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This study reports experimental investigations of the effects of different surfactants (CTAB, Oleic acid and Span 80) on silica based synthetic ester nanofluids. The positive and negative potential ob…
Human visual Attention modelling is a persistent interdisciplinary research challenge, gaining new interest in recent years mainly due to the latest developments in deep learning. That is particularly…
This paper presents a novel Transformer-based facial landmark localization network named Localization Transformer (LOTR). The proposed framework is a direct coordinate regression approach leveraging a…
Smartphones penetration-rate continues expanding, from 44% in 2017 up to 59% expected increase in 2022 as reported by Strategy Analytics. At present, smartphones dominate the global mobile traffic, wh…
Many bugs and defects occur during software testing and maintenance. These bugs should be resolved as soon as possible, to improve software quality. However, bug triage aims to solve these bugs by ass…
Precise surgical excision of brain tumors depends on the surgeon’s ability to accurately differentiate tumors from healthy brain tissues. We have developed an automated system integrated with biochips…
Patients with kidney failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring prone position have not been candidates for peritoneal dialysis (PD) due to concern with increased intra-abdominal…
Inspired by the self-assembly approach, in this work, the chromogen, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), was successfully co-precipitated in aqueous solution to form collective nanoparticles (NPs) o…
Self-immolation (SI) is the key principle of ProTide nucleotide prodrugs such as remdesivir, which is currently used to treat COVID-19 patients. Developing novel tailor-made SI systems requires new an…
Objective To report the histopathologic findings in the placentas of pregnant women with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Methods Pregnant women with COVID-19 delivering between April 2020 to June 2…
Infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies are key in preventing nosocomial transmission of COVID-19. Several commonly used IPC practices are resource-intensive and may be challenging to implem…
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a common IgA-mediated small vessel vasculitis of childhood that affects several systems. It is characterised by a tetrad of dermatological, abdominal, joint and renal…
Severe coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presents with progressive dyspnea, which results from acute lung inflammatory edema leading to hypoxia. As with other infectious diseases that affect the respi…
To compile current published reports on nosocomial outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), evaluate the role of healthcare workers (HCWs) in transmission, and evalua…
Physical activity (PA) during COVID-19 shelter-in-place (SIP) may offset stress. This study examined associations between PA, stress and stress management strategies during SIP. Participants ( N = 990…
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of infection by the virulent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Though data exist on the positivity rate of the SARS-CoV-2 re…
Selective bilateral lesions of the parietal-occipital lobes can lead to an uncommon and incompletely understood clinical entity, Balint' syndrome, which consists of simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia…
The SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. The symptoms of this disease may range from mild influenza-like symptoms to severe acute respiratory dis…
During COVID-19 there has been increased pressure on mental health services internationally. In this report, we compare admissions to one acute medical unit (AMU) for patients with mental health probl…
We assessed the mental health of parents (N = 1450, M age = 40.76) of special needs children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an online survey comprising items on demographic data; two self-…
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