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Portable Exercise Equipment For Chinese Middle School Students To Stimulate Their Interest In Exercise, Bowen Zhang May 2022

Portable Exercise Equipment For Chinese Middle School Students To Stimulate Their Interest In Exercise, Bowen Zhang

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This study was intended to explore how to enhance Chinese junior high school students' interest in physical education classes and develop lifelong exercise habits through assembled multifunctional exercise equipment. By combining traditional exercise equipment with interactive software, new teaching possibilities for physical education for middle school students were explored. For this case study, the test participants were physical education teachers and students in China. By comparing the designed exercise models with traditional exercise equipment in terms of functionality, material comfort, and attractiveness, the discussion results showed that students had a positive relationship between enhancing physical activity and using the new …

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A Smart Yoga Mat System Designed For Visually Impaired People, Dan Han May 2022

A Smart Yoga Mat System Designed For Visually Impaired People, Dan Han

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Globally, nearly 2.2 billion people are visually impaired, while 39 million are blind at present. Due to various factors, it is difficult for the blind to exercise. Though associations for blind people and disabled schools provide more possibilities for sports training for visually impaired people, these resources cannot reach everyone in need because of location and foundation limits. The project aims to make fitness more accessible for visually impaired people to help them keep healthy. Thus it could support their confidence and independence as they expected. Furthermore, society's awareness of visually impaired people's difficulties while exercising then, more studies could …

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Identification Of Essential Gene Relations For Lung Adenocarcinoma Therapy Targets By Cross-Referencing Literature-Mined And Rnaseq Data, Mariel V. Pridmore May 2022

Identification Of Essential Gene Relations For Lung Adenocarcinoma Therapy Targets By Cross-Referencing Literature-Mined And Rnaseq Data, Mariel V. Pridmore

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Lung adenocarcinoma is the most frequently diagnosed subtype of lung cancer, and while the disease itself can be strenuous, the typical treatments such as chemotherapy are also known to cause whole body harm to the patient due to its systemic nature. Target therapies are increasingly gaining popularity for their ability to selectively apply the therapy to a specific cell. In terms of cancer, this method would lessen some, if not all the painful side-effects of chemotherapy and enhance a patient’s quality of life. Narrowing down what genes are deemed to be essential to the operation of the cell can help …

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Alexios: Transporting Disaster Relief, Power Supply System In Urban Flooding, Yannan Pan May 2022

Alexios: Transporting Disaster Relief, Power Supply System In Urban Flooding, Yannan Pan

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Due to the terrain and river distribution, floods occur in China every year. The Yangtze River and the lower plain of Yellow River in eastern China are flood-prone, especially in urban areas. Whenever a flood comes, a lot of material and human resources are invested in the affected areas. However, there are some potential hazards in the existing flood control methods and related resettlement and management modes. In this paper, the author of this article will attempt to design a conceptualized urban flood relief and management system with a focus on the near future. the system will take use of …

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Community Cat Shelter - A System That Brings The Community Together To Raise Community Cats, Zhishuo Sun May 2022

Community Cat Shelter - A System That Brings The Community Together To Raise Community Cats, Zhishuo Sun

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Due to the frequent abandonment of domestic cats and their proliferation in the wild, more and more stray cats, or feral cats, have been born in the city. These cats have a high mortality rate, kill birds, make noise, and have an impact on the human habitat. This study explores the pain points of harmonious coexistence between humans and stray cats and proposes a design intervention for some of these problems. The goal is for each community to address the problem of stray cats in that community from within, including issues such as securing the survival of stray cats and …

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Transitional Car Living, Between Homelessness And Permanent Shelter, Isaac Hertzson May 2022

Transitional Car Living, Between Homelessness And Permanent Shelter, Isaac Hertzson

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The worsening eviction crisis facing countries like the United States is caused by a variety of factors. The increasing costs of the housing market as large multi-national investing firms speculate on value of housing, to soaring rental prices, stagnating wages, inflation, and the devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Eviction creates destructive ripple effects throughout society as it often begets a negative feedback loop in which the evicted face housing discrimination leading to further eviction. Eviction is causally linked to issues with both mental and physical well being. To help those facing eviction this project proposes the creation of a …

