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Effect of delay in diagnosis on the rate of tuberculosis among close contacts of tuberculosis patients
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World Health Organization
, 2013 , Article)
Few studies have explored diagnosis delay by tuberculosis (TB) patients and its effects on the rate of infection among their close contacts. A cross-sectional study of the close contacts of 505 newly diagnosed TB patients ...
Removal of carbamazepine from water by a novel TiO2-coconut shell powder/UV process: Composite preparation and photocatalytic activity
(2013 , Article)
A novel TiO2-coconut shell powder (TCNSP) composite, prepared by the controlled sol-gel method with a subsequent heat treatment, was investigated as an innovative photocatalytic absorbent for the removal of carbamazepine ...
A solid-phase extractant based on microemulsion modified date pits for toxic pollutants
(2013 , Article)
Application of microemulsion modified raw date pits as an inexpensive solid extractant for removing methylene blue (MB), copper ion (Cu2+) and cadmium ion (Cd2+) has been presented. The results summarised herein are also ...
Decentralized multiuser diversity with opportunistic packet transmission in MIMO wireless sensor networks
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Elsevier
, 2013 , Article)
In this study, we consider a single-hop wireless sensor network where both the sensor nodes and the controller node have multiple antennas. We focus on single beam opportunistic communication and propose a threshold-based ...
Prior zero forcing for cognitive relaying
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IEEE
, 2013 , Article)
Relaying primary signals by cognitive base-stations (CBSs) can help the primary system and thus win CBSs a higher chance to transmit their own signals. For this purpose, conventional zero-forcing (CZF) beamforming is a ...
Parameter estimation of biological phenomena: An unscented kalman filter approach
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IEEE
, 2013 , Article)
Recent advances in high-throughput technologies for biological data acquisition have spurred a broad interest in the construction of mathematical models for biological phenomena. The development of such mathematical models ...
Effects of environmental and climatic conditions on PV efficiency in qatar
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European Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ)
, 2013 , Article)
The sensitivity of various solar photovoltaic technologies towards dust, temperature and relative humidity is investigated for Qatar’s environment. Results obtained show that dust accumulation has the great effect on ...
Real-time optical character recognition on field programmable gate array for automatic number plate recognition system
(2013 , Article)
The last main stage in an automatic number plate recognition system (ANPRs) is optical character recognition (OCR), where the number plate characters on the number plate image are converted into encoded texts. In this ...
Securing vehicle-to-grid communications in the smart grid
(2013 , Article)
Using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services, battery vehicles (BVs) may help the smart grid alleviate peaks in power consumption. However, wireless communications infrastructure between BVs and the smart grid also introduce severe ...
A case report from Nepalese community pharmacy on levofloxacin induced severe abdominal pain
(2013 , Article)
A 46-year-old female patient developed severe abdominal pain shortly after taking levofloxacin, 1000. mg for acute bacterial sinusitis. The pain started after taking the first dose of levofloxacin and became worse after ...