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Dynamic communications between GABA A switch, local connectivity, and synapses during cortical development: A computational study
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article)
Several factors regulate cortical development, such as changes in local connectivity and the influences of dynamical synapses. In this study, we simulated various factors affecting the regulation of neural network activity ...
Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Women in Tunisia: Preliminary Findings from an Exploratory Study
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
, 2016 , Article)
Background
The incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) makes it the most widespread parasitic disease in Tunisia and the Arab world. Yet, few studies have addressed its psychological and psychosocial effects. ...
Ramadan Fasting and Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
Ramadan fasting represents one of the five pillars of the Islam creed. Even though some subjects (among which patients) are exempted from observing this religious duty, they may be eager to share this particular moment of ...
Book Review: Visual interventions: applied visual anthropology--Edited by Sarah Pink
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2011 , Book Review)
Is Tourism Marriage of Young Girls in Egypt a Form of Child Sexual Abuse? A Family Exploitation Perspective
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
Tourism marriage in Egypt is considered a part of the child marriage phenomenon, as parents following false interpretations of Islamic teachings offer up their daughters for short-term sexual relationships in return for ...
Not all drugs are created equal: impaired future thinking in opiate, but not alcohol, users
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
Episodic future thinking refers to the ability to travel forward in time to pre-experience an event. Although future thinking has been intimately linked with self and identity, to our knowledge, no prior research has ...
Applying big data methods to understanding human behavior and health
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article)
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The effects of citizenship status on service utilization and general satisfaction with healthcare: a cross-cultural study
(2017 , Article)
Objective: To explore the role of citizenship status as a predictor of general satisfaction with healthcare services in Qatar, including potential interaction with utilization and health insurance coverage type.Design: A ...
Tweet sentiment analysis with pronoun choice reveals online community dynamics in response to crisis events
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Springer Verlag
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
We describe the emergence of an online community from naturally occurring social media data. Our method uses patterns of word choice in an online social platform to characterize how a community forms in response to adverse ...
Over-time and over-level replacement policies with random working cycles
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Springer New York LLC
, 2016 , Article)
When a unit is running successive works with cycle times, it would be uneconomical or impractical to do maintenances during any working cycle. This paper firstly reviews two replacement models proposed in literatures as ...