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A note on inflation in dRGT massive gravity by Afshar, B., Riazi, N., Moradpour, H.

“…Although the dRGT massive gravity successfully explains the late-time cosmic acceleration, it cannot justify inflation. On the other hand, and in the…”
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Robust gasoline closed loop supply chain design with redistricting, service sharing and intra-district service transfer by Saedinia, R., Vahdani, Behnam, Etebari, F., Afshar Nadjafi, B.

“…•Developing a new framework for coordination of redistricting, service sharing and intra-district service transfer in a CLSC.•Proposing a bi-objective robust…”
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Synchronizing victim evacuation and debris removal: A data-driven robust prediction approach by Nabavi, S.M., Vahdani, Behnam, Nadjafi, B. Afshar, Adibi, M.A.

“…•Introducing a framework to synchronize victim evacuation and debris removal operations.•Proposing a bi-objective model for the routing and scheduling…”
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Dynamic Simulation, Parameter Optimization, and Control of a Reactive Distillation Column for Production of Isopropanol via Propylene Hydration by Feizi-Afshar, Bahareh, Farzi, Ali

“…In this study, a reactive distillation column for production of isopropanol was investigated. Firstly, a dynamic model was developed for the process. The model…”
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A 90 nm CMOS Low-Power 60 GHz Transceiver With Integrated Baseband Circuitry by Marcu, C., Chowdhury, D., Thakkar, C., Jung-Dong Park, Ling-Kai Kong, Tabesh, M., Yanjie Wang, Afshar, B., Gupta, A., Arbabian, A., Gambini, S., Zamani, R., Alon, E., Niknejad, A.M.

“…This paper presents a low power 60 GHz transceiver that includes RF, LO, PLL and BB signal paths integrated into a single chip. The transceiver has been…”
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Distribution of Legionella pneumophila serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and DNA sequence types in recent clinical and environmental isolates from England and Wales (2000-2008) by Harrison, T. G, Afshar, B, Doshi, N, Fry, N. K, Lee, J. V

“…Clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila, obtained from 167 patients, who acquired their illness in the community in England and Wales between January 2000…”
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Application of Legionella pneumophila-specific quantitative real-time PCR combined with direct amplification and sequence-based typing in the diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of Legionnaires’ disease by Mentasti, M., Fry, N. K., Afshar, B., Palepou-Foxley, C., Naik, F. C., Harrison, T. G.

“…The detection of Legionella pneumophila DNA in clinical specimens using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) combined with direct…”
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Rapid detection and evolutionary analysis of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence type 47 by Mentasti, M., Cassier, P., David, S., Ginevra, C., Gomez-Valero, L., Underwood, A., Afshar, B., Etienne, J., Parkhill, J., Chalker, V., Buchrieser, C., Harrison, T.G., Jarraud, S.

“…Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) sequence type 47 is the leading cause of legionellosis in north-western Europe, but, surprisingly, it is rarely…”
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Design and validation of a qPCR assay for accurate detection and initial serogrouping of Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens by the ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI) by Mentasti, M., Kese, D., Echahidi, F., Uldum, S. A., Afshar, B., David, S., Mrazek, J., De Mendonça, R., Harrison, T. G., Chalker, V. J.

“…Prompt detection of Legionella pneumophila is essential for rapid investigation of legionellosis. Furthermore, as the majority of L. pneumophila infections are…”
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Heated birthing pools as a source of Legionnaires' disease by COLLINS, S. L., AFSHAR, B., WALKER, J. T., AIRD, H., NAIK, F., PARRY-FORD, F., PHIN, N., HARRISON, T. G., CHALKER, V. J., SORRELL, S., CRESSWELL, T.

“…In June 2014 Public Health England confirmed a case of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in a neonate following birth at home in a hired birthing pool incorporating a…”
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P194 Molecular anatomy of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) isolates in England by Al-Shahib, A, Afshar, B, Underwood, A, Turner, C, Sriskandan, S, Holden, M, Parkhill, J, Efstratiou, A

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A quantitative descriptive study of the prevalence of carriage (colonisation) of haemolytic streptococci groups A, B, C and G in pregnancy by Hassan, I. A., Onon, T. S., Weston, D., Isalska, B., Wall, K., Afshar, B., Efstratiou, A.

“…Invasive group B streptococcus (GBS) disease is a leading cause of neonatal death. There is no UK national screening programme for GBS in pregnancy, hence…”
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Biochemical and genetic variation in Mycoplasma fermentans strains from cell line, human and animal sources by Afshar, B, Nicholas, R.A.J, Pitcher, D, Fielder, M.D, Miles, R.J

“…To investigate the inter-strain variation in (i) substrate utilization and (ii) the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern based on the…”
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Identification of Legionella spp. by 19 European reference laboratories: results of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections External Quality Assessment Scheme using DNA sequencing of the macrophage infectivity potentiator gene and dedicated online tools by Fry, N.K., Afshar, B., Bellamy, W., Underwood, A.P., Ratcliff, R.M., Harrison, T.G.

“…Identification of Legionella spp. can be achieved by DNA sequencing of the macrophage infectivity potentiator (mip) gene. The External Quality Assurance (EQA)…”
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Tsallisian non-extensive stars by Moradpour, H., Javaherian, M., Afshar, B., Jalalzadeh, S.

“…It is shown that, due to the effects of non-extensivity, the ordinary well-known Jeans mass limit (MJ), resting on Newton’s gravity and Gibbs statistics, may…”
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Slow-roll inflation and reheating in Rastall theory by Afshar, B., Moradpour, H., Shabani, H.

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Temporal changes in perivascular concentrations of oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin, and methemoglobin after subarachnoid hemorrhage by PLUTA, R. M, AFSHAR, J. K. B, BOOCK, R. J, OLDFIELD, E. H

“…Hemoglobin released from hemolysed erythrocytes has been postulated to be responsible for delayed cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)…”
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Integrated scheduling of multiple heterogeneous equipment and maintenance operations during discharging process in a container terminal under uncertainty by Abyaneh, M. Basir, Vahdani, Behnam, Nadjafi, B. Afshar, Amiri, M.

“…•Formulating simultaneous container storage and clearance processes.•Considering different containers and multi-mode stacking process.•Scheduling discharging…”
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Assessment of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis for epidemiological genotyping of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 by Fry, N.K., Afshar, B., Visca, P., Jonas, D., Duncan, J., Nebuloso, E., Underwood, A., Harrison, T.G.

“…This study assessed the reproducibility and epidemiological concordance of double-enzyme fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (fAFLP) analysis…”
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Surgical interruption of intradural draining vein as curative treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas by AFSHAR, J. K. B, DOPPMAN, J. L, OLDFIELD, E. H

“…To establish if interruption of the intradural draining spinal vein or surgical excision are curative treatments for spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas…”
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