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Materials Development in EALP Legal Writing Courses
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European Knowledge Development (EUROKD)
, 2019 , Article)
While the field of materials development has grown in the past twenty years, covering areas like EAP and ESP, there remains a need to elaborate further the strategies and to develop a process for developing materials for ...
The limit of blockchains: Infeasibility of a smart obama-trump contract
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2019 , Article)
Although smart contracts are Turing complete, it is a misconception that they can fulfill all routine contracts.
A new compact formulation for the daily crew pairing problem
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INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences
, 2019 , Article)
The daily crew pairing problem (DCPP) seeks to generate a set of minimal-cost pairings that covers all the planned daily flights while complying with a variety of labor regulations, safety rules, and policies of the airline. ...
How to govern the non-cooperative amateur drones?
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
In recent years, amateur UAVs have become more and more popular. This is due to the decreasing cost and growing range of applications such as weather monitoring, cargo transport and recreational purposes. However, ...
Cross Layer NOMA Interference Mitigation for Femtocell Users in 5G Environment
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
In this paper, we propose a joint channel allocation and power control algorithm by using cognitive radio non-orthogonal multiple access (CR-NOMA) for femtocell users (FUs). The aim is to maximize the sum rate of the FUs ...
The impact of human resource practices on job satisfaction and intention to stay in emerging economies: Model development and empirical investigation among high caliber governmental employees in Qatar
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Growing Science
, 2019 , Article)
High rates in turnover of skilled employees can turn to be a very significant concern in organizations world-wide. Turnover affects productivity, product or service quality and of course profitability. As Human Resources ...
Morphometric study of the hard palate and its relevance to dental and forensic sciences
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
This study was conducted to identify the morphometric features of the hard palate and to test the reliability of using palatal morphology in sex determination. Three hundred maxillary casts were collected from dental clinics ...
Edge computing for smart health: Context-aware approaches, opportunities, and challenges
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Improving the efficiency of healthcare systems is a top national interest worldwide. However, the need to deliver scalable healthcare services to patients while reducing costs is a challenging issue. Among the most promising ...
Development and properties of polymeric nanocomposite coatings
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Polymeric-based nanocomposite coatings were synthesized by reinforcing epoxy matrix with titanium nanotubes (TNTs) loaded with dodecylamine (DOC). The performance of the developed nanocomposite coatings was investigated ...
Prophylactic Sildenafil in Preterm Infants at Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Pilot Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the need for oxygen therapy at 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). Sildenafil has been shown to enhance the lung alveolarization and vascularization in newborn animal models after lung ...