The Confession of King Gälawdewos (r. 1540–1559): A Sixteenth-Century Ethiopian Monophysite Document against Jesuit Proselytism by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene

“…Their opposition took the form of theological debates, wherein local religious leaders, including the ruler, confronted the foreigners and their alien dogmas. …”
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol by Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe

“…The scoping review’s findings will be published in a scientific journal and presented at relevant conferences, aiming to improve the disease outcomes through guiding future research in ocular trematode infections and informing potential strategies to uplift the disease control and prevention measures and patient care.…”
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Assessment of selected indicators of physicochemical conditions in the Rega River from 2018 to 2022 in accordance with EU regulations by Bonisławska Małgorzata, Nędzarek Arkadiusz, Tański Adam, Tórz Agnieszka, Formicki Krzysztof, Krzystolik Jan

“…Additionally, maximum water temperatures occasionally exceeded the tolerance limits for these fishes. Seasonal variations in nitrogen and phosphorus forms, and the dependency of nitrogen forms on DO, indicated disruptions in natural biochemical processes due to surface runoff pollutants from the watershed. …”
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Grafting in Vegetables: Transforming Crop Production with Cutting-Edge Techniques by Mohsin Raza

“…Vegetable farmers and researchers use grafting as a common technique to increase crop resistance or tolerance to biotic and environmental challenges in a variety of crops, including cucurbitaceous and solanaceous crops. …”
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“No data, no problem”? Potential inequities in psychosis among immigrants in the United States by Supriya Misra, Isha Weerasinghe, Lawrence H. Yang, Bizu Gelaye, Margarita Alegría

“…In this critical analytical review, we briefly summarize the evidence of inequities in psychosis among immigrants in other Western high-income countries, discuss the relevance to immigrants in the U.S. context, identify historical context and contemporary obstacles to studying this phenomenon in the U.S., and recommend strategies to improve research about psychosis among immigrants in the U.S. moving forward. …”
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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

“…By employing a graph structure derived from Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), the GCN captures inter-stock relationships, while the attention mechanism within the LSTM component refines the modelling of temporal dynamics, allowing the model to focus on the most relevant historical information. Experimental evaluations across multiple energy stocks show that this combined LSTMGC model significantly outperforms conventional approaches- including Linear Regression, GRU, MLP, and standalone LSTMs- when assessed using Mean Squared Error (MSE) and R-squared (R2) metrics. …”
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The Importance of Breakfast in Enhancing Students' Focus at School by Nurul Widad Fitri Muhammad, Nur Aina Mardhiah Che Rahim, Amrina Rasyada Kamaruzaman, Noor Fatimah Mujahid, Khairulnazrin Nasir

“…In conclusion, this information can be used as a benchmark by the relevant party to boost student achievement. …”
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The Efficacy of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) approach in stroke rehabilitation to improve basic activities of daily living and quality of life: a systematic... by Mercè Sitjà-Rabert, Francesc Xavier Guiu-Tula, Rosa Cabanas-Valdés, Gerard Urrútia, Natàlia Gómara-Toldrà

“…Two review authors will independently select relevant studies and will extract data using the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions approach and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…The genre of parodic prayer shows that the realm of the spirit can not only tolerate laughter and humour, but also welcome and thrive in them. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yuschuk, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, A. A. Makushina, S. S. Pirogov, O. V. Zayratyants, O. P. Alekseeva, D. N. Andreyev, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

“…The clinical recommendations outline criteria for the medical care quality assessment and provide relevant information to the patient.Conclusion. Diagnosis of infectious esophagitis capitalises on the clinical picture (odynophagia, dysphagia), presence of immunosuppression, endoscopic and histological evidence. …”
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Weighted joint curve inversion of aquifer parameters in pumping tests with multiple observation wells by Mingqian Li, He Wang, Hongbiao Gu, Baoming Chi

“…These findings have theoretical and practical implications for pumping test parameter inversion, relevant software development, and the evaluation and management of groundwater.…”
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Probiotics and functional nutrition products by Yu. О. Shulpekova

“…Medical and prophylactic effects of probiotics include increase of resistance to infectious diseases of intestine and respiratory tract, prevention and decrease of diarrhea duration, improvement of lactose tolerance, treatment of constipation, decrease of atopic reactions tendency, etc. …”
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DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST LEADERSHIP CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATION FOR CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT by TAIWO FRANCIS AYOMOBA

“…As a result, the study contends that if citizens continue to tolerate unethical behaviors by political leaders, the governance crisis caused by misuse of public resources by political leadership will worsen insecurity and underdevelopment in Nigeria, West Africa. …”
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Utilization of preventative health checkup services in China among middle-aged and older adult population: evidence from China’s 28 provinces by Jingyu Shen, Jingyu Shen, Weiji Fang, Weiji Fang, Yating Zhu, Yating Zhu, Chunli Ye, Chunli Ye, Yanhua Zhu, Yanhua Zhu, Yanling Tao, Yanling Tao

“…IntroductionResearch on the utilization of outpatient and inpatient medical and health services for residents and the factors influencing them is well established, however, there are fewer relevant studies analyzing the utilization of preventive health check-up services for middle-aged and older adult people in China. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Using Cassava Starch as a Partial Replacement of Cement Used in Mortar: A Case Study Moyo District (Palorinya Refugee Settlement Camp). by Ongom, Samuel

“…However, engineers, construction managers, and relevant stakeholders have not embraced the use of cement Cassava starch mortar mix to bond the bricks because they do not know the performance of the brick wall constructed with the mortar mix of Cement Cassava Starch. …”
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STUDI FENEMONOLEGI: STRATEGI KOPING ORANG TUA DALAM MERAWAT ANAK AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) by Ridhoyanti Hidayah, Ahmad Yusuf, Rizky Fitryasari

“…Eight themes were extracted according to the spesific purposes: (1) caring demand; (2) social stigma; (3) level of ASD severity; (4) life stressor of parent as a caregiver; (5) constructive coping strategies: seeking for information, formal support, spiritual approach, relaxation, and positif thinking (6) destructive coping strategies: physical and verbale action; (7) positive life meaning: change of the way of thinking and behavior, and (8) negative life meaning: stress feeling of having ASD children. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE QUALITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Saka Tunde Abdulsalam

“…While quality of ESID of companies were measured based on GRI sustainability quality principle such as Balance, Clarity, Timeliness, Relevance, Reliability and Comparability, financial performance (FP) was measured by OCF of the studied companies. …”
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Evaluative Literature Review Writing by Novice Academic Writers: Enhancing Knowledge and Awareness by Aksakallı Canan, Yağız Oktay, Bakırtaş Şennur, Ötügen Rabia

“…An evaluative and critical literature review in scholarly writing, which plays an important part in a scientific report, illustrates how the existing studies contributed to the relevant field and enables researchers to identify the gaps or niches that their research can fill. …”
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EFFECT OF DEBT FINANCING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Adedamola Ayinde BAMGBOYE

“…Secondary data were utilized, by extracting relevant data from financial statement for a period ranging for a ten years period (2014 – 2023). …”
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A knowledge graph for crop diseases and pests in China by Rongen Yan, Ping An, Xianghao Meng, Yakun Li, Dongmei Li, Fu Xu, Depeng Dang

“…In this paper, we propose CropDP-KG, a knowledge graph for crop diseases and pests in China, which leverages natural language processing techniques to analyze data from the Chinese crop diseases and pests image-text database. CropDP-KG covers relevant information on crop diseases and pests in China, featuring 8 primary entities such as diseases, symptoms, and crops, and is organized into 7 relationships such as primary occurrence locations, affected parts and suitable temperature. …”
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