Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: implementation progress and persisting challenges by Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M E

“…Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide, projected to claim 1 billion lives in the twenty-first century.1 Tobacco prevalence rates are expected to decrease across all the WHO regions by 2025 as a result of tobacco control efforts. …”
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Optimal virtual network function placement in multi-cloud service function chaining architecture by Bhamare, Deval

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Burden and trend of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Australia and comparison with 34 OECD countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. by Melaku, Yohannes Adama

“…The age-standardized PAF of diet-related NCD mortality and DALYs decreased over the study period by 28.2% (from 27.0% in 1990 to 19.4% in 2015) and 41.0% (from 14.3% in 1990 to 8.4% in 2015), respectively. …”
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Mechanical and microstructure characterization of hard nanostructured N-bearing thin coating by Cabibbo, M.

“…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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Bond durability of sand coated and ribbed basalt FRP bars embedded in high-strength concrete by Al-Hamrani, Abathar

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Life cycle sustainability assessment of autonomous heavy-duty trucks by Sen, Burak

“…An input–output (IO) model is developed based on the Eora database—a detailed IO database that consists of national IO tables, covering almost the entire global economy. …”
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The response of culturally important plants to experimental warming and clipping in Pakistan Himalayas by Karimi, Saira

“…The relative effects of climate warming with grazing on medicinally important plants are not fully understood in Hindukush-Himalaya (HKH) region. Therefore, we combined the indigenous knowledge about culturally important therapeutic plants and climate change with experimental warming (open-top chambers) and manual clipping (simulated grazing effect) and compared the relative difference on aboveground biomass and percent cover of plant species at five alpine meadow sites on an elevation gradient (4696 m-3346 m) from 2016- 2018. …”
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Secure and Optimized Load Balancing for Multitier IoT and Edge-Cloud Computing Systems by Zhang, Wei Zhe

“…Furthermore, an integrated model of load balancing, CO and security is formulated as a problem whose goal is to decrease the time and energy demands of the system. …”
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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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Choroidal metastasis as initial presentation of aggressive medullary thyroid carcinoma with widespread mediastinal, brain, pituitary, bone, lung, and liver metastasis: Case report... by S. Al Hassan, Mohamed

“…MTC presenting as ocular symptoms due to choroidal mass is rare with bad prognosis. Presentation of case A 38-year-old Sudanese male presented to Hamad General Hospital, complaining of sudden painless decrease of vision of the right eye of 3 weeks duration. …”
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Effect of hexagonal on the in-plane crushing behaviour of plain weave composite hexagonal quadruple ring system by Mahdi, E.

“…Increasing the cell angle showed a decrease in energy absorption capability and load carrying capacity. …”
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Adrenoceptor Desensitization: Current Understanding of Mechanisms by Maaliki, Dina

“…On the other hand, long-term desensitization occurs over hours to days and involves receptor downregulation or a decrease in cell surface receptor protein level. …”
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Uv-l/sulfite advanced reduction process as an efficient method for chlorate reduction in water by Bensalah, Nasr

“…The presence of SO3 •–, e– aq, and H• scavengers affected the efficiency of UV-L/sulfite ARP. A decrease of chlorate reduction yield was observed in presence of dissolved oxygen, nitrite, or nitrate confirming the contribution of SO3 •–, e– aq, and H• in the mechanism of chlorate reduction. …”
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An Exploration of Smoking Patterns Among People with Serious Mental Illness Attending an Outpatient Clinic in Qatar by Zolezzi, Monica

“…Many countries worldwide have observed a decrease in the prevalence of tobacco smoking; however, the smoking rates among people with SMI have declined much less than in those without mental illness. …”
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Cultivating microalgae in desert conditions: Evaluation of the effect of light‐temperature summer conditions on the growth and metabolism of nannochloropsis qu130 by Jabri, Hareb Al

“…The application of temperature cycles under constant light led to a 13.6% increase in biomass productivity, while a 45% decrease was observed under light and temperature regimes due to the combined stress. …”
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Effect of level of relative humidity on fungi and germination capacity of paddy (oryza sativa l.) Grains in egypt by Mazen, M.B. [محمد بهي الدين مازن]

“…The preceding increases up in the total counts were mainly related to the flourishing of numerous species such as. Aspergillus Candidas, A. sydowii, A. tamarii, A. versicolor, A. flavus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Fusarium oxysporum and Cladosporium cladosporioides. …”
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Gas Driven Fracture during Gas Production using HeleShaw Cell by Al-Raoush, Riyadh

“…Following saturation, CO2 is applied to the cell at a constant pressure (2 kPa, 5 kPa, and 10 kPa). …”
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The mechanical and adhesive properties of electrically and thermally conductive polymeric composites based on high density polyethylene filled with nickel powder by Krupa, Igor

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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) by Hamad, Anas

“…Background: In line with global trends, cancer incidence and mortality may have decreased for specific types of cancer in Qatar. However, the cancer-related burden on patients, healthcare systems, and the economy is expected to expand; thus, cancer remains a significant public healthcare issue in Qatar. …”
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Repositioning for pressure injury prevention in adults. by Gillespie, Brigid M

“…We identified five additional trials and one economic substudy in this update, resulting in the inclusion of a total of eight trials involving 3941 participants from acute and long-term care settings and two economic substudies in the review. …”
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