IMPACT OF IPSAS ADOPTION ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS IN ZARIA by Lawal Mohammed, M. A Odeh, B.F. Umar, U. F. Abdulkarim, S. O. Nurudeen, L Ibrahim

“…Data was collected with the aid of questionnaire from the selected Parastatal (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Federal College of Education under the Federal Ministry of Education; the Nigerian Institute for Leather Science and Technology under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology; the National Institute for Transport Technology; and, the Nigerian College for Aviation Technology under the Federal Ministry of Transport) The study was anchored on institutional and agency theory. …”
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Addressing the Rural and Underserved Healthcare Workforce Needs: Residency Specialty Selection and Workforce Outcomes of the WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program by Kenya Morales-Luna, Stacey Morrison, Toby Keys

“…For all other participants, we documented their current healthcare professions, practice locations (rural and/or medically underserved areas), and whether the practice was a federally qualified health center. …”
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Effects of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training on Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ka Yin Chu, King Hei King Cheng

“…More robust evidence is required to determine whether the combined approach can serve as an effective intervention in clinical practice. …”
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Effects of Resveratrol on Liver Function Tests in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by P. Ebrahimpour, M. Karamian, A. Sharifi

“…Moreover, subgroup analysis revealed that neither resveratrol dose nor intervention duration had any significant effect on the serum ALT and AST levels.Conclusion. …”
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Are the Mean Platelet Volume and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Predictive for Gestational Cholestasis? by Hasan Eroglu, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Kemal Sarsmaz, Gokcen Orgul, Dilek Sahin, Aykan Yucel

“… OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine whether mean platelet volume value and/or neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio values are useful as a predictive marker for gestational cholestasis. …”
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Intelligence and obesity during the obesity epidemic by Rebecca B. Clarke, Gunhild T. Okholm, Erik L. Mortensen, Merete Osler, Cathrine L. Wimmelmann, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

“…During this period, the prevalence of obesity and overweight has increased considerably. We investigated whether this increase has altered the relation between intelligence and BMI by studying two cohorts of 419,319 conscripts, born 1939–1959 and 1983–2001, examined in the same geographical districts in Denmark. …”
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HISTORY AND CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ADARA AND ZURU IN KADUNA AND KEBBI STATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO 2018 by MARABS JOSHUA ANTHONY, SOJA ZAKKA

“…The historical interconnectedness of these two distinct but historically resembled polities has raised many thoughts in minds as to whether the adara and Zuru were in anyway linked at one point or the other in their historical journey. …”
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A paradoxical population structure of var DBLα types in Africa. by Mun Hua Tan, Kathryn E Tiedje, Qian Feng, Qi Zhan, Mercedes Pascual, Heejung Shim, Yao-Ban Chan, Karen P Day

“…Furthermore, we observed that every isolate repertoire, whether mono- or multiclonal, comprised DBLα types occurring with these frequency ranges implying a common genome structure. …”
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Evaluation of Chopped Sugarcane Storage in Different Periods of the Season and Their Influence on the Sugar and Ethanol Process by Leonardo Lucas Madaleno, Camila Carla Guimarães, Elaine Hartmann Ferri, Rodrigo Vezzani Franzé

“…Weight loss is more intense depending on the period of the season when the weather conditions are drying. In terms of the quality of the process and products, a reduction in starch levels was detected with storage of the extracted juice and syrup, probably due to the metabolism of the chopped sugarcane. …”
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Endometriosis in Postmenopausal Woman Without Previous Hormonal Therapy: A Case Report by Mine İslimye Taşkın, Meltem Çağrı Menteşe, Engin Uzgören, Ümit İnceboz

“…Her menopausal status occured at 46 years of age. She had neither personal history of endometriosis and a prior history of pelvic pain nor previous hormone use. …”
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Risk Assessment of Renewable Energy Power Systems via Graph Multi-Attention Networks by BAI Yunpeng, ZHANG Zhiyan, XU Cai, GUO Chuangxin, LIU Zhuping, ZHU Wenhao

