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Image Inpainting: A Review
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
Although image inpainting, or the art of repairing the old and deteriorated images, has been around for many years, it has recently gained even more popularity, because of the recent development in image processing techniques. ...
Chinese Famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic.
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Nature Research
, 2019 , Article)
We thank Li et al. (The effect of the Chinese Famine on type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemics. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 15, 313–314 (2019))1 for their interest in our paper and agree that some studies on the association between ...
Geomechanical Modelling of Railroad Ballast: A Review
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
Traditional ballasted tracks have been used intensively around the world with ballast as the main material for tracks. Ballast has a significant contribution to the track alignment, stability and sustainability. After ...
The impact of ERP utilisation experience and segmental reporting on corporate performance in the UK context
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
By adopting the Decision-Usefulness theory, this study investigates separately and jointly the impact of utilising Enterprise Resources Planning system (ERPs) and the information disclosure of Segmental Reporting (SR), ...
Optimal Group Formation in Dense Wi-Fi Direct Networks for Content Distribution
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Wi-Fi Direct enables direct communication between Wi-Fi devices by forming Peer to Peer (P2P) groups. In each P2P group, one device becomes the Group Owner (GO) and serves as an access point (AP) to connect the remaining ...
Evaluating the invasive plant, Prosopis juliflora in the two initial growth stages as a potential candidate for heavy metal phytostabilization in metalliferous soil
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Anthropogenic activities leads to increase in toxic metals in the environment. The toxicity of Cd, Cr and Pb to P. juliflora were tested in agar media; Seeds germinated in 25, 50 and 100 mg/L Pb; 5, 10 and 20 mg/ 10 L Cd; ...
Optimized FPGA implementation of PWAM-based control of three - phase nine - level quasi impedance source inverter
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Inherent buck-boost capability, reduced component count, controlled power injection and multilevel operation are some of the advantages which makes cascaded qZSI popular for integrating the generated solar energy with the ...
Investigation of the Effect of Larestan's Pipeline Water on the Mechanical Properties of Concretes Containing Granite Aggregates
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
In this study, the compressive strength of the concretes made by the pipeline water of Larestan has been investigated. Although the used water for the concretes must be clean, standard, and generally drinkable water, in ...
Examining the key dimensions of customer experience quality in the hotel industry
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
Prior research examining the concept of customer experience quality (CEQ) is inconclusive and incoherent regarding the number and the nature of experiences in the context of the hotel industry. Some studies conceptualise ...
Real-time smart-digital stethoscope system for heart diseases monitoring
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
One of the major causes of death all over the world is heart disease or cardiac dysfunction. These diseases could be identified easily with the variations in the sound produced due to the heart activity. These sophisticated ...