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  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Marie, Ng; Gakidou, Emmanuela; Lo, Justin; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
    BackgroundOverweight and obesity is a global epidemic. Forecasting future trajectories of the epidemic is crucial for providing an evidence base for policy change. In this study, we examine the historical trends of the ...
  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Jessica A, Kerr; Patton, George C; Cini, Karly I; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbas, Nasir; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
    BackgroundDespite the well documented consequences of obesity during childhood and adolescence and future risks of excess body mass on non-communicable diseases in adulthood, coordinated global action on excess body mass ...
  • Impact of asthma control on quality of life among palestinian children. 

    Aldirawi, Ali; Al-Qudimat, Ahmad R; Al Rawwad, Tamara; Alhalaiqa, Fadwa; Alwawi, Abdallah; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2025 , Article)
    Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that significantly affects children, impacting their health-related quality of life. This study aimed to explore the relationship between asthma control and quality of life among ...
  • Factors affecting consumers' pro-environmental behaviour in nutricosmetics consumption: the role of perceived environmental responsibility as a mediator 

    Shahrin, Ruzanna; Quoquab, Farzana; Mohammad, Jihad; Jamil, Rossilah ( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2020 , Article)
    Purpose: This study aims to examine the direct effect of compensatory health beliefs (CHBs), environmental self-identity and perceived environmental responsibility (PER) towards consumers' pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). ...
  • Effective addition of nanoclay in enhancement of mechanical and electromechanical properties of SWCNT reinforced epoxy: Strain sensing and crack-induced piezoresistivity 

    Esmaeili, A.; Sbarufatti, C.; Casati, R.; Jiménez-Suárez, A.; Ureña, A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
    Many studies were performed to improve CNT dispersion into epoxy using different mechanical dispersion methods as well as CNT functionalization. In this study, a novel method is introduced to enhance CNT dispersion using ...
  • Weak-coupling, strong-coupling and large-order parametrization of the hypergeometric-Meijer approximants 

    Shalaby, Abouzeid M. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
    Without Borel or Padé techniques, we show that for a divergent series with n! large-order growth factor, the set of hypergeometric series pFp-2 represents suitable approximants. The divergent pFp-2 series are then resummed ...
  • Computational, MD simulation, SEM/EDX and experimental studies for understanding adsorption of benzimidazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors in 1.0 M HCl solution 

    Ech-chihbi, E.; Nahlé, A.; Salim, R.; Benhiba, F.; Moussaif, A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
    The adsorption and corrosion inhibition performance of two benzimidazole derivatives, namely:2-(allylthio)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole (SHA) and bis((1H-benzo[d]imidazole-2-yl)thio)methane (BB1C) were studied as a corrosion ...
  • Prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients on mechanical ventilation post traumatic brain injury: machine learning approach 

    Abujaber, Ahmad; Fadlalla, Adam; Gammoh, Diala; Abdelrahman, Husham; Mollazehi, Monira; ... more authors ( BioMed Central Ltd , 2020 , Article)
    Background The study aimed to introduce a machine learning model that predicts in-hospital mortality in patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods A ...
  • Single-phase hybrid multilevel inverter topology with low switching frequency modulation techniques for lower order harmonic elimination 

    Siddique, Marif Daula; Bhaskar, Mahajan Sagar; Rawa, Muhyaddin; Mekhilef, Saad; Memon, Mudasir Ahmed; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2020 , Article)
    A new single-phase asymmetrical multilevel inverter (MLI) is presented in this study. The proposed topology generates a staircase output voltage waveform with a maximum number of levels using less number of components ...
  • Production of solar CO via two-step neodymium oxide based thermochemical CO2 splitting cycle 

    Bhosale, Rahul R. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
    Detailed thermodynamic scrutiny of the solar thermochemical neodymium oxide-based CO2 splitting (Nd-CS) cycle is reported. The thermal reduction (TR) and CO2 splitting (CS) reaction temperatures required for the operation ...
  • Quantum Computer Architecture from Non-Conventional Physical Simulation up to Encryption Cracking, Machine Learning Application, and More 

    Al-Mohammed, Hasan Abbas; Al-Ali, Muhammed Samir; Alkaeed, Mahdi ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference paper)
    Beginning with the concern of simulation of nonclassical physical theories (deal with tiny particles) that share one common feature (quantum mechanics). As well as, Shor's algorithm has given the advantage of new technology. ...
  • Comparing design preference of guide road signs by native arabic speakers and international speakers in the state of qatar 

    Mahgoub, A.O.; Choe, P. ( IEEE Computer Society , 2020 , Conference paper)
    Guide road signs are used to help drivers. These signs should be designed properly and provided effectively to maximize the transmitted information in a short time in driving. The design of guide road signs should be made ...
  • Message from the RTDPCC 2020 Workshop Chairs 

    Zhai, Xiaojun; Bensaali, Faycal; Liu, Lu ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)
    Presents the introductory welcome message from the conference proceedings. May include the conference officers' congratulations to all involved with the conference event and publication of the proceedings record.
  • Matching Game with No-Regret Learning for IoT Energy-Efficient Associations with UAV 

    Lhazmir, Safae; Oualhaj, Omar Ait; Kobbane, Abdellatif; Ben-Othman, Jalel ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)
    Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a promising technology to provide an energy-efficient and cost-effective solution for data collection from ground Internet of Things (IoT) network. In this paper, we analyze the UAV-IoT ...
  • Severe dehydration among cholera patients in Yemen: A cohort profile 

    Alassar, Mohammed M.; Adegboye, Oyelola A.; Emeto, Theophilus I.; Rahman, Kazi M.; Mashood, Lawal Olumuyiwa; ... more authors ( European Academy of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases , 2020 , Article)
    Introduction Cholera, an acute diarrheal illness caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae, is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality globally. The occurrence of outbreaks of cholera ...
  • Exosomes: Emerging diagnostic and therapeutic targets in cutaneous diseases 

    Khan, Abdul Q.; Akhtar, Sabah; Prabhu, Kirti S.; Zarif, Lubna; Khan, Rehan; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
    Skin is the largest human organ and is continuously exposed to various exogenous and endogenous trigger factors affecting body homeostasis. A number of mechanisms, including genetic, inflammatory and autoimmune ones, have ...
  • Two bregman projection methods for solving variational inequality problems in hilbert spaces with applications to signal processing 

    Jolaoso, Lateef Olakunle; Aphane, Maggie; Khan, Safeer Hussain ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
    Studying Bregman distance iterative methods for solving optimization problems has become an important and very interesting topic because of the numerous applications of the Bregman distance techniques. These applications ...
  • Friction-based welding processes: friction welding and friction stir welding 

    Kumar Rajak, Dipen; Pagar, Durgesh D.; Menezes, Pradeep L.; Eyvazian, Arameh ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article Review)
    Friction-based welding processes are considered as very efficient solid-state metal joining processes due to soundness of the welded joint with remarkably less energy consumption and environmentally friendly. The terminology ...
  • Assessing walking and cycling around schools 

    Shaaban, Khaled; Abdur-Rouf, Khadija ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
    To encourage students to walk and cycle to school and ensure their health and safety, it is essential to provide safe and operationally efficient infrastructure around schools. This study used an audit tool to assess the ...
  • Quantum Radar: A Brief Analytical Study 

    Al-Moahmmed, Hasan Abbas ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference paper)
    The quantum computing began with the concern of Richard Feynman to simulate the non-classical physical theories, Shor's algorithm showed the power of the quantum mechanics when solved a classical problem with it, these ...

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