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Is age of menarche among school girls related to academic performance
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De Gruyter
, 2019 , Article)
There is strong evidence that the mean age of menarche has declined over the last few decades in developed and developing countries. This is of a major concern because of its enormous public health implications. This study ...
Postprandial insulin and triglyceride concentrations are suppressed in response to breaking up prolonged sitting in Qatari females
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Cultural, environmental and logistical factors challenge the Qatari population, particularly females, to engage in physical activity, and there is a high prevalence of diabetes in this population. Sedentary ...
Investigation of Biochemical Alterations in Ischemic Stroke Using Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy-A Preliminary Study.
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
Brain damage, long-term disability and death are the dreadful consequences of ischemic stroke. It causes imbalance in the biochemical constituents that distorts the brain dynamics. Understanding the sub-cellular alterations ...
Carbon nanotube effect on the ductility, flexural strength, and permeability of concrete
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
Recently, remarkable types of carbon nanofilaments called carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have raised the interest of many concrete and cementitious composite researchers due to their significant mechanical, electrical, thermal, ...
Wearable real-time heart attack detection and warning system to reduce road accidents
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Heart attack is one of the leading causes of human death worldwide. Every year, about 610,000 people die of heart attack in the United States alone—that is one in every four deaths—but there are well understood early ...
Compact UWB band-notched antenna with integrated bluetooth for personal wireless communication and UWB applications
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
A compact band-notched UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) antenna with integrated Bluetooth is developed for personal wireless communication and UWB applications. The antenna operates at the UWB frequency band (3.1-10.6 GHz) as well ...
Sustainability governance and legitimisation processes: Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of sustainability governance through the unfolding hybridisation process between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility and the implications ...
Dual Mechanical Port Machine Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Reduced Switch Converters
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IEEE
, 2019 , Article)
Due to the increased environmental pollution, hybrid vehicles have attracted enormous attention in today's society. The two most important factors in designing these vehicles are size and weight. For this purpose, some ...
Improving Arabic Text to Image Mapping Using a Robust Machine Learning Technique
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IEEE
, 2019 , Article)
In this paper, we introduce an approach to automatically convert simple modern standard Arabic children's stories to the best representative images that can efficiently illustrate the meaning of words. It is a kind of ...
Muslim CEO, Women on Boards and Corporate Responsibility Reporting: Some Evidence from Malaysia
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Emerald
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: Very limited research has been devoted to answering the question of whether the religious beliefs of the upper echelons of management and gender diversity have any impacts on the communication of corporate social ...