Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Marissa B Reitsma (8674341)

“…Although prevalence of smoking had decreased significantly since 1990 among both males (27·5% [26·5–28·5] reduction) and females (37·7% [35·4–39·9] reduction) aged 15 years and older, population growth has led to a significant increase in the total number of smokers from 0·99 billion (0·98–1·00) in 1990. …”

Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burd... by Katherine R Paulson (8674293)

“…The first metric is a global optimum and is based on the lowest observed mortality, and the second is a survival potential frontier that is based on stochastic frontier analysis of observed mortality and Healthcare Access and Quality Index.…”

Finding novel targets for the treatment and reversal of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity by Imran Ramzan (15430807)

“…Individually, both valine (245 ± 33 to 105 ± 23 µmol/L; p < 0.0001), and leucine (130 ± 20 to 75 ± 13 µmol/L; p < 0.05), decreased significantly in response to the BCAA-restricted diet. …”

Wound healing potential of quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside and myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside isolated from Pistacia lentiscus distilled leaves in rats model by Wiem Elloumi (17148337)

“…Moreover, the cutaneous wound tissues treated with PDL 20, MM, and QM exhibited significantly higher hydroxyproline content than the negative control group, which means a high collagen biosynthesis in wound tissues. …”

A Study on Reducing Heat Gains through the use of Green Envelope by Alabadla, Mania

“…The usage of green roof and living walls in high rise building reduced the cooling loads by 24.35% comparing to the base case. The energy use of the whole building dropped by 23% compared to the base case while the CO2 emissions dropped by 17%. …”
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A Low-Temperature-Resistant Flexible Organic Crystal with Circularly Polarized Luminescence by Li, Liang

“…Flexible organic crystals with unique mechanical properties and excellent optical properties are of paramount significance for their wide applications in various research fields such as adaptive optics and soft robotics. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Space Layout on the Energy Performance and Lighting Strategies – A Case Study of a Private School in the UAE by MALIHA, AZRA

“…Considering this as the base case, seven alternative layouts of the selected school are generated using the Autodesk Revit space planning tool. …”
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Metabolic and nutritional aspects of acute renal failure in critically Ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy by Wooley, Jennifer A.

“…As such, concomitant clinical conditions significantly affect patient outcome. Poor nutritional status is a major factor in increasing patients' morbidity and mortality. …”
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Heat transfer measurements of Polyalpha-Olefin- boron nitride nanofluids for thermal management and lubrication applications by Ahmad K. Sleiti (14778229)

“…Heat transfer experiments are conducted for both the PAO base fluid and nanofluid as a function of Reynolds number. …”

A Comprehensive Method of Ion Exchange Resins Regeneration and Its Optimization for Water Treatment by Al-Asheh, Sameer

“…The amount of resin significantly impacts the deionization efficiency; more ions are removed as the amount of resin increases.…”
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Weight Regain and Insufficient Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery: Definitions, Prevalence, Mechanisms, Predictors, Prevention and Management Strategies, and Knowledge Gaps—a Scop... by Walid El Ansari (93732)

“…Therefore, there is an urgent need to address these knowledge gaps for a better evidence base that would guide patient counseling, selection, and lead to improved outcomes.…”

Behavior of axially loaded drilled shaft foundations with symmetric voids outside and inside the caging by Abishdid, Caesar

“…During the construction process, different types of anomalies such as necking, soft-bottom gap at the base, voids and soil intrusions can occur. Anomalies throughout the length can significantly reduce the axial load capacity of the drilled shaft. …”
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KINETIC DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE STRATEGY TO REDUCE ENERGY AND IMPROVE LIGHT COMFORT IN AN OFFICE BUILDING IN DUBAI - UAE by ALSALEEM, MOAMIN

“…Therefore, 45-degree inclination presents the best scenario. Base on the result analysis of air flow test, light analysis, HVAC demand and the total energy portfolio, the research highly recommended the combination of the different scenarios which will enhance the system performance significantly with potential saving up to 40% of total power demand.…”
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Distinct genomic features across cytolytic subgroups in skin melanoma by Constantinos Roufas (4871131)

“…Mutational signatures and kataegis were explored using SigProfiler and compared to the known single or doublet base substitution signatures from COSMIC.</p> <h2>Results</h2> <p>Metastatic skin melanomas had significantly higher CYT levels compared to primary tumors. …”

Using Quantum Key Distribution With Free Space Optics to Secure Communications in High-Speed Trains by Hasan Abbas Al-Mohammed (16810674)

“…These findings highlight that our proposed method can significantly enhance IoT communication security in HSTs without compromising the Quality of Service (QoS) offered to train passengers. …”

A novel integrated pathway for Jet Biofuel production from whole energy crops: A Jatropha curcas case study by Mohammad Alherbawi (14155767)

“…The proposed pathway significantly lowers the production cost of Jet Biofuel below the market price of conventional Jet-A fuel for the base year of analysis, achieving a minimum selling price of 0.445 $/kg.…”

Artificial Intelligence Frameworks for Sentiment Variations’ Reasoning and Emerging Topic Detection by ALATTAR, FUAD ABDELWAHAB ABDELQADER

“…With this simple method, the impact of clustering errors is significantly reduced as the wrongly clustered documents do not usually contain main keywords of high-frequency emerging topics. …”
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Comparative Study of the Structural Behaviour of Cast Acrylic & Laminated Glass Under the Impact of Dynamic Loading in Aquatic Applications by ABUZOUR, MOHAMMED A. E.

“…The results in Phase I exhibited that CA sheets had 10% to 15% more deflection than it was in LG, and experienced negative bending moments of about 90 kN.m near the base edges, and around 40 kN.m as maximum positive bending moments. …”
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Causes of construction reworks and their mitigation strategies by HAYAT, KAMRAN

“…Later these factors will be analyzed to computer the significance and variance of independent factors on depend factors. …”
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