The Kumaraswamy Pareto IV Distribution by Tahir, M. H.

“…The density function is very flexible and can be left-skewed, right-skewed and symmetrical shapes. It has increasing, decreasing, upside-down bathtub, bathtub, J and reversed-J shaped hazard rate shapes. …”
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Negotiating authenticity: Experiences of student influencers on social media by Raaper, Rille

“…Research has shown that contemporary youth face a variety of challenges, ranging from social belonging to striving towards perfection in body image and personal achievements in all areas of life. Student life is expected to add further complexities, reflected in a need to negotiate new social connections, spatial environments and academic and future-oriented challenges. …”
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Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study by Spencer L James (8673927)

“…First, we produced results on incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability, deaths, years of life lost and disability-adjusted life years from 1990 to 2017 for 195 countries and territories. …”

Sustainability Assessment of Machining Processes by Raza, Syed Waqar

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The Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Lebanese with Type 2 Diabetes by Saadé, Rita

“…Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Lebanon and is known to increase the risks of cardio-metabolic events. Diabetes self-management is essential for glycemic control and prevention of cardiovascular complications. …”
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Law enforcement role in reducing road crashes by Jamil Mujahed (19807251)

“…These amounts to 1.2 million deaths a year .In addition more than 50 million people are seriously injured; many are disabled for life. According to WHO reports, the number of road crashes fatalities will increase worldwide by 60% by 2020. …”

How FIFA World Cup 2022™ can meet the carbon neutral commitments and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?: Reflections from the tree nursery project in Qatar... by Ioannis Spanos (2086933)

“…It was also found that the amount of carbon footprint reduction after the FIFA World Cup 2022 is expected to increase steadily during the average life expectancy of the trees assessed, which were evaluated to be circa 135 years. …”

Self-assembly of Pseudo-Dipolar Nanoparticles at Low Densities and Strong Coupling by Mariano E. Brito (18622741)

“…This system self-assembles in a rich variety of string-like configurations, depicting three clearly distinguishable regimes with decreasing temperature: fluid, composed by isolated colloids; string-fluid, a gas of short string-like clusters; and string-gel, a percolated network. …”

Clinical correlates of white-matter abnormalities on head magnetic resonance imaging by Dimassi, Hani

“…In patients with strikingly decreased quantities of cerebral white matter, those with normal signal-intensity white matter are likely to be hypotonic with normal reflexes and those with increased signal intensity in the white matter are likely to be spastic. …”
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Including the Excluded: How can Social Intelligence and AI help achieve the UN SDGs 4 and 8 for Persons with Disabilities? by Zeineddine, Mariam

“…This has led to steep barriers hindering their full integration in various life domains, notably education and employment. Being continuously left out not only impedes individuals with impairments from living an honorable life but also delays progress toward achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Numerical investigation of design strategies to achieve perpetual pavements by Abou-Jaoude, Grace

“…Tables are provided as a guideline to assess the different alternatives in design of long-life perpetual pavements.…”
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Early Nutrition and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: The Role of Gut Microbiota by Elvira Verduci (3171957)

“…The main conclusions that are withdrawn from the current literature regarding alleviating the risk of developing T1D through nutrition are the encouragement of long-term breast-feeding for at least the first 6 months of life and the avoidance of early complementary foods and gluten introduction (before 4 months of age) as well as cow milk introduction before 12 months of life. …”

The effects of Social Determinants of Health on Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes (A1C) by Awad, Nathalie

“…Diabetes duration of 5-10 years increased the odds of having uncontrolled A1C by more than 3 folds. …”
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A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans by Grey, Ian

“…Conclusion Only treatment acceptability was found to be related to decreases in behavioural frequency. No single intervention component was found to have a greater association with reductions in challenging behaviour…”
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Reversal of memory and neuropsychiatric symptoms and reduced tau pathology by selenium in 3xTg-AD mice by Ann Van der Jeugd (18629695)

“…Chronic sodium selenate treatment efficiently reversed hippocampal-dependent learning and memory impairments, and behavior- and neuropsychiatric-like symptoms in old female 3xTg-AD mice. Selenium significantly decreased the number of aggregated tau-positive neurons and astrogliosis, without globally affecting amyloid plaques, in the hippocampus of 3xTg-AD mice. …”

Risk factors for stoma outlet obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Toffaha (18111886)

“…<h3 dir="ltr">Introduction</h3><p dir="ltr">Stoma outlet obstruction (SOO) is a serious postoperative complication that can lead to significant morbidity, including prolonged hospitalization, increased healthcare costs, and reduced quality of life. …”

The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Christopher J L Murray (18278781)

“…Estimated cancer deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in 2019 and change in these measures between 2010 and 2019 are presented.…”

Business Continuity Management Maturity Model for Banks in UAE by Mahal, Ashish

“…They are faced with increasing levels of global competition, demanding customers and employees, shrinking product lifecycles and decreasing acceptable response times (Lockamy & McCormack, 2004) They have employees and deal with clients, suppliers & vendors from all over the world. …”
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Emergency endovascular management of penetrating gunshot injuries to the arteries in the face and neck by Yevich, Steven M.

“…Abstract Introduction Penetrating gunshot injuries (GSI) to supra-aortic arteries that cause life-threatening blood loss or major neurologic deficits are increasingly managed using modern endovascular treatment (EVT). …”
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State-of-the-Art advances and challenges in wearable gas sensors for emerging applications: Innovations and future prospects by Abdul Hakeem Anwer (22282432)

“…<p>Increasing concerns about public safety and quality of life have made maintaining optimal air quality, both indoors and outdoors, critically important. …”