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NON-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN HEROIN USERS AND NON-USERS-A CASE CONTROL STUDY

Azhar Mahmood Kayani, Nausheen Bakh, Waseem Kiani, Syed Shahid Nafees Zaidi et al. • Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (2017)

bjective: To compare heroin users with their age and gender matched relatives as regards non-invasive investigations like chest x-ray, electrocardiography (ECG) and 2D-echocardiography. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration o...

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The Balanced Opioid Initiative: protocol for a clustered, sequential, multiple-assignment randomized trial to construct an adaptive implementation strategy to improve guideline-concordant opioid prescribing in primary care

Andrew Quanbeck, Daniel Almirall, Nora Jacobson, Randall T. Brown et al. • Implementation Science (2020)

Abstract Background Rates of opioid prescribing tripled in the USA between 1999 and 2015 and were associated with significant increases in opioid misuse and overdose death. Roughly half of all opioids are prescribed in primary care. Althoug...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-020-00990-4

Statistics Explained

Steve McKillup • Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

An understanding of statistics and experimental design is essential for life science studies, but many students lack a mathematical background and some even dread taking an introductory statistics course. Using a refreshingly clear and enco...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139047500

Experimental examination on physical and radiation shielding features of boro-silicate glasses doped with varying amounts of BaO

M.I. Sayyed, Abdelmoneim Saleh, Anjan Kumar, Fatma Elzahraa Mansour • Nuclear Engineering and Technology (2024)

Investigations were conducted on the addition of barium's impact on the radiation shielding and physical attributes of five different glasses, designated S1–S5, with varying BaO contents. Using two point sources namely Co60 and Cs137 along ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2024.03.038

A <italic>&#x03BC;</italic>-Synthesis Framework for Multi-Domain Robust Load Frequency Control Under Concurrent Communication Delays and Parametric Uncertainties

Chadi Nohra, Bechara Nehme, Raymond Ghandour, Ossama Dankar et al. • IEEE Access (2026)

The integration of communication networks into modern power systems introduces variable time delays that degrade the performance of traditional Load Frequency Control (LFC), while the shift towards renewable energy sources increases system ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3675126

Life cycle assessment of a renewable energy generation system with a vanadium redox flow battery in a NZEB household

J.R. Gouveia, E. Silva, T.M. Mata, A. Mendes et al. • Energy Reports (2020)

Buildings are responsible for a significant part of the global energy consumption. Besides the need to improve their energy efficiency, new buildings also need to generate their own energy, preferably from renewable sources, to become more ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2019.08.024

Extraction and Energy Management of Solar Photovoltaic, Fuel Cell, and Battery Systems Using a Novel Multi Port Power Converter for DC Microgrid Applications

Guguloth Nagesh, M. Venkatesh Naik, Dogga Raveendhra, Praveen Kumar Bonthagorla • IEEE Access (2025)

In DC microgrids, efficient power extraction and an effective energy management strategy (EMS) are crucial when integrating multiple power sources. This study presents a novel Four-Port Converter (FPC) configuration designed to extract powe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3570190

Evaluation of distilled water quality and production costs from a modified solar still integrated with an outdoor solar water heater

Naseer T. Alwan, S.E. Shcheklein, Obed M. Ali • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2021)

Solar water distillation is an effective technology for producing potable water using sustainable energy sources. However, the widespread use of this technology in industrial and domestic applications is hindered by low daily production com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.csite.2021.101216

Thermal performance analysis of net zero energy home for sub zero temperature areas

Muhammad Irfan, Naeem Abas, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2018)

With the increase in energy demand globally, environmental risks are also becoming more serious than ever before. Emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are hastily contributing to global warming and ozone deplet...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.csite.2018.10.008

Research on the Configuration of a 100% Green Electricity Supplied Zero-Carbon Integrated Energy Station

Jieyu Xie, Xingying Chen, Kun Yu, Lei Gan et al. • Energies (2024)

In the context of rapid growth in renewable energy installations and increasingly severe consumption issues, this paper designs a 100% green electricity supplied zero-carbon integrated energy station. It aims to analyze its configuration fo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en17164111

A design method for booster motor of brake-by-wire system based on intelligent electric vehicle

Bumin Meng, Zhengzhao Zhou, Congyue Zhang, Feifan Yang • Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation (2023)

ABSTRACT: The brake-by-wire (BBW) system is an essential part of the intelligent electric vehicle, which is determination of the braking safety and recovery efficiency. To design a safe and efficient booster motor, the design of booster mot...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.geits.2023.100110

Mobile App Prototype in Older Adults for Postfracture Acute Pain Management: User-Centered Design Approach

Kevin Tran-Nguyen, Caroline Berger, Roxanne Bennett, Michelle Wall et al. • JMIR Aging (2022)

BackgroundPostfracture acute pain is often inadequately managed in older adults. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies can offer opportunities for self-management of pain; however, insufficient apps exist for acute pain management after a fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/37772

Sensitivity and Features of Computed Tomography in Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Meta-analysis

Awadia Gareeballah, Moawia Gameraddin, Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Lubna Bushara et al. • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (2021)

Introduction: Early diagnosis of COVID-19 is important for disease treatment and management. Computed Tomography (CT) is a fast and easy modality for diagnosis and management plan of patients with COVID-19. In the literature, several stu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2021/47449.14570

Dielectric‐Confinement‐Induced in‐Plane Photoelectric Anisotropy in Isotropic Quasi‐1D γ‐GaS Nanoribbon

Jiawei Jing, Jiamei Chen, Xing Xin, Peisong Peng et al. • Advanced Science (2026)

ABSTRACT The growing demand for polarized photodetection has driven the need for compact, integrated, and multifunctional device architectures. Although one‐dimensional (1D) materials are of significant interest for their innate polarizatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/advs.75736

Photoresponsive Biomimetic Soft Robots Enabled by Near‐Infrared‐Driven and Ultrarobust Sandwich‐Structured Nanocomposite Films

Yi Yu, Ran Peng, Zihe Chen, Li Yu et al. • Advanced Intelligent Systems (2021)

Soft robots, intelligent structures built up of smart soft materials, are capable of being programmed to perform delicate work. Recently, plenty of biomimetic soft robots with functionalities of grasping, sensing, searching, and transportin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202100012

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Ying Zhang, Ping He • Trans Tech Publications Ltd. eBooks (2013)

The volume contains selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 International Conference on Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (AMSE 2012), December 9-10, 2012, Seoul, Korea. The papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Materia...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/b-uit6cc