform fractional factorial design tables for energy piles with maximum thermal conductance by Ahmed, Khaled

“…Furthermore, the tubes located near the piles outer surface show significant decrease in the pile thermal resistivity. Also, the soil thermal conductivity has shown insignificant effects on the pile thermal resistivity. 1 2017 WIT Press.…”
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