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Electric vehicles charging management using deep reinforcement learning considering vehicle-to-grid operation and battery degradation
Published 2023“…<p>EVs are becoming more popular and widely used worldwide due to their environmentally friendliness as part of the world efforts to decrease the effects of climate change. Moreover, more users are buying EVs due to governmental incentives, development of charging technologies and cheaper maintenance costs. …”
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Genomic architecture of autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: The BARAKA-Qatar Study
Published 2023“…Moreover, homozygous variants were found in 7 families (25.9%), with a sixfold increase in homozygous burden in consanguineous versus non-consanguineous families (13.6% and 1.8%, respectively). …”
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Vitamin D Association With Macrophage-Derived Cytokines in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Enhanced Risk of COVID-19 Infection?
Published 2021“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Basal macrophage activation was higher in PCOS with macrophage changes related with increased infection risk associating with vitamin D; all changes were BMI dependent, suggesting that obese PCOS with vitamin D deficiency may be at greater risk of more severe COVID-19 infection, but that it is obesity-related rather than an independent PCOS factor.…”
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Effects of COVID-19 on Autism Spectrum Disorder in Qatar
Published 2024“…Parents also reported decreased access to family and social support networks, as well as decreased quality of clinical and community support. …”
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Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Published 2024“…The methodological quality of the trials underwent assessment using the MASTER scale, and the meta-analysis applied the quality-effects method to adjust for methodological quality. …”
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The benefits of employees' empowerment
Published 2013“…More responsibility generates greater productivity, and commitment. Most employees were more productive when empowered by management; almost all firms recognize the importance of increased employee performance and measure it. …”
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Biochar from food waste: a sustainable amendment to reduce water stress and improve the growth of chickpea plants
Published 2022“…Two biochar application rates improved soil quality by increasing soil porosity from 49.3 to ≥ 53.4%, more than doubling cation exchange capacity to ≥ 21.1 cmolc.kg−1, providing a small reduction in bulk density of approximately 10% and decreasing electrical conductivity of the extract by at least 40% in comparison to control condition. …”
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Nonlinear Control of Brushless Dual-Fed Induction Generator With a Flywheel Energy Storage System for Improved System Performance
Published 2025“…After optimization, the SMC settling time was significantly reduced from 0.7 seconds to 19.97 milliseconds, achieving a 96.9% improvement in response speed, while its steady-state error decreased from 0.48 to 0.06, marking an 87.5% reduction in tracking error. …”
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Combating political hostage‐taking
Published 1992“…Rational actor models have examined the effects of increasing punishment or the probability of apprehension on terrorists activities including hostage‐taking. …”
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Improvement Algorithm for Limited Space Scheduling
Published 2001“…This paper addresses the combined problem termed “space scheduling” and presents an algorithmic time-space trade-off model for adjusting activity durations and start dates to decrease the need for space over congested time periods. …”
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Comparative study of the parameters affecting the performance of microchannels' heat exchangers: Latest advances review
Published 2023“…Moreover, it has been observed that, with the addition of nanoparticles to the working fluid, the thermal properties of the exchangers as well as the pressure drop increases while at the same time it reduces the boundary layer thickness. …”
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Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar
Published 2023“…The virtual water exports gradually decreased over the years with the most notable decrease in 2018 following Qatar’s blockade. …”
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Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Higher Education: A Case Study of Teacher Experiences in Private High Schools in Dubai
Published 2024“…Despite challenges such as limited resources and insufficient professional development, the implementation of UDL has led to increased student engagement, improved academic performance, and greater inclusivity. …”
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COVID-19 biomarkers for severity mapped to polycystic ovary syndrome
Published 2020“…However, it is observed that in metabolic conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome expressed proteins differ compared to control women [2] and PCOS patients have increased platelet aggregation and decreased plasma fibrinolytic activity, resulting in a prothrombotic propensity [3, 4], with elevated coagulation markers [5]. …”
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A snapshot of current medical research: The notion of supply and demand
Published 2017“…The primary goals of many researchers are to improve the quality of healthcare services, provide evidence to guide practice, provide better treatment regimens for some diseases, decrease the burden caused by chronic diseases, fight incurable diseases, and contain any potential emerging pathogens. …”
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Doppler broadening spectroscopy of carbon black and carbon black-filled rubbers
Published 2001“…This is due to (1) reduction in positronium formation as carbon black is added to the rubber, and (2) positron trapping at the carbon black–rubber interface, which depends on the carbon black morphology. The S parameter decreases with the carbon black surface area. The S parameter does not depend on the sample mixing time.…”
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Phase transitions of nanoemulsions using ultrasound: Experimental observations
Published 2012“…As expected, perfluorohexane emulsions require greater intensity to form cavitating bubbles than perfluoropentane emulsions.…”
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Economics of hydrogen production and liquefaction by geothermal energy
Published 2012“…The results show that the cost of hydrogen production and liquefaction decreases as the geothermal water temperature increases. Also, capital costs for the models involving hydrogen liquefaction are greater than those for the models involving hydrogen production only.…”
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