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Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani May 2022

Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani

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This research aims at using forecasting algorithm that predicts the demand that is to be needed on a monthly basis while factoring in occasional inconsistent patterns, seasonality, and non-stationary and cyclical patterns of the data. The prediction is to predict around 3000 SKUs in 19 end markets and since the data is necessary for marketing enhancement and strategies, the Forecasting accuracy must be high. Since market strategies will be based on those predictions and revenue will be lost in the case of an error. Hence, we need to keep in mind that the model is not overfitted and that it …

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Identifying Psychological Mental Disorders Through Machine Learning, Mohammad Al Abdooli May 2022

Identifying Psychological Mental Disorders Through Machine Learning, Mohammad Al Abdooli

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Psychology is the Study of Human Behavior and the various ways of thinking in it’s both consciousness and unconsciousness mind as this field is still growing to various fields such as Sports, Criminal and even Administrative Psychology through, Furthermore, This Study aims to shape and accommodate both fields of Sciences together, There are very few Scholars and Researches done on Medical Mental Health from a Data Analytics perspective, examining the datasets of the patients ICD-11 or DSM-5 scores and correlating it with the patients well-being, family medical history or any accident the patient have been through, so the current study …

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Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani May 2022

Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani

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This research aims at using forecasting algorithm that predicts the demand that is to be needed on a monthly basis while factoring in occasional inconsistent patterns, seasonality, and non-stationary and cyclical patterns of the data. The prediction is to predict around 3000 SKUs in 19 end markets and since the data is necessary for marketing enhancement and strategies, the Forecasting accuracy must be high. Since market strategies will be based on those predictions and revenue will be lost in the case of an error. Hence, we need to keep in mind that the model is not overfitted and that it …

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Using Regression Analysis For Predicting Energy Consumption In Dubai Police, Amal Rashid Alqasim May 2022

Using Regression Analysis For Predicting Energy Consumption In Dubai Police, Amal Rashid Alqasim

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The aim of this project is to build a machine learning algorithm to forecast electricity and water consumption for the 27 sites in Dubai Police facilities. This aim is to establish a central database with all the data to monitor the energy consumption in a systematic manner and feed the data in a visualized dashboard. The data was collected from the energy conservation department at Dubai Police for five years from 2017 to 2021 comprising of electricity and water consumption details data. Due to the numerous buildings and facilities any irregular behavior in consumption takes time to be identified using …

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Using Data Analytics Techniques To Analyze And Predict Uae Trade, Ruba Alnajada May 2022

Using Data Analytics Techniques To Analyze And Predict Uae Trade, Ruba Alnajada

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This research applies data analytics techniques and algorithms to analyze and forecast UAE’s trade. Regression model was applied to study the relationship between exports, imports, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP is “the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. As a broad measure of overall domestic production, it functions as a comprehensive scorecard of a given country’s economic health” (Gross Domestic Product(GDP), 2022) . In this project we applied several data analytics techniques to analyze UAE trade data. We also concluded that, based on …

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Understanding Customer Behaviour In Restaurants Based On Data Mining Prediction Technique, Abdulrahman Yousef Alshamsi May 2022

Understanding Customer Behaviour In Restaurants Based On Data Mining Prediction Technique, Abdulrahman Yousef Alshamsi

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Customer’s behavior varies from person to person based on their segmentations, while understanding these differences is one of the key elements of success in food and beverage sector. By understanding customer’s behaviors, restaurant’s owners will be able to identify their targeted customers and will give a clear insight on their menu products. Additionally, it will allow them to target their marketing campaigns, increase the revenue and optimize the cost. Artificial intelligence applications in this field have a huge positive impact in operations of food and beverage sector and depending on of this technology will change the way of restaurant’s management. …

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Gerontoludic Character Design: Creating Engaging Player Characters For Older Adults, Robin Noelle Koman May 2022

Gerontoludic Character Design: Creating Engaging Player Characters For Older Adults, Robin Noelle Koman

