A HISTORY OF THE AGILA IN ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE by OCHOGA EDWIN OCHOGA, Imanah Sunday Omoafena

“…The paper has established that the Wukari and Idah traditions and customs were assimilated (inherited) from the onset. …”
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Color Stability and Surface Roughness of Different Composite Resins after Using Different Polishing Systems. by Hisham Z. Abdullah, Bassam K. Amin

“…Method: Twenty disk-shaped specimens (were compacted into the custom-made cylindrical plastic mold that had an internal diameter of 10 mm and a depth of 2 mm) were prepared for each composite resin type (3M Z350, Tokoyama Palfique, and Shofu Beautifil II) for a total of 60 specimens, each composite group was divided into two subgroups according to the polishing system (n=10) (Shofu super-snap polishing disks and Eve Diacomp Plus Twist wheel). …”
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Digital Technologies and Financial Performance in Local Government in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District. by Mugume, Herbert

“…The study therefore recommends that there is need to put more efforts on integrated financial management systems, programme-based budgeting system and integrated personnel and integrated personnel and payroll system for fortitudes of making financial performance as a custom at Kabale District Local Government.…”
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Water and sediment quality assessment at São Lourenço River-SP by Angélica Megda da Silva, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Paulo Augusto Zantune Pamplin, Maria Beatriz Bohrer-Morel

“…São Lourenço River (SLR) is part one of the Ribeira de Iguape River basin, and provides water to supply the cities of São Lourenço da Serra and Juquitiba. The SLR also receives large amounts of pollution from these municipalities. …”
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Knowledge sharing and sustainable competitive advantage: Mediating role of innovation culture and MSMEs business performance by Meyna Cinta Ratulian, Sabihaini Sabihaini, Fauzilah Salleh, Januar Eko Prasetio

“…To create exceptional customer value, policymakers and MSME management must showcase a firm dedication to innovation and connect it to supply chain agility, also known as SCA. …”
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OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION’S MODERATING EFFECT ON DIVIDEND PAYOUT AND TOBIN’S Q OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Ovbe Simon Akpadaka

“…Utilizing a ex-post facto research design, and fixed effects regression for the statistical model to control for unobserved heterogeneity withing firms over time, ensuring a robust examination of the relationships under study. Also, an interaction term (OWNC*DPAY) was introduced to capture the joint effects of ownership concentration and dividend policy on Firm value. …”
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Unveiling the wonders of bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles: From fundamental functions to beneficial applications by Mariam Rima, Mariam Dakramanji, Elie El Hayek, Tia El Khoury, Ziad Fajloun, Mohamad Rima

“…Despite their promising applications, the advancement of EV-based therapies faces several challenges, which will also be discussed. By elucidating these critical elements, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the transformative potential of EVs in revolutionizing diagnostics and therapeutics in medicine.…”
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Spherical harmonics texture extraction for versatile analysis of biological objects. by Oane Gros, Josiah B Passmore, Noa O Borst, Dominik Kutra, Wilco Nijenhuis, Timothy Fuqua, Lukas C Kapitein, Justin M Crocker, Anna Kreshuk, Simone Köhler

“…Additionally, this technique can also be applied through a Python package to provide extra feature extraction for any object classification pipeline or downstream analysis.…”
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Pharyngeal airway dimensions and adipose distribution in the minipig by Doris H. Rosero Salazar, Riana Grewal, Anuj Vimawala, Daniel F. Leotta, Swati R. Levendovszky, Zi-Jun Liu

“…Respiratory airflow velocity, pressure, and volume were also recorded. The sizes of velopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airway, and retroglossal areas were measured coronally during inspiration and expiration. …”
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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…MHE was defined using the psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES). All patients were also tested with S-ANT1. 14 patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot syndrome but no cirrhosis, as well as 37 healthy controls, were also tested with S-ANT1 and served as controls.…”
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The Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Blood Pressure in Students by Muhammad Irwan, Irfan Irfan, Evawaty Evawaty, Rahmin Rahmin, Risnah Risnah, Salmah Arafah

“…The habit of poor sleep quality or a short amount of sleep is also associated with an increase in an individual's blood pressure. …”
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The Effect of Architectural Forms on Aesthetic Response : Study Case by Lawand Kamal Othman, Alan Faraydoon Ali

“…A medium to a strong relationship has been recognized between aesthetic response with moderate complexity and moderate to high levels of order and organization also with near high levels of novelty and mystery. …”
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Perceptions of Singaporeans towards informed consent: a cross-sectional survey by Mehek Gupta, Sudharsan Madhavan, Felicia Siok Ying Teo, Jee Keem Low, Vishal G. Shelat

“…Most participants were aged below 40 years (n = 265, 60.1%), female (n = 309, 70.1%) and degree holders (n = 196, 44.4%). Also, 56.9% of participants wanted to know every possible risk, while 28.3% wanted to know the common and serious risks. …”
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Triple (and quadruple) soft-gluon radiation in QCD hard scattering by Stefano Catani, Dimitri Colferai, Alessandro Torrini

“…We also compute the first correction of 𝒪(1/ N c 2 $$ {N}_c^2 $$ ) to the eikonal formula for multiple soft-gluon radiation with strong energy ordering from two hard gluons.…”
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Godsdiens en Christelike teologie in die skadu van menslike outonomie: wetenskapsfilosofiese verkenninge by W. J. Richards

“…Hopefully the ideals cherished by the church will also benefit from such efforts in a wider field. …”
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THE MONASTERY OF “NEW NEAMŢ” – THE SACRED RIVER THAT FLEW IN THE OCEAN OF ROMANIAN HISTORY by Stela GUŢANU

“…The importance of this fund of manuscripts lies in not only its musical and historic worth, but it also testifies the unity in musical culture of Romanians everywhere. …”
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Chemical characterization of fruits of Garcinia brasiliensis Mart. by Caroline Woelffel Silva, Patricia Cristina Gonçalves, Camile Zanichelli Costa, Karla Lírio Soares, Patrícia Berilli Batista, Stephano Marques, Mário Roberto Maróstica Júnior, Stanislau Bogusz Junior, Oscar Núñez, Rodrigo Scherer

“…Furthermore, the fruits are also an important source of minerals such as manganese, zinc, and potassium. 15 fatty acids were identified with a higher portion of unsaturated fatty acids. …”
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Effect of Apical Preparation on Different Needle Depth Penetration. by Samara Gurgis Essa, Razawa Kareem Saeed, Diyar Khalid Baker

“…The flushing action produced by the irrigant and the penetration of the irrigant is not dependent only on the anatomy of the root canal system, but also on the depth of placement, system of delivery, the volume and fluid properties of the irrigant. …”
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Internet of Things (IoT) technologies: features, development prospects and potential threats by Daria Margaza, Yurii Yurchenko

“…For practitioners, this study offers actionable insights on deploying IoT solutions securely and effectively, with an emphasis on risk management. The findings also inform on how to develop regulations that ensure safe and sustainable IoT adoption. …”
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Effects of local infiltration of analgesia and tranexamic acid in total knee replacements: safety and efficacy in reducing blood loss and comparability to intra-articular tranexami... by Harish Sivasubramanian, Cheryl Marise Peilin Tan, Lushun Wang

“…All patients were administered 1 g of TXA. They also received pericapsular infiltration consisting of 0.5 mL of adrenaline, 0.4 mL of morphine, 1 g of vancomycin, 1 mL of ketorolac and 15 mL of ropivacaine. …”
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