Bladder Cancer in Iran: An Epidemiological Review

Khadijeh Kalan Farmanfarma,1 Neda Mahdavifar,2 Hamid Salehiniya3 1Department of Epidemiology, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran; 2Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran; 3S

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Integrated metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses reveal bacterial micro-ecological mechanisms in coral bleaching

ABSTRACT Coral bleaching has been rapidly increasing in recent years due to abnormally elevated temperature, leading to massive damage to coral reefs worldwide.Understanding the processes and micro-ecological mechanisms of coral symbionts in response to bleaching is crucial as evidence accumulates that micro-organisms (particularly the bacteria) co

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Optimal Demand Response Using Battery Storage Systems and Electric Vehicles in Community Home Energy Management System-Based Microgrids

Demand response (DR) strategies are recieving much attention recently for their applications in the residential sector.Electric vehicles (EVs), which are considered to be a fairly new consumer load in the power sector, have opened up new opportunities by providing the active utilization of EVs as a storage unit.Considering their storage capacities,

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