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In this thesis, findings of research in gerontoludic character design, in other words the design of game player characters focused upon the needs, wants, and expectations of older adults, are delivered. To support these findings, there is a review of qualitative and quantitative literature on ageism, including the impact of aging stereotypes and assumptions upon technology driven industries such as the game industry. This exploration of the roots of ageism includes an examination of how ageism affects the frequency and nature of older adult characters, both playable and non-playable, found in video games. Part of the justification of this topic …

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Web For All – An Accessibility Website, Kirsten Hawkes May 2022

Web For All – An Accessibility Website, Kirsten Hawkes

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This project focuses on how to improve awareness and implementation of web accessibility. The primary focus of the webforall.tech website is to provide a guide of best practices for web accessibility and a list of resources. The aim of the project is to create a website that provides UX designers and developers with the tools to design with accessibility in mind. Furthermore, the project involves testing the website with a survey and usability testing sessions to inform the updates and improvements implemented.

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Art Curriculum Lesson Plan: Horace Pippin’S World War I Journal, Tracie Dana Sykes May 2022

Art Curriculum Lesson Plan: Horace Pippin’S World War I Journal, Tracie Dana Sykes

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This report contains a detailed curriculum plan for a ninety-minute, eleventh grade Art class. The purpose is to provide the students with a thorough study of Horace Pippin’s World War I journal, while implementing two assignments to test their understanding of the areas which will be emphasized in the lesson. The students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of Pippin’s War journal by presenting a detailed slideshow about the artist and his journal. The students' foundational knowledge of Naive art will be recognized through the creation of his/her unique piece of art which will implement the mannerisms of Naive …

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The Effects Of Therapeutic Arts On Black Mental Health, Alicia Newsome May 2022

The Effects Of Therapeutic Arts On Black Mental Health, Alicia Newsome

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This project focuses on black mental health that encompasses mental wellness education through social media and builds community connection by sharing stories. It reduces social exclusion and creates positive change in black communities. The final deliverable will be a short video poem compilation via YouTube that gives insight into what it is like living with depression and anxiety. It will include motion graphics, photo manipulation, and graphic art covers titled Misconceptions, Beautiful Temptations, Relentless, and Old Abuse. It is about implementing healthy coping mechanisms and bringing together a community that is often overlooked and/or stigmatized regarding mental health. It enhances …

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The Taxonomy Of Extinction: Brian Jungen’S Tombstone, Jasen Evoy May 2022

The Taxonomy Of Extinction: Brian Jungen’S Tombstone, Jasen Evoy

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This thesis focuses on the recent work (Tombstone, 2019) by Brian Jungen, a Canadian artist of mixed European and Dane-zaa heritage. The work is explored in detail, leveraging concepts present in Jungen’s existing body of work to extract intent and meaning through Jungen’s complex use of space, materiality, and iconography. Tombstone is a large scale, multimedia sculpture consisting of white plastic Rubbermaid stepstools cut and assembled into the form of a turtle or tortoise shell resting on a bank of thirty-seven black filing cabinets. While Tombstone initially presents itself as aesthetically sparse, it is a deeply-layered commentary on inequity, power …

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Creating A Social Media Marketing Strategy For A Small Business, Kaila Trowbridge May 2022

Creating A Social Media Marketing Strategy For A Small Business, Kaila Trowbridge

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As the world continues to digitalize, it has never been more crucial to use and understand social media when running a business of any size. Social media is where people share their ideas, experiences, and information with the world. People can reach a larger audience once they grow their profiles and understand who the audience truly is. From a business standpoint, social media should be used to display products, services, and develop an open relationship with the audience and customers.

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Effects Of Prompting Via Automated Phone Calls On Documentation Completion, Erin Malinowski May 2022

Effects Of Prompting Via Automated Phone Calls On Documentation Completion, Erin Malinowski

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This study attempted to determine if a low-cost, minimally time consuming intervention could increase document completion – specifically end of shift reports. Using a concurrent multiple baseline design, automated phone calls reminded staff to complete their end of shift reports. Participants were the staff members at 16 group homes. All participants were trained Direct Support Professionals. The dependent variable was completion of end of shift reports as a percent of opportunities. There was a measurable response to the intervention. Overall, the percent of completion increased from 4% in baseline to 22% during intervention. The agency desired a much higher response …

