The Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV Cascade of Care in Botswana – An Interrupted Time Series by Sehurutshi, Alice

“…In multivariable Poisson interrupted time series regression, the COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a 27% decrease in the monthly numbers of HIV tests (IRR 0.73, 95%CI 0.72–0.73), a 25% decrease in HIV positive tests (IRR 0.75, 95%CI 0.71–0.79), and a 43% reduction in ART initiations (IRR 0.57, 95%CI 0.55–0.60). …”
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Corporate governance and cost of debt financing: Empirical evidence from Canada by Ghouma, Hatem

“…Our empirical findings point to a decrease in the bond spreads for an improvement of the overall quality of the corporate governance index. …”
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Impact of pharmacist-involved collaborative care on diabetes management in a primary healthcare setting using real-world data by Abdulrhim, Sara

“…Results After 17 months of follow-up, pharmacist-involved collaborative care compared to usual care resulted in a significant decrease in HbA1c (6.8 ± 1.2% vs. 7.1 ± 1.3%, p < 0.01). …”
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Complex-impedance response of an Ag/TeO2-V2O5/Ag structure by El-Muraikhi, M.

“…The ac conductivity of glass samples of composition 50 mol% TeO2 and 50 mol% V2O5 has been analyzed. …”
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Partial characterization Of an alkalophilic extracellular Crude pectinases from a bacillus Polymyxa strain by Al Rajabi, Ihab. I. [ايهاب الرجبي وعادل محاسنه]

“…The optimum pH and optimum temperature for pectin lyase activity were 8.5 and 30°C, respectively, while for pectate lyase the optima were 9 and 30°C repectively. …”
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Experimental studies on the biodiesel production parameters optimization of sunflower and soybean oil mixture and DI engine combustion, performance, and emission analysis fueled wi... by Elkelawy M.

“…70% biodiesel) were prepared to power a single cylinder diesel engine. The engine results as compared to diesel fuel, show a reduction in the rate of change of CO by 33.8% for D50B50. …”
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Self-assembled zirconia nanotube arrays: Fabrication mechanism, energy consideration and optical activity by Amer, Ahmad W.

“…A new insight into the formation of Zirconia nanotubes is introduced and discussed based on the Point Defect Model (PDM). …”
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Surface Behavior of Polyamide 6 Modified by Barrier Plasma in Oxygen and Nitrogen by Novak, I.

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Individual and Synergic Effects of Phosphorus and Gibberellic Acid on Organic Acids Exudation Pattern, Ultra-Structure of Chloroplast and Stress Response Gene Expression in Cu-Stre... by Alatawi, Aishah

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Blue photobiomodulation LED therapy impacts SARS-CoV-2 by limiting its replication in Vero cells by Zupin, L.

“…Our in vitro findings could represent the starting point for translational applications of PBMT as a supportive approach to fight SARS-CoV-2.…”
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Numerical evaluation of the thermal performance of a near-surface earth-to-air heat exchanger with short-grass ground cover: A parametric study by Pakari, Ali

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Exploitation of Citrus Peel Extract as a Feedstock for Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) by Kondaveeti, Sanath

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A global multiregional life cycle sustainability assessment of national energy production scenarios until 2050 by Kucukvar M.

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Thermal and mechanical characterization of injection moulded high density polyethylene/paraffin wax blends as phase change materials by Sotomayor, M.E.

“…Elongation at break decreased as paraffin wax content increased, and Young's modulus decreased with wax content but in the case of blends with a 30vol. % of wax and more, brittle rupture occurred and no yield point was observed.…”
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Optimal Proactive Resource Allocation at the Extreme Edge by El Khatib, Rawan F.

“…Extensive simulation results show that OPRA outperforms a reactive baseline by yielding a 50% decrease in the subtask dropping rate and 97% decrease in the service capacity.…”
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Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of voriconazole vs. liposomal amphotericin B in empiric treatment of invasive fungal infections in Turkey by Turner, Stuart J.

“…The current pharmacoeconomic evaluation investigated the use of liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) and voriconazole for the empiric treatment of IFI in the Turkish setting.Methods: Decision analytic modelling was used to create a pathway for patient treatment with a 5-point composite outcome measure. …”
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A precious-metal-free Fe-intercalated carbon nitride porous-network with enhanced activity for the oxygen reduction reaction and methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction by Bin Yousaf, Ammar

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Development of an Air-Cooled Induction Manifold for Diesel Engines in Hot and Humid Climate by Elrentisy, Mohamed H.

“…For the emissions, there was a considerable reduction rate in NOx emissions with about 83% at 20 °C as well as a 50% reduction in hydrocarbon (HC) emissions compared with 45 °C. …”
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Thermo-economic assessment of forward osmosis as pretreatment to boost the performance and sustainability of multi-effect distillation for seawater desalination by Ortega-Delgado, B.

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Ferroelectric Properties and Electrocaloric Effect in Dy2O3 Substitution on Lead-Free (Na0.5 Bi0.5)0.94 Ba0.06TiO3 Ceramic by Turki, O.

“…Higher stability of the ferroelectric (FE) phase was obtained at room temperature for the compositions y = 0.01, 0.02 and 0.05, with optimum values for y = 0.02 as remanent polarization Pr = 32µC/cm2, as well as piezoelectric coefficients d33 = 137 pC/N, kp = 0.27 and kt = 0.16, whereas a higher content of Dy (y = 0.08) induced a remarkable decrease of the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties. …”
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