“…This study explores the impact of renewable energy output and weather conditions on equipment failures and establishes a comprehensive scenario for power grids under renewable energy integration. …”
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Innovative Hybrid War Strategy Optimization with Incremental Conductance for Maximum Power Point Tracking in Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Systems by Khaterchi Hechmi, Regaya Chiheb Ben, Jeridi Ahmed, Zaafouri Abderrahmen

“…Classical MPPT algorithms, such as incremental conductance (IC) and perturb and observe (P&O), are widely used but often struggle with instability, oscillations near the steady state, and slow convergence, particularly under fluctuating weather conditions such as static partial shading conditions (PSCs). …”
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Impoundments facilitate upstream invasion and introgression: Case studies of fluvial black basses (Micropterus spp.) in the southeastern USA. by Andrew T Taylor, Michael D Tringali, James M Long

“…Black basses (genus Micropterus) are popular sportfishes with divergent ecologies: some taxa are tolerant of impoundments and widely stocked to create fishing opportunities, whereas others are endemic fluvial specialists that are threatened by introgression with non-native congeneric taxa. We investigated whether impoundments facilitate non-native invasion and introgression in two case study systems: Lake Lanier, Georgia, and Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma. …”
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A preliminary study on the relationship between symptom severity and age of diagnosis in females versus males with autistic spectrum disorder by Alberto Sánchez-Pedroche, Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla, Mario Valera-Pozo, Daniel Adrover-Roig, Magdalena Valverde-Gómez

“…This preliminary study explores whether the age at the time of diagnosis of ASD in females is related to a higher severity index compared to male participants. …”
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An examination of changes in autumn Eurasian snow cover and its relationship with the winter Arctic Oscillation using 20th Century Reanalysis version 3 by G. J. Marshall

“…Novel aspects are (i) analysis back to 1836, (ii) adjusting the reanalysis SC through comparison with observations, and (iii) analysing the statistical significance of the frequency of periods of significant SC–AO relationships to determine whether these connections can be distinguished from stochastic processes. …”
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Primordial Cause of Armament, Disarmament, Weaponry and Weapons of Mass Destruction by Effiong Ekpo

“…Also threats of war, whether explicit or implicit has always been an instrument of policy whereby one government dissuaded another from pursuing certain courses of action, be encouraged. …”
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MICROFINANCE BANK SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA by A. A Yahaya, L.W Agboola

“…But with the persistent increase in the rate of unemployment in the country, one begins to marvel whether the prevailing numbers of SMEs are insufficient or poorly managed to address the cahllenge. …”
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Human Rights and the Environment in Africa Book Human Rights and the Environment in Africa by Ashukem, Jean-Claude N., Sama, Semie M.

“…The work explores theoretical, philosophical, and doctrinal, research to interrogate and provide clarity on how and whether the human rightsbased approach to environmental protection and policy implications has been effective in enhancing environmental protection and sustainability in Africa. …”
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Sexual Harassment and Stigma Among the Youth in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Mugumya, Muhammadi

“…The study recommended that parents and guardians should cooperate and work hand in hand with the education authorities to bring the self-esteem of the youth, there should be establishment of organizations that work directly with the youth in teaching them their rights and the government should intervene by putting strict laws and to deal with whoever is found a victim of harassing the youth whether studying or not.…”
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Micro Finance Services and Poverty Eradication: A Case Study of Mparo Town Council Rukiga District. by Akankunda, Racheal

“…The research study was guided by three objectives; to establish the role of microfinance on poverty eradication in Mparo Town Council Rukiga, to find out whether sensitization of people is helping to improve the income level and hence reducing poverty in Mparo Town Council Rukiga, and to establish the relationship between microfinance services and eradication in Mparo Town Council Rukiga. …”
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