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Coping mechanisms among Lebanese first-time college students
Published 2012“…Strategies xiv used varied with the type of situation. A greater proportion of overall strategies used included active and internal coping strategies which were focused on resolving the issue or problem. …”
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Connecting Water Resources across Political Borders: A Pearl River Delta Special Ecological Area
Published 2017“…Climate change, urbanization, and pollution from industrial and agricultural development threaten the steady supply of fresh water to the Pearl River Delta and its cities, while population growth in the region only increases demand. At the same time, Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen's increasing economic, political and cultural interdependency presents the possibility to tackle these challenges holistically. …”
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Diabetes mellitus and renal failure
Published 2001“…Aortic PWV was significantly higher in the diabetic subgroup as well as PP at the peripheral and central levels for the same age and mean arterial pressure. In addition, renal failure was independently associated with an increased aortic PWV but not PP in the general population. …”
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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Published 2024“…Additionally, the distribution of livebirths across the globe is shifting, with a greater proportion occurring in the lowest-income countries. …”
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Nonclassicality of open circuit QED systems in the deep-strong coupling regime
Published 2021“…In contrast, when the two couplings are of the same type (for instance, both are inductive), by increasing the R–W coupling strength, the average number of virtual photons increases and the quantum superposition realized in the Q–R entangled ground state is partially degraded. …”
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Control of Flow Past an Airfoil Section Using Rotating Cylinders
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Effect of Bentonite Permeation on the Fabric and Strength of Ottawa Sand
Published 2023“…Maintaining Gmax is as important as increasing the cyclic resistance in any proposed mitigation measure against soil liquefaction. …”
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Role of Fracturing Fluid on the Breakdown Pressure of Tight Sandstone Rocks
Published 2018“…Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation technique which increases the hydrocarbon production by inducing fractures in the rock formation. …”
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Climatic change impacts on the energy requirements for the built environment sector
Published 2023“…This will help emphasize increasing energy capacity, improving efficiency, and developing energy policies to reduce and adapt to the climate change implications. …”
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Communication Network for Ultrasonic Acoustic Water Leakage Detectors
Published 2020“…The authors also studied the potential of using the recent Terahertz imaging technology for the same application. Acoustic detectors were found the most suitable technology for the atmosphere in UAE, where the levels of humidity and, consequently, soil moisture are high, because both of GPRs and IR cameras operational capability to detect leaks tend to decrease sharply as soil moisture increases. …”
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GIS-based study on the Susceptibility of Dubai Creek (UAE) to Eutrophication
Published 2016“…The creek’s water quality monitoring program showed increased concentrations of phosphorus- and nitrogen-based nutrients starting in 2008 and 2009. …”
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Neonatal autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome with a novel pathogenic homozygous FAS variant effectively treated with sirolimus: Case report
Published 2023“…<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a rare disease characterized by defective FAS signaling, which results in chronic, nonmalignant lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity accompanied by increased numbers of “double-negative” T-cells (DNTs) (T-cell receptor αβ+ CD4−CD8−) and an increased risk of developing malignancies later in life.…”
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Thermodynamic analysis of models used in hydrogen production by geothermal energy
Published 2010“…The results show that as the temperature of geothermal water increases the amount of hydrogen production increases. …”
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Application of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> magnetite nanoparticles grafted in silica (SiO<sub>2</sub>) for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions
Published 2021“…Demulsification process best fits the combined Langmuir-Freundlich (L-F) isotherm with highest adsorption capacity (Q<sub>max</sub>) of 186.0 ± 5 mg<sub>oil</sub>/g<sub>MD</sub> compared to 86.0 ± 5 mg<sub>oil</sub>/g<sub>MD</sub> for Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, which is 1.1 folds greater than Q<sub>max</sub> reported in the literature for other demulsifiers.…”
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Masked phenomenon: renal and cardiovascular complications; review and updates
Published 2024“…The masked phenomenon (MP) (MHTN and MUHTN) increases susceptibility to end-organ damage (a two-fold greater risk for cardiovascular events and kidney dysfunction). …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Imatinib and Hydroxyurea Combination Therapy on Hematological Parameters and Gene Expression in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients
Published 2022“…With regards to the treatment effect on hematological parameters, notably in CML patients in later stages, the combination therapy (HU + IM) raised lymphocyte count, indicating a greater response to the treatment. When compared to single medicines, the combination treatment reduced the proportion of neutrophils to normal reference ranges. …”
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An Efficient Iris Segmentation Technique based on a Multiscale Approach
Published 2006“…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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