Assessing Struvite Formation Potential at Wastewater Treatment Plants by Fattah, Kazi Parvez

“…Wastewater treatment plants, especially those employing secondary treatment and anaerobic sludge digestion, have historically encountered phosphate precipitates, one of the commonest being struvite, that foul and encrust the sludge return lines, and the associated pumps and valves. This growth of ‘uncontrolled’ struvite increases pumping and maintenance cost, as well as reduces the overall capacity of the plant piping system in terms of lost hydraulic capacity and lowered biological treatment capacity. …”
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The Effects of Local Aggregates on the Mechanical Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) by Obied, Michel

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Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of the oil fractions from wild carrot (Daucus carota ssp. carota) by Shebaby, Wassim N.

“…Pretreatment with F1 and F4 reversed the CCl4-induced decrease in SOD, CAT, and GST levels and reduced significantly hepatic damage. …”
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Intelligent route to design efficient CO₂ reduction electrocatalysts using ANFIS optimized by GA and PSO by Majedeh Gheytanzadeh (17541927)

“…Considering the high cost and time-consuming experimental investigations, computational methods, particularly machine learning algorithms, can be the appropriate approach for efficiently screening the metal alloys as the electrocatalysts. …”

Sestrin2 suppression aggravates oxidative stress and apoptosis in endothelial cells subjected to pharmacologically induced endoplasmic reticulum stress by Munazza T. Fatima (17280679)

“…We investigated here, for the first time, the impact of SESN2 suppression on oxidative stress and cell survival in human endothelial cells subjected to pharmacologically (thapsigargin)-induced ER stress and studied the underlying cellular pathways. …”

Effect of speed and gradient on plantar force when running on an AlterG® treadmill by Athol Thomson (6651008)

“…Maximum plantar force and contact time were recorded using a wireless in-shoe force sensor insole system.…”

Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating by Sreedevi Paramparambath (17346997)

“…The synthesized W-G-H composite is proposed to decrease the working temperature of semiconductor devices. …”

Retinal imaging based glaucoma detection using modified pelican optimization based extreme learning machine by Debendra Muduli (20748758)

“…The effectiveness has been evaluated using two standard datasets called G1020 and ORIGA with the $$10 \times 5$$-fold stratified cross-validation technique to ensure reliable evaluation. …”

Use of Ultrasound and Ionic Liquids to Enhance the Extractive Desulfurization of Oils by Zuraiqi, Karma

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Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating by Sreedevi, Paramparambath

“…The synthesized W-G-H composite is proposed to decrease the working temperature of semiconductor devices. …”
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Loss of MMP-8 in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)-associated myoepithelial cells contributes to tumour promotion through altered adhesive and proteolytic function by Muge Sarper (3855454)

“…Over-expression of MMP-8 WT but not MMP-8 EA in β6-1089 cells increased adhesion to ECM proteins and reduced migration. …”

The Influence of Loneliness and Living Alone on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: Evidence from Europe by Ammari, Lora

“…This research indicates a positive correlation between living alone and loneliness, with a greater effect on males, and identifies loneliness as an independent factor decreasing QoL. …”
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Comparative study of the parameters affecting the performance of microchannels' heat exchangers: Latest advances review by Muhammad Asim (2235472)

“…When the fluid is added with nanoparticles, like, Al2O3 and copper oxide (CuO) with different volumetric fractions (φ) of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%, the performance of the microchannel rises with rising the Reynolds number but conversely when the fluid is used in pure form the performance decreases with the rising value of Reynolds number. …”

The impact of political alliances on voter prejudice in post conflict countries by Ouaiss, Makram E.

“…Scholars of conflict resolution have studied ways to reduce prejudice in society for years, believing that prejudice leads to or increases the likelihood of conflict. The primary focus has been on schools, universities and communities. …”
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Investigating the Crucial Role of School Leaders in Nurturing Middle Leaders to Enhance their Performance by ALLABABIDI, FARAH

“…Educational institutions may build a strong leadership communication channel that supports a positive school culture, increases teacher effectiveness, and ultimately improves student outcomes by realizing the value of ML development. …”
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An efficient failure-resilient mutual exclusion algorithm for distributed systems leveraging a novel zero-message overlay structure by Mouna Rabhi (17086969)

“…., node queue dimension, number of exchanged messages, and number of disconnected nodes) indicate a graceful degradation in performance with decreasing number of functioning nodes. For instance, for 4,096 nodes organized in a logical tree of arity 4 and with 4 physical nodes for logical node, a negligible number of nodes is disconnected from the tree after 250 epochs when the per-node per-epoch failure probability is p f ≤ 0 . 0008 . …”

Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…However, it was observed that the number of double-lumen PICCs and their dwelling time in the experimental group was significantly higher (p = 0.003). …”
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Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy by Palavecino, Martin

“…This difference is because patients treated at such centers often present with large tumor size,8 underlying liver disease,9 and chemotherapy-associated hepatic toxicity.10 In an effort to reduce the need for blood transfusions in patients undergoing liver resection, we developed a 2-surgeon technique to optimize parenchymal transection.11 In our preliminary series,11 the combined use of saline-linked cautery and ultrasonic dissection was shown to be safe and to reduce blood loss, operation time, and time of inflow occlusion. The objective of this study was to evaluate, in our experience over a 10-year period, factors predictive of blood transfusion in patients who underwent liver resection. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global... by Farin Kamangar (63964)

“…Oesophageal cancer caused 9·78 million (9·53–10·03) DALYs, with an age-standardised rate of 120 (117–123) per 100 000 population. Between 1990 and 2017, age-standardised incidence decreased by 22·0% (18·6–25·2), mortality decreased by 29·0% (25·8–32·0), and DALYs decreased by 33·4% (30·4–36·1) globally. …”

Kefir inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma cells. (c2011) by Hayek, Stephanie E.

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