Process Improvement and Employee Velocity in the Nigerian Banking Sector: The Case of Some Selected Banks in South West, Nigeria by Oluwayomi Olota

“…Hence, this paper examined aims to investigate process improvement’s effect on employee velocity in the Nigerian banking sector; the case of some selected banks in south west, Nigeria. Specifically it examined: the effect of continuous improvement initiatives, process monitoring and benchmarking on employee velocity. …”
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Time to initiation of antiretroviral therapy and its predictors among newly diagnosed HIV positive at the selected public health centers in Adama Town, Ethiopia by Yobsan Girma, Ephrem Mannekulih, Hunde Lemi, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos

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Prevalence, predictors and selected outcomes of early sexual initiation among adolescents in secondary schools in Lugbe, Abuja, Nigeria: a mixed methods study by Uchechi Grace Okonta

“…Despite many negative effects of early sexual initiation, its prevalence has kept increasing globally over the past decades.Objective This study aims to determine the burden, identify risk factors and examine the selected outcomes of early sexual initiation among secondary school adolescents.Design The study was a school-based descriptive cross-sectional survey which employed quantitative and qualitative methods.Method A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among 300 in-school adolescents aged 15–19 in Lugbe, Abuja. …”
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SHORT-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL INTERVENTION AFTER NEOADJUVANT MULTIDRUG CHEMOTHERAPY WITH SELECTIVE CHEMOEMBOLIZATION OF UTERINE ARTERIES IN PATIENTS WITH INITIALLY UNRESECTABLE CERVIX UTERI CANCER by I. A. Kosenko, E. A. Zhavrid, O. P. Matylevich, T. M. Litvinova, V. S. Dudarev

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STUDENT INITIATED DEPARTURES FROM THE INITIATION-RESPONSE-FEEDBACK (IRF) FORMAT by Natalya V. Vesnina

“…Using Conversation Analysis as the primary method of scientific inquiry the author investigates the student initiated departures from the Initiation-Response-Feedback (IRF) format claimed to be predominant in the educational contexts. …”
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Factors associated with viral load re-suppression after enhanced adherence counseling among people living with HIV with an initial high viral load result in selected Nigerian states. by Gbenga Benjamin Obasa, Mukhtar Ijaiya, Ejike Okwor, Babafemi Dare, Franklin Emerenini, Remi Oladigbolu, Prince Anyanwu, Adewale Akinjeji, Kate Brickson, Jennifer Zech, Yemisi Ogundare, Emmanuel Atuma, Molly Strachan, Ruby Fayorsey, Kelly Curran

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Fast Digital Circuit Synthesis Framework Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning Using Scoreboard by Hyeonseong Cho, Yeonhak Pyo, Tae Woong Lee, Jiyoung Lee, Hyunyoung Choi, Hyung Uk Cho, Hyoungsik Nam

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IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF DETERMINING DEVIANT GROUPS IN THE SELECTION AND MONITORING OF THE CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ENTERPRISES STAFF by Vladimir L. Evseev, Anton S. Burakov, Anatoly V. Marchenko

“…In order to improve the accuracy of k-means clustering, a method is proposed based on a random centroid initialization algorithm that determines k initial points that serve as temporary cluster centers and selects the optimal ones by the metric – the average intracluster distance. …”
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Text Select-Backdoor: Selective Backdoor Attack for Text Recognition Systems by Hyun Kwon, Jang-Woon Baek

“…In a backdoor attack, an attacker employs a specific trigger to initiate the attack. In this paper, we propose a selective backdoor sample that the ally (or “friend”) text recognition model correctly recognizes but misrecognizes in the enemy’s text recognition model. …”
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An Improved LEACH Protocol for Optimizing Cluster Head Selection and In-cluster Selection by SHIBing, GAOZelin, SUNYueping, HUANJuan, SUNTao

“…The LEACH protocol ′ s selection of cluster heads neglects critical factors such as node density, energy levels, and distance. …”
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UNRESOLVED ISSUES OF INITIAL TREATMENT OF PARTIAL EPILEPSY by L. V. Lipatova

“…Abstract: the selection principles for antiepileptic drugs choice for the initial treatment of partial seizures in epileptic patients with newly diagnosed or untreated epilepsy are discussed; evidence-based criteria and opportunities of the personalized therapy of AED therapy are argued in the review.…”
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Initial material for waxy maize hybrids’ breeding by A. S. Ignatiev, G. Ya. Krivosheev, D. R. Lupinoga

“…The selection of genotypes with high values of these traits has been recommended when developing a starchy initial material of waxy maize.…”
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Systematic Initialization Approaches for Portfolio Optimization Problems by Mehmet Altinoz, O. Tolga Altinoz

“…Selecting the number of assents to obtain the maximized expected return under the possible lowest risk is the main concern of portfolio optimization problems. …”
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An exploration of the initiation time and patient selection of PD-1 inhibitors/PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy as salvage therapy in R/R DLBCL patients after anti-CD19-CAR T-cell therapy by Xin Li, Juan Mu, Jia Wang, Qing Li, Yili Jiang, Jingyi Li, Qi Deng

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MESI INITIATIVES IN TRAINING IN ICT IN EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY by Maria A. Tatarinova

“…The article covers the context and development of higher education professional educational program for Applied Informatics in Education which was created to answer the challenges of new ICT rich educational environment. The program was initiated to train the specialists for emerging E-Learning sphere having integrated competences in Technology, Pedagogy and Management. …”
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Initial labor market conditions and subsequent fertility behavior by Vincent Jerald Ramos

“…To partly address bias from endogenous selection into initial conditions, we employ a two-step estimation strategy combining a non-parametric optimal full matching step and a parametric event history modeling step using the matched data. …”
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Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide: assessment of initiation, progression, and impact by Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Hari Chandana Ekkirala, Balmukund Singh, Nitin Kumar M, Sabari Ramesh, Aadityan Sridharan, Nirmala Vasudevan, Sudesh Kumar Wadhawan

“…This prompted a study on (a) landslide initiation, (b) progression, (c) impact zones, and (d) disaster risk reduction strategies. …”
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INITIAL BREEDING MATERIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PEA VARIETIES IN THE KUBAN by O. V. Alikina, A. G. Besedin

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Measurement of video initial buffer size for mobile network by Guang CHENG, Min FANG, Hua WU

“…To resolve the difficulty in accurately measure the length of video initial buffering queue,two video platforms,non-encrypted Youku and encrypted YouTube,were selected to research,and the video initial buffer queue length measurement method was proposed.By identifying and analyzing the characteristics of video traffic,correlating the traffic behavior with the playing state,constructing video fingerprint database,accurate measurement of queue length was realized.The experimental results show that the measurement results of the two types could be accurate to the frame,fully meeting the need to accurately evaluate the quality of the video experience.…”
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Clinical research of arteriovenous fistula as an initial vascular access by Shi You-shan, Chen Tian-hao, Huang Zheng

“…Multivariate analysis suggested that eGFR （<italic>OR</italic>=0.620， <italic>P</italic>=0.031）， serum albumin （<italic>OR</italic>=0.790， <italic>P</italic>=0.003） and systolic blood pressure （<italic>OR</italic>=1.030， <italic>P</italic>=0.001） were independent factors in selecting AVF as an initial vascular access. Within 1 year of dialysis， no death occurred in AVF group and 12 deaths in control group. …”
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