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Counterfeit drug demand: Perceptions of policy makers and community pharmacists in Sudan
(2013 , Article)
Background: The counterfeit drug trade has become widespread and has developed into a substantial threat to both the public's health and the pharmaceutical industry. Objectives: The aim of this study was to seek insights ...
Cellular immune activation in Sardinian middle-aged, older adults and centenarians
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
In addition to viral infections, malignant disorders, autoimmune diseases, and allograft rejection episodes, neopterin increases in older people where it is found to be predictive of overall mortality. Thus, the serum ...
Digitization and preservation of cultural heritage products
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
Cultural heritage encompasses various aspects of a nation's history. Cultural heritage artifacts are considered as priceless items that need special care. Since the wide adoption of new digital technologies, documenting ...
Internal transverse reinforcement configuration effect of EB/NSE-FRCM shear strengthening of RC deep beams
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This paper presents an experimental study carried out on the structural performance of shear-critical reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams internally reinforced with two different stirrups configurations; i.e. aligned and ...
An Overview of Solid Waste Management and Plastic Recycling in Qatar
(2012 , Article)
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) constitutes one of the most crucial health and environmental problems facing authorities in the Arabian Gulf. Recent literature on current solid waste management (SWM) in Qatar has ...
Acoustic partial discharge signal denoising using power spectral subtraction
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Measuring partial discharge (PD) phenomena in power transformers is often conducted by acoustic emission (AE) method. However, many interference sources are usually encountered with the captured PD signals which negatively ...
Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
Objectives: To assess the main factors that contributed to the increase in medicine expenditure of the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan in the period 2006-2010. Methods: A time-series decomposition analysis was ...
Power factor correction converters with continuous input and output currents for battery chargers in data centers: Performance assessment
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, the performance of two types of DC-DC converters namely ?uk and Boost-Buck converters is assessed for battery charging systems. Operation with power factor correction for the input side AC current, and ...
Cardiac rehabilitation delivery in low/middle-income countries
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2019 , Article)
Objective Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) availability, programme characteristics and barriers are not well-known in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). In this study, they were compared with high-income countries (HICs) and ...
Studies on the Mechanical, Morphological and Electrical Properties of Highly Dispersible Graphene Oxide Reinforced Polypyrrole and Polyvinylalcohol Blend Composites
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
In the present study, water soluble polypyrrole (WPPy)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/graphene oxide (GO) composite films were prepared via colloidal blending method at different GO loadings varying from 0 – 3 wt%. The dispersion ...