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Students Impression About Using Mobile Phones in Classroom
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Kassel University Press GmbH
, 2020 , Article)
Mobile phones are widely used by university students and there is a controversial topic whether students should be able to use them freely during lectures. A survey was distributed seeking student opinions on using mobile ...
Valorization of salt post-modified poultry manure biochars for phosphorus recovery from aqueous solutions: investigations on adsorption properties and involved mechanism
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
In this research work, raw poultry manure biochar (RPM-B) was post-modified by two metal salts and then evaluated for P recovery from aqueous solutions in batch mode. The modified biochar characterization showed that RPM-B ...
Off-design performance analysis of combined CSP power and direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide cycles
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The solar power tower (SPT) has the potential to achieve high efficiency and large-scale power production due to its high achievable temperatures. However, thermal energy storage (TES) is required to solve the intermittency ...
An unusual case of modified Lemierre’s syndrome caused by staphylococcus aureus cellulitis
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International Scientific Literature Inc.
, 2020 , Article)
Patient: Male, 31-year-old
Final Diagnosis: Lemierre’s Disease
Symptoms: Conjunctival injection • eye pain and redness • fever • nasal swelling • periorbital oedema • ptosis • vesicular lesions nose
Medication: — Clinical ...
An efficient image encryption scheme based on fractal Tromino and Chebyshev polynomial
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Springer International Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
The security of digital content during transmission and storage through insecure communication links and databases is a challenging issue in today's world. In this article, an encryption scheme based on fractal Tromino and ...
The impact of molecular tumor profiling on the design strategies for targeting myeloid leukemia and EGFR/CD44-positive solid tumors
(2021 , Article)
Nanomedicine has emerged as a novel cancer treatment and diagnostic modality, whose design constantly evolves towards increasing the safety and efficacy of the chemotherapeutic and diagnostic protocols. Molecular diagnostics, ...
Self-reported likely behaviour of rail passengers during an emergency evacuation-A case study of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Prior knowledge on how passengers behave during a potential emergency evacuation could be advantageous in designing efficient crowd management and emergency procedures. This study examines the likely behaviours of Malaysian ...
The effect of post-lunch napping on mood, reaction time, and antioxidant defense during repeated sprint exercice
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Institute of Sport
, 2021 , Article)
To compare the effects of two nap opportunities (20 and 90 min) to countermeasure the transient naturally occurring increased sleepiness and decreased performances during the post-lunch dip (PLD). Fourteen highly trained ...
Application of Tools of Quality Function Deployment and Modified Balanced Scorecard for Optimal Allocation of Pavement Management Resources
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
, 2020 , Article)
Pavement management is a set of tools used to evaluate and maintain pavements so that the pavements can be used safely and effectively over a certain period. Many traditional methods were and are still being used by entities ...
Optimal piezoelectric shunt dampers for non-deterministic substructure vibration control: estimation and parametric investigation
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
Piezoelectric (PZT) shunt damping is an effective method to dissipate energy from a vibrating structure; however, most of the applications focus on targeting specific modes for structures vibrating at low-frequency range, ...