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Script concordance tests: A call for action in dental education
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Article)
The Script Concordance Test (SCT) is an educational tool that aims to assess the ability to interpret medical information under conditions of uncertainty. It is widely used and validated in health education, but almost ...
Reinforcement Learning Power Control Algorithm Based on Graph Signal Processing for Ultra-Dense Mobile Networks
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2021 , Article)
Ultra-dense mobile networks (UDMNs) represent a promising technology for improving the network performance and providing the ubiquitous network accessibility in the beyond 5 G (B5G) mobile networks. Heterogenous densely ...
Board gender diversity, governance and Egyptian listed firms' performance
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Emerald
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The study aimed to examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of Egyptian firms listed in the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) between 2014 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach: We ...
WorldView-3 mapping of Tarmat deposits of the Ras Rakan Island, Northern Coast of Qatar: Environmental perspective
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study characterizes the spectral behavior of tarmats and maps the tarmat deposits found along the coast of Ras Rakan Island off Qatar using WorldView-3 (WV-3) sensor data. The laboratory spectra of tar materials showed ...
CFD analysis of turbulent flow of power-law fluid in a partially blocked eccentric annulus
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
This study focuses on analyzing the turbulent flow of drilling fluid in inclined wells using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The analysis is performed considering an annulus with a fixed eccentricity of ...
Brief Report: Polymorphisms in TNF-α/TNFR1 Pathway Genes Are Associated With CD4+ T-Cell Recovery in HIV-1–Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy
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NLM (Medline)
, 2021 , Article)
Background:
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an important hallmark of HIV-1 treatment, enabling viral load suppression to undetectable levels and CD4+ T-cell recovery. However, some individuals do not recover the CD4+ ...
Directionally sensitive homogeneously weighted moving average control charts
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
One-sided control charts for monitoring changes in the mean level are proposed in this paper. The proposed charts are given in the form of a homogeneously weighted moving average technique that provides efficient monitoring ...
Control of the antagonistic effects of heat-assisted chlorine oxidative degradation on pressure retarded osmosis thin film composite membrane surface
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
During pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) operation, thin film composite (TFC) membranes are continuously exposed to chemicals present in the stream that can deteriorate the membrane's selective layer with exposure time. ...
ISDNet: AI-enabled Instance Segmentation of Aerial Scenes for Smart Cities
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2021 , Article)
Aerial scenes captured by UAVs have immense potential in IoT applications related to urban surveillance, road and building segmentation, land cover classification, and so on, which are necessary for the evolution of smart ...
A Robust Protocol for Smart eHealthcare based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Fuzzy logic in IoT
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Emerging technologies change the qualities of modern healthcare by employing smart systems for patient monitoring. To well use the data surrounding the patient, tiny sensing devices and smart gateways are involved. These ...