Outcome of home parenteral nutrition in 251 children over a 14-y period by Abi Nader, Elie

“…The major complications of HPN were catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) (1.7/1000 d of PN) and intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) (51 children; 20% of cohort). An increased rate of CRBSIs was observed compared with our previous study, but we saw a decreasing trend since 2012. …”
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A Simulation Study of the Role of Mechanical Stretch in Arrhythmogenesis during Cardiac Alternans by Hazim, Azzam

“…In this work, we investigate the effects of MEF on cardiac alternans, which is an alternation in the width of the action potential that typically occurs when the heart is paced at high rates, using a biophysically detailed electromechanical model of cardiac tissue. …”
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TIDCS: A Dynamic Intrusion Detection and Classification System Based Feature Selection by Zina Chkirbene (16869987)

“…Processing similar features that provide redundant information increases the computational time, which is a critical problem especially for users with constrained resources (battery, energy). …”

A GRASP Approach for Solving Large-Scale Electric Bus Scheduling Problems by Raka Jovanovic (17947838)

“…The results also show that high speed chargers have a more significant impact than an increase in battery sizes of the EBs.…”

Mortality patterns in older adults with infective endocarditis in the US: A retrospective analysis by Hamza Ashraf (20726490)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">IE mortality exhibited a clear pattern: rising till 2004, declining from 2004 to 2018, and increasing again till 2020. …”

Timing and size of flow impingement in a giant intracranial aneurysm at the internal carotid artery by Jou, Liang-Der

“…A faster heart rate or larger aneurysm does not produce a larger impinging site, and the Newtonian assumption overestimates the size of impingement. …”
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A Novel Partitioned Random Forest Method-Based Facial Emotion Recognition by Hanif Heidari (22467148)

“…Based on our numerical results, PRF performed better than traditional RF and other ML methods for FER, providing 98.37% mean absolute accuracy. Thus, a robust and useful method for improving classification rates is proposed for both small and large datasets.…”

A review of mobile chatbot apps for anxiety and depression and their self-care features by Arfan Ahmed (17541309)

“…<h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">Anxiety and depression rates are at an all-time high. Smartphone-based mental health chatbots can aid psychiatrists replacing some of the costly human based interaction providing a unique opportunity to expand the availability and quality of mental health intervention whilst providing an alternative approach to fill the much-needed self-care gap. …”

CubeSat Communication Subsystems: A Review of On-Board Transceiver Architectures, Protocols, and Performance by Amr Zeedan (17983750)

“…However, this requires innovative solutions to overcome the significant challenges facing high-data-rate low-power space communications. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the design, protocols, and architectures of state-of-the-art CubeSat communication subsystems with a particular focus on their baseband structures. …”

A narrative review of public health policies for childhood obesity prevention in the United States by Sameera Karnik (19772736)

“…The impact of childhood obesity is also reflected on the economic status of the country and is leading to increased health care spending. Public health policies, laws and other intervention policies can have a substantial impact on preventing and reducing childhood obesity rates. …”

Natural Convection Heat Transfer From a Cylinder With High Conductivity Permeable Fins by Abu-Hijleh, Bassam

“…The effect of several combinations of number of fins and fin height on the average Nusselt number was studied over a wide range of Rayleigh number. Permeable fins provided much higher heat transfer rates compared to the more traditional solid fins for a similar cylinder configuration. …”
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Terahertz Multiple Access: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Controlled Multihop IRS Topology by Muhammad Shehab (16904880)

“…Our aims are twofold: 1) enhancing the data rate of a desired user while dealing with interference from another user and 2) maximizing the combined data rate. …”

“Enhanced Forced Convection Heat Transfer from a Cylinder using Permeable Fins, by Abu-Hijleh, Bassam

“…Permeable fins provided much higher heat transfer rates compared to the more traditional solid fins for a similar cylinder configuration. …”
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Exploring students’ understanding of the second derivative within the context of a differential equations course by Habre, Samer

“…The teaching of this course emphasizes a qualitative approach and therefore a solid understanding of the first and second derivatives is critical to determine the increase/decrease of solutions as well as their rate of increase/decrease. …”
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Students at risk of academic failure: Could differentiated instruction be a catalyst for school reform? by WILSON-GULSTON, DANIELLE

“…A 2020 Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity aimed to investigate the impact of current curriculum delivery and other contributing factors on the increased dropout rates in males in Trinidad and Tobago. …”
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Gold-Conjugated Curcumin as a Novel Therapeutic Agent against Brain-Eating Amoebae by Mungroo, Mohammad Ridwane

“…The fact that mortality rates for cases of GAE and PAM are more than 95% indicates the need for new therapeutic agents against those amoebae. …”
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Exploiting the Spatio-Temporal Patterns in IoT Data to Establish a Dynamic Ensemble of Distributed Learners by Mehdi Mohammadi (5024105)

“…Moreover, using only 20% of the training data, the error rate of the model slightly increased by up to 2 in terms of mean square error. …”

Provision of Enteral Nutrition in a Critically Ill Patient Requiring Multiple Prone Ventilation Sessions by Reynald Jaenelle A. Manlungat (20873180)

“…Enteral feeding was initiated and increased to a maximum rate of 65 ml/hour, allowing the patient to meet his energy and protein needs while in prone ventilation. …”

Pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship interventions in patients with COVID-19: a scoping review by Z. G. Nasr (17785694)

“…The outcomes of the interventions were difficult to compare but showed a reduction in antimicrobial use and prevention of adverse drug reactions with a relatively high acceptance rate from physicians.…”

A Novel Versatile Framework for Enabling Early Detection of Evolving Network-based Cyberattacks by THOMAS, RAJESH

“…Network-based cyber-attacks have been increasing in scale, frequency and sophistication, posing significant threats to nation states and organizations worldwide. …”
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