Ultra-low thermal conductivity in scheelite and A-deficient scheelite ceramics by Bsaibess, Eliane

“…BaMoO ceramic has shown a decrease in thermal conductivity from 0.8 W m K to 0.65 W m K from 400 K to 650 K. …”
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Performance Of A Cool Thermal Store Filled With Balls Containing Water by Hariri, Abdulrahman Salih

“…Temperatures of selected balls at different locations and temperatures of entering and leaving solution were recorded. A sharp drop in temperature of balls was observed generally during the first four hours of every charging process, followed by a gradual but slow decrease in temperature. …”
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A resource provisioning framework for bioinformatics applications in multi-cloud environments by Senturk, Izzet F.

“…Experiments with different use-cases and scenarios reveal that BIOCLOUD can decrease the workflow execution time for a given budget while encapsulating the complexity of resource management in multiple cloud providers.…”
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A Framework for Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Orthopedic Procedure by Holozada, Bayan Hani

“…This study used method of Time-Driven Activity-Based costing (TDABC) approach to examined cost reduction in healthcare sector, Knee Arthroplasty Department in Al-Emadi Hospital as case-study for delivering a primary knee arthroplasty consultation. The purpose of the study is to propose an optimization model that tends to determine significant and insignificant resources and cost uncertainties in a particular healthcare service. …”
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Habitat-specific benthic metabolism in a Mediterranean-type intermittent stream by Sroczyńska, Katarzyna

“…We observed a decrease of production efficiency of primary producers with AFDM in C+A and C habitats. …”
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Optimizing cancer therapy: a review of the multifaceted effects of metronomic chemotherapy by Basar, Oyku Yagmur

“…Metronomic chemotherapy (MCT), characterized by the continuous administration of chemotherapeutics at a lower dose without prolonged drug-free periods, has garnered significant attention over the last 2 decades. …”
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Physical activity in pregnancy prevents gestational diabetes: A meta-analysis by Suhail A.R., Doi

“…Data obtained were synthesised using a bias-adjusted model of meta-analysis. ResultsA total of 1467 adult women in 11 eligible trials were included. …”
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A decision support system for automating document retrieval and citation screening by van Dinter, Raymon

“…In two cases, our model yielded a better performance over the benchmark review datasets. …”
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Qatar University culture collection: A source of biodiversity and numerous applications by Al Ghazal, Ghamza

“…During their phases of growth, they produce a variety of metabolites such as lipids, proteins and carbohydrates in large amounts over a short period of time. …”
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Mangrove As A Bioindicator For Environmental Pollution In The Coastal Marine Environments-Review by Sadooni, Fadhil N. [فاضل السعدوني]

“…The integrity of the mangrove ecosystem can be used as a simple bioindicator for a wide range of pollutants with a high efficiency and a minimum cost.…”
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A Multi-echelon Network Distribution Model For Emergency Resource Planning by Pradhananga, Rojee

“…The model is tested in a network for numerical analysis. The result shows that multiple SPs in the proposed network distribution structure helps to overcome the possible resource disruption that occurs with single sourcing in the centralized structure, resulting decrease of the demand shortage. …”
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Enhanced boron removal by electricity generation in a microbial fuel cell by Ping, Qingyun

“…In the post-treatment mode, the MFC removed 80–90% of boron and decreased the boron concentration from 20 to 2 mg L− 1 or from 5 to 1 mg L− 1, which meets the irrigation water requirement. …”
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A Reconfigurable Multipurpose SoC Mobile Platform for metal detection by Al Rshid Abazeed, Omran

“…In other words, the frequency increases when the distance between the metal and the coil decrease. When a metal whose size is at least the same size as the coil is present at 7 cm distance from the detection coil, the frequency will exceed 2200 Hz Regardless of the medium. …”
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Reviewing the oil price-GDP growth relationship: A replication study by Charfeddine, Lanouar

“…We find that for more recent data the explanatory power of the proposed oil price measures on GDP growth rates is still present, albeit on a slightly weaker magnitude. Extending the ARX(4), we only find little evidence that oil price decreases impact GDP growth rates on the full data set. …”
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Integrating BPM & Management Information System Utilizing a Case Study by Safari, Arsalan

“…This book is about integrating business process improvement and management information system approach to analyze, redesign and automate a program or process in an organization. The main goals of this approach are improving business efficiency and effectiveness, reducing times and costs, decreasing errors and defects and increasing reliability of the system. …”
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A Fair Reputation-Based Incentive Mechanism for Cooperative Crowd Sensing by El Khatib R.F.

“…Crowd Sensing (CS) is a paradigm empowered by the pervasiveness of mobile smart devices, in which crowds of device owners cooperate to provide information about their surrounding environment. …”
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Intended and Unintended Benefits of Folic Acid Fortification—A Narrative Review by Ismail, Shrooq

“…For this reason, mandatory fortification of folic acid, a synthetic, easily bioavailable form, in processed cereals and cereal products has been implemented in the US since 1 January 1998 to reduce the risk of NTD in newborn children. …”
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Membrane solubilization in erythrocytes as a measure of radiation exposure to fast neutrons by Monem, A Soltan

“…The technique shows an adequate sensitivity in detecting membrane damage in erythrocytes and has potential as a biophysical marker of radiation exposure. The osmotic fragility of irradiated erythrocytes shows a decreasing trend with increasing irradiation fluence measured directly and two weeks post- irradiation. …”
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The Ulama and the Al Saud: A Relationship Between Elites in Saudi Arabia by Permuy, Alexandra

“…Historically, the AlSaud and the ulama were elites of equal standing, but oil resources, bureaucratization and modernization have altered the state-society relations, and decreased the influence and importance of the religious establishment vis-a-vis the state. …”
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If there is really a Notable Concern about allergenicity of genetically modified foods? by Yavari, B.

“…In this regard, the authors concluded that, at the present, producing GM foods in response to the enormous need of the universal population could be a good solution; yet assessing the allergenicity of these foods is an approach to ensure the highest safety of GM foods. …”
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