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How Lean principles can be applied to the development process of educational programs?
Lean is an approach to improving business processes such as production. The overall objective of lean principles is to reduce waste and increase value. These principles have been developed and successfully applied within...
Published by: University of Salford
State of Digital Economy in Asia-Pacific Region
The paper seeks to examine the cross-country variation in the state of digital economy in Asia-Pacific region. In addition, this paper also identifies the role played by the digital skill in fostering the development of the...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Acute rejection and growth outcomes in paediatric kidney allograft recipients treated with a corticosteroid minimisation immunosuppressive protocol.
BACKGROUND: Corticosteroid minimisation immunosuppressive protocols (CMP) for children are an approach to safely reduce unwanted medication side effects associated with long-term exposure following kidney transplantation. Here...
BK virus infection and outcome following kidney transplantation in childhood.
BK virus associated nephropathy (BKN) is an important cause of kidney allograft failure. In a cohort of paediatric kidney transplant recipients, we aimed to understand the incidence and clinical outcome associated with BKN, as...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the kidney community
Duvuru Geetha, Andreas Kronbichler, Megan Rutter, Divya Bajpai, Steven Menez, Annemarie Weissenbacher, Shuchi Anand, Eugene Lin, Nicholas Carlson, Stephen Sozio, Kevin Fowler, Ray Bignall, Kathryn Ducharlet, Elliot K Tannor, Eranga Wijewickrama, Muhammad IA Hafidz, Vladimir Tesar, Robert Hoover, Deidra Crews, Charles Varnell, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Vivekanand Jha, Sumit Mohan, Chirag Parikh, Valerie Luyckx
Sep 24, 2022
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected patients with kidney disease, causing significant challenges in disease management, kidney research and trainee education. For patients, increased...
The Fall and Rise of Racial Inequality in London Homicides
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Research Question
How have London’s racial and demographic disparities in homicide victimisation rates changed in 2...
Evaluation of Wall Inclination Effect on the Dynamic Response of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Using Shaking Table Tests
Shaking table tests were conducted in this study to determine the effect of facing wall inclinations, and the density of the backfill. Reduced-scale models reinforced with two layers of geogrid and fine sand as backfill were...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A multisource energy harvesting utilizing highly efficient ferroelectric PMN-PT single crystal
This paper demonstrates a multi-source energy harvester that is able to utilize simultaneously both piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects in lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) single crystal. The paper presents a...
How Lean principles can be applied to the development process of educational programs?
Lean is an approach to improving business processes such as production. The overall objective of lean principles is to reduce waste and increase value. These principles have been developed and successfully applied within...
Published by: University of Salford
Light-triggered syneresis of a water insoluble peptide-hydrogel effectively removes small molecule waste contaminants.
A short peptide based hydrogel exhibits aqueous insolubility, thixotropy and efficient light induced syneresis. Upon irradiation with UV light, the hydrogel shrinks and expells ∼50% of the solvent. Syneresis is caused by...
SDN-Based Traffic Monitoring in Data Center Network Using Floodlight Controller
Data center networks are the backbone of IT infrastructure and cloud services. According to traffic pattern research, a small group of flows transport the vast majority of the bytes and are referred to as elephant flows. Proper...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
SafeWomen
The security of women is of prime concern around the world. Women feel insecure while traveling out of the home due to the fear of violence. The fear of violence restricts women's participating in different social activities. So...
Human Behavior & Psychology Social Sciences and Humanities Sociology Security and Forensics Government and Law
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Among Prolific Young Robbery Offenders in London
Abstract
Research Question
How prevalent are various types of adverse childhood experiences among prolific young robbery...
A multisource energy harvesting utilizing highly efficient ferroelectric PMN-PT single crystal
This paper demonstrates a multi-source energy harvester that is able to utilize simultaneously both piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects in lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) single crystal. The paper presents a...
Equal Protection by Race with Stop and Frisk
Abstract: Research Question: Can racial equity in crime and policing be measured with the use of a Risk-Adjusted Disparity (RAD) Index of the degree to which policing across racial categories is “balanced” in its ratios of...
BK virus infection and outcome following kidney transplantation in childhood
Abstract: BK virus associated nephropathy (BKN) is an important cause of kidney allograft failure. In a cohort of paediatric kidney transplant recipients, we aimed to understand the incidence and clinical outcome associated with...
Relationship between the tissue-specificity of mouse gene expression and the evolutionary origin and function of the proteins.
Shiri Freilich, Tim Massingham, Sumit Bhattacharyya, Hannes Ponsting, Paul A Lyons, Tom C Freeman, Janet M Thornton
Jun 17, 2011
Empirical Parameter to Compare Molecule-Electrode Interfaces in Large-Area Molecular Junctions.
Marco Carlotti, Saurabh Soni, Andrii Kovalchuk, Sumit Kumar, Stephan Hofmann, Ryan C Chiechi
Jul 01, 2022
This paper describes a simple model for comparing the degree of electronic coupling between molecules and electrodes across different large-area molecular junctions. The resulting coupling parameter can be obtained directly from...
FAST Policing by Telephone
Abstract
Research Question
Can caller satisfaction and trust in police be improved (or equalled), after police agree to send a...
Stacey Rothwell, Kent McFadzien, Heather Strang, Sumit Kumar, Graham Hooper, Alan Pughsley
Jan 04, 2023
Artificial Intelligent Embedded Doctor (AIEDr.)
This article focuses on the development of a diagnostic model for low back pain management, a mathematical model describing the cause of the disease and an inclusive hardware implementation with artificial intelligence (AI). It...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Improving Big Data Analytics With Interactive Augmented Reality
Since, data is generated every minute by everyone including consumers and/or business worldwide, there is an enormous worth for big data analytics. Big data analytics is a technique for extracting important information from...
Systems & Software Design Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
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Clinical validation of a novel web-application for remote assessment of distance visual acuity.
Arun James Thirunavukarasu, Deborah Mullinger, Remi Mohan Rufus-Toye, Sarah Farrell, Louise E Allen
Oct 01, 2021
Background/objectives
Ophthalmic disorders cause 8% of hospital clinic attendances, the highest of any specialty. The fundamental need for a distance visual acuity (VA) measurement constrains remote consultation. A...
Encoding optical control in LCK kinase to quantitatively investigate its activity in live cells.
LCK is a tyrosine kinase that is essential for initiating T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling. A complete understanding of LCK function is constrained by a paucity of methods to quantitatively study its function within live...
Lung Tumor Segmentation Using Marker-Controlled Watershed and Support Vector Machine
The medical imaging technique showed remarkable improvement in interventional treatment of computer-aided medical diagnosis system. Image processing techniques are broadly applied in detection and exploring the abnormalities...
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