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Ambient and Heat-Cured Geopolymer Composites: Mix Design Optimization and Life Cycle Assessment
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
The feasibility of producing sustainable cement-free composites and its environmental impact were investigated in this research. Experimental parametric evaluation was carried out in this regard to explore the optimum mix ...
Physiotherapist beliefs and perspectives on virtual reality–supported rehabilitation for the assessment and management of musculoskeletal shoulder pain: a focus group study protocol
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
Shoulder pain accounts for a large proportion of musculoskeletal disorders and years lived with disability. Musculoskeletal shoulder pain is challenging to manage and while research evidence suggests that exercise should ...
Factors associated with depression and anxiety in the adult population of Qatar after the first COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study
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springer
, 2021 , Article)
There is limited data from Arabic-speaking countries on risk factors for depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Country-specific data is necessary given differences in culture, demographics, and COVID-19 ...
Efficacy and cost effectiveness of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose versus iron sucrose in adult patients with iron deficiency anaemia
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Public Library of Science
, 2021 , Article)
Background Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major health issues and common type of nutritional deficiency worldwide. For IDA treatment, intravenous (IV) iron is a useful therapy. Objective To determine the efficacy and ...
Investigating the characteristics of a magnetorheological fluid damper through CFD modeling
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Institute of Physics Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis is conducted on mono-tube vehicle MRF damper investigated experimentally in a previous study. In this study, the fluid of the type MRF-132DG was inserted inside a damper of a car ...
Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: implementation progress and persisting challenges
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2022 , Article Review)
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide, projected to claim 1 billion lives in the twenty-first century.1 Tobacco prevalence rates are expected to decrease across all the WHO regions by 2025 as ...
Estimation and measurement of effective line mobility on a non-deterministic thin plate excited by a piezoelectric patch
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EXTRICA
, 2020 , Article)
This paper derived the expression to estimate the effective line moment mobility of a non-deterministic thin plate under moment excitation by a piezoelectric patch actuator. The piezoelectric patch actuator is assumed to ...
Emerging Glycation-Based Therapeutics—Glyoxalase 1 Inducers and Glyoxalase 1 Inhibitors
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
The abnormal accumulation of methylglyoxal (MG) leading to increased glycation of protein and DNA has emerged as an important metabolic stress, dicarbonyl stress, linked to aging, and disease. Increased MG glycation produces ...
Dynamic Response of a Rotating Assembly under the Coupled Effects of Misalignment and Imbalance
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Hindawi Limited
, 2020 , Article)
In rotating machinery, the second most common fault after imbalance is misalignment. Misalignment can have a severe impact on equipment and may reduce the machine's lifetime considerably. In this paper, the simultaneous ...
Education transferring and decentralized reforms: The case of Qatar
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Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
, 2022 , Article)
Nations transfer educational reform models for the systematic improvement of education. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, which have implemented primarily Western decentralized reform ...