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Editorial
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Springer
, 2021 , Other)
In this issue of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, we are delighted to launch the series ‘Best Clinical Pharmacy Practice Papers’. This is a collaborative initiative between the European Society for Clinical ...
Mentoring approaches and opportunities for learning to teach: a comparative study of the practicum experience in Lebanon and China
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2021 , Article)
We report a comparative qualitative study conducted in Lebanon and China on mentoring approaches, their compatibility with expectations, and their facilitation of learning opportunities. Data sources included interviews, ...
Exergy assessment of an Organic Rankine Cycle for waste heat recovery from a refrigeration system: a review
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article Review)
The increased use of fossil fuels in the industry has resulted in severe environmental issues, such as ozone depletion, air pollution, and climate change, among others. Due to diverse resources, such as biomass, solar ...
Effect of plasma treatment on accelerated pla degradation
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BME-PT and GTE
, 2021 , Article)
Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has been found to be important in various applications, such as in the medical, pharma-ceutical, and packaging industries. However, the long-term associated degradation process of PLA is a limiting ...
A switched-capacitor multilevel inverter topology employing a novel variable structure nearest-level modulation
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
This article introduces a nine-level switched-capacitor multilevel inverter with twice voltage boosting feature. It also aims at proposing a novel variable structure nearest-level modulation scheme that has been implemented ...
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 Variants.
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Massachusetts Medical Society
, 2021 , Other)
The messenger RNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) has 95% efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Qatar launched a mass immunization campaign with this vaccine on December 21, 2020. As of March 31, 2021, ...
Bias Assessment in Outcomes Research: The Role of Relative Versus Absolute Approaches
(2021 , Article)
ObjectivesBias assessment tools vary in content and detail, and the method used for assessment may produce different assessment results in a study if not carefully considered. Therefore, taking an approach to the assessment ...
Secure and Optimized Load Balancing for Multitier IoT and Edge-Cloud Computing Systems
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Mobile-edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a new computing paradigm with great potential to alleviate resource limitations attributed to mobile device users (MDUs) by offloading intensive computations to ubiquitous MEC ...
Self-organized Operational Neural Networks with Generative Neurons
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Operational Neural Networks (ONNs) have recently been proposed to address the well-known limitations and drawbacks of conventional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) such as network homogeneity with the sole linear neuron ...
Current progress in chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for glioblastoma multiforme
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Article)
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest brain tumors with an unfavorable prognosis and overall survival of approximately 20 months following diagnosis. The current treatment for GBM includes surgical resections ...