Formulation and Evaluation of Galantamine Gel as Drug Reservoir in Transdermal Patch Delivery System by Woo Fong Yen, Mahiran Basri, Mansor Ahmad, Maznah Ismail

“…Visual observations of the gels showed that all formulated gels are translucent, homogeneous, smooth, and stable. …”
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Teacher Education in Canada: Current State and Development Trends by N. V. Tikhonova

“…The role of a teacher in introducing new educational technologies and preparing the future generation is of great importance, so the main priority all over the world is to improve the quality of teacher education.The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of initial teacher training in Canada, a country where a larger proportion of students performed at the highest levels of proficiency according to the most recent PISA study, which indicates the quality of teacher training. …”
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Designing of 2-Stage CPU Scheduler Using Vague Logic by Supriya Raheja, Reena Dhadich, Smita Rajpal

“…In operating system the CPU scheduler is designed in such a way that all the resources are fully utilized. With static priority scheduling the scheduler ensures that CPU time will be assigned according to the highest priority but ignores other factors; hence it affects the performance. …”
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Surgical Management of Uterine Fibroids at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital by Abiodun Omole-Ohonsi, Francis Belga

“…The period prevalence of uterine fibroids was 24.7% of all major gynecological operations. The mean age was 35.8 ± 7.6 and mean parity 4.7 ± 2.8. …”
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Damage Assessment of Two-Way Bending RC Slabs Subjected to Blast Loadings by Haokai Jia, Ling Yu, Guiying Wu

“…The illustrated results show that the proposed criterion can apply to all failure modes. The damage assessment results are more accurate than the ones due to the conventional deformation criterion.…”
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Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure by Azpeitia, Eugenio, Parcy, François, Godin, Christophe

“…Some of them exhibit conspicuous and fascinating fractal structures that present self-similar patterns at all scales. How such structures are produced by biological processes is intriguing. …”
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Parallel Algorithms of Well-Balanced and Weighted Average Flux for Shallow Water Model Using CUDA by Nugool Sataporn, Worasait Suwannik, Montri Maleewong

“…We present the following techniques for optimizing a CUDA program: limiting register usage, changing the global memory access pattern, and using loop unroll. The accuracy of all programs is investigated in 3 test cases: a circular dam break on a dry bed, a circular dam break on a wet bed, and a dam break flow over three humps. …”
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Animal Models of Diabetic Retinopathy: Summary and Comparison by Angela Ka Wai Lai, Amy C. Y. Lo

“…Until now, there is no single model that displays all the clinical features of DR as seen in human. …”
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A Dynamic Intrusion Detection System Based on Multivariate Hotelling’s T2 Statistics Approach for Network Environments by Aneetha Avalappampatty Sivasamy, Bose Sundan

“…Performance of the model, as evaluated through validation and testing using KDD Cup’99 dataset, has shown very high detection rates for all classes with low false alarm rates. Accuracy of the model presented in this work, in comparison with the existing models, has been found to be much better.…”
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Beam-like damage detection methodology using wavelet damage ratio and additional roving mass by Juliana C. Santos, Marcus V. G. de Morais, Marcela R. Machado, Ramon Silva, Erwin U. L. Palechor, Welington V. Silva

“…Numerical results showed that all proposed techniques are efficient techniques for damage identification in Timoshenko's beams concerning low computational cost and practical application. …”
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Accuracy of the Photometric Redshifts of Brightest Cluster Galaxies Identified in the CFHTLS-W1 by Sinan Aliş

“…The dispersion obtained in this study is significantly better than typical photometric redshift accuracies provided in the CFHTLS releases when all types of galaxies are included, which suggests the use of BCGs as a control object when determining galaxy cluster redshifts.…”
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Layer-Based Data Aggregation and Performance Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks by Hongju Cheng, Yongzhao Chen, Naixue Xiong, Feifei Li

“…The basic idea is that we first build an aggregation tree by ordering nodes into layers, and then we proposed a scheduling algorithm on the basis of the aggregation tree to determine the transmission time slots for all nodes in the network with collision avoiding. …”
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Corporate social responsibility communication for both business and societal sustainability in ten South African organisations by Louise Bezuidenhout, Elbe Kloppers

“…Our findings revealed that although all practitioners recognised sustainability as the purpose of CSR, business sustainability was prioritised, while societal sustainability has only been supported. …”
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Delving into Secondary School EFL Teachers’ Practices Facilitated by Task-Based Language Instruction by Syla Rrita

“…It is possible to prepare learners for examinations through form-focused activities which are accompanied by tasks and later on reflected in the examination. Above all, Task-Based Instruction is concerned with learners’ ability to use language effectively. …”
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Effectiveness Evaluation of Levamisole, Albendazole, Ivermectin, and Vernonia amygdalina in West African Dwarf Goats by Oyeduntan A. Adediran, Emmanuel C. Uwalaka

“…Mixed infection was present in all the animals. From the FECR test Vernonia amygdalina extract was more effective against helminths (100%), compared to ivermectin 96%, levamisole 96%, and albendazole 99%. …”
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Ni(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), and Fe(II) Metal Complexes Containing 1,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane and Pyridine Derivative: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity by Maged S. Al-Fakeh, Gadah A. Allazzam, Naeema H. Yarkandi

“…Biological activity of all synthesized complexes was tested against five bacterial strains and three fungal strains. …”
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A latent profile analysis of the functions of binge eating by Elyse O’Loghlen, Roslyn Galligan, Sharon Grant

“…Profiles identified were Emotion Avoidance, Classic, Emotion Reactivity, and Complex, with profiles differing primarily on emotion- and trauma-related functions of BE, and varying on all associated characteristics examined, with the Complex profile showing the most adverse associations. …”
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Effects of Chamber Width on H2/Air Rotating Detonations by Hailong Zhang, Weidong Liu, Lin Zhang, Shijie Liu, Luxin Jiang

“…By using a one-step chemical reaction model, one wave is induced in all models. The chamber width has a significant effect on the flow field. …”
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Delirium with Concurrent Use of Lithium and ECT and the Safety Implications: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Mustafa Ali, Barikar C. Malathesh, Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee, Soumitra Das, Prakriti Pokhrel, Mary Elizabeth Trejo Hernandez, John C. Murnin

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OUTSOURCING IN RETAIL by Radojko Lukić

“…The research in contemporary practice of the retail business has revealed that the application of outsourcing technique contributes to stronger commitment of management towards the activities that are the core of competitiveness, reducing costs, improving competitiveness and creating added value. All this has a long-term impact on improving performance in the retail sector. …”
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