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E-government contribution to better performance by public sector
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IGI Global
, 2017 , Article)
E-government is a new phenomenon that improves public services provision to citizens, improves public sector performance, and enriches the political arena. Such ambitious objectives are not fully investigated in the ...
Gut microbial communities modulating brain development and function
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Taylor & Francis
, 2012 , Article)
Mammalian brain development is initiated in utero and internal and external environmental signals can affect this process all the way until adulthood. Recent observations suggest that one such external cue is the indigenous ...
Models of Speech Processing
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Book chapter)
One of the fundamental questions about language is how listeners map the acoustic signal onto
syllables, words, and sentences, resulting in understanding of speech. For normal listeners, this
mapping is so effortless ...
Assessment of utilization pattern of fixed dose drug combinations in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare centers in Nepal: A cross-sectional study
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Background: Prescription practices, especially in South Asian countries, have come under investigation for quality. Although there have been no studies in Nepal that have analyzed the prescription pattern of FDCs for ...
Life cycle cost analysis of structural concrete using seawater, recycled concrete aggregate, and GFRP reinforcement
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Using seawater and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) in a concrete mix is potentially advantageous from a sustainability perspective. However, the high chloride levels expected in such a case demands ...
Molecular aspects of delta opioid receptors.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
The delta opioid receptor (DOP) belongs to the Class A, rhodopsin-like family of G protein-coupled receptors. Although this receptor has a high level of similarity with the other opioid receptors, it displays unique aspects ...
Fast Foods, Sweets and Beverage Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Jordan
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
, 2018 , Article)
Background: The effects of consuming fast foods, sweets and beverages on the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) are unclear. The aim of this case-control study was to assess possible associations between the consumption ...
Crowd vs. Expert: What can relevance judgment rationales teach us about assessor disagreement?
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ACM
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
© 2018 ACM. While crowdsourcing offers a low-cost, scalable way to collect relevance judgments, lack of transparency with remote crowd work has limited understanding about the quality of collected judgments. In prior work, ...
Arrhythmia classification using DWT-coefficient energy ratios
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Certain features present in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are used to detect different heart conditions. Hence, by developing a system to extract these features, useful information related to the heart conditions could ...
India: Bio-climatism in vernacular architecture
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Springer Singapore
, 2018 , Book chapter)
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Human beings have a natural instinct for bio-climatic home building. Vernacular architecture potentially leverages on this ability while responding to the sociocultural and economic ...