Influence of Cognitive Bias on Decision Making in Mega Projects by ALNUAIMI, WALEED

“…In spite of mega projects yielding amazing outcome and benefits in the respective environments where they are executed, majority of research shows that the performance of projects is extremely below par especially in relation to expenses and time overruns which have been attributed to the features of mega projects which include complexity, wide scope, extended duration, huge funds and environmental settings that prompts increased risks to mega projects than other projects consequently increasing the rate of cost overruns. …”
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Simultaneous Resections of Colorectal Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastases by Reddy, Srinevas

“…For major hepatectomy, simultaneous colorectal resection increased mortality (8.3% versus 1.4%, p < 0.05) and severe morbidity (36.1% versus 15.1%, p < 0.05). …”
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Selective optogenetic stimulation of the retrotrapezoid nucleus in sleeping rats activates breathing without changing blood pressure or causing arousal or sighs by Burke, Peter G. R.

“…Photostimulation of the ChR2+ neurons produced the same ventilatory stimulation before and after lesion, but arousal was no longer elicited. …”
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The effectiveness of divalent cation addition for highly saline activated sludge cultures: Influence of monovalent/divalent ratio and specific cations by Raghavendran Sivasubramanian (16931775)

“…<p>Saline wastewaters are prevalent in various industries and pose challenges to stable biological treatment. Increasing monovalent cation concentrations are commonly reported to deteriorate treatment and settling performance, while divalent cations can enhance flocculation and settling. …”

Wales’ tourists not a burden for local healthcare by Nature Research (16552612)

“…</p><p>“The number of visitors to southwest Wales has increased dramatically over the last ten years, however the number of presentations to the emergency department has not increased at the same rate,” says Battle. …”

Comparison and assessment of family- and population-based genotype imputation methods in large pedigrees by Ehsan Ullah (2698921)

“…<p dir="ltr">Genotype imputation is widely used in genome-wide association studies to boost variant density, allowing increased power in association testing. Many studies currently include pedigree data due to increasing interest in rare variants coupled with the availability of appropriate analysis tools. …”

Multi-Mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Material Ordering to Maximize NPV by Kashwani, Nour Ahmed

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Prediction of EV Charging Behavior Using Machine Learning by Shahriar, Sakib

“…As a key pillar of smart transportation in smart city applications, electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular for their contribution in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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The Use of Cutting-Stone-Slurry-Waste in Engineering Practice by Attom, Mousa

“…Results indicated that mixing the clay soil with cutting stone slurry waste increased the max dry density, and decreased the optimum water content percent and the plasticity index. …”
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An Efficient Iris Segmentation Technique based on a Multiscale Approach by Ghouti, L.

“…The technique is effecient for edge detetcion, greatly reduces the search space for the Hough transform and at the same time is robust to noise thus improving the overall performance. …”
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The antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effect of kefir on human leukemic cell lines. (c2008) by Maalouf, Katia E.

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Unleashing early maturity academic innovations by Abdennadher, Slim

“…Such an enormous need for growth poses a significant challenge for publicly funded universities yet offers many opportunities for private universities to meet the ever-increasing demands of advanced education.2 As is the case with many similar universities worldwide, not being dedicated research institutions often results in limited availability of research funds, resources, and hence innovation throughput. …”
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Corrosion Behaviour of 316L Stainless Steel in CNTs–Water Nanofluid: Effect of Temperature by Dana H. Abdeen (16489418)

“…These tests were also conducted on the same steel but in solutions of GA-deionized water only. …”

Digital Intervention for Problematic Smartphone Use by Sarah Kent (2639833)

“…The potential for smartphone use to become problematic has come into increasing focus. Students and young adults have been shown to use their smartphones at high rates and may be at risk for problematic use. …”

Waste materials utilization in 3D printable concrete for sustainable construction applications: a review by Mohammad Irshidat (16494152)

“…<p dir="ltr">Three dimensionally printed concrete (3DPC) is an interesting topic that has attracted increasing attention during the last few years. This paper offers a comprehensive review of the utilization of waste materials in 3DPC. …”

Lung cancer medical images classification using hybrid CNN-SVM by Abdulrazak Yahya Saleh (18520026)

“…Early detection of this disease increases the chances of survival. Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) has been used to process CT images of the lung to determine whether an image has traces of cancer. …”

Monitoring non-parametric profiles using adaptive EWMA control chart by Saddam Akber Abbasi (7908302)

“…<p dir="ltr">To monitor the quality of a process in statistical process control (SPC), considering a functional relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables (which is denoted as profile monitoring) is becoming an increasingly common approach. Most of the studies in the SPC literature considered parametric approaches in which the functional relationship has the same form in the in-control (IC) and out-of-control (OC) situations. …”

Example study for granular bioreactor stratification: Three-dimensional evaluation of a sulfate-reducing granular bioreactor by Tian-wei Hao (19737922)

“…Two baffle installations increased mixing intensity but at the same time introduced dead zones. …”

Skopos in Advertising Translation into Arabic by Haddad, Khalil

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A Study on Teaching English through Literature: Teachers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Classroom Practices by Almuhairi, Amena Ghanem Adhed Ghanem

“…This study is an attempt to investigate teaching English language through literature, which is of increasing importance in the context of learning English as a second language. …”
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