Water Service Delivery Issues and Challenges for the Urban Poor Zones in Southwestern Uganda. by Muhamya, Horace, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…After collating and evaluating the selected literature, a thorough synthesis was done to identify existing knowledge gaps and provide insights into the research questions under investigation. The main findings of the results highlight the need for integrated service models to expand water service delivery for the urban poor zones in southwestern Uganda. …”
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Climate change–Drylands–Food Security Nexus in Africa: From the Perspective of Technical Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities. by Hirwa, Hubert, Fadong, Li, Qiao, Yunfeng, Measho, Simon, Muhirwa, Fabien, Tian, Chao, Leng, Peifang

“…This study critically reviewed relevant literature to evaluate the complexities and feedback loops between the climate–drylands–food security (CDF) nexus, which helps assess tactics to attain sustainable dryland ecosystem management under the changing environment. Comprehensive CDF frameworks are explored for dryland dynamics, ecosystem services, and food security (FS), and current high-precision ecosystem observation networks are used to detect regional-level climate variability and identify hotspots. …”
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Water Accounting and Productivity Analysis to Improve Water Savings of Nile River Basin, East Africa: From Accountability to Sustainability. by Hirwa, Hubert, Zhang, Qiuying, Li, Fadong, Qiao, Yunfeng, Measho, Simon, Muhirwa, Fabien, Xu, Ning, Tian, Chao, Cheng, Hefa, Chen, Gang, Ngwijabagabo, Hyacinthe

“…This study critically reviewed relevant literature to evaluate the complexities and feedback loops between the climate–drylands–food security (CDF) nexus, which helps assess tactics to attain sustainable dryland ecosystem management under the changing environment. Comprehensive CDF frameworks are explored for dryland dynamics, ecosystem services, and food security (FS), and current high-precision ecosystem observation networks are used to detect regional-level climate variability and identify hotspots. …”
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Investigation of the Major Crop Pest Affecting Ground Nut Production in Kapelebyong District: A Case Study og Adukule Village Kapelebyong Town Council. by Omoj, Thomas

“…The developing countries like Uganda for example normally suffer from high economic loss due to damage to valuable crops like groundnuts. The crop is usually under attack by vertebrate pests including rodent and millipede pests and insect pests during the time period of germination, podding, harvesting and storage. …”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management by Kabale University

“…ii) To introduce students to the academic discipline that underlies the effective management of the human resources and explores both the theory and practice of human resource management activities. …”
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The Effect of Language Change on the Spoken English of Secondary School Students in Southern Division Ibanda District by Walter, Abemlglsha

“…The researcher also discovered that pronunciation had the greatest influence, followed by slangs and idioms. Under the challenges that affect secondary school students' spoken English in the Ibanda district, oquialisrn received the lowest percentