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Development of injectable PEGylated liposome encapsulating disulfiram for colorectal cancer treatment
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Disulfiram (DS), an anti-alcoholism medicine, shows strong anti-cancer activity in the laboratory, but the application in clinics for anti-cancer therapy has been limited by its prompt metabolism. Conventional liposomes ...
Immersive virtual reality to enforce teaching in engineering education
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
Prior studies on the use of digital prototyping and virtual reality (VR) in designing as well as evaluating new products have shown that VR reduces both development time and costs whilst augmenting student motivation and ...
Services marketing practices in diverse cultures: Canada compared to Qatar
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose
The service marketing literature has traditionally argued that the marketing practices of service firms that operate in diverse cultures should also differ. This paper aims to investigate this argument by examining ...
Head Impact Severity Measures for Small Social Robots Thrown During Meltdown in Autism
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
Social robots have gained a lot of attention recently as they have been reported to be effective in supporting therapeutic services for children with autism. However, children with autism may exhibit a multitude of challenging ...
Adolescent perspectives about their participation in alcohol intervention research in emergency care: A qualitative exploration using ethical principles as an analytical framework.
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
To explore adolescents' experiences of consenting to, and participating in, alcohol intervention trials when attending for emergency care. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 27 adolescents (16 males; aged 14-17 years ...
High Gain Transformer-Less Double-Duty-Triple-Mode DC/DC Converter for DC Microgrid
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
High-gain DC/DC converters with high efficiency are needed in dc microgrid owed to the low voltage of power sources, e.g., photovoltaic-cell and fuel-cell. This paper proposed a new high-gain double-duty-triple-mode (DDTM) ...
Modeling of student academic achievement in engineering education using cognitive and non-cognitive factors
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The retention and success of engineering undergraduates are increasing concern for higher-education institutions. The study of success determinants are initial steps in any remedial initiative targeted to enhance student ...
Silica-based chelating resin bearing dual 8-Hydroxyquinoline moieties and its applications for solid phase extraction of trace metals from seawater prior to their analysis by ICP-MS
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Solid phase extraction (SPE) using chelating resins has been established as a convenient technique for samples pretreatment prior to trace metal analysis from complex matrices. Oxine chelating agents (e.g., 8-Hydroxyquinoline ...
Sorting Out the Myths from the Facts: Commentary on Yasemen Adali et al. (2018) article " The Relationship Between Histopathologic Findings and Body Mass Index in Sleeve Gastrectomy Materials "
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Springer New York LLC
, 2019 , Article)
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Synthesis of uniform ordered mesoporous TiO 2 microspheres with controllable phase junctions for efficient solar water splitting
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2019 , Article)
As a benchmark photocatalyst, commercial P25-TiO 2 has been widely used for various photocatalytic applications. However, the low surface area and poorly porous structure greatly limit its performance. Herein, uniform ...