Trade Flow and Nation Brand Distance: A Structural Gravity Model Approach by AL BESHER, HUDA ISMAIL

“…The NBD is calculated based on Country Brand Strength Index (CBSI) which consists of relative values per capita of the statistical data for five different areas that composite the index, which includes the dimensions of exports, tourism, foreign direct investment, immigration, and government environment. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017 by Arash Etemadi (330880)

“…The highest age-standardised incidence rates in 2017 were seen in the high-income Asia Pacific (29·5, 28·2–31·0 per 100 000 population) and east Asia (28·6, 27·3–30·0 per 100 000 population) regions, with nearly half of the global incident cases occurring in China. …”

Absence of cardiac siderosis by MRI T2* despite transfusion burden, hepatic and serum iron overload in Lebanese patients with sickle cell disease by Inati, Adlette

“…Direct determination of liver iron concentration (LIC) was performed using R2 MRI. …”
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Obesity and menopause by Albert A. Opoku FRCOG (15955340)

“…Increasing life expectancy means women spend a significant part of their lives in the menopause. …”

Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 by Joan B Soriano (6458528)

“…However, when accounting for ageing and population growth, declines were observed in age-standardised prevalence (14·3% decrease), age-standardised death rates (42·6%), and age-standardised DALY rates (38·2%). …”

Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation by Björling, M.

“…Reducing friction is of utmost importance to improve efficiency and lifetime of many products used in our daily lives. Thin hard coatings like diamond-like carbon (DLC) have been shown to reduce friction in full-film-lubricated contacts. …”
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Developing Quantitative Assessment Metrics for Determining the Intelligence Level of a Human-Computer Interface by El Zarka, Ahmed

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Recreational Pole Dancing in Lebanon by Chazbeck, Yara

“…Hence, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 pole dance practitioners in Lebanon to explore their lived experiences and investigate how pole dancing have impacted different aspects of their lives. …”
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Optimisation of PV Cleaning Practices: Comparison Between Performance Based and Periodic Based Approaches by ALHAJERI, RASHED ABDULLA

“…Periodic based automatic cleaning showed decreases in improvement of between 164.64% to 245.34%. …”
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Customer record management. (c2000) by Tebecharany, Souleyma

“…(Daft, 1996, p. 743) This is caused by the increasingly chaotic nature of the environment and a paradigm shift in the way people think about organizations . …”
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Artificial intelligence in respiratory care by Manjush Karthika (18384907)

“…<p dir="ltr">The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised numerous aspects of our daily lives, with profound implications across various sectors, including healthcare. …”

Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Structures by KANDY, ARCHANA THUNDY

“…In the current scenario of ever-increasing incidence of earthquakes around the world, we need to carry out a macro level study and review the causes of earthquakes and consequential effects of it and identification at Source and tracking it to the Society. …”
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Artificial Intelligence based Chatbot for promoting Equality in High School Advising by Khalil Assayed, Suha

“…The result in this study shows that the performance of the chatbot is improved by increasing the number of neurons from 5 to 8, the model achieved high accuracy ratio with score (96.5%). …”
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Supplementation of retrobulbar block with clonidine in vitreoretinal surgery by Abi Nader, Elie

“…The median number of postoperative analgesic requests per patient during the first 24 hours was higher in the control group than the clonidine group [2 (0-3) vs. 1 (0-3); P < 0.001]. …”
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field by Lesèche, Guy

“…Follow-up duplex scans showed asymptomatic recurrent stenosis greater than 60% in 3 patients, 2 of whom with stenosis greater than 80% underwent repeat operation. …”
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Oral aphthous ulcers associated with orlistat by Sheikh-Taha, Marwan

“…The drug should be given with meals or up to one hour after each meal.1 The most common adverse effects reported in patients receiving orlistat are gastrointestinal symptoms, including abdominal discomfort, oily spotting, flatus, fecal urgency, fatty or oily stools, increased defecation, and fecal incontinence. Rare but serious adverse effects include liver failure and oxalate nephropathy.1,2 We report two cases of oral aphthous ulcers associated with the use of orlistat. …”
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Prophylactic Antibiotic Guidelines in Modern Interventional Radiology Practice by Kikano, Raghid N.

“…Developments include increases in the number of central venous catheter placements and tumor treatments (uterine fibroid therapy, radio- and chemoembolization of liver tumor, percutaneous radiofrequency and cryoablation), and new procedures such as abdominal aortic aneurysm stent-graft repair, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and varicose vein therapies. …”
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Cancer among Arab Americans in the metropolitan Detroit area by Kulwicki, Anahid

“…Arab/Chaldean men had greater proportions of leukemia (29%), multiple myeloma (46%), liver (64%), kidney (33%), and urinary bladder (26%) cancers. …”
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Prophylactic antibiotic guidelines in modern interventional radiology practice by Kikano, Raghid N.

“…Developments include increases in the number of central venous catheter placements and tumor treatments (uterine fibroid therapy, radio- and chemoembolization of liver tumor, percutaneous radiofrequency and cryoablation), and new procedures such as abdominal aortic aneurysm stent-graft repair, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and varicose vein therapies. …”
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Bridging Innovation and Security: Advancing Cyber-Threat Detection in Sustainable Smart Infrastructure by Duaa Shoukat (20961200)

“…<p dir="ltr">The rapid evolution of Smart Infrastructure (SI) on a global scale has revolutionized our daily lives, empowering us with unprecedented connectivity and convenience. …”