DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST LEADERSHIP CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATION FOR CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT by TAIWO FRANCIS AYOMOBA

“…We find that the political elite's entrenched vested interests have promoted corruption and abuse of power as instruments of governance, and have rendered the necessary statutory institutional oversight systems ineffectual. …”
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Prediction of Concrete Compressive Strength by Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks by Mehdi Nikoo, Farshid Torabian Moghadam, Łukasz Sadowski

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Executive Function Strengths in Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Shuangquan Ren, Peng Shi, Xioasu Feng, Kai Zhang, Wenchao Wang

“…Athletes showed more positive inhibitory control (Z = 5.18, standardized mean difference (SMD) = −0.631, 95% confidence intervals (CI) = −0.869 to −0.392, p = 0.000) and working memory (Z = 3.42, SMD = −0.382, 95%CI = −0.601 to −0.163, p = 0.001) compared to the general group with no sports experience. Elite and sub‐elite, and sub‐elite and amateur athletes all showed more positive performance on the cognitive flexibility task compared to the latter. …”
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Comprehensive health assessment of retired martial arts athletes: bone density, dietary intake, physical activity, and wellbeing by Tasneem Alshaer, Nihad Battikhi, Adam Tawfiq Amawi, Khalid Trabelsi, Khalid Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Haitham Jahrami, Philippe Bouedo, Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi

“…Therefore, this study investigates the long-term effects of elite athletic experience by comparing retired Jordanian male elite athletes (ages 40–50) with non-athletes of the same age. …”
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Effect of Gelatin-Based Edible Coatings Incorporated with Aloe vera and Black and Green Tea Extracts on the Shelf Life of Fresh-Cut Oranges by Mohsen Radi, Elham Firouzi, Hamidreza Akhavan, Sedigheh Amiri

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW MODELS OF PREPARATION OF RESEARCH ENGINEERS: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by Lyudmila N. Bannikova, Lyudmila N. Boronina, Yuriy R. Vishnevsky

“…There is a contradiction between the traditions of mass engineering education and innovative, elite training of engineers. Postgraduate and master's courses are institutional channels of recruitment and the further formation of the future engineering elite. …”
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O couro lavrado de estética mudéjar na Casa-Museu e Fundação Guerra Junqueiro – memórias do al-Andalus em terras portuguesas by Franklin Pereira

“…The connections that such motives allow highlight Portugal as a deposit of continuities and adaptations of archaic aesthetics; they have remained in the elite’s leather art c. 1500-1600 before the Renaissance motives becoming dominant.…”
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Caractérisation physico-chimique de pigments de peintures murales mochica : San José de Moro (viiie-xe siècles apr. J.-C.) by Nicola Sardos, Nino Del-Solar-Velarde, Rémy Chapoulie, Luis Jaime Castillo Butters

“…To the pre-Columbian Mochica culture, a culture that did not develop through writing, mural painting is a strong ideological vector that involves the implementers of those decorations and specialized craftsmen, as well as their sponsors, members of the ruling elite. Archaeometry allows us to answer questions regarding the pictorial technologies that were employed and to bring about pieces of information on the craftsmen who designed those decorations. …”
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Acute effects of different types of stretching exercises on explosive power: A pilot study by Sinan Seyhan, Emirkan Çelik

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the positive and negative effects of different stretching and flexing exercises on kicking acceleration performance in taekwondo. A total of 12 elite taekwondo athletes (7 boys and 5 girls) with an average age of 20.75±1.48 years, an average height of 171±10.06 cm, an average body weight of 61.8±11 kg, and an average Body Mass Index (BMI) of 21.1±2.5 kg/m2 participated in this study. …”
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Dinamika Pengelolaan Madrasah dalam Kesultanan Sambas, 1910-1945: Studi Kasus Madrasah Pedoman Islam by Sunandar Sunandar

