NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH REPUBLICS by Towoju Adedoyin John, Mohammed Idris Danjuma, Ibrahim O Salawu

“…The major findings were that each reform measure was necessitated by the short-comings inherent in the preceding system; some of the reforms were far reaching and had positive impacts, while others were cosmetic in nature and mainly for political expediency. …”
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Validation of a Life Experience Scale of Older Adults from community clubs by María Elena Flores Villavicencio, Verónica Rodríguez Sánchez, José Raúl Robles Bañuelos

“…To analyze the validity of the questionnaire, an exploratory factor analysis of each item was carried out. Results: with the analysis of the matrix of rotated components, eight questions that were not feasible were eliminated because they had a value less than 0.5, leaving a total of 46 items. …”
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Liver diseases: epidemiology, causes, trends and predictions by Can Gan, Yuan Yuan, Haiyuan Shen, Jinhang Gao, Xiangxin Kong, Zhaodi Che, Yangkun Guo, Hua Wang, Erdan Dong, Jia Xiao

“…Currently, liver diseases contribute to approximately 2 million deaths globally each year, imposing significant economic and social burdens worldwide. …”
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Comparison of Dimensional Accuracy of (Pmma) Denture Base Material Relined with Molloplast B Soft Liner by Different Curing Methods. by Radhwan H Hasan, Shilan H Fatah

“…Methods: A total of 80 PMMA samples were used in this study, 40 (SR Triplex hot) PMMA samples polymerized in water bath, 40 (Acron MC) PMMA samples polymerized in microwave, Molloplast B soft liner (Detax, Germany) were packed between each two PMMA strip as overlap joint and cured by water bath and microwave, the dimensional accuracy of PMMA samples were measured before and after the Molloplast B soft liner application using the (DOF scan app) software device. …”
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Abernethy Malformation in Combination with Gilbert’s Syndrome by N. B. Gubergrits, E. L. Bondar, E. A. Dyadyk, E. V. Berezhnaya, Yu. E. Chirkov, N. V. Byelyayeva, G. M. Lukashevich, T. L. Mozhyna

“…The conducted instrumental observation revealed echo-signs of malformation (agenesia) of the portal vein, which was further confirmed by both X-ray-contrast computed tomography and the pathohistological analysis of liver biopsy slides. …”
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AN EXPERIMENT TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF STEAM ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE STALAM RF 85 KW YARN DRYER by HEMANTH KUMAR JAWAHAR

“…In this experiment, I have three trials each with and without the steam at variable conveyor belt speeds. …”
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Adaptive enhancement of shoulder x-ray images using tissue attenuation and type-II fuzzy sets. by Qifeng Liu, Yong Han, Lu Shen, Jialei Du, Marzia Hoque Tania

“…In comparative studies, the method demonstrated significant performance advantages over 10 contemporary X-ray image enhancement algorithms and was validated through ablation experiments to confirm the effectiveness of each module.…”
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The effect of surgical treatment of tubal pregnancy on concurrent intrauterine pregnancy after in vitro fertilization by Pei Cai, Mingxiang Zheng, Yangqin Peng, Yuyao Mao, Fei Gong, Hui Chen, Ge Lin, Yan Ouyang, Xihong Li

“…A total of 446 patients who conceived tubal heterotopic pregnancies (HPs) via in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer and underwent surgical treatment to remove ectopic pregnancies (EPs) were included. For each study patient, one matched patient who conceived a live eutopic singleton pregnancy was selected randomly as a control. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Concrete in Rigid Pavement Construction. by Mutuyimana, John Robert

“…The compressive strength of RAP aggregate concrete ranges from 5.7 MPa to 21 MPa and conventional aggregates concrete ranges between 6.8 MPa to 22.5 MPA at varying w/c of (0.4,0.5,0.6) to each mix at different ages of curing 3days, 7days, 14days, 21days, 56days). …”
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Determinants of Shea Nut Marketing Arrangements in Northern Uganda. by Akatwetaba, Deborah, Okello Daniel, Micheal, Kasharu, Apollo, Egeru, Anthony, Mugonola, Basil

“…The probability of choosing each marketing arrangement was influenced by several factors including experience, education, income level, access to extension, training, access to credit, awareness of innovations in the shea value chain, awareness of value addition supporting institutions, main occupation (farming), distance to the market, access to information and means of transport used (head portage). …”
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Determination and Comparison of the Concentration of Cyanide Ions in Fresh and Dried Bitter Cassava. by Bukyire, Sezi

