Population dynamics of Cynoglossus senegalensis from the coastal waters of Greater Accra, Ghana by Samuel K. K. Amponsah, Berchie Asiedu, Pierre Failler, Nii Amarquaye Commey

“…However, for sustainable management of the species, there is the need for continuous monitoring of fishing efforts and improve data collection.…”
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Indonesia-US Trade Barrier: A Study on the Halal Certification of Imported Chicken Leg Quarters by Akim Akim, Arfin Sudirman, Januar Aditya Pratama

“…The application of halal certification by Indonesia to imports of chicken legs has prevented imported chicken legs from the US from entering the Indonesian market, even though they have a lower price. This study uses a mercantilism approach in the global political economy, namely the theory of non-tariff trade barrier from Thomas Oatley. …”
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Combinatorial Robust Optimization with Decision-Dependent Information Discovery and Polyhedral Uncertainty by Omer, Jérémy, Poss, Michael, Rougier, Maxime

“…The MILP is compact if the number of constraints describing the uncertainty polytope other than lower and upper bounds is constant. The proof of this result involves the generalization to any polyhedral uncertainty set of a classical result, showing that solving a robust combinatorial optimization problem with cost uncertainty amounts to solving several times the nominal counterpart. …”
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The physical activity and sedentary behavior among pregnant women in Macao: A cross-sectional study. by Ka Chon Mok, Ming Liu, Xin Wang

“…Moreover, multiparous women (those with two or more children) were approximately 9 times more likely to meet moderate-intensity activity standards than nulliparous women.…”
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The Role of Vitamin D in the Management of Chronic Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Narrative Review by Hannah W. Haddad, Allison C. Jumonville, Katarina J. Stark, Shavonne N. Temple, Chukwudum C. Dike, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan D. Kaye

“…Despite these positive findings, many of the studies regarding this topic lack adequate power to make substantial conclusions about the effects of vitamin D on FM…”
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Vitamin D and Selenium: Review of Clinical Trials of Synergistic Effects on Thyroid Antibody Levels and Disease Progression in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Agnieszka Starzyk, Piotr Charzewski

“…Vitamin D deficiency correlated with elevated TSH, anti-TPO, and anti-TG levels, with HT patients showing significantly lower vitamin D levels than healthy controls or hypothyroid patients. …”
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ASSESSING THE DETERMINANTS OF PRIVATE WASTE COLLECTORS’ OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ITS EFFECT ON REVENUE: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR by Shehu Usman Adam

“…Empirical research on the role of such firms’ operational efficiency in boosting financial performance is sparse in waste management logistic operations literature. …”
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The Board President’s Role in Controlling the Decision-making Process in Voluntary Sports Organizations by Jorge Alexandre Pereira Soares

“…This study intents to contribute for the change of the relationship between the role of the board and the technical director of sport or sport manager (specially for the relevance of the last), in order to improve better strategic decision-making in the non-profit sport organizations.…”
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Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh by Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne-Maree Parrish, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…Those who were smartphone addicted were more presumably to have a lower quality of life. This study has significant implications for designing prevention pro-grams and policy development in relation to predictors of SA and its effect on HRQoL.…”
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Design and optimization of high-contrast gratings for multispectral VCSEL-SOI laser sources by I.S. Shashkin, M.I. Kondratov, A.E. Grishin, K.E. Pevchikh, S.O. Slipchenko, N.A. Pikhtin

“…Comparative analysis results of the spectral characteristics of VCSEL-SOI structures for zeroth, first, and second-order modes, which can be excited in the air aperture of the VCSEL, are presented. …”
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Cardiac achalasia: modern concepts on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and diagnostics by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Esophageal manometry which allows to evaluate resting pressure and relaxation phenomenon of the lower esophageal sphincter and peristaltic activity of distal part of the esophagus is the «gold standard» of diagnostics. …”
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Earnings Management and Valuation of Biological Assets by Ricardo Luiz Menezes da Silva, Paula Carolina Ciampaglia Nardi, Maisa de Souza Ribeiro

“…We also present evidence in favor of adopting Exposure Draft ED/2013/08 Agriculture: Bearer Plants, Proposed amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41, which proposes to measure biological assets at cost, because firms already following these rules showed lower earnings management in this study.…”
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Estimation of leaf area in sweet cherry using a non-destructive method by E.D. Cittadini, P.L. Peri

“…A general equation had a slope of 0.6612 with R2 = 0.993 (slightly lower than considering all combinations of cultivar and training system). …”
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Avaliando impactos econômicos do programa “Reflorestar” de pagamentos por serviços ambientais by Renato Nunes de Lima Seixas, Pablo Medeiros Jabor

“…When analyzing heterogeneous impacts by municipality size and crop type, we find an increase in total agricultural production and coffee produc-tion in municipalities with lower per capita GDP and a reduction in corn produc-tion in municipalities with higher per capita GDP. …”
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Body image and appearance distress among military veterans and civilians with an injury-related visible difference: A comparison study. by Mary Keeling, Diana Harcourt, Paul White, Sarah Evans, Victoria S Williams V, James Kiff, Heidi Williamson

“…Veterans reported significantly greater depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, significantly lower Body Image (BI) psychological flexibility, BI life engagement, and higher perceived appearance-related stigma. …”
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JAJA WACHUKWU, 1918-1996: THE FIRST NIGERIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY by ATAH PINE

“…The paper is situated against thebackground of the prominent role he played as the Nigeria foreign affairs Minister which however has not gone unrecognized. …”
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Peridynamics analysis of crack propagation in concrete considering random aggregate distribution by Bin Geng, Ze Li, Yigong Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhang

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Image Inpainting of Portraits Artwork Design and Implementation by Zhang Hongting

“…Generative models can provide reference images for the damaged or blurred core areas of these artworks. …”
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ANALYSIS OF INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE BETWEEN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND THE WESTERN BALKANS by Snježana Brkić

“…The responses deriving from the analysis results reveal the existence of congruence between the pattern of Bosnia and Herzegovina trade with the region and the pattern of the overall Bosnia and Herzegovina trade with the world, which is reflected in the increasing intensity of intra-industry trade, with the still prevailing share of inter-industry trade, dominance of the vertical type of intra-industry trade, and the greatest intensity of intra-industry trade in traditional industries and industries of lower technological level. The results of the research indicate the insufficient convergence of Bosnia and Herzegovina economy with the region’s economies, and still unfavorable position compared to partners. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Combined Sheet Metal Roll Forming and Bending Machine For Small Scale Fabrication Enterprises by Kaggwa William Namutale

“…To accomplish this, various machines such as bending machines, metal cutters, roller benders, and many others are used. These machines are huge, expensive, have a high-power requirement, can handle thicknesses of up to 6mm. …”
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