INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL EXPERTISE OF AUDIT COMMITTEE ON VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Saidu MUSA, Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman, Paul B. Ogunwole

“…., 2008 marked two years after the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN’s ₦25bn recapitalisation policy which made Nigerian banks more financially sound through mergers and acquisition. 2018 was also the latest year to which the annual reports of these banks were made available for public access. …”
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A long neglected world malaria map: Plasmodium vivax endemicity in 2010. by Peter W Gething, Iqbal R F Elyazar, Catherine L Moyes, David L Smith, Katherine E Battle, Carlos A Guerra, Anand P Patil, Andrew J Tatem, Rosalind E Howes, Monica F Myers, Dylan B George, Peter Horby, Heiman F L Wertheim, Ric N Price, Ivo Müeller, J Kevin Baird, Simon I Hay

“…The Americas contributed 22% of the global area at risk of P. vivax transmission, but high endemic areas were generally sparsely populated and the region contributed only 6% of the 2.5 billion people at risk (PAR) globally. …”
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Evaluation of Anatomical Measurements of the Bulbus Oculi by Optical Biometry in the Eastern Region of Türkiye by Methiye Batur, Veysi Yıldız, Muhammed Batur, Erbil Seven, Serek Tekin

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: Research indicates that the measurements of the bulbus oculi are generally larger in males than in females. Furthermore, each of the optical biometric measurements is interrelated. …”
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Prevalence and aggressiveness of papillary thyroid carcinoma in surgically-treated graves’ disease patients: a retrospective matched cohort study by Eunice You, Marco A. Mascarella, Abrar Al Jassim, Veronique-Isabelle Forest, Michael P. Hier, Michael Tamilia, Marc Pusztaszeri, Richard J. Payne

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Insect Mating Behaviors: A Review of the Regulatory Role of Neuropeptides by Alfayo Ombuya, Jianyang Guo, Wanxue Liu

“…Neuropeptides are peptide signaling molecules mainly secreted by insects’ central nervous system (CNS) to reach target organs. …”
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Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness profile in an Iranian adult population by Hassan Hashemi, Mehdi Khabazkhoob, Alireza Riazifar, Mohammad Hassan Emamian, Akbar Fotouhi

“…Utilizing a multiple generalized estimating equations (GEE) model, the global RNFL thickness demonstrated a direct association with body mass index (β = 0.11; p = 0.013), corneal radius of curvature (β = 5.27; p < 0.001), and macular volume (β = 7.64; p < 0.001) while showing an inverse relationship with axial length (β=-2.29; p < 0.001), central macular thickness (β=-21.39; p = 0.002), and the presence of diabetes (β=-1.09; p = 0.009). …”
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Evaluating the construct validity of the health promotion literacy scale: a confirmatory factor analysis in Taiwan’s university social responsibility context by Yu-Ming Wang, Chia-Hui Hung, Yi-Ching Li, Yung-Chuan Ho, Cheng-Yi Huang

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The Human Thermal Load of Mornings with Clear Skies in the Hungarian Lowland by Ferenc Ács, Erzsébet Kristóf, Annamária Zsákai

“…The climate of the Hungarian lowland (Central European region, Pannonian Plain area) can be characterized by Köppen’s Cfb climate formula (C—warm temperate, f—no seasonality in the annual course of precipitation, b—warm summer). …”
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Age of Information Analysis for Multi-Priority Queue and Non-Orthoganal Multiple Access (NOMA)-Enabled Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything in Internet of Vehicles by Zheng Zhang, Qiong Wu, Pingyi Fan, Qiang Fan

“…However, semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), which relies on distributed sensing, may lead to a high number of collisions due to the lack of centralized coordination in resource allocation. On the other hand, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) can alleviate the problem of reduced packet reception probability due to collisions. …”
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Educación monocultural en la enseñanza de las artes visuales en contextos de diversidad cultural en Chile by Fernando Paz-Mardones, Francisco Kotthoff-Cristensen, Freddy Fuentes-Jara, Christian Collipal-Velásquez, Enrique Riquelme-Mella, Amy Halberstadt

“…Introducción. El tema central del estudio es la incidencia que tiene la aplicación de un currículo monocultural en las concepciones de enseñanza de las artes visuales, y su impacto en los aprendizajes, la construcción de identidad cultural y el reconocimiento entre estudiantado mapuche y no mapuche.  …”
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Similitud de la ficoflora marina en zonas del Atlántico Occidental Tropical y Subtropical by Ana M. Suárez, Beatriz Martínez-Daranas

“…La región presenta en general una alta similitud en la composición de macroalgas, fundamentalmente en un núcleo central que incluye todo el Caribe, el sur del golfo de México y la Florida.…”
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Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy, diabetic foot and level of glycemic control in refugees and migrants residing in Greece by Zisimangelos Solomos, Eftychia Pappa, Nikolaos Tentolouris

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Personalized Virtual Reality Human-Computer Interaction for Psychiatric and Neurological Illnesses: A Dynamically Adaptive Virtual Reality Environment That Changes According to Rea... by Iakovos Kritikos, Georgios Alevizopoulos, Dimitris Koutsouris

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Photocatalytic degradation of iron chelates fertilizers under UV light: a rapid evaluation for hydroponic growing systems by Alejandra Arcas, Silvia Valverde, Juan José Lucena, Sandra López-Rayo

“…The objective is to establish a straightforward and reliable methodology for predicting the photochemical behavior of Fe chelates in hydroponic cultivation systems. Results A Central Composite Design (CCD) was applied to establish the best experimental conditions. …”
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Evaluating the utilisation patterns of pharmacological therapy in COVID-19 patients: an ecological study in Italy by Graziano Onder, Francesco Trotta, Maria Lucia Marino, Aurora Di Filippo, Davide Eleuteri

“…Backgound The drug central monitoring system set up in Italy to evaluate the real-time trends of medicines used in hospital and primary care settings contributed to inform drug supplies, avoided stockpiling and allowed to monitor adherence to clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. …”
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Seasonal nutrient dynamics and biomass quality of giant reed (Arundo donax L.) and miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus Greef et Deuter) as energy crops by Nicoletta Nassi o Di Nasso, Neri Roncucci, Federico Triana, Cristiano Tozzini, Enrico Bonari

“…Maximum above-ground nutrient contents were generally found in summer. Subsequently, a decrease was recorded; this suggested a nutrient remobilisation from above-ground biomass to rhizomes. …”
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European Union legislation regarding waste processing technology by Rymarchuk R., Mykhaniv V.

“…In the presentation of the material of the article, generally scientific, systematic and functional methods of research are applied. …”
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The Impact of Ekman Pumping and Transport on <i>Dosidicus gigas</i> (Jumbo Flying Squid) Fishing Ground by Chinese Jiggers off the Coast of Peru by Xingnan Fang, Xin Zhang, Xinjun Chen, Wei Yu

“…This study employed a generalized additive model (GAM) to analyze the effects of Ekman pumping and transport on the abundance and distribution of jumbo flying squid (<i>Dosidicus gigas</i>) using wind field data and Chinese commercial fishing catch data off Peru from 2012 to 2020. …”
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An audit on the delivery of diabetes care practices at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka by S. Rupasinghe, I. K. Jayasinghe, W. M. C. R. Wijesingha, D. L. Rathnayaka, D. Pathirana, V. Wijekoon

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Regeneration of black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) in hardwood swamps of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Forest Region by Amanda Springer, Jeffery P. Dech

“…Black ash was the dominant species in all stands, which were also generally characterized by a common reverse-J diameter distribution. …”
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