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Preparing for the worst? Household food stockpiling during the second wave of covid-19 in serbia
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Stockpiling and panic buying are significant components of crisis-and disaster-related consumption behaviors that have gained significant media coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyze the features ...
Reversal of insulin resistance in overweight and obese subjects by trans-resveratrol and hesperetin combination—link to dysglycemia, blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and low-grade inflammation
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2021 , Article)
The dietary supplement, trans-resveratrol and hesperetin combination (tRES-HESP), induces expression of glyoxalase 1, countering the accumulation of reactive dicarbonyl glycating agent, methylglyoxal (MG), in overweight ...
Bond durability and service life prediction of BFRP bars to steel FRC under aggressive environmental conditions
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study presents an experimental investigation on the bond durability of helically wrapped basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) bars embedded in plain and steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) under the combined ...
Parametric Estimation from Empirical Data Using Particle Swarm Optimization Method for Different Magnetorheological Damper Models
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
The nonlinearity behaviour of magnetorheological fluid (MRF) can be described using a number of established models such as Bingham and Modified Bouc-Wen models. Since these models require the identification of model ...
Cryptocurrencies and Finance Theories
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Universiti Teknologi MARA.
, 2021 , Article)
Cryptocurrency (CCY) as a new key player in the currency system that has drawn the attention of scholars to examine its influence, relations and the opportunities that it may provide. However, a financial theoretical ...
Fractional-order controllers for stick-slip vibration mitigation in oil well drill-strings
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
Drillstring–borehole interaction can produce severely damaging vibrations. An example is stick–slip vibration, which negatively affects drilling performance, tool integrity and completion time, and costs. Attempts to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic: An opportunity to make mental health a higher public health priority
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article Review)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first recognised in December 2019. The subsequent pandemic has caused 4.3 million deaths and affected the lives of billions. It has increased psychosocial risk factors for mental ...
Modified zeolite/polysulfone mixed matrix membrane for enhanced CO2/CH4 separation
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
In recent years, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) have received worldwide attention for their potential to offer superior gas permeation and separation performance involving CO2 and CH4. However, fabricating defect-free MMMs ...
Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin d supplementation in a deficient population
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2021 , Article)
In addition to its canonical functions, vitamin D has been proposed to be an important mediator of the immune system. Despite ample sunshine, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent (>80%) in the Middle East, resulting in a high ...
Some α − ϕ-Fuzzy Cone Contraction Results with Integral Type Application
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Hindawi Limited
, 2021 , Article)
In this paper, we define α-admissible and α-ϕ-fuzzy cone contraction in fuzzy cone metric space to prove some fixed point
theorems. Some related sequences with contraction mappings have been discussed. Ultimately, our ...