Solar energy systems (SESs) are considered as one of the most important alternatives to
conventional fossil fuels, due to its ability to convert solar energy directly into heat and …

Hydraulic shock absorbers have come into widespread use in vehicle suspensions since
decades ago to effectively reduce the acceleration of vehicle bodies and maintain good …

Coumarins have received a considerable attention in the last three decades as a lead
structures for the discovery of orally bioavailable non-peptidic antiviral agents. A lot of …

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are
associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …

Background Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean …

Ethernet-based passive optical network (EPON) technology is being considered as a
promising solution for next-generation broadband access networks due to the convergence …

OBJECTIVE Nearly two decades ago, the National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Diabetes Mellitus published …

OBJECTIVE: To report stillbirth and early neonatal mortality and to quantify the relative
importance of different primary obstetric causes of perinatal mortality in 171 perinatal deaths …

Background High blood pressure, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, and BMI are risk factors
for cardiovascular diseases and some of these factors also increase the risk of chronic …