Democratic Practices and Local Government Elections in Nigeria: Demystifying the Emerging Issues by Timothy Onimisi

“…The work established that deliberate neglect of election into the local government councils, unfortunately, promotes a lack of accountability and corruption in the councils. Hence, the work recommends the amendment of the Nigerian constitution to ensure a compulsory and periodic election into local government councils, as it remains the sure means of guaranteeing democratic participation of the grassroots in the selection of the leaders. …”
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Investigation of injury severity level in truck-related crashes at school zones using mixed generalized ordered models. by Junhan Cho, Sungjun Lee, Juneyoung Park

“…Moreover, in order to account for heterogeneity issue, the mixed-effects models with random parameters were used for the analysis. …”
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Response-efficacy messages produce stronger passwords than self-efficacy messages … for now: A longitudinal experimental study of the efficacy of coping message types on password c... by Joelle Simon, Steven J. Watson, Iris van Sintemaartensdijk

“…Participants (N = 221) were instructed to create passwords for three fictional online accounts after receiving password creation instructions that incorporated one of the aforementioned coping message types. …”
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Measuring absenteeism as a precondition of quality management of absenteeism by Ilić Đurđijana

“…In most cases, the employer only sees the direct costs of absenteeism (for example sickness benefit), while the other (indirect) costs are not usually taken into account by the employer. Indirect costs such as the cost of a replacement worker (education, managerial hours due to additional supervision), administrative costs and costs associated with a decline in productivity are very difficult to grasp without specialized knowledge and skills. …”
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Short-Circuit Characteristic Analysis Model and Real-time Risk Assessment of Protection Considering Uncertainties of New Energy Output by LIANG Yuansheng, XU Zheng, LI Haifeng, WANG Gang, CHEN Haoyong, LI Jia

“…This study aims to establish an accurate real-time risk assessment model for protection and combine the characteristics of LVRT control to construct a short-circuit analysis calculation model that takes uncertainty into account. Considering the short-term random fluctuations of the new energy output and measurement errors， an uncertainty analysis model for protection actions was constructed based on the stochastic response surface method to evaluate the probability of incorrect protection actions and to propose a risk assessment and warning method for inaccurate protection actions. …”
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Hydrogen Production Scheduling Strategy for Photovoltaic Electrolysis of Water Considering Dynamic Hydrogen Prices by LI Janlin, WANG Dalong, ZHAO Wending, XIN Dixi, ZOU Fei

“…To promote the commercial application of photovoltaic electrolysis hydrogen production technology， this study proposes a scheduling strategy for photovoltaic electrolysis hydrogen production that takes into account the dynamic hydrogen price mechanism. First， two operation modes， residual electricity grid connection and residual electricity hydrogen production， were considered. …”
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Key Audit Matters and their Impact on the Financial Statements of Listed Entities by Daniel BOTEZ, Oana-Ancuta STANGACIU, Anatol MELEGA, Mihaela ENACHI

“…This analysis contributes to the literature by highlighting the role of effective communication of key audit matters in promoting transparency and accountability within listed entities, highlighting the positive potential for investor confidence and capital market stability.…”
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Role of microRNA in the risk stratification of ischemic strokes by Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Hosam M. Al-Jehani, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, Ahmed Hafez Mousa, May Adel Alhamid, Fawaz Al-Mufti

“…The study’s design, sample size, methodology, statistical analysis, and any potential biases or restrictions from the selected reference papers were also taken into account.Results and findingsMicroRNA is an important biomarker for risk stratification in Ischemic Strokes. …”
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Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation by Jacqueline A. ter Stege, Ellen G. Engelhardt, Leonie A.E. Woerdeman, Hester S.A. Oldenburg, Jacobien M. Kieffer, Daniela E.E. Hahn, Frederieke H. van Duijnhoven, Martine A. van Huizum, Regina The, Klemens Karssen, Marianne Kuenen, Miranda A. Gerritsma, Quinten (PQ) Ruhe, Irene S. Krabbe-Timmerman, Martijne van’t Riet, Nikola (AN) Kimmings, Eveline M.L. Corten, Kerry A. Sherman, Arjen J. Witkamp, Eveline M.A. Bleiker

“…Conclusions As the BR pDA was highly valued by its end users, the identified factors for implementation should be taken into account.…”
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A New Asymmetric Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme for Cloud Banking Data by Zana Thalage Omar, Fadhil Salman Abed, Shaimaa Khamees Ahmed

“…The application allows the user to create accounts and deposits, transfer and withdraw funds, and everything related to banking matters. …”
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Oxidative potential determines the oxidative stress and ferroptotic toxicity of airborne particulate matter on pulmonary epithelial cells by Bingxue Nie, Daoqiang Zhang, Xin Liu, Chengying Lei, Zhiruo Li, Nan Zhang, Shuping Zhang, Yiju Wei, Jie Zhang

“…In this study, we compared two kinds of commercial PM with real PM to explore an index which takes account of both the diverse physicochemical properties of PM and accurate prediction of their toxicities. …”
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Monitoring Volatile Organic Compounds in Air Using Passive Sampling: Regional Cross-Border Study between N. Macedonia and Kosovo by Vllaznim Mula, Jane Bogdanov, Jasmina Petreska Stanoeva, Lulzim Zeneli, Zoran Zdravkovski

“…GC-MS analyses indicate that the gasoline fuel components (BTEX: benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) and diesel fuel components (n-undecane, n-dodecane, n-tridecane, n-tetradecane, and other linear alkanes) account for approximately 60% of VOCs in the outdoor air in the sampling sites. …”
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Application of Principal Component Analysis for Steel Material Components by Miran Othman Tofiq, Kawa Muhammad Jamal Rasheed

“…We are able to come to the conclusion that the five principal components that collectively account for approximately sixty-seven percent of the variance in all of the data are the best principal components because this percentage represents the best principal aspect of all of the 11 principal components. …”
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Phasor Measurement Units Allocation Against Load Redistribution Attacks Based on Greedy Algorithm by Ali Rahdan, Ali Khaleghi

“…To protect the power system, it is essential to devise strategies for the best distribution of the scarce defensive resources, especially those that take the actions of the attackers into account. In order to stop LR attacks, the best budget allocation and the interplay between attack and defense are examined in this study. …”
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Effects of zeolite and palm fiber on the weathering resistance and durability characteristic of cement soil by Weiqing Qu, Naman Maimt, Jili Qu

“…The strength and durability characteristics of the samples were evaluated by assessing mass and strength loss, taking into account the combined effects of NaCl and Na2SO4 solution erosion. …”
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A Novel Hybrid GCN-LSTM Algorithm for Energy Stock Price Prediction: Leveraging Temporal Dynamics and Inter-Stock Relationships by Babak Amiri, Amirali Haddadi, Kosar Farajpour Mojdehi

“…Traditional methods often struggle to account for the intricate dependencies and temporal patterns present in energy stock data. …”
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Meta Learning Strategies for Comparative and Efficient Adaptation to Financial Datasets by Kubra Noor, Ubaida Fatima

“…., Relative Strength Index, Bollinger Bands) to account for evolving market conditions. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework achieves significant improvements in Root Mean Squared Error (15%) and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (10%) compared to traditional methods, such as simple moving averages and exponential smoothing. …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathogenesis and Role of Ademetionine in Treatment by Ye. N. Shirokova

“…At the same time improvement of symptoms severity, including itching, was noted. Taking into account the efficacy of ademetionine in IHC in NAFLD patients, its' use was included in the national clinical guidelines.Conclusion. …”
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A modified Delphi approach to nurturing professionalism in postgraduate medical education in Singapore by Yao Hao Teo, Tan Ying Peh, Ahmad Bin Hanifah Marican Abdurrahman, Alexia Sze Inn Lee, Min Chiam, Warren Fong, Limin Wijaya, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna

“…Identities are socioculturally constructed efforts; therefore, we must account for the social, cultural and local healthcare factors that shape physicians’ roles, responsibilities and expectations. …”
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Short bowel syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment by Anna F. Sheptulina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, O. S. Shifrin

“…SBS prophylaxis is feasible and, taking into account of high disability and mortality rates of such patients, is essential both at preoperative stage, and during surgical intervention. …”
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