“…Fresh cassava roots were collected from farms in Kanungu District, Uganda, and processed into three categories: fresh, sun-dried, and oven-dried, with standardized procedures applied to each drying method. Cyanide concentrations were measured using a titration method with silver nitrate. …”
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Effect of Different Spacing on Cabbage Growth and Yield Optimization. by Birungi, Hillary

“…Gloria cabbage was transplanted and then planted in plots of 4 meters each with different spacing treatments (60×60), (60×45), (45×45) and (30×30). …”
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Gender Inequality and household production in Kanungu District-Uganda. by Ronnah, Owembabazi

“…The methodological approach included both qualitative and quantitative approaches in describing and analysing the data into information as to discern on gender inequality and household production.Samplesize of 395 respondents for community and local government leaders was determined mathematically through use of slovenes formula.In order to analyze the data, all questionnaires were collected and responses to each of them in the questionnaires by subject were coded, edited and tabulated, data was calculated in percentage. …”
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Effective Application of 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies During Engineering Research and Teaching in Ugandan Universities by Isaac, Ndawula, Dianah, Asiimwe, Samuel, S. Mushakangoma, Pascal Musaazi, Senkindu

“…The 4IR technologies demands changes in the three fundamental functions (teaching, research and community service) of higher institutions of learning. Each revolution technologies needs different job skills and competences, the 4IR technologies will also require new job skills and competences from the university graduates particularly in the field of engineering. …”
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Descriptive Analysis of Heavy Metals Content of Beef from Eastern Uganda and their Safety for Public Consumption. by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Paul, Bogere

“…The latter was accomplished by (i) estimating the daily intake (EDI) of each metal in the study area, (ii) modeling the non-cancer health risk using the target hazard quotient (THQ) and (iii) modeling the cancer risk using the incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR). …”
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Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 IgG in Juba, South Sudan, 20201 by Andrew, Baguma, Juma John, Hassen, Sheila, K. Baya, Joseph, F. Wamala

“…After accounting for waning antibody levels, age, and sex, we estimated that 38.3% (95% credible interval 31.8%–46.5%) of the population had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. At this rate, for each PCR–confi rmed SARS-CoV-2 infection reported by the Ministry of Health, 103 (95% credible interval 86–126) infections would have been unreported, meaning SARS-CoV-2 has likely spread extensively within Juba. …”
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மலரும் சருகும் நாவலில் நாடார் மக்களின் இனவரைவியல் / Ethnography of Nadar People in the Novel Malarum Sarugum... by ஜோ. கிளம்மி ஜெனி பிரியா / J. Clemy Jeni Priya

“…Hindu Nadars worship Ayyanar, Kali, Karuppannasamy, Saptakanni, Sudalimadan, Ena Pechi, Sandip Pilliyar and Kulathankarai Pilliyar as their deities. …”
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Analisis Kredit Pembayaran Biaya Kuliah Dengan Pendekatan Pembelajaran Mesin by Arliyanti Nurdin, Rizqa Amelia Zunaidi, Muhammad Arkan Fauzan Wicaksono, Agi Lobita Japtara Martadinata

“…In addition, the system will provide a score for each submission based on the scorecard method. The higher the credit score, the lower the risk of default. …”
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Pengkontruksian Bidirected Overlap Graph untuk Perakitan Sekuens DNA by Wisnu Ananta Kusuma, Albert Adrianus

“…Suffis array is used for detecting overlap region from each reads by indexing suffix of each reads. DNA assembly process is computational intensive. …”
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Perancangan User Experience Pada Aplikasi Mobile HomeCare Rumah Sakit Semen Gresik Menggunakan Metode Design Thinking by Fara Regina Isadora, Buce Trias Hanggara, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo

“…The results of the test using UEQ are, for the HomeCare application whose users are patient, the mean value of each UEQ scale is in the positive category with all UEQ scales in the good category except for the dependability scale which is in the very good category, while for the HomeCare Giver application whose the users are health workers, has a mean value of each UEQ scale which is also in the positive category with all UEQ scales in the good category except the attractiveness and novelty scales which are in the very good category. …”
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