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    • A Randomised Single-Blinded Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation among Tertiary Students in Malaysia 

      WDAS, De Silva; Awang, R.; Samsudeen, S.; Hanna, F. ( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)
      Introduction Tobacco smoking, a habitual behavior, is addictive and detrimental to health. Quitting requires personal abilities and environmental opportunities and therefore, improving these abilities and opportunities ...

    • Randomized clinical trial comparing abluminal biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents with durable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents: Nine months angiographic and 5-year clinical outcomes 

      Zhang, Haijun; Wang, Xiangfei; Deng, Wei; Wang, Shenguo; Ge, Junbo; ... more authors ( Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc , 2016 , Article)
      Background: The biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (DES) were developed to improve vascular healing. However, further data and longer-term follow-up are needed to confirm safety and efficacy of these stents. This ...

    • Range-Doppler radar sensor fusion for fall detection 

      Erol, Baris; Amin, Moeness G.; Boashash, B. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)
      Falls are the major cause of accidents in the elderly population. Propelled by their non-intrusive sensing capabilities and robustness to heat and lighting conditions, radar-based automated fall detection systems have ...

    • Ranitidine Impairs Bone Healing and Implant Osseointegration in Rats' Tibiae 

      Alshahrani N.S.; Abu-Nada L.; Ramirez Garcia-Luna J.L.; Al-Hamed F.S.; Alamri A.; ... more authors ( W.B. Saunders , 2020 , Article)
      Purpose: Ranitidine has been found to have an impact on bone metabolism by suppressing osteoclastogenesis. We hypothesized that the use of ranitidine would impair bone healing and implant osseointegration. This study ...

    • Ranking disagreement between graders: Application to ranking hadith scholars 

      Safi, Zeineb; Hassaine, Abdelaali; Jaoua, Ali ( American Scientific Publishers , 2017 , Article)
      Ranking raters based on their agreement or disagreement is a very active research field with many applications. It has been applied for instance for ranking automatic essay grading algorithms based on their agreement with ...

    • Rapid Alignment of Resources and Capabilities in Time-Bound Networks: A Theoretical Proposition 

      AlabdulRazzakM.; Al-KwifiO.S.; AhmedZ.U. ( Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management , 2018 , Article)
      Researchers studying the alignment of business resources usually focus on business cases that inherently have continuous interactions built on long-term relationships at the firm level, dyadic level, or broader network ...

    • Rapid Antibody-Based COVID-19 Mass Surveillance: Relevance, Challenges, and Prospects in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World. 

      Augustine, Robin; Das, Suvarthi; Hasan, Anwarul; S, Abhilash; Abdul Salam, Shaheen; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article Review)
      The aggressive outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) as COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) pandemic demands rapid and simplified testing tools for its effective management. Increased ...

    • Rapid assessment of the impact of microwave heating coupled with UV-C radiation on the degradation of PAHs from contaminated soil using FTIR and multivariate analysis 

      Eldos H.I.; Ashfaq M.Y.; Al-Ghouti M.A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)
      The presence and fate of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment are receiving a great concern. In this study, three oil-contaminated soils (industrial area, Dukhan city, and artificial soils) were utilized to ...

    • Rapid Curing Environmentally Degradable Polymeric Pill for Loss Circulation Treatment 

      Magzoub, Musaab; Salehi, Saeed; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed; Nasser, Mustafa; Ghalambor, Ali ( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      Loss circulation is frequent while drilling in naturally fractured or depleted reservoirs, which is usually associated with high non-productive time (NPT). Moreover, naturally pre-existing fractures may propagate when fluid ...

    • Rapid detection of bacterial infections using nanotechnology-based point-of-care sensor with Raman spectroscopy 

      Zughaier, Susu; Wu, Xiaomeng; Chen, Jen; Zhao, Yiping ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2020 , Article)
      Background: Mass gathering is a risk factor for infectious diseases transmission. Therefore, rapid detection of infections is highly desirable. The current gold standard approach to detect bacterial infections in clinical ...

    • Rapid diagnostics of coronavirus disease 2019 in early stages using nanobiosensors: Challenges and opportunities 

      Sharifi, Majid; Hasan, Anwarul; Haghighat, Setareh; Taghizadeh, Akbar; Attar, Farnoosh; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article Review)
      The rapid outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the world is a tragic and shocking event that demonstrates the unpreparedness of humans to develop quick diagnostic platforms for novel infectious diseases. ...

    • Rapid evidence synthesis approach for limits on the search date: how rapid could it be? 

      Xu, Chang; Ju, Ke; Lin, Lifeng; Jia, Pengli; Kwong, Joey S W; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons , 2021 , Article)
      Rapid reviews have been widely employed to support timely decision-making, and limiting the search date is the most popular approach in published rapid reviews. We assessed the accuracy and workload of search date limits ...

    • Rapid Exclusion of COVID Infection With the Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram 

      Zachi I., Attia; Kapa, Suraj; Dugan, Jennifer; Pereira, Naveen; Noseworthy, Peter A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      ObjectiveTo rapidly exclude severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection using artificial intelligence applied to the electrocardiogram (ECG). MethodsA global, volunteer consortium from 4 continents ...

    • Rapid microwave assisted sol-gel synthesis of CeO2 and CexSm1-xO2 nanoparticle catalysts for CO oxidation 

      Polychronopoulou, K.; Zedan, Abdallah F.; Katsiotis, M.S.; Baker, M.A.; AlKhoori, A.A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)
      CeO2 and CexSm1-xO2 nanoparticle mixed oxides have been synthesized by microwave assisted sol-gel (MW sol-gel) and conventional sol-gel synthesis carried out at 60°C (typical sol-gel) and 100°C (approaching the MW temperature). ...

    • Rapid microwave-assisted biosynthesis of chitooligosaccharide coated silver nanoparticles: Assessments of antimicrobial activity for paediatric pulp therapy 

      Rajasekaran, Subhathira; Rao, Sneha S; Dalavi, Pandurang Appana; Prabhu, Ashwini; Anil, Sukumaran; ... more authors ( IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)
      Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have gained much attention in the treatment of dental caries due to their excellent antimicrobial activities. In this study, we have biosynthesised chitooligosaccharide coated silver nanoparticles ...

    • Rapid prototyping of wireless image transmission for wildlife (tiger) monitoring system - A preliminary study 

      Ahmad A.; Mohd Nadzri M.M.; Rosli I.M.; Amira A. ( Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka , 2018 , Article)
      This paper proposes a rapid prototyping of wireless image transmission for wildlife monitoring system on Raspberry Pi. In this study, inputs based on the motion of surrounding activities were detected using a motion sensor ...

    • A rapid review and narrative synthesis of hospital to community pharmacy transfer of care services in england 

      Nazar, Zachariah; Nazar, Hamde; Howard, Clare; Watson, Neil W. ( Wiley , 2020 , Article)
      Objectives A new discharge medicines service in England has been proposed for rollout in July 2020. This study aims to appraise the evidence for hospital to community pharmacy referral services in England. A rapid review ...

    • Rapid weight loss in the context of Ramadan observance: Recommendations for judokas 

      Aloui, A.; Chtourou, H.; Briki, W.; Tabben, M.; Chaouachi, A.; ... more authors ( Institute of Sport , 2016 , Article Review)
      Judo is a weight-classified combat sport, and many athletes seek to compete at the lightest possible weight category to gain an advantage from competing against shorter/smaller, and supposedly weaker opponents. To achieve ...

    • Rare case of norethisterone-induced hepatitis: A case report. 

      Arafa, Eiman A; Dhayabaran, Vasumathi; Omar, Nabil E; Awaisu, Ahmed ( Clinical Case Reports , 2022 , Report)
      We report a case of probable norethisterone-related liver injury, manifesting as a significant rise in liver transaminases in a 62-year-old woman. Upon discontinuation of norethisterone, liver transaminases decreased to ...

    • Rare coding variants in 35 genes associate with circulating lipid levels—A multi-ancestry analysis of 170,000 exomes 

      George, Hindy; Dornbos, Peter; Chaffin, Mark D.; Liu, Dajiang J.; Wang, Minxian; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Large-scale gene sequencing studies for complex traits have the potential to identify causal genes with therapeutic implications. We performed gene-based association testing of blood lipid levels with rare (minor allele ...