Association Between Hypothyroidism and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study in the United States by Hassan, Manal M.

“…Restricted analyses among hepatitis virus–negative subjects, nondrinkers, nondiabetics, nonsmokers, and nonobese individuals indicated a significant association between hypothyroidism and HCC, with an approximate two-fold to three-fold increased risk of HCC development. …”
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A novel on-demand vehicular sensing framework for traffic condition monitoring by Abdul Rahman, Sawsan

“…With the increased need for mobility and the overcrowding of cities, the area of Intelligent Transportation aims at improving the efficiency, safety, and productivity of transportation systems by relying on communication and sensing technologies. …”
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A review of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) studies of Mediterranean catchments: Applications, feasibility, and future directions by Sarra Aloui (17337901)

“…A total of 260 articles have been identified since the earliest documented use of the model in a Mediterranean catchment back in 2002; of which 62% were carried out in Greece, Italy, or Spain. SWAT applications increased significantly in recent years since 86% of the reviewed papers were published in the past decade. …”

Raising awareness of menopause in Iran by Nature Research (16552612)

“…It can also come with an increased risk for physical and mental health problems, including depression, vaginal infection, and weight gain. …”

A High‐Performance MPPT Solution for Solar DC Microgrids: Leveraging the Hippopotamus Algorithm for Greater Efficiency and Stability by Debabrata Mazumdar (18560506)

“…<p dir="ltr">The rapid growth of modern civilization has led to increased global warming and climate challenges. Variations in atmospheric temperature, sunlight intensity and other factors significantly impact the performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems. …”

Nano-clay based flexible and implantable bioelectrodes for human body neurostimulation: fabrication and characterization by Alani, Zaid Osama

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Can salespeople use social media to enhance brand awareness and sales performance? The role of manager empowerment and creativity by Kalra, Ashish

“…The relationship between social media and brand awareness is magnified with the increase in salesperson creativity. Findings also show that manager empowerment increases salesperson creativity. …”
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FE modeling of concrete beams and columns reinforced with FRP composites by Abed, Farid

“…The results resembled the experimental observations that indicate significant effect of the FRP bar diameter and type ont he flexural capacity of the RC beams. …”
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Stimulation of sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling as an alveolar cell survival strategy in emphysema by Diab, Khalil J.

“…The effects of increased endogenous ceramides could be offset by sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a prosurvival by-product of ceramide metabolism. …”
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Methylation at global LINE-1 repeats in human blood are affected by gender but not by age or natural hormone cycles by El Maarri, Osman

“…Our results show that no significant association with age was observed. However, the previously reported increase of LINE-1 methylation in males was reconfirmed. …”
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Investigating the Influence of the Individual Empowerment and Cultural Intelligence on the Emergence of Innovation in the Public Sector. by Taqateqah, Morad Lutfi

“…The results indicated that the direct effect of empowered employees with high CQ positively contributed to increasing the emergence of innovation outcomes in the public sector higher education providers. …”
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Hybrid PCDTBT:PCBM:Graphene-Nanoplatelet Photoabsorbers by Mahyar Mohammadnezhad (8463819)

“…Compared to the pristine polymer, an increase in light absorption and photoluminescence quenching were observed in PCDTBT:PCBM:GNPs. …”

Powering Qatar’s agricultural growth: Examining the link between electricity prices and development by Sa’d Shannak (16960002)

“…Our research found that electricity prices exert a positive effect on agricultural development. Although the magnitude of the impact was small over the long term, it remained statistically significant. …”

Supervised term-category feature weighting for improved text classification by Attieh, Joseph

“…Hence, choosing a suitable method for term weighting is of major importance and can help increase the effectiveness of the classification task. …”
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Communication-efficient hierarchical federated learning for IoT heterogeneous systems with imbalanced data by Alaa Awad Abdellatif (17151163)

“…Specifically, our numerical results highlight the effectiveness of our approach and its ability to provide 4–6% increase in the classification accuracy, with respect to hierarchical FL schemes that consider distance-based user assignment. …”

Assessment of Brain Function After 240 Days Confinement Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Yahya, Fares

“…The power spectral density shows a significant increase with time-in-mission across all participants in most of the frontal area. …”
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The promise of tirzepatide: A narrative review of metabolic benefits by Sara Sokary (17337724)

“…Furthermore, limited evidence showed that lost body weight may be primarily due to fat mass reduction. Tirzepatide also significantly decreased food intake, reduced overall appetite scores and increased fasting visual analog scale scores for satiety and fullness across different clinical trials. …”

Association between Healthy Lifestyle Index and Cognitive decline In Community- Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults by Ezzeddine, Maha

“…Objective: Normal aging is often associated with cognitive deterioration in older adults, but the prevalence of cognitive decline like cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has been increasing lately. Pharmacological treatments have been previously critiqued, so researchers are focusing now on studying the nonpharmacological strategies against cognitive decline. …”
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Chemotherapy With Bevacizumab Does Not Affect Liver Regeneration After Portal Vein Embolization in the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases by Zorzi, Daria

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab (monoclonal antibody anti-VEGF) on liver regeneration after portal vein embolization (PVE) in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases and its possible effect on postoperative outcome after major liver resection. …”
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The Impact of a Computerized Potassium Alert on Adverse Drug Events and Pharmacists' Interventions by Mansour, Hanine

“…Methods: An alert was built into the pharmacy computer system, which warned pharmacists about a potassium level greater than 5.1 mEq/L when processing an order that could increase potassium. The alert was linked to a trigger medication list. …”
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