Attitudes and practices of exercise among pregnant mothers in Singapore by Yin Ru Tan, Kok Hian Tan, Fei Dai, Hak Koon Tan, Lay Kok Tan

“…Only 12.6% of the pregnant women met the national recommendations of at least 150 min of moderate exercise per week. The amount of total PA performed was lower among women in later trimesters of pregnancy and higher among working mothers. …”
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Collagen membrane versus platelet rich fibrin membrane in bone graft healing: An experimental study in sheep. by Mahdi O. Abdullah, Ahmed A. Hayder

“…The first defect was covered by platelet rich fibrin membrane, the second one covered by Collagen membrane, and third one was left uncovered. …”
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NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH REPUBLICS by Towoju Adedoyin John, Mohammed Idris Danjuma, Ibrahim O Salawu

“… Local governments are not independent unlike nation-states, which derives their existence and powers from the law enacted by a higher government. …”
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Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital by Simone Varrasi, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giuseppe Alessio Platania, Sabrina Castellano, Concetta Pirrone, Pasquale Caponnetto, Costanza Nicolosi, Francesca Insanguine, Emanuela Greco, Mariacatena Perrone, Carmen Pulvirenti, Diletta Randazzo, Gabriele Ferro, Maurizio Consoli, Santo Di Nuovo

“…Physicians and nurses experienced lower levels of Compassion Satisfaction but higher Burnout than intermediate care technicians; likewise, nurses were more anxious than physicians. …”
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The effect of mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease on the acoustic parameters of voice by Emel Arslan-Sarımehmetoğlu, Elife Barmak

“…The MPT of male participants in the study group was significantly lower than that of male participants in the control group (p < 0.036). …”
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Pathogenicity and Detection of Phytohormone (Gibberellic Acid and Indole Acetic Acid) Produced by Fusarium spp. that Causes Twisted Disease in Shallot by Ayu Lestiyani, Arif Wibowo, Siti Subandiyah

“…Pathogenicity test showed that all isolates had disease incidence reaching 100%, except isolates of F. solani1 causing wilt and F. solani3 causing twisted have the lower disease incidence were 77.8% and 77.7%, respectively. …”
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Web 3.0: The future of the decentralized Internet by Božić Tamara

“…Decentralization plays an important role in transferring power from providers to users, protecting privacy and regaining control over their information and data. …”
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Multi scenario chaotic transient search optimization algorithm for global optimization technique by Ibrahim Mohamed Diaaeldin, Hany M. Hasanien, Mohammed H. Qais, Saad Alghuwainem, Othman A. M. Omar

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Adversarial detection based on feature invariant in license plate recognition systems by ZHU Xiaoyu, TANG Peng, ZHANG Haochen, QIU Weidong, HUANG Zheng

“…Deep neural networks have become an integral part of people's daily lives. However, researchers observed that these networks were susceptible to threats from adversarial samples, leading to abnormal behaviors such as misclassification by the network model. …”
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Effective Lock Detectors Based on Costas Loop Output for SBPSK Mobile Communications by D. Ferramola, T. Casilli, S. Pradella, G. Giunta, D. Orlando

“…In this respect, we propose two novel detectors that share the important constant false alarm rate property with respect to the noise power. The first decision scheme is an improvement of the detector proposed in (Nan et al., 2021), whereas the second architecture is grounded on the likelihood ratio test where in place of the unknown parameters suitable estimates are used. …”
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Calibration of Low-cost Gas Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring by Dimitris Margaritis, Christos Keramydas, Ioannis Papachristos, Dimitra Lambropoulou

“…Nevertheless, their performance was lower, with respect to the reference values, in terms of the average error and overall bias. …”
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Investigations on The Utilization of Plastic Wastes as a Replacement of Cement in Concrete Paver Blocks. by Murungi, Waren

“…The compressive strength of the plastic concrete paver blocks was slightly lower than that of ordinary concrete paver blocks. …”
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Investigations on the Utilization of Plastic Wastes as a Replacement of Cement In Concrete Paver Blocks. by Murungi, Waren

“…The compressive strength of the plastic concrete paver blocks was slightly lower than that of ordinary concrete paver blocks. …”
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Globalization and Its Implications on the Growth of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Western Uganda: A Case of Selected Districts in Western Uganda by Eton, Marus, Ayiga, Natal, Constant, Okello Obura, Fabian, Mwosi, Gilbert, Uwonda

“…The Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry should step out to protect local firms against competition from foreign producers, particularly those dealing in similar products. Government should lower interest rates through her fiscal and monetary policies to allow SMEs access credit at affordable rates. …”
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Challenges in the Implementation of Fiscal Decentralization and It’s Effects on the Health Sector in Uganda by George Stanley, Kinyata, Siraje, Kaaya

“…The Study was based on the resource dependency theory by Ram Mudambi (2010), which posits that power is based on control of resources that are considered strategic within the organization and is often expressed in terms of budget and resource allocation. …”
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The Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Digital Literacy for Community Empowerment in Western Uganda. by Rwotolonya, Sarah Kakuru

“…These libraries also provide information and internet access in a bid to close the access gap. However, they encounter a number of challenges such as limited funding, unstable power supply, few ICT facilities, and few staff within the libraries. …”
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Marketing Strategies and Organization Performance: A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ainebyoona, Jacob

“…The study recommends that community members be organized in cooperative unions or associations to easily acquire certain services or help from the SACCOs such as getting loans at lower interest.…”
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Depiction of Religion and Colonialism in the Novel Houseboy By Ferdinand Oyono. by Ainembabazi, Desire

“…The study examined the depiction of religion and colonialism in Ferdinand Oyono's novel "Houseboy" with two primary objectives: to investigate the role of religion in the novel and to analyze the impact of colonialism on African culture. …”
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Effect of Child Abuse on Academic Performance of Pupils in Selected Primary Schools in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Ndorwa West Kabale District. by Kesande, Novias

“…The analysis shows a strong correlation between child abuse and poor academic performance, with abused pupils demonstrating lower grades, decreased school attendance, and higher dropout rates compared to their non-abused peers. …”
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Cost and Management Accounting Practices, ICT Usage and Performance of Secondary Schools in Uganda: A Case of South Western Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Natwijuka, Crispus, Sunday, Arthur, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…This means that the total predictive power of cost and management accounting and ICT adoption account for 27.4% in financial performance of secondary schools. …”
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