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Edge coloring multigraphs without small dense subsets
(Elsevier, 2015-12-06)One consequence of a long-standing conjecture of Goldberg and Seymour about the chromatic index of multigraphs would be the following statement. Suppose $G$ is a multigraph with maximum degree $\Delta$, such that no vertex ... -
Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR, 2018-10-23)Background: Digital mobile technology presents a promising medium for reaching young adults with smoking cessation interventions because they are the heaviest users of this technology. Objective: The aim of this study ... -
Effect of alloy composition on hot deformation behavior of some Al-Mg-Si alloys
(Elsevier, 2018-03-01)The hot flow stress behavior of three Al-Mg-Si alloys was determined by performing hot deformation compression tests on a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical simulator over the temperature range 400 °C–550 °C and at strain rates ... -
Effect of ambient humidity on the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-19)Purpose: The Cochet–Bonnet (COBO) aesthesiometer is the current standard in corneal sensitivity assessment. This study investigates the influence of ambient room humidity levels on the stimulus force exerted by the ... -
Effect of arm position on the prediction of kinematics from EMG in amputees
(Springer Verlag, 2013-02-01)Myoelectric control has been extensively applied in multi-function hand/wrist prostheses. The performance of this type of control is however, influenced by several practical factors that still limit its clinical applicability. ... -
Effect of Background Water Matrices on Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product Removal by UV-LED/TiO2
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-30)In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of UV-LED-irradiated TiO2 in removing 24 commonly detected PPCPs in two water matrices (municipal wastewater effluent and Suwannee River NOM–synthetic water) and compared their ... -
Effect of Bezel Presence and Width on Visual Search
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2014-06)We investigate how the presence and width of interior bezels impacts visual search performance across tiled displays. In spite of a potential benefit from structured segmentation, we do not find significant differences in ... -
Effect of chain stiffness on the entropic segregation of chain ends to the surface of a polymer melt
(2019)Entropic segregation of chain ends to the surface of a monodisperse polymer melt and its effect on surface tension is examined using self-consistent field theory (SCFT). In order to assess the dependence on chain stiffness, ... -
Effect of climate change and mining on hydrological connectivity of surficial layers in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region
(Wiley, 2018-09-28)This research analyses the impact of climate change and surface mining activities on the hydrologic connectivity of surficial (soil and geological) layers located in a watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Surface ... -
Effect of coating weight on fiber laser welding of Galvanneal-coated 22MnB5 press hardening steel
(Elsevier, 2018-03-15)Tensile strengths of up to 1.5 GPa and fracture elongation of 8% in press-hardening steel (PHS) opened up a great opportunity to improve the crash performance of vehicles. However, due to the increased susceptibility to ... -
Effect of complementary food with small amounts of freshwater fish on whole blood n-3 fatty acids in Cambodian infants age 6-15 months
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)The impact of freshwater fish consumption on the status of long-chain n-3 fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA) in infants in landlocked, low-income populations is unknown. We used secondary data from a randomized, single-blinded, ... -
Effect of composting and amendment with biochar and woodchips on the fate and leachability of pharmaceuticals in biosolids destined for land application
(Elsevier, 2022-03)Land application of biosolids can improve soil fertility and enhance crop production. However, the occurrence and persistence of pharmaceutical compounds in the biosolids may result in leaching of these contaminants to ... -
The effect of different methods to identify, and scenarios used to address energy intake misestimation on dietary patterns derived by cluster analysis
(BioMed Central, 2021-05-08)Background: All self-reported dietary intake data are characterized by measurement error, and validation studies indicate that the estimation of energy intake (EI) is particularly affected. Methods: Using self-reported ... -
Effect of forging on the low cycle fatigue behavior of cast AZ31B Alloy
(Elsevier, 2017-08-26)The effect of forging on the low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of cast AZ31B was investigated. The forging process was conducted at a temperature of 450°C and speed of 390mm/min. Fully reversed (Rε=-1) strain controlled ... -
The effect of hematocrit on solid-phase microextraction
(Elsevier, 2018-02-25)Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is an approach to sample preparation that has demonstrated its appropriateness for isolating/enriching analytes present in complex biofluids with minimum sample pre-treatment. Several ... -
Effect of hemin, baicalein and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) enzyme activity inhibitors on Cd-induced accumulation of HO-1, HSPs and aggresome-like structures in Xenopus kidney epithelial cells
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)Cadmium is a highly toxic environmental pollutant that can cause many adverse effects including cancer, neurological disease and kidney damage. Aquatic amphibians are particularly susceptible to this toxicant as it was ... -
Effect of heterophoria type and myopia on accommodative and vergence responses during sustained near activity in children
(Elsevier, 2012-03-15)The influence of phoria-type and myopia on changes to vergence and accommodation during prolonged near-task was examined in 53 children. Participants were classified into phoria and refractive categories based on near ... -
The effect of hydrogen peroxide produced during ultraviolet disinfection of CHO cell culture media
(Elsevier, 2017-10-01)Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is being considered for protection against viral contamination in cell culture media. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) produced by UV irradiation has been suggested as the cause for poor cell growth ... -
The Effect of Input Signals Time-Delay on Stabilizing Traffic with Autonomous Vehicles
(IEEE, 2021-05)This paper extends the results in [1] considering time delays in Standard Car Following models (CFMs). In [1], connected vehicles are characterized with CFMs models and controlled using linear string analysis to stabilize ... -
The effect of interior bezel presence and width on magnitude judgement
(Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, 2014-05)Large displays are often constructed by tiling multiple small displays, creating visual discontinuities from inner bezels that may affect human perception of data. Our work investigates how bezels impact magnitude judgement, ...