Koziol, James A Schnitzer, Jan E
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Examination of the mortality patterns in the United States among racial, ethnic, and age groups attributed to the 1918-19 influenza pandemic revealed stark disparities, causes for which could have been addressed and rectified this past century. However, these disparities have been amplified during the current COVID-19 pandemic.We have ignored the l...
Krithiga, S Sujitha, N Sandeep, G J S M Gokulnath, R Subudhi, Partha Sarathi
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Fuzzy logic controller is developed for PV array fed interleaved dual buck-boost (IDBB) converter for EV battery charging applications. The inner dynamics of the IDBB converter is improved using the damping network. Irrespective of the change in solar insolation conditions, the developed fuzzy logic controller adjusts the duty ratio of the converte...
Girard, Cléa Prado, Jérôme
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The COVID-19 crisis in 2020 led to exceptional measures to contain the spread of the virus. In France as in many countries around the world, the government ordered a lockdown with school closure for several weeks. A growing number of studies suggest that family socio-economic status might be an important predictor of how families adapted to homesch...
Guo, Yu Xia, Wei Peng, Xuehua Shao, Jianbo
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Menkes disease is a disorder of copper metabolism and which follows a progressive degeneration of brain. It is a rare X-linked recessive disorder that results from mutations in ATP7A gene. The early diagnosis of Menkes disease is critical to patients' prognosis. We report a case of Menkes disease. A 4-month-old boy presented with intermittent convu...
Werkneh, Adhena Ayaliew Gebru, Shifare Berhe Redae, Gebru Hailu Tsige, Arega Gashaw
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Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are emerging contaminants of concern (ECC) that disturb endocrine hormones and system functionality even at very low concentrations (i.e. μg/L or ng/L levels). Hence, EDCs are found in all components of the environment including surface and groundwater, wastewater, soil, outdoor and indoor air and in the contam...
Anugerah, Adhe Rizky Muttaqin, Prafajar Suksessanno Trinarningsih, Wahyu
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In the past years, research in Social Network Analysis (SNA) has increased. Initially, the research area was limited to sociology and anthropology but has now been used in numerous disciplines. The business and management discipline has many potentials in employing the SNA approach due to enormous relational data, ranging from employees, stakeholde...
De Klerk, Matthew Liam Saha, Akshay Kumar
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The transport sector is essential for socio-economic growth; however, the sector contributes a large portion of global carbon dioxide emissions. Consequently, electric vehicles have received increasing attention from various stakeholders in order to provide a solution to the current environmental impact of the transport industry. Current literature...
Nashwan, Abdulqadir J Valdez, Glenn Ford D Al-Fayyadh, Sadeq Al-Najjar, Hani Elamir, Hossam Barakat, Muna Almazan, Joseph U Jahlan, Ibtesam O Alabdulaziz, Hawa Omar, Nabil E
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Health care providers (HCPs) have always been a common target of stigmatization during widespread infections and COVID-19 is not an exception. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCPs in seven different countries using the Stigma COVID-19 Healthcare Providers tool (S19-HCPs). Cross-sect...
Tan, Poh Ling Rasoolimanesh, S Mostafa Manickam, Govindaraju
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This study compares the direct and indirect effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on brand equity and brand loyalty between public and private universities. Additionally, this study compares the direct effect of CSR on brand reputation; brand reputation on brand equity and loyalty; and the role of brand reputation as a mediator between p...
Huang, Zewen Zhang, Lejun Wang, Junyu Xu, Lu Wang, Tingting Tang, Yan Li, Yin Guo, Ming Xiong, Yipin Wang, Wenying
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Recent studies have documented life satisfaction of people have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is unknown about the influential factors and mechanisms of life satisfaction of postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a strong link among life satisfaction and individual quality of life and achievement, s...
