Assessing additional fuel consumption from cabin thermal comfort and auxiliary needs on the worldwide harmonized light vehicles test cycle by Mansour, Charbel

“…Regulatory drive cycles, defined as specific time-speed patterns, are used to measure levels of fuel consumption and emissions. …”
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Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities by El-Khalil, Raed

“…In addition, respondents have indicated that cost conversion reduction, productivity increase, and inventory reduction are the three main drivers of lean implementation…”
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An optimized approach to video traffic splitting in heterogeneous wireless networks with energy and QoE consideration by Abbas, Nadine

“…However, the continuous use of multiple wireless interfaces will increase the system performance but at the expense of more energy. …”
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Mobile-banking adoption by Farah, Maya F.

“…Research limitations/implications A cross-sectional study was conducted due to time constraints. Practical implications Bank managers must focus on improving customers’ intentions to use m-banking as well as on providing facilitating conditions to increase its actual use. …”
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Long-term antibiotic resistance surveillance of gram-negative pathogens suggests that temporal trends can be used as a resistance warning system by Sorberg, Mikael

“…The analysis of resistance levels and antibiotic consumption in the present study suggests different mechanisms for the increased resistance. The significant trend of increased resistance to antibiotics over time constitutes an important warning system.…”
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Effect of Implementing Sustainable Management Practices on Construction Claims Mitigation by Thabet, Zeina

“…Numerous studies have investigated the influence of integrating sustainable management practices (SMPs) in construction projects on specific project performance objectives, such as cost, time, and quality; however, none has considered the effect of implementing SMPs on claims and dispute resolution. …”
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A photoactivatable Ru (II) complex bearing 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline by Mansour, Najwa

“…Upon photoactivation, complex 1 exhibited time-dependent cytotoxic activity with a phototoxicity index (P Index) of >100 after 72 h. …”
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Vocal Changes in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Hannoun, Antoine

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the acoustic parameters except for an increase in the relative average perturbation (P value = 0.035) and a decrease in maximum phonation time (P value = 0.001) in patients with PCOS. …”
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Clinical relevance of aortic stiffness in end-stage renal disease and diabetes : implication for hypertension management by Bahous, Sola Aoun

“…The hallmark of accelerated aortic stiffening in these patients associates the presence of vascular calcification, which is considered as a time-dependent process. Aortic stiffness represents a marker of structural but also functional arterial damage associated with increased pressure pulsatility. …”
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On the Detection of Unauthorized Drones—Techniques and Future Perspectives: A Review by Muhammad Asif Khan (7367468)

“…<p dir="ltr">The market size of civilian drones is tremendously increasing and is expected to reach 1.66 million by the end of 2023. …”

Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface: Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior by Patrik Sobolčiak (4401364)

“…This enhanced surface wettability was retained over a long time with only a 9% and 18% decrease in RF and corona plasma-treated samples’ surface energy after two months. …”

Investigation of Groundwater Depletion in the State of Qatar and Its Implication to Energy Water and Food Nexus by Hazrat Bilal (7367477)

“…In view of this, the methodology developed in this study focuses on a joint time-series statistical analysis using ground data as well as Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data. …”

Otosyphilis: A rare case of reversible hearing loss in a young man with secondary syphilis by Enas W. Sarsak (17317015)

“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Over the last decade, it has been noticed a significant increase in the number of cases of syphilis with a concurrent increased number of patients presenting with syphilis-related complications. …”

Computational analysis of solar thermal system with Prandtl nanofluid by Muhammad Imran Khan (614396)

“…A larger approximation of radiation rises entropy rate and thermal field. Increasing the Brownian motion variable increases concentration, while reverse impact is observed for Schmidt number.…”

Fault Diagnosis Based Machine Learning and Fault Tolerant Control of Multicellular Converter Used in Photovoltaic Water Pumping System by B. Rouabah (17947820)

“…Therefore, the use of low-cost photovoltaic (PV) panels in water pumping systems, without chemical energy storage, based on high-performance and more efficient power converters with increased time life and lower maintenance interventions is needed. …”

Parametric Enhancement of a Window-Windcatcher for Enhanced Thermal Comfort and Natural Ventilation by Laith M. Obeidat (18421461)

“…The actual ventilation rate increased by approximately 13.2% compared with the baseline design of the windcatcher (<i>ϴ</i> and D_W−f equal to 40° and 45 cm, respectively); this corresponds to an increase of approximately 8.6% in the actual-to-required ventilation rate, according to the ASHRAE standards.…”

A machine learning model for early detection of diabetic foot using thermogram images by Amith Khandakar (14151981)

“…A comparison of the inference time for the best-performing networks confirmed that the proposed algorithm can be deployed as a smartphone application to allow the user to monitor the progression of the DFU in a home setting.…”

A green route to the synthesis of highly porous activated carbon from walnut shells for mercury removal by Hania Albatrni (17092945)

“…The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of several factors including mass dosage, pH, initial concentration of mercury, temperature, and contact time, on the efficiency of mercury removal. It was observed that the adsorption process exhibited spontaneity, endothermicity, and an increase in entropy. …”

Battery Thermal Management: An Application to Petrol Hybrid Electric Vehicles by Raja Mazuir Raja Ahsan Shah (17541516)

“…<div><p>Battery thermal management systems (BTMS) in hybrid electric vehicles can be complex and heavy. They tend to increase energy consumption, leading to higher carbon dioxide emissions. …”

A novel on design and implementation of hybrid MPPT controllers for solar PV systems under various partial shading conditions by Chakarajamula Hussaian Basha (21633167)

“…Here, the conventional converter helps increase the PV source voltage from one level to another level. …”