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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, ...
Thermoeconomic and optimization analyses of direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles with dry and wet cooling
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Oxy-combustion supercritical CO2 power cycles have the advantages of high-energy efficiency and near-zero pollutant emissions. Thus, these cycles are considered as an efficient way to reduce CO2 emissions while maintaining ...
Energy and exergy analyses of novel supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles driven by direct oxy-fuel combustor
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study addresses major research gaps related to supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles including the shortcomings due to adding extra components, the high operating temperatures and the lack of studies on ...
Rupture of an industrial gfrp composite mitered elbow pipe
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
This paper examines the immature rupture of glass fiber reinforced plastic composite (GFRP) mitered elbow pipes. The GFRP composite mitered elbow pipe’s lifespan was twenty-five years; however, the pipes in question ...