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 حسب Natalia V, Bhattacharjee

"…The share of livebirths was projected to decline between 2021 and 2100 in most of the six other super-regions—decreasing, for example, in south Asia from 24·8% (23·7–25·8) in 2021 to 16·7% (14·3–19·1) in 2050 and 7·1% (4·4–10·1) in 2100—but was forecast to increase modestly in the north Africa and Middle East and high-income super-regions. …"
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The economic impact of cigarette smoking on the poor in Jordan حسب Toukan, Amjad M.

"…The average poorest adult male cigarette smoker with an income of 100 to 250 Jordanian dinars per month spends approximately 25 times more on cigarettes than on health, approximately 10 times more on cigarettes than on education, approximately 2.5 times more on cigarettes than on housing, and approximately 1.5 times more on cigarettes than on food. …"
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Error probability of coded STBC systems in block fading environments حسب Zummo, S.A.

"…Results show that the performance degradation due to channel memory decreases as the number of transmit antennas is increased. Moreover, the optimal channel memory increases with increasing the number of transmit antennas.…"
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Stabilization of Pluronic P-105 Micelles with an Interpenetrating Network of N,N-Diethylacrylamide حسب Pruitt, John D.

"…The NNDEA was cross-linked with N,N′-bis(acryoyl)cystamine (BAC), and the degree of micellar stability was determined using dynamic light scattering and the fluorescent probe diphenylhexatriene (DPH).The increased micellar stability was not permanent and disappeared over a time period of days to weeks.…"
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A hybrid graph representation for exact graph algorithms حسب Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.

"…The performance of these algorithms often suffers from the increasing number of graph modifications, such as vertex/edge deletions, that reduce the problem instance and have to be "taken back" frequently during the search process. …"
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Foreign investment and real exchange rate volatility in emerging Asian countries حسب Al-Abri, Almukhtar

"…Our findings from both time-series and panel data for the period 1980-2011 indicate that greater stocks of foreign liabilities reduced real exchange rate volatility for China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea but increased real exchange rate volatility for Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. …"
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Assessment of Student Engagement: An analysis of trends حسب Nauffal, Diane I.

"…The concept of student engagement is thus receiving increased attention globally as it is viewed as an important element in assessing and improving institutional effectiveness. …"
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Counterterrorism in the west and the challenges it presents to human rights. (c2017) حسب Rayes, Nour Asmat

"…It is in times of crises that states should most respect international law.…"
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A Reconfigurable Broadcast Scan Compression Scheme Using Relaxation Based Test Vector Decomposition حسب El-Maleh, Aiman H.

"…Thus, the technique by construction satisfies a given tester channels constraint at the expense of increased test vector count and number of partitions, offering a tradeoff between test compression, test application time and test decompression circuitry area. …"
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Automation and Artificial Intelligence within the Financial Industry حسب Al Marzooqi, Jassim Yehya

"…The paper conducts a quantitative & qualitative time-series case study analysis across identified financial institutions and correlating the percentage of services offered without human intervention vs. enhancements in operational efficiencies measured as cost vs. output (net profitability). …"
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Innovation by Mergers and Acquisitions: Paradox of Acquired Organization’s Leadership Teams Commitment to Internal Innovation حسب Hassan, Samia Mohamood

"…Especially, the influence the merger process has on the managers of the merging organizations with the significant increased size, diversification, behavioural procedural controls and increased use of leverage, all leading to the absorption of the managers time. …"
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Evaluating touch-screen vibration modality for blind users to access simple shapes and graphics حسب Tekli, Joe

"….), and more recently touch-screen technology (using smart phones or smart tablets) have been increasingly helping blind persons access and manipulate information. …"
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Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems حسب Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators (13279180)

"…Despite decreases in national HIV mortality in all countries—apart from Ecuador—across the period of study, we found broad variation in relative changes in HIV mortality at the municipality level and increasing relative inequality over time in all countries. …"

Modeling of photovoltaic soiling loss as a function of environmental variables حسب Wasim Javed (6105866)

"…The inclusion of the wind gustiness and cumulative exposure time also considerably improved the model prediction capability. …"

Deep learning-based cross-device standardization of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for enhanced bacterial recognition حسب Sakib Mahmud (22652357)

"…The combined framework requires only 6.6 million parameters, a compact 9 MB footprint, and a 3.27 ms inference time, making it well-suited for portable deployment. …"

Combined application of online FIGAERO-CIMS and offline LC-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (MS) to characterize the chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in smog chamb... حسب Mao Du (16563091)

"…The filter inlet for gases and aerosols (FIGAERO) coupled with a high-resolution time-of-flight iodide chemical ionization mass spectrometer (I−-ToF-CIMS) was employed to track the evolution of gaseous and particulate components. …"

The diagnostic yield of malignancy during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of solid lesions with and without a stylet حسب Azar, Riad

"…Despite lack of evidence, use of a stylet during EUS-FNA is believed to improve quality and diagnostic yield of specimens. Use of a stylet is time consuming and increases cost of the needle. …"
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The potential growth of reinsurance as a profession, particularly in Lebanon. (c1995) حسب Zahalan, Haifa A.

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Development of Modular DC-DC Converters for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles Fast Chargers حسب Mena ElMenshawy (18810244)

"…This permits reduced charging times, greater vehicle utility, and broader adoption of LS-EVs. …"

Managing the safety of young novice drivers through safer vehicle purchase حسب Jennifer Oxley (10057811)

"…Parents are likely to play a critical role in the access, timing of vehicle purchase, available budget, and vehicle choice for the young driver’s first vehicle. …"