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Comparison of high temperature chars of wheat straw and rice husk with respect to chemistry, morphology and reactivity
(Elsevier, 2016-03-02)Fast pyrolysis of wheat straw and rice husk was carried out in an entrained flow reactor at high-temperatures (1000–1500) °C. The collected char was analyzed using X-ray diffractometry, N2-adsorption, scanning electron ... -
Comparison of in vitro human endothelial cell response to self-expanding stent deployment in a straight and curved peripheral artery simulator
(The Royal Society, 2013-01-30)Haemodynamic forces have a synergistic effect on endothelial cell (EC) morphology, proliferation, differentiation and biochemical expression profiles. Alterations to haemodynamic force levels have been observed at curved ... -
Comparison of in-vivo and ex-vivo dielectric properties of biological tissues
(Curran Associates Proceedings, 2017-09-11)Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of biological tissues are crucial for various applications such as assessment of specific absorption rate and safety of electromagnetic medical devices. Most of the ... -
Comparison of intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactors (IASBRs) and conventional sequencing batch reactors (cSBRs) in wastewater treatment
(2014-01-08)Increasingly stringent discharge standards, increased water usage, variations in wastewater characteristics and climate change have resulted in increased difficulty in achieving cost effective wastewater treatment. The ... -
A Comparison of Leading and Lagging Indicators of Safety In Naval Aviation
(2010-07)Background: The purpose of this paper is to examine the results of two different methods of identifying human factors safety concerns in U.S. Naval aviation. In both studies, the information was collected using the Department ... -
Comparison of macintosh, truview evo2(r), glidescope(r), and airwayscope(r) laryngoscope use in patients with cervical spine immobilization
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008-08-08)Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pentax AWS (R), Glidescope (R), and the Truview EVO2 (R), in comparison with the Macintosh laryngoscope, when performing tracheal intubation ... -
Comparison of methods for profilingo-glycosylation
(American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB), 2009-12-28)The Human Proteome Organisation Human Disease Glycomics/Proteome Initiative recently coordinated a multiinstitutional study that evaluated methodologies that are widely used for defining the N-glycan content in glycoproteins. ... -
Comparison of midwife-led and consultant-led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the republic of ireland: a randomised trial
(Springer Nature, 2011-10-29)Background: No midwifery-led units existed in Ireland before 2004. The aim of this study was to compare midwife-led (MLU) versus consultant-led (CLU) care for healthy, pregnant women without risk factors for labour and ... -
Comparison of outpatient and home-based exercise training programmes for copd: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-11-30)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common, preventable and treatable disease. Exercise training programmes (ETPs) improve symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and exercise capacity, but the optimal ... -
Comparison of performance of an earthen plate and nafion as membrane separators in dual chamber microbial fuel cells
(Universitatea Tehnica "Gheorghe Asachi" Iasi. Editura Politehnium, Romania, 2018-02)The performance of microbial fuel cells (MFC) employing an earthen plate as a membrane separator is compared to that using Nafion 117 in an identical up-flow dual-chambered cylindrical cell configuration. The MFC configuration ... -
A Comparison of Petri Net and System Dynamics Approaches for Modelling Dynamic Feedback Systems
(2006)Petri nets are a valuable tool that can be used to simulate workflow systems. They are based on a state-transition approach, and in common with discrete event simulation, events can be scheduled to fire at different time ... -
Comparison of pioneer and native woodland species growing on top of an engineered landfill, hong kong: restoration programme
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Comparison of radar-based microwave imaging algorithms applied to experimental breast phantoms
(Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale, 2017-08-19)Microwave imaging is a promising imaging modality for the early detection of breast cancer. The two most important signal processing components of a radar-based microwave imaging system are the early-time artifact removal ... -
Comparison of retinal image quality with spherical and customized aspheric intraocular lenses
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A comparison of statistical and neural machine translation for Slovene, Serbian and Croatian
(Language Technologies and Digital Humanities 2018, 2018-09-20)In this paper we present a comparison of translation quality using of Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) and Neural Machine Translation (NMT), considering translation directions between English, Slovene, Serbian and ... -
A comparison of student outcomes from an internet-based inventory simulation
(Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1999-04-06)The increasing globalization and global integration of national economies suggests the necessity of developing pedagogy that infuses global content throughout the business school curriculum. Business school graduates need ... -
Comparison of the Airtraq® and Truview® laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation in manikins
(2009)Background Paramedics are frequently required to perform tracheal intubation, a potentially life-saving manoeuvre in severely ill patients, in the prehospital setting. However, direct laryngoscopy is often more difficult ... -
Comparison of the baska®mask with the single-use laryngeal mask airway in low-risk female patients undergoing ambulatory surgery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-07-16)We compared the Baska((R)) mask with the single-use classic laryngeal mask airway (cLMA) in 150 females at low risk for difficult tracheal intubation in a randomised, controlled clinical trial. We found that median (IQR ... -
Comparison of the c-mac® videolaryngoscope with the macintosh, glidescope®, and airtraq® laryngoscopes in easy and difficult laryngoscopy scenarios in manikins
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-03-19)P>The C-MAC (R) comprises a Macintosh blade connected to a video unit. The familiarity of the Macintosh blade, and the ability to use the C-MAC as a direct or indirect laryngoscope, may be advantageous. We wished ... -
Comparison of the c-mac®, airtraq®, and macintosh laryngoscopes in patients undergoing tracheal intubation with cervical spine immobilization
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011-05-17)Background. We aimed at comparing the performance of the C-MAC (R), Airtraq (R), and Macintosh laryngoscopes when performing tracheal intubation in patients undergoing neck immobilization using manual inline axial cervical ...