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Highly Responsive Chitosan-Co-Poly (MAA) Nanomatrices through Cross-Linking Polymerization for Solubility Improvement
(MDPI, 2022)In this study, we report the highly responsive chitosan-based chemically cross-linked nanomatrices, a nano-version of hydrogels developed through modified polymerization reaction for solubility improvement of poorly soluble ... -
Robust Object Categorization and Scene Classification over Remote Sensing Images via Features Fusion and Fully Convolutional Network
(MDPI, 2022)The latest visionary technologies have made an evident impact on remote sensing scene classification. Scene classification is one of the most challenging yet important tasks in understanding high-resolution aerial and ... -
A word embedding technique for sentiment analysis of social media to understand the relationship between Islamophobic incidents and media portrayal of Muslim communities
(PeerJ Inc., 2022)Islamophobia is a sentiment against the Muslim community; recently, atrocities towards Muslim communities witnessed this sentiment globally. This research investigates the correlation between how news stories covered by ... -
An Intelligent HealthCare Monitoring Framework for Daily Assistant Living
(Tech Science Press, 2022)Human Activity Recognition (HAR) plays an important role in life care and health monitoring since it involves examining various activities of patients at homes, hospitals, or offices. Hence, the proposed system integrates ... -
Assessing public knowledge, attitudes and determinants of third COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance: current scenario and future perspectives
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)Background: People with weakened immune systems may not develop adequate protection after taking two doses of the mRNA-combined COVID-19 vaccine. The additional dose may improve the level of protection against Covid-19. ... -
Development of Niacinamide/Ferulic Acid-Loaded Multiple Emulsion and Its In Vitro/In Vivo Investigation as a Cosmeceutical Product
(NLM (Medline), 2022)Objective: Multiple emulsions have the ability to incorporate both lipophilic and hydrophilic actives in the same preparation and facilitate permeation of active ingredients through skin. The current study was aimed at ... -
Automated Parts-Based Model for Recognizing Human–Object Interactions from Aerial Imagery with Fully Convolutional Network
(MDPI, 2022)Advanced aerial images have led to the development of improved human–object interaction recognition (HOI) methods for usage in surveillance, security, and public monitoring systems. Despite the ever-increasing rate of ... -
Financial deepening and sectoral performance in emerging markets: evidence from the Nigerian agricultural and manufacturing sectors
(Institute of Eastern European Research and Consulting, 2022)Purpose. The formal sector in Nigeria has experienced some transformation in the last 20 years. This has led to advancement and deepening of sector. Despite the progression achieved in financial sector, it has not yielded ... -
A Deep Learning Approach for Prediction of Protein Secondary Structure
(Tech Science Press, 2022)The secondary structure of a protein is critical for establishing a link between the protein primary and tertiary structures. For this reason, it is important to design methods for accurate protein secondary structure ... -
On the Dynamics of One Parameter Family of Functions fk(x) = kcsc(x) [fk(x) = kcsc(x) ديناميكية عائلة الدوال ذات المعلمة الواحدة]
(University of Baghdad-College of Science, 2022)In this research, we study the dynamics of one parameter family of meromorphic functions * () () +. Furthermore, we describe the nature of fixed points of the functions in,and we explain the numbers of real fixed points ... -
Functions of fuzzy logic based controllers used in smart building
(Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2022)The main aim of this study is to support design and development processes of advanced fuzzy-logic-based controller for smart buildings e.g., heating, ventilation and air conditioning, heating, ventilation and air conditioning ... -
Understanding Science Teachers’ Implementations of Integrated STEM: Teacher Perceptions and Practice
(MDPI, 2022)This study examines how science teachers experience integrating science, technology, en-gineering, and mathematics (STEM) approaches into their teaching. In addition, it further examines the encountered challenges in this ... -
Preliminary Investigation of Linum usitatissimum Mucilage-Based Hydrogel as Possible Substitute to Synthetic Polymer-Based Hydrogels for Sustained Release Oral Drug Delivery
(MDPI, 2022)The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of Linum usitatissimum mucilage, a natural polymer, in developing a sustained release hydrogel for orally delivered drugs that require fre-quent dosing. For this ... -
Reduced-cost two-level surrogate antenna modeling using domain confinement and response features
(Nature Research, 2022)Electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools have become indispensable in the design of contemporary antennas. Still, the major setback of EM-driven design is the associated computational overhead. This is because a single full-wave ... -
Associations of pre-existing cardiovascular morbidity with severity and the fatality rate in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022)Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of pre-existing cardiovascular comorbidities, including hypertension and coronary heart disease, with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and ... -
Science Teachers' Use of Analogies: Findings from Classroom Practices
(Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2022)This paper is a quasi-experimental investigation into the effectiveness of using analogy in teaching new and unfamiliar physics concepts to students enrolled in a British curriculum school in the United Arab Emirates. The ... -
Investigating Maps of Science Using Contextual Proximity of Citations Based on Deep Contextualized Word Representation
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022)The citation intent extraction and classification has long been studied as it is a good measure of relevancy. Different approaches have classified the citations into different classes; including weak and strong, positive ... -
NLFEA of Sulfate-Damaged Circular CFT Steel Columns Confined with CFRP Composites and Subjected to Axial and Cyclic Lateral Loads
(MDPI, 2022)It is rather costly and difficult to experimentally evaluate the performance of concrete-filled tubular (CFT) circular steel columns exposed to combined axial and cyclic lateral loads. This research paper uses the nonlinear ... -
The Effectiveness of Differentiated Teaching Strategy in Developing Reading Comprehension Skills of Fourth Grade Students in the United Arab Emirates
(Academy Publication, 2022)The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the differentiated teaching strategy in developing reading comprehension skills of fourth grade students in the United Arab Emirates. The study sample consisted ... -
Procedural necessity in primary investigation work
(Springer Nature, 2022)This study focuses on the procedural necessity of primary investigations, since necessity is a common legal term and constitutes a theory in some branches of law. Procedural necessity has sparked controversy and debate ...