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Capital Cost Targeting of Total Site Heat Recovery
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2012 Exploiting heat recovery on Total Site level offers additional potential for energy saving through the central utility system. In the original Total Site Methodology (Klemeš et al., 1997) a single uniform ?Tmin specification was used.
A. Nemet +4 more
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Single stream versus two stream recycling: an examination of costs and recovery rates of current programs in Ontario, Canada [PDF]
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2008 In 2006, the approximately 12 million residents in the province of Ontario, Canada recycled almost 940,000 metric tonnes of material representing about 192 kg/household, up from 181 kg/household in 2005. The manner in which these materials are collected and processed varies across the 200 municipalities, but can be primarily broken down into single ...
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Treatment of disorders of consciousness (DoC) remains a major clinical challenge, and noninvasive, targeted modulation of deep brain structures has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility/safety and preliminary effects of thalamic temporal interference stimulation (TIS) targeting centromedian‐
Gengyao Hu +7 more
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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2015 This paper presents a novel matrix completion algorithm to enable energy efficient data gathering in wireless sensor networks. The algorithm takes full advantage of both the low-rankness and the DCT compactness features in the sensory data to improve the
Kefu Yi +3 more
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Cost recovery strategy for rural water delivery in Nigeria [PDF]
What economic and political factors have made cost recovery for rural water systems so difficult in the Nsuuka district of Anambra State? This paper found that households in the region do not want to pay for water in advance or commit themselves to a ...
Whittington, Dale +3 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) measured in dried plasma spots versus conventional plasma‐ and serum‐GFAP testing for assessment of disease severity in aquaporin‐4 immunoglobulin G–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4‐IgG+ NMOSD).
Felix Wohlrab +19 more
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An optimal control theory approach to non-pharmaceutical interventions
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010 Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are the first line of defense against pandemic influenza. These interventions dampen virus spread by reducing contact between infected and susceptible persons.
Lawley Mark, Muthuraman Kumar, Lin Feng
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts (Approaches to Positive, Patient‐Centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus [APPEAL] and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey +8 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To assess the validity of the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric measures in patients with chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO). Methods Within the longitudinal patient registry of CNO, English‐speaking patients aged 8 years and older self‐reported PROMIS Pediatric measures of fatigue, pain ...
Mary M. Eckert +43 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.OBJECTIVE Hospitalization, particularly for surgery, represents a period of heightened stress. We evaluated how frailty attenuates the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with negative health outcomes after elective non‐cardiac surgery. METHODS We conducted a cross‐sectional study using the National Inpatient Sample (2018 to 2020), including ...
Ali Yazdanyar +5 more
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