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The Use of Measurements and Health Behavioral Models to Improve Medication Adherence
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Medication-taking behavior is very complicated, and various multifactorial approaches are required to improve adherence. Much research has been applied to the development of medications, with proven effectiveness; however, ...
Quality of Pharmacy Health Services
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
The quality of pharmacy health services can only be assured by the presence of qualified and competent pharmacists. In developing countries, healthcare facilities are insufficient for providing good-quality health services ...
Sites of contestation: Tahrir Square; from appropriation to design
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
As mentioned in the introductory chapter on "crossing the boundaries between the utopian and the real," urban design has often played the role of a mediator between idealized pasts and idealizing futures, and a channel for ...
Detection, classification, and estimation in the (t, f ) domain
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Several studies involving real-life applications have shown that methods for the detection, estimation, and classification of nonstationary signals can be enhanced by utilizing the time-frequency ((t,f)) characteristics ...
Piezo- and Thermoelectric Materials from Biopolymer Composites
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Book chapter)
Energy or power harvesting materials based on polymer nanocomposites have emerged as stable sources of electrical energy. Their wider applications ranging from aerospace to military and from automobiles to e-clothing signify ...
Iran Under Ahmadinejad: When Crisis becomes a Pattern
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Ithaca Press
, 2012 , Book chapter)
Iran's foreign policy during this period was based on four fundamental principles: the rejection of all forms of foreign domination, the preservation of the independence of the country and its territorial integrity, the ...
Factors Influencing Arab-Origin Brands to Go Global: An Extended Abstract
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Springer Nature
, 2017 , Book chapter)
As the needs of consumers around the world have become irrevocably homogenized as earlier predicted by Theodore Levitt in his classical article "The Globalization of Markets" (Levitt 1983), local successful brands have no ...
Flywheel Energy Storage Systems
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Flywheels are one of the oldest and most popular energy storage media owing to the simplicity of storing kinetic energy in a rotating mass. Flywheel energy storage systems (FESSs) can be used in different applications, for ...
Corruption and Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Corruption is believed to be widespread and it adversely affects countries at different intervals, in different degrees. Corruption scandals show that bribes are commonplace and that even societies that are supposedly free ...
Assessment of Medication Dispensing and Extended Community Pharmacy Services
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Individuals who visit community pharmacies are regarded as customers rather than patients. The public tends to view community pharmacists as businesspeople. Several factors influence individuals' willingness to patronize ...