Improved 3-D frequency-selective structures and their applications by Ahmed Abdelmottaleb Abdelfattah Attia Omar

“…They have been used in hybrid radomes, dichroic main reflector, sub-reflector, microwave absorbers, absorptive frequency-selective surfaces, high impedance surfaces, and many other applications. …”
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Improving the diagnostic yield of whole genome sequencing: neurodevelopmental and epilepsy disorders by Hashim, M

“…These patients included a cohort with known karyotypic abnormalities suspected as the main cause of the phenotype. Furthermore, the effect of variants in a potential novel disease gene (PLPPR5) were investigated functionally. …”

Genetic and observational associations of nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipid-related traits and atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study by Wang, Y

“…However, previous evidence is mainly based on European populations and traditional lipid panels. …”

Analysis and modelling of urban sprawl process and its spatiotemporal patterns in tripoli metropolitan area, Libya by Abdulhadi, Abubakr Albashir

“…However, modeling results showed that the main drawback of the FR, EBF, and LR models is that they cannot determine exactly where the urban expansion will occur and its quantity. …”
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《“你有抽烟吗？”：病人的迂回答复及其医生的对策 》= "Do you smoke?" : on patients' 'less-than-direct' responses and doctors' countermeasures by 蔡永盛 Chua, Benjamin Yong Sheng

“…Under the premise of medical context, doctors and patients have very different judgements about what constitutes “relevant information”. For patients, their main concern will be to obtain a diagnosis and treatment for their current condition. …”
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Synthesisation, characterisation and water adsorption on novel functional metal organic frameworks for heat transformation process by Han, Bo

“…Therefore, the adsorption devices should be improved with the use of highly efficient adsorbents. The main drawback of AHT system is its large thermal compressor size, which depends on the quality of the porous adsorbents, ranging from surface characteristic to uptake-offtake difference (Δq) per adsorption cycle. …”
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The sensitivity of tsunami models and tsunami energy to geologically constrained fault sources and shallow bathymetry by Felix, Raquel Picar

“…To do this, I first generated a 30 m resolution bathymetry for the impacted region that represents the sounding points clustered around the main study sites, the capital cities of Mataram, Lombok and Denpasar, Bali. …”
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Methods of growth and transfer of carbon nanotubes onto substrates for advanced electrical and electronic applications by Ng, Zhi Kai

“…Subsequently, this thesis also explores another viable method to directly synthesize CNT on all surfaces of non-planar substates such as glass fabric (GF) with an intention to develop lightweight, mechanically robust, and electrically conducting composite materials. However, the main concern of CNT growth on non-planar substrates is the uneven­­ deposition of catalysts due to the direction dependence of the E-beam deposition method. …”
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Salient keypoint detectors and compact feature descriptors for 3D perception by Prakhya, Sai Manoj

“…As a solution, we propose Sparse Depth Odometry (SDO), in which the main contribution lies in the proposal of a new 3D keypoint detection module. …”
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Coordinated power management for islanded microgrids by Lin, Pengfeng

“…To guarantee HESS correct functions and overall DC MG stability, a decentralized composite controller (DCC) is proposed to attain global system large signal stabilization. The main idea of the DCC is to partition the DC MG into dispatchable unit (DU) subsystems and the lumped load. …”
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Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…</p> <p><strong><p>Data collection and analysis We used the standard methodological procedures expected by The Cochrane Collaboration.</p> <p><strong><p>Main results This review includes seven trials with low to moderate risk of bias: five undertaken in children (987 participants) and two in adults (156 participants). …”

French foreign policy towards Poland (1989-1993) by Dangelmayer, AM

“…An outline of the traditional principles of French foreign policy and France's policies towards Poland during the Cold War will introduce this argument and establish the historical context (chapter I). However, the main focus of this study is on French national strategies and their multilateral dimension in the post-1989 period. …”

Computational analysis for infectious diseases surveillance and host-pathogen interactions (in the context of Influenza A viruses) by Beyene, Biruhalem Taye

“…However, these studies were not consistent (reproducible) mainly due to false negative results. Hence, in the fourth project (chapter 6), we applied computational gene network growing for discovering gene network links that could have been missed by these experimental investigations. …”
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Printing of functional materials in 2D and 3D structures by Halevi, Oded

“…This research is expected to contribute in two main ways: (1) it demonstrates how taking advantage of basic chemical principles, such as hydrophilic-hydrophobic interactions and crystallization, can help overcome limitations of functional materials and increase their potential utilization. (2) This work also contributes to the overall effort of advanced manufacturing, as it sets clear examples as for how printing technologies can be utilized to enhance the applicability of functional materials and fabrication of functional devices. …”
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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients by Streck, JM, Rigotti, NA, Livingstone-Banks, J, Tindle, HA, Clair, C, Munafò, MR, Sterling-Maisel, C, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…We used GRADE to assess the certainty of the evidence. <p><b>Main results</b></p> We included 82 studies (74 RCTs) that included 42,273 participants in the review (71 studies, 37,237 participants included in the meta‐analyses); 36 studies are new to this update. …”

Multi-site benchmark classification of major depressive disorder using machine learning on cortical and subcortical measures by Belov, Vladimir, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Aghajani, Moji, Aleman, Andre, Amod, Alyssa R., Basgoze, Zeynep, Benedetti, Francesco, Besteher, Bianca, Bülow, Robin, Ching, Christopher R. K., Connolly, Colm G., Cullen, Kathryn, Davey, Christopher G., Dima, Danai, Dols, Annemiek, Evans, Jennifer W., Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Gonul, Ali Saffet, Gotlib, Ian H., Grabe, Hans J., Groenewold, Nynke, Hamilton, J. Paul, Harrison, Ben J., Ho, Tiffany C., Mwangi, Benson, Jaworska, Natalia, Jahanshad, Neda, Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie, Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle, Lancaster, Thomas, Li, Meng, Linden, David E. J., MacMaster, Frank P., Mehler, David M. A., Melloni, Elisa, Mueller, Bryon A., Ojha, Amar, Oudega, Mardien L., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Poletti, Sara, Pomarol-Clotet, Edith, Portella, Maria J., Pozzi, Elena, Reneman, Liesbeth, Sacchet, Matthew D., Sämann, Philipp G., Schrantee, Anouk, Sim, Kang, Soares, Jair C., Stein, Dan J., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Uyar-Demir, Aslihan, van der Wee, Nic J. A., van der Werff, Steven J. A., Völzke, Henry, Whittle, Sarah, Wittfeld, Katharina, Wright, Margaret J., Wu, Mon-Ju, Yang, Tony T., Zarate, Carlos, Veltman, Dick J., Schmaal, Lianne, Thompson, Paul M., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto

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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…However, in this preparatory work, it is vital that other territories should be observed, linked, compared and benchmarked. Indeed, the transnational identity of the Basque Country should be constructed relatively in connection with others rather than be based solely on self-identification. …”

Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries by Feitosa, Mary F., Kraja, Aldi T., Chasman, Daniel I., Sung, Yun J., Winkler, Thomas W., Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Li, Changwei, Bentley, Amy R., Brown, Michael R., Schwander, Karen, Richard, Melissa A., Noordam, Raymond, Aschard, Hugues, Bartz, Traci M., Bielak, Lawrence F., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Fisher, Virginia, Hartwig, Fernando P., Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Lohman, Kurt K., Manning, Alisa K., Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert V., Tajuddin, Salman M., Wojczynski, Mary K., Alver, Maris, Boissel, Mathilde, Cai, Qiuyin, Campbell, Archie, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gao, Chuan, Goel, Anuj, Hagemeijer, Yanick, Harris, Sarah E., He, Meian, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kähönen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kühnel, Brigitte, Laguzzi, Federica, Luan, Jian'an, Matoba, Nana, Nolte, Ilja M., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Muhammad Riaz, Rueedi, Rico, Robino, Antonietta, Said, M. Abdullah, Scott, Robert A., Sofer, Tamar, Stančáková, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Tayo, Bamidele O., van der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Warren, Helen R., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Amin, Najaf, Amini, Marzyeh, Arking, Dan E., Aung, Tin, Boerwinkle, Eric, Borecki, Ingrid, Broeckel, Ulrich, Brown, Morris, Brumat, Marco, Burke, Gregory L., Canouil, Mickaël, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Charumathi, Sabanayagam, Ida Chen, Yii-Der, Connell, John M., Correa, Adolfo, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, de Mutsert, Renée, de Silva, H Janaka, Deng, Xuan, Ding, Jingzhong, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Eppinga, Ruben N., Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Felix, Stephan B., Forouhi, Nita G., Forrester, Terrence, Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, He, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Gigante, Bruna, Gu, C. Charles, Gu, Dongfeng, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Hallmans, Göran, Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Howard, Barbara V, Ikram, M. Arfan, John, Ulrich, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Koh, Woon-Puay, Krieger, José E., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Loh, Marie, Louie, Tin, Mägi, Reedik, McKenzie, Colin A., Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milaneschi, Yuri, Milani, Lili, Mohlke, Karen L., Momozawa, Yukihide, Nalls, Mike A., Nelson, Christopher P., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Norris, Jill M., O'Connell, Jeff R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Perls, Thomas, Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Poulter, Neil, Raffel, Leslie J., Raitakari, Olli T., Roll, Kathryn, Rose, Lynda M., Rosendaal, Frits R., Rotter, Jerome I., Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schupf, Nicole, Scott, William R., Sever, Peter S., Shi, Yuan, Sidney, Stephen, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Tan, Nicholas Y. Q., Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Turner, Stephen T., Uitterlinden, André G., Vollenweider, Peter, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Williams, Christine, Yao, Jie, Yu, Caizheng, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zhao, Wei, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Franks, Paul W., Freedman, Barry I., Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kutalik, Zoltán, Laakso, Markku, Laurie, Cathy C., Leander, Karin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Study, Lifelines Cohort, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David J., Rauramaa, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Bouchard, Claude, Christensen, Kaare, Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Horta, Bernardo L., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Liu, Yongmei, Pereira, Alexandre C., Psaty, Bruce M., Ridker, Paul M., van Dam, Rob M., Gauderman, W. James, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Kelly, Tanika N., Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Kooperberg, Charles, Palmas, Walter, Rice, Kenneth, Morrison, Alanna C., Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J., Munroe, Patricia B., Rao, Dabeeru C., Province, Michael A., Levy, Daniel

“…We conducted a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions. …”
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Preparation of low-dimensional materials for plasmonic bio-sensing by Das, Chandreyee Manas

“…To conclude the entire research work and highlight the main achievements, following are the milestones that were achieved during the duration of the research period: A Titania and Silica-based SPR structure was proposed and the performance of the sensor was done using the Transfer Matrix Method (TMM). …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) constitute a group of Grampositive bacteria with high ability to produce antimicrobial compounds and improve fish performance which makes them excellent probiotics. Hence, the main objective for the study was to evaluate a bacterium, Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes for growth promotion, immune responses and protection against Aeromonas hydrophila in juvenile catfish (Clarias spp.). …”
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