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Wave propagation in double helical rods
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The propagation of waves in helical rods has been studied extensively. However, studying the wave propagation in double helical rods have received less attention although this can be useful in multiple fields of science ...
The role of polymorphisms in vitamin d-related genes in response to vitamin d supplementation
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2020 , Article)
Background. Vitamin D deficiency represents a major healthcare problem. Vitamin D status is influenced by genetic and environmental determinants. Several observational studies have evaluated the association of single-nucleotide ...
The Ligon lintless-2 Short Fiber Mutation Is Located within a Terminal Deletion of Chromosome 18 in Cotton<sup>1</sup>
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American Society of Plant Biologists
, 2020 , Article)
Extreme elongation distinguishes about one-fourth of cotton (Gossypium sp.) seed epidermal cells as “lint” fibers, useful for the textile industry, from “fuzz” fibers (,5 mm). Ligon lintless-2 (Li2), a dominant mutation ...
Experimental investigation of the crashworthiness performance of fiber and fiber steel-reinforced composites tubes
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Crashworthiness plays a key role in energy absorption and hence in vehicle accidents. The energy absorption capacity of laminated composite materials is heavily investigated in the industry due to their low cost, corrosion ...
Annotator rationales for labeling tasks in crowdsourcing
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
When collecting item ratings from human judges, it can be difficult to measure and enforce data quality due to task subjectivity and lack of transparency into how judges make each rating decision. To address this, we ...
Normative Islam, prejudice and women leaders: why do Arab women leaders suffer?
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
The main aim of this study is to compare prejudicial practices against women leaders with egalitarian Islamic guidelines and current efforts towards achieving gender equality. The study also aims to highlight and offer new ...
Numerical computation of Mityuk's function and radius for circular/radial slit domains
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
We consider Mityuk's function and radius which have been proposed in [15] as generalizations of the reduced modulus and conformal radius to the cases of multiply connected domains. We present a numerical method to compute ...
An investigation into the avoidability of adverse drug reactions using the LAAT and modified Hallas tools
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2020 , Article)
An adverse drug reactions avoidability tool called the Liverpool ADR avoidability assessment tool (LAAT) was recently developed (for research purposes), and subsequently validated with mixed interrater reliability (IRR). ...
The entrepreneurship ecosystem in the ICT sector in Qatar: local advantages and constraints
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and dynamics of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the ICT sector in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology of this research is based on a ...
Influence of Reaction Time in the Emotional Response of a Companion Robot to a Child’s Aggressive Interaction
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springer link
, 2020 , Article)
The quality of a companion robot’s reaction is important to make it acceptable to the users and to sustain interactions. Furthermore, the robot’s reaction can be used to train socially acceptable behaviors and to develop ...