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)

“…At the global level, the age-standardised mortality caused by fire, heat and hot substances significantly declined from 1990 to 2017, but regionally there was variability in age-standardised incidence with some regions experiencing an increase (eg, Southern Latin America) and others experiencing a significant decrease (eg, High-income North America).…”

Institutional development and the dowry death curve across states in India by Austin M. Mitchell (14778793)

“…We study why dowry deaths have increased with economic development in some Indian states but have decreased in others. …”

Phase II National Study: Job Satisfaction and Workplace Environment Among Community Pharmacists in Lebanon: Pre and Post Economic Crisis by Salaheddin, Amira Talaat

“…Average weekly working hours decreased from 59.2 hours in Phase 1 to 49.8 hours in Phase II. …”
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Driving and hypoglycemia by Stephen Beer (5480411)

“…Hypoglycemia has been associated with cardiac arrhythmia, a decreased ability to drive and driving mishap. Recent meta-analysis of 15 studies showed a risk road traffic collisions (RTC) of 12-19% greater than general populations. …”

Portal Vein Embolization in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma by Palavecino, Martin

“…In high-volume centers, PVE can be safely performed; it increases the resectability rate and results in the same survival rates as those in patients who undergo resection without PVE. …”
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Managing Sustainable Global Events: Sustainability Practices of Expo 2020 by Yehia, Samih

“…There has been increasing international interest in the impact of hosting mega-events and the sustainability and legacy considerations during the Event Life Cycle (ELC). …”
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Performance Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training: Are There Differences Between Men and Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Merilyn Lock (9440240)

“…Sub-grouping by baseline training status and intervention length decreased heterogeneity in most groups. A qualitative synthesis of other outcomes indicated similar improvements in fitness and performance for men and women with some evidence suggesting differences in the mechanisms of adaptation.…”

The Lebanese diasporic field by Tabar, Paul

“…It also enables the researcher to better delineate the boundary of a diasporic community and at the same time to treat this boundary as flexible enough to identify the specific terms for entering and exiting the ‘diasporic field’. …”
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Greywater reuse in the water-scarce Gulf Region by Canal Forgues, Eric

“…Regulations for greywater reuse are, by and large, not in place and quality standards for different types of application are in evolution. At the same time constructed wetlands as stand-Alone or as part of the wastewater treatment system have shown promise as a way to improve wastewater effluent, while upgrading ecosystem and aesthetic aspects of a site. …”
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Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults by Bassil, MS

“…Methods: This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 63 adults aged 18–45 years with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than or equal to25 kg m−2 and normal kidney function at the American University of Beirut. …”
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Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study by Elkhansa Elbashier (14152815)

“…Additionally, in all cases, CO₂ has a greater affinity to the surface than CH₄; thus, it is more affected by the surface curvature and energy. …”

Machine Learning Models for Scheduling On-Demand Fog Placement and Optimizing Container Deployment by Farhat, Peter

“…The aforementioned results explore the efficiency of our proposed scheme in scheduling the fogs in their rightful place, which helps in decreasing the cloud’s load, decreasing the network congestion, and increasing the overall quality of service. …”
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Putting the ‘HAT’ back on survival signalling by Sleiman, Sama F.

“…Decreased histone acetyltransferase activity and transcriptional dysfunction have been implicated in almost all neurodegenerative conditions. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Hedyeh Ebrahimi (7321358)

“…Global age-standardised incidence rates of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer decreased by 7·4% (−16·8 to 1·6) and age-standardised incidence rates of larynx cancer decreased by 3·0% (−10·5 to 5·0) in males over the past decade; however, during the same period, age-standardised incidence rates in females increased by 0·9% (−8·2 to 10·2) for tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer and decreased by 0·5% (−8·4 to 8·1) for larynx cancer. …”

Four good reasons to use literature in primary school ELT by Ghosn, Irma K.

“…This is an important consideration at a time when our world is becoming smaller, yet increasingly hostile…”
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Incidentally discovered adrenal tumor by Nasser, S.

“…The wider application of increasingly sensitive ultrasonography and CT scanning has created a new problem for clinical management: the incidental discovery of asymptomatic adrenal lesions. …”
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Parallel Inverse Halftoning by Look-Up Table (LUT) Partitioning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…This is due to some contone values cannot be fetched in the same cycle because some other contone value is being fetched from the s-LUT. …”
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Parallel Inverse Halftoning by Look-Up Table (LUT) Partitioning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…This is due to some contone values cannot be fetched in the same cycle because some other contone value is being fetched from the s-LUT. …”
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Parallel Inverse Halftoning by Look-Up Table (LUT) Partitioning by Siddiqi, Umair F.

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Delineating and preventing plastic waste leakage in the marine and terrestrial environment by John N. Hahladakis (14151018)

“…<p>Plastics are nowadays considered to be the workhorse material of our modern society with an ubiquitous presence that has increased manifold over the past 60 years, providing several benefits to the global economy. …”