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Funding sources and costs to deliver cardiac rehabilitation around the globe: Drivers and barriers.
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reach is minimal globally, primarily due to financial factors. This study characterized CR funding sources, cost to patients to participate, cost to programs to serve patients, and the drivers ...
Synthesis and characterisation of Ni–B/Ni–P–CeO2 duplex composite coatings
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Springer Netherlands
, 2018 , Article)
Abstract: Binary (Ni–B, Ni–P) and duplex coatings (Ni–B/Ni–P, Ni–B/Ni–P–CeO2) with an inner Ni–B layer were electrodeposited on mild steel substrates. A comparison of the structural, surface, mechanical, and electrochemical ...
Flexible hardware-managed isolated execution: Architecture, software support and applications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
We consider the problem of how to provide an execution environment where the application's secrets are safe even in the presence of malicious system software layers. We propose Iso-X- A flexible, fine-grained hardware-supported ...
Vehicle routing problem in omni-channel retailing distribution systems
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper introduces a variant of the vehicle routing problem where a group of retail stores are served from a distribution center using a fleet of vehicles. Moreover, products are distributed to consumers from some of ...
Potentials, trends, and prospects in edge technologies: Fog, cloudlet, mobile edge, and micro data centers
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Advancements in smart devices, wearable gadgets, sensors, and communication paradigm have enabled the vision of smart cities, pervasive healthcare, augmented reality and interactive multimedia, Internet of Every Thing ...
Reinforced Concrete Degradation in the Harsh Climates of the Arabian Gulf: Field Study on 30-to-50-Year-Old Structures
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2018 , Article)
This paper presents the results of a field study carried out on three reinforced concrete (RC) structures built in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to determine the main load (environmental) and the resistance (for example, the ...
A Grid-Connected Capacitor-Tapped Multimodule Converter for HVDC Applications: Operational Concept and Control
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
In this paper, a dc-ac buck converter is proposed as a grid-side converter in high voltage dc (HVdc) transmission systems for high-power renewable energy source grid integration. The proposed architecture consists of ...
Green manufacturing drivers and their relationships for small and medium(SME) and large industries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Small and medium (SME) and large manufacturing industries are two vital contributors of industrial growth and development of any economy. The importance of both sectors increases many times in context to a developing country ...
Assessing the impact of converting roundabouts to traffic signals on vehicle emissions along an urban arterial corridor in Qatar.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2018 , Article)
The type of control at intersections has a major effect on the operation of any urban corridor. Different pre-defined procedures are available to calculate some of the main operational characteristics, such as capacity, ...
Fuzzy SVPWM-based inverter control realisation of grid integrated photovoltaicwind system with fuzzy particle swarm optimisation maximum power point tracking algorithm for a grid-connected PV/wind power generation system: Hardware implementation
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2018 , Article)
This research study presents the fuzzy space vector pulse width modulation (FSVPWM) method of current control for three-phase voltage source inverter. The hybrid fuzzy particle swarm optimisation-based maximum power point ...