Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic anal... by Haidong, Wang

“…We computed healthy life expectancy (HALE) using years lived with disability (YLDs) per capita, life tables, and standard demographic methods. …”
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Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic anal... by Haidong Wang (47381)

“…We computed healthy life expectancy (HALE) using years lived with disability (YLDs) per capita, life tables, and standard demographic methods. …”

Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1 by Natalie C Galles (9715361)

“…However, over the past decade, global vaccine coverage broadly plateaued; 94 countries and territories recorded decreasing DTP3 coverage since 2010. Only 11 countries and territories were estimated to have reached the national GVAP target of at least 90% coverage for all assessed vaccines in 2019.…”

The influence of different preparation methods on the erosion behavior of NiP-ZrO₂ nanocomposite coating by Mostafa H. Sliem (6316958)

“…The results shows that the erosion rate decreases linearly with increasing angle of incidence and increases with increasing particle velocity. …”

Enhanced oil recovery using hyperbranched polyglycerol polymer-coated silica nanoparticles by Wamda Faisal Elmobarak (17058024)

“…A D_PSiMNPs = 100 mg/L was sufficient to achieve %η_dem of 99.4% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and slightly decreased to ~93% for C_oil ~4000 mg/L. The PSiMNPs can be reused up to 15 times with a steady %η_dem of 89.1% for C_oil = 100 mg/L and 88.6% for C_oil = 4000 mg/L. …”

Effect of the stretch rate during uniaxial testing on the mechanical properties of prolene by Ammouri, A.H.

“…Statistically significant findings suggest an increasing trend for Prolene® stiffness vs. stretch rate (R2 = 0.9679; two-tailed p value = 0.0025) where the stiffness increases 26.2% when increasing the displacement rate from 1 to 500 mm/min. …”
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Can AI Save Us from Burnout? Exploring Developer and QA Engineer Well-being by Hamzeh, Sara

“…Our research revealed benefits of AI tools in terms of efficiency, speeding development and QA processes. However, several challenges have been presented by AI, including context misinterpretation, validation workload, and reducing human collaboration which can result in stress and pressure leading to burnout. …”
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Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…In the common low-partner-number HSWNs, a significant proportion of NG incidence occurs among FSWs, with NG prevalence 13 times higher among FSWs than clients, and three times higher among clients than their spouses. …”
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Investigations on the integration of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in High-rise Buildings by Helmy, Omar Osama

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Carbonate effects on hexavalent uranium removal from water by nanocrystalline titanium dioxide by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…However, the capacity of the nanocrystalline titanium dioxide to remove U(VI) from water decreased in the presence of inorganic carbonate at pH > 6.0. …”
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Barriers to the Implementation of a Unique Identifier and a Track and Trace System in the Lebanese Pharmaceutical Sector by Rached, Stephanie

“…Adding a unique identifier and implementing a track and trace system on pharmaceuticals allow the traceability of products across the supply chain, ensuring quality by reducing counterfeit products, facilitating the recall process, increasing transparency and on the long run speeding up the reimbursement process by third party payers. …”
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Harvesting water from air using adsorption material – Prototype and experimental results by Ahmad K. Sleiti (14778229)

“…In terms of per one day (24 h), the harvester can produce 800 mL of water with an overall efficiency of 50% for 25 mm silica layer thickness. Increasing the relative humidity speeds up the adsorption cycle and increases the water capture, release and collection rates. …”

Behavioral Modeling of RF Power Amplifiers Using Reduced Sampling Rate by Abdelnaby, Moustafa Farag

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A Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in a Channel with an Array of Pin Fins in Aligned and Staggered Configurations by Issa, Johnny

“…However, as Reynolds number is increased, the maximum average fin Nusselt number value moved to the second row of fins, a fact that was attributed to the speeding flow field by the first row of fins. …”
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Modelling the cryogenic environment aided by CFD & FEM to provide optimized solutions for unconventional manufacturing of aerospace alloys by Salame, Charlie

“…Cryogenic machining is steadily gaining traction as an eco-friendly unconventional machining method, effectively improving the machinability of the workpiece by cooling and lubricating the cutting process. The increased demand in the aerospace industry requires using higher cutting speeds and feeds, which adversely affect the machinability of the already difficult-tomachine aerospace alloys. …”
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Critical Illness, Gastrointestinal Complications, and Medication Therapy during Enteral Feeding in Critically Ill Adult Patients by Btaiche, Imad F.

“…EN in critically ill patients provides the benefits of maintaining gut functionality, integrity, and immunity as well as decreasing infectious complications. However, the ability to provide timely and adequate EN to critically ill patients is often hindered by GI motility disorders and complications associated with EN. …”
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A comparative study of gender differences in thermal comfort and environmental satisfaction in air-conditioned offices in Qatar, India, and Japan by Madhavi Indraganti (17019060)

“…In Doha, females, younger subjects, and high-BMI subjects had lower comfort temperatures than their counterparts.</p><p dir="ltr">Increased indoor air speeds and the provision of personal environmental controls could effectively reduce female dissatisfaction and save energy in Qatar. …”

Barriers of Additive Manufacturing Adoption in United Arab Emirates Automotive Supply Chain by ALI, ASMA ALI ABDULLA

“…AM offers a tremendous opportunity by improving adaptability and efficiency of the supply chain such as reducing lead times, decreasing the dependence on foreign suppliers, and promoting sustainability in manufacturing processes. …”
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Towards Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Manufacturing Applying Environmentally Friendly Machining of a Precipitation Hardened Stainless Steel Using Hot Turning Process by Mohammadjafar Hadad (17541345)

“…In this research, the conventional and hot turning of AISI630 hardened stainless steel have been investigated using PVD-(Ti,Al)N/(Al,Cr)₂O₃ coated carbide cutting tools at various feed rates and cutting speeds. The high hardness of AISI630, along with the low thermal conductivity, has made it one of the most difficult-to-cut materials, and consequently, its machining is associated with high tool wear and poor workpiece surface quality. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Valery L Feigin (5320574)

“…During the same period, age-standardised rates of stroke incidence decreased by 17·0% (15·0–18·0), mortality decreased by 36·0% (31·0–42·0), prevalence decreased by 6·0% (5·0–7·0), and DALYs decreased by 36·0% (31·0–42·0). …”