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Myxedema psychosis: A protocol for a systematic review and a pooled analysis
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Myxedema psychosis (MP) is a rare presentation of hypothyroidism. Although known for >70 years, a significant lack of systematic literature describing this condition exists. This limits the clinician's ability ...
A novel hybrid and interactive solar system consists of Stirling engine ̸vacuum evaporator ̸thermoelectric cooler for electricity generation and water distillation
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper introduces a novel hybrid and interactive solar system to generate electricity and produce desalinated water. The system consists of a Stirling engine driven by concentrated solar radiation and cooled by saline ...
Comparative chloroplast genomics of endangered euphorbia species: Insights into hotspot divergence, repetitive sequence variation, and phylogeny
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2020 , Article)
Euphorbia is one of the largest genera in the Euphorbiaceae family, comprising 2000 species possessing commercial, medicinal, and ornamental importance. However, there are very little data available on their molecular ...
Conformal Invariants in Simply Connected Domains
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Springer Link
, 2020 , Article)
This paper studies the numerical computation of several conformal invariants of simply connected domains in the complex plane including, the hyperbolic distance, the reduced modulus, the harmonic measure, and the modulus ...
Smart City Applications: Promoting comfort, health and well-being through Sustainable Smart Urban Design (S2UD) in Msheireb Downtown
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This study explores the Msheireb Downtown Project by studying the design qualities and adopted applications of its public open spaces (POS). We uncover their roles in the smart city design system with an eye for how they ...
A framework for the analysis of damage and recovery characteristics of asphalt mixtures
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
This study presents two approaches for evaluating damage and recovery characteristics of asphalt mixtures. The first approach focuses on determining damage by extracting recoverable viscoelastic strain that has no damage ...
Microstructure and mechanical behavior of hot extruded aluminum/tin-bismuth composites produced by powder metallurgy
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
In this study, Al-BiSn composites were synthesized by a combination of microwave sintering and hot extrusion processes. The structural, morphological, mechanical, and thermal properties were investigated to elucidate the ...
Mental health during COVID-19 in Qatar
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2020 , Other)
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented health and social challenges. WHO has been working to promote the integration of mental health and psychosocial support into the COVID-19 response effort.1 It is vital that ...
Electrodeposition of Duplex Ni–B–Zn/Co Composite Coatings
(2020 , Article)
This research article focusses on the Ni–B–Zn/Co composite coatings synthesized via an electrodeposition process. Electrodeposited Ni–B composite coatings have several advantages, such as excellent corrosion as well as ...
Highly crystalline and thermally stable poly(aniline-co-2-nitroaniline)
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
Abstract: To synthesize a crystalline polymer is unconventional. Here, we found the well-defined hexagonal or rectangular cubical shape of poly(aniline-co-2-nitroaniline)s PA-co-2-NAs through scanning electron microscopy. ...