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An empirical investigation of quality performance expectations in the software industry: A gap analysis approach
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Inderscience
, 2014 , Article)
The assessment of quality is pervasive but vital in organisations. It is particularly important in the design of an effective quality management system. The assessment is often considered from the perspective of fulfilling ...
Cross-national differences in special education coverage: An empirical analysis
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Council for Exceptional Children
, 2014 , Article)
This study investigated the role of educational and socioeconomic factors in explaining differences in national special education coverage. Data were derived from several international and governmental sources, targeting ...
Evaluation model for e-tourism product: A hidden Markov model-based algorithm
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Inderscience
, 2014 , Article)
Nowadays, e-tourism is widely pronounced as a kind of web marketing for tourism businesses. Tourist agencies and tourism service providers are able to access their customers directly in a cost-effective way. In this context, ...
Pharmacokinetics of ertapenem in critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous hemodialysis or hemodiafiltration
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American Society for Microbiology
, 2014 , Article)
This study characterizes the pharmacokinetics of ertapenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, in critically ill adult subjects receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Eight critically ill patients with suspected/known ...
Measuring time-varying information flow in scalp EEG signals: Orthogonalized partial directed coherence
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IEEE
, 2014 , Article)
This study aimed to develop a time-frequency method for measuring directional interactions over time and frequency from scalp-recorded electroencephalographic (EEG) signals in a way that is less affected by volume conduction ...
Evaluation of the Anti-melanoma Activities of Sarcophine, (+)-7α,8β-Dihydroxydeepoxysarcophine and Sarcophytolide from the Red Sea Soft Coral Sarcophyton glaucum
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Natural Product Communications, Inc.
, 2014 , Article)
Abstract - Three natural cembranoids from the Red Sea soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum
namely sarcophine (1), (+)-7α,8β-dihydroxydeepoxysarcophine (2) and sarcophytolide
(3) were evaluated for their potential inhibitory ...
Processing, characterization and modeling of recycled polypropylene/glass fibre/wood flour composites
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most common thermoplastic materials in the world. There is a need to recycle the large amount of this used material. To overcome the environmental problems, related to the polymer waste, ...
Designing dual phase sensing materials from polyaniline filled styrene-isoprene-styrene composites
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
The demand for developing oil detectors is ever increasing since the cleanup and recovery from oil spill usually take long time. Here we propose oil sensors made of polyaniline (PANI) filled poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene) ...
Novel deformation structures of pure titanium induced by room temperature equal channel angular pressing
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2014 , Article)
Novel deformation structures of commercial pure (CP) Ti induced by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature have been studied by electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD). All the deformation twins occurring ...
Ten-year cardiovascular risk assessment in university students
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Akademiai Kiado
, 2014 , Article)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for more than half of all deaths in the European region. The aim of the study was to compare body composition, blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC) and high density lipoprotein ...