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The ethics of academic research and writing / Luay Thanoon Younis
No full textPlagiarism is an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own without appropriately crediting the original author. This misconduct could be committed recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally
La straniera di Younis Tawfik: un dialogo tra due culture
No full textIn 1999 the Iraqi migrant writer Younis Tawfik was awarded several literary prizes for his novel La straniera, written in Italian and published by Bompiani. In this essay I will discuss some aspects of the novel that might have contribuited to its success. After a short presentation of the author and of the content of the novel, I will analyse La straniera, in order to show the novelty of its structure. Furthermore, I will expalin how this hybrid work reveals the double culture of the author from a literary and linguistic point of view. I will also consider how the author contributed to the current debate on migration, by examining his treatment of some themes related to this phenomenon
Corrigendum: Performance evaluation of five commercial assays in assessing seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among blood donors
No full textThe affiliation for author Lukman Thalib was incorrectly listed as number 5. It should have been listed as number 3. Please see corrected author and affiliation list below:
Enas S. Al-Absi,1,2 Duaa W. Al- Sadeq,1 Manaf H. Younis,3 Hadi M. Yassine,2 Omnya M. Abdalla,1 Areej G. Mesleh,1 Tameem A. Hadwan,1 Joshua O. Amimo,4,5 Lukman Thalib,3 and Gheyath K. Nasrallah1,2,*
1 Department of Biomedical Science, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
2 Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
3 Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
4 Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
5 Biosciences of Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya
The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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Characteristic study of the internal target for the Double Hypernuclei physics at PANDA
No full textThe case of the internal target for the hypernuclear experiment of the PANDA (antiproton Annihilation at Darmstadt) Collaboration at the HESR (High Energy Storage Ring) of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) is illustrated. The main aspects of the experiment designed for the production of Double Hypernuclei are initially summarized. The problems arising from the interaction of a solid internal target with an antiproton beam inside a ring are briefly discussed, together with the constraints in making such a set up. The design of material, shape and size of a target satisfying the experimental requirements is presented. The techniques used to produce a prototype of this target are illustrated. Then the results of the tests performed on the prototype to investigate the properties (purity, radiation hardness, structure modifications after shaping) are reported and the plan of the future activity is presented
Theoretical Prediction of Experimental Jump and Pull-In Dynamics in a MEMS Sensor
No full textThe present research study deals with an electrically actuated MEMS device. An experimental investigation is performed, via frequency sweeps in a neighbourhood of the first natural frequency. Resonant behavior is explored, with special attention devoted to jump and pull-in dynamics. A theoretical single degree-of-freedom spring-mass model is derived. Classical numerical simulations are observed to properly predict the main nonlinear features. Nevertheless, some discrepancies arise, which are particularly visible in the resonant branch. They mainly concern the practical range of existence of each attractor and the final outcome after its disappearance. These differences are likely due to disturbances, which are unavoidable in practice, but have not been included in the model. To take disturbances into account, in addition to the classical local investigations, we consider the global dynamics and explore the robustness of the obtained results by performing a dynamical integrity analysis. Our aim is that of developing an applicable confident estimate of the system response. Integrity profiles and integrity charts are built to detect the parameter range where reliability is practically strong and where it becomes weak. Integrity curves exactly follow the experimental data. They inform about the practical range of actuality. We discuss the combined use of integrity charts in the engineering design. Although we refer to a particular case-study, the approach is very general
The influence of background diabetic retinopathy in the second eye on rates of progression of diabetic retinopathy between 2005 and 2010.
No full textPURPOSE: The Gloucestershire Diabetic Eye Screening Programme offers annual digital photographic screening for diabetic retinopathy to a countywide population of people with diabetes. This study was designed to investigate progression of diabetic retinopathy in this programme of the English NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. METHODS: Mydriatic digital retinal photographs of people with diabetes screened on at least 2 occasions between 2005 and 2010 were graded and included in this study if the classification at first screening was no DR (R0), background DR in one (R1a) or both eyes (R1b). Times to detection of referable diabetic retinopathy (RDR) comprising maculopathy (M1), preproliferative (R2) or proliferative retinopathy (R3) were analysed using survival models. RESULTS: Data were available on 19 044 patients, 56% men, age at screening 66 (57-74) years (median, 25th, 75th centile). A total of 8.3% of those with R1a and 28.2% of those with R1b progressed to any RDR, hazard ratios 2.9 [2.5-3.3] and 11.3 [10.0-12.8]. Similarly 7.1% and 0.11% of those with R1a progressed to M1 and R3, hazard ratios 2.7 [2.3-3.2] and 1.6 [0.5-5.0], compared to 21.8% and 1.07% of those with R1b, hazard ratio 9.1 [7.8-10.4] and 15.0 [7.1-31.5]. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of progression is significantly higher for those with background DR in both eyes than those with background retinopathy in only one or in neither eye
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