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Adiponectin changes in HCV-Genotype 4: relation to liver histology and response to treatment
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
Summary. Recently, attention has been focussed on adiponectin and its changes in different types of chronic liver disease. Its relation to hepatic fibrosis and insulin resistance in post-hepatitis liver disease is not ...
Critical success factors for TQM implementation and their impact on performance of SMEs
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2009 , Article)
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of TQM implementation, to evaluate their impact on the primary measures as expressed by the operational performance and the secondary ...
FINANCIAL AID AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ITS IMPACT ON PERSISTENCE AND STUDENT SATISFACTION, THE CASE OF LEBANON
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Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research
, 2009 , Article)
Many private universities around the world sustain their growth and
retain students through a system of ‘cost-sharing’ where fees and tuition are
channelled back to students in form of financial aid. Not all students are ...
An efficient dynamical systems method for solving singularly perturbed integral equations with noise
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Elsevier
, 2009 , Article)
In this paper we apply the dynamical systems method (DSM) proposed by A. G. Ramm, and the variational regularization method (VRM), to obtain numerical solution to some singularly perturbed ill-posed problems contaminated ...
Peace Education in Canada:Teacher Perceptions of the Cultivating Peace Education Program
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University of Alberta
, 2009 , Article)
Many Muslims, Arabs, and other minority communities in Canada experienced the backlash of the September 11, 2001 events. Although these groups were discriminated against in a number of institutions, Muslim children in ...
Wireless transmission using cooperation on demand
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2009 , Article)
Mobile users with single antennas can still take advantage of spatial diversity through repetition based cooperative transmission. In this paper, we consider a scheme in which the cooperation is triggered only if the ...
Optimizing postdisaster reconstruction planning for damaged transportation networks
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2009 , Article)
The limited availability of reconstruction resources is one of the main challenges that often confront postdisaster recovery of damaged transportation networks. This requires an effective and efficient deployment and ...
Feeding on intertidal microbial mats by postlarval tiger shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan
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Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
, 2009 , Article)
A series of experiments investigated the potential role of microbial mats in nutrition of the early settlement stages of Penaeus semisulcatus. From 3 days post-metamorphosis, the microbial mat supported high growth and ...
Cost optimization of composite beams using genetic algorithms
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
This paper presents a genetic algorithm model for the cost optimization of composite beams based on the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) specifications of the AISC. The model formulation includes the cost of concrete, ...
A semantic approach for document clustering
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Academy Publisher
, 2009 , Article)
Conventional document mining systems mainly use the presence or absence of keywords to mine texts. However, simple word counting and frequency distributions of term appearances do not capture the meaning behind the words, ...