“…The image of madrasas in Sambas is embodied by two institutions established by the elite of the palace: Madrasah Sulthaniyah (1916) and Tarbiatoel Islam (1936), projecting an elite status within society. …”
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The dual impact: physiological and psychological effects of rapid weight loss in wrestling by Barış Sarıakçalı, Fatma Neşe Şahin, Burhan Başoğlu, Levent Ceylan, Özkan Güler, Bade Yamak, Gökhan Arıkan, Gizem Ceylan Acar, Gülşah Sekban, Mehmet Vakıf Durmuşoğlu, Sezen Çimen Polat, Hamza Küçük

“…This study aimed to investigate the biochemical, hormonal, and psychological effects of weight reduction in elite wrestlers during the competition phase.MethodsThirty-seven elite male free style wrestlers (age: 19.02 ± 1.27) participated in the study. …”
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Hybrid Genetic Grey Wolf Algorithm for Large-Scale Global Optimization by Qinghua Gu, Xuexian Li, Song Jiang

“…Finally, the elite individuals in the population are mutated to prevent the algorithm from falling into local optimum. …”
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L’intégration d’étrangers dans la santería et le culte d’Ifá à La Havane by Emma Gobin

“…Two levels of analysis are distinguished: that of the ‘common’ initiates and that of erudite and/or politicized ‘elite’ groups. Both highlight not only the rivalries at play in the Afro-Cuban religious field, but also the intense critical and reflexive attitude that santeros and babalaos maintain towards their own practice, as well as some of the innovative logic inherent to this world but intensified by this new situation. …”
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A Population Classification Evolution Algorithm for the Parameter Extraction of Solar Cell Models by Yiqun Zhang, Peijie Lin, Zhicong Chen, Shuying Cheng

“…PCE divides the population into two groups, elite and ordinary, to reach a better compromise between exploitation and exploration. …”
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Comparison of narcissism levels of students in the faculty of sports sciences in terms of some demographic variables by Menderes Kabadayı, Hasan Samet Abacı, Mehmet Yalcin Tasmekteplıgıl, Ali Kerim Yılmaz, Gul Cavusoglu

“…Significant differences were found between age and the sub dimensions of exhibitionism and entitlement, between year of study and entitlement, and between being elite and exhibitionism and exploitativeness (p lt;0.05). …”
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Heart rate of soccer referees during matches: A systematic review by Sebiha Kurhan, Ana Lilić, İsmail İlbak, Stefan Stojanovic

“…The physical demands of elite soccer players can affect the activity of the referees. …”
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FEATURES OF PRE-ROMAN HISTORY OF SPAIN AND MODERN TIME: WHERE ARE SOURCES OF SEPARATISM? by A. A. Orlov

“…Following the results of research the conclusion is drawn that most boldly "link of times" is traced on the example of Basques, the part of which intellectual elite seeks to use features of origin and historical development of these people for a reinforcement of current nationalist and separatist trends. …”
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The Role of Diasporas in the Current World Politics by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The elite presents “the controlling centre” that forges a strategy of action and makes transactions of resources. …”
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Adaptation of Diverse Maize Germplasm to Spring Season Conditions in Northeast China by Yi Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Yong Shao, Zhenguo Jin, Li Gao, Yang Yu, Fengyi Zhang, Yuxing Zhang, Yuantao Nan, Mingshun Li, Degui Zhang, Zhuanfang Hao, Jianfeng Weng, Xinhai Li, Hongjun Yong

“…However, the maize grain yield per unit area has little changes in recent years, partially due to the lack of elite germplasm resources and innovation. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the performance of diverse populations in NEC to propose appropriate strategies for the utilization of elite germplasm to broaden the genetic base of Chinese germplasm. …”
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space of education by Константин Лидин

“…We are completing the publication of materials about the most interesting experiment of MARCHI on designing the virtual city of Nikolograd, and we are also presenting a new building of the RANEPA in Barnaul that embodies the modern image of elite higher education. …”
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