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Gcms, Lcms And Hs-Spme/Gcms Methods To Detect Adulteration Of Argan Oil., Afeez Ayodeji Olisa May 2022

Gcms, Lcms And Hs-Spme/Gcms Methods To Detect Adulteration Of Argan Oil., Afeez Ayodeji Olisa

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Methods for identifying argan oil adulteration have become important due to the exponential increase in the use of argan oil in food and cosmetics products over the years. Argan is the most expensive vegetable oil, has a tedious extraction process and is endemic to Morocco. This paper focuses on identifying markers that can be used to identify adulteration of argan oil with cheaper vegetable oils. Authentic argan oil from Morocco, commercially available argan oil, adulterant oil (sunflower and olive oil) and admixtures of argan oil with each adulterant oil at 98:2, 95:5, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, and 40:60 v/v …

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Mythology In Art History: Course Curriculum, Marianna Martino May 2022

Mythology In Art History: Course Curriculum, Marianna Martino

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The course entitled Mythology in Art History contains a scaffolded curriculum that introduces students to mythology throughout art history by learning how to analyze fine artwork. With each unit, students will demonstrate an increased control of art criticism, analysis, and knowledge as they develop stronger understanding of content. Students will be able to distinguish the elements of art and principles of design through various 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art pieces from various time periods and cultures. Upon completion of this year-long program, students will demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of art analysis, allegory, and storytelling throughout art history, showing knowledge of the …

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Detection Of Hateful Comments On Social Media, Essa Alzarouni May 2022

Detection Of Hateful Comments On Social Media, Essa Alzarouni

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Social media usage has grown tremendously in the contemporary communication landscape. Along with its numerous benefits, some users abuse the channels by spreading hatred, far from the intended purpose of building connections on a personal level. To date, an empirical method for detecting, quantifying, and categorizing hateful comments on social networks comprehensively and proactively is still lacking. Besides, majority of the cases remain unreported due to social confounders such as fear of victimization and the psychological implications of hateful comments, leading to a situation whereby, the detrimental effect of the situation is underestimated. The ill-defined situation in the growing online …

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The Restaurant Meals Program: A Guide For New York State’S Successful Implementation, Evan Cohen May 2022

The Restaurant Meals Program: A Guide For New York State’S Successful Implementation, Evan Cohen

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In October 2021, New York State (NYS) Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation enacting the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The RMP is an extension of SNAP, allowing eligible SNAP recipients to spend their benefits at restaurants. The goal of the RMP is to allow a targeted SNAP population—the elderly, disabled, and homeless—to have greater accessibility to purchase prepared, low-cost, hot meals that would otherwise be out of reach. Restaurant Meals Programs are currently enacted in just six states. Few analyses have evaluated its strengths and weaknesses. By identifying the RMP-eligible population’s food-related …

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Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy And Governments Challenges, Laila Abdin May 2022

Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy And Governments Challenges, Laila Abdin

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Governments face the challenge of increasing the number of people who have been infected. Millions of daily examinations are being conducted around the world to detect the disease. The pandemic is growing increasingly challenging as the number of confirmed cases increases. Governments encounter a variety of obstacles in approving the benefits of Covid-19 vaccinations. Indeed, the idea of getting vaccinated is still fuzzy, and does vaccination protect against infectious disease? There are a lot of questions floating around. The lack of clear information about the Covid-19 vaccine will stymie the growing number of people who have been immunized. Therefore, governments …

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Multi-Modal Human Fatigue Classification Using Wearable Sensors For Human-Robot Teams, Likhitha Nagahanumaiah May 2022

Multi-Modal Human Fatigue Classification Using Wearable Sensors For Human-Robot Teams, Likhitha Nagahanumaiah

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Our main objective of this study is to create a fatigue detection model using real-time data by using wearable sensors. The purpose of this research is to learn more about the way humans experience fatigue in a supervisory human-machine environment. The goal of this study is to evaluate machine learning algorithms that assess fatigue detection and to use robots for adapting its interactions. The environment itself consists of two different tasks to analyze Physical fatigue and Mental fatigue in two different task environments that are (i) Jigsaw puzzle-solving task, and (ii) Pick and Place task. Physical fatigue and mental fatigue …

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Addressing Energy Efficiency In Rental Units: A Preliminary Cost Assessment Of Minimum Energy Standards And Policy Alternatives For Rochester, Ny, Bryn Stricker May 2022

Addressing Energy Efficiency In Rental Units: A Preliminary Cost Assessment Of Minimum Energy Standards And Policy Alternatives For Rochester, Ny, Bryn Stricker

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With the rising concern for climate change and energy consumption, global, national, and local policies attempt to reduce carbon emission and energy usage. Starting in 2010, the city of Rochester established a climate action plan which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in the year 2030 (City of Rochester, NY, 2017). The city recognizes rental homes are a promising source to mitigate energy consumption and carbon emissions, a type of greenhouse gas. Minimum energy standards for rentals (MESR) are a relatively new type of policy which can help achieve energy and carbon reduction goals. By using an existing …

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Sustainable Applications Of Biochar Derived From Food Waste And Paper Feedstocks, Steven T. Barber May 2022

Sustainable Applications Of Biochar Derived From Food Waste And Paper Feedstocks, Steven T. Barber

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There is general agreement in the scientific literature that carbon sequestration is an important tool to mitigate human-induced climate change, but current methods are lacking scalability and economic viability. Though charcoal has been a common fuel for millennia, it has only very recently been purposefully created to sequester carbon. This carbon dense material, called biochar, has been extensively studied as a soil amendment though less studied for industrial applications. Chapter 1 provides an in-depth overview and background discussion of the history and definitions of biochar, distinguishing it from closely related though often misconstrued terms like charcoal, activated carbon, and carbon …

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Effects Of Fire On Vegetation Of The Black Oak Sand Savannas Of Kankakee Sands From 2002-2020, Megan Alkazoff May 2022

Effects Of Fire On Vegetation Of The Black Oak Sand Savannas Of Kankakee Sands From 2002-2020, Megan Alkazoff

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Many plant and animal species rely on tallgrass prairie and sand savanna ecosystems that once covered much of northern to central Illinois but are now fragmented landscapes across the Midwest. In northeastern Illinois, The Nature Conservancy manages five sites containing fragments of remaining tallgrass prairie and sand savanna within the Kankakee Sands section of Illinois using techniques such as prescribed burning and invasive species removal. The objective of this study was to conduct an eighteen-year resampling of the ground flora to assess management impacts on species composition and conservation status. Permanent transect lines were resampled using a 1m² quadrat to …

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An Intelligent Passive Islanding Detection And Classification Scheme For A Radial Distribution System, Mohannad Khaleel Subhi Suleiman May 2022

An Intelligent Passive Islanding Detection And Classification Scheme For A Radial Distribution System, Mohannad Khaleel Subhi Suleiman

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Distributed generation (DG) provides users with a dependable and cost-effective source of electricity. These are directly connected to the distribution system at customer load locations. Integration of DG units into an existing system has significantly high importance due to its innumerable advantages. The high penetration level of distributed generation (DG) provides vast techno-economic and environmental benefits, such as high reliability, reduced total system losses, efficiency, low capital cost, abundant in nature, and low carbon emissions. However, one of the most challenges in microgrids (MG) is the island mode operations of DGs. the effective detection of islanding and rapid DG disconnection …

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Mechanistic Insights On The Role Of Ambrisentan, An Endothelin Type-A Receptor Antagonist, In Breast Cancer, Ruba Saleem Lutfi Amer May 2022

Mechanistic Insights On The Role Of Ambrisentan, An Endothelin Type-A Receptor Antagonist, In Breast Cancer, Ruba Saleem Lutfi Amer

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The activation of the endothelin receptor type A (ETAR) by its ligand endothelin-1 (ET-1) is well known for its role in vasoconstriction. Interestingly, ET-1 and ETAR are over-expressed in various human tumours, including breast cancer. Several studies described the important role of ETAR in cancer progression and metastasis. The extensive network of interactions that exist between the ET-1 axis and other signalling pathways can trigger autocrine and paracrine signalling that modulates different tumorigenesis processes, such as cellular proliferation and survival, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and chemoresistance. The main objective of this study was to investigate the antitumor effects of Ambrisentan, a …

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