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Genetic epidemiology of ovarian cancer in the 22 Arab countries: A systematic review.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a common disease among Arabs, with one of the highest incidences in the world. OC is underdiagnosed, underreported, and mostly reported with breast cancer. This study aimed to conduct a systematic ...
Multiple Relay Selection and Beamforming in Dual-Hop Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
In this paper, the problems of multiple relay selection and beamforming optimization are considered for a dual-hop amplify-and-forward relaying network under individual and total power constraints. The selection is performed ...
Investigation of the genetic structure of Kabyle and Chaouia Algerian populations through the polymorphism of Alu insertion markers
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Background: In Algeria, as in all North Africa, Berbers constitute the old background of the population. Today, Berber speakers account for only ∼ 25% of Algerians. This decline is the product of a complex human settlement ...
A systematic review of the outcome data supporting the Healthy Living Pharmacy concept and lessons from its implementation
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Background The Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) project, launched in England, UK in 2009 was a novel approach of introducing public health services within community pharmacy to tackle local health inequalities. A national ...
Vitamin D for the Immune System in Cystic Fibrosis (DISC): A double-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
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Oxford University Press
, 2019 , Article)
Background Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have increased risk of vitamin D deficiency owing to fat malabsorption and other factors. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk of pulmonary exacerbations ...
The development of children's preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
A concern for fairness is a fundamental and universal element of morality. To examine the extent to which cultural norms are integrated into fairness cognitions and influence social preferences regarding equality and equity, ...
Novel voltage balancing algorithm for single-phase cascaded multilevel inverter for post-module failure operation in solar photovoltaic applications
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2019 , Article)
Four cascaded quasi-impedance source inverter (qZSI) modules are required for achieving nine-level output voltage waveform. In case of one module failure, number of levels in output voltage are reduced to seven. This leads ...
A Friendly and Low-Cost Technique for Capturing Non-Cooperative Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
As a result of continuous cost reduction and device miniaturization, small UAVs are now more easily accessible to the public. Consequently, numerous new applications in the civilian and commercial domains have emerged. ...
Energy Harvesting Schemes for UAV based Communications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents two generic charging and transmission schemes to find the trade-off between the altitude of an Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station and the acquired harvested energy for maximum coverage area. The ...
Special appreciations are given to top five peer-reviewers of journal of food quality and hazards control in 2018
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Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
, 2019 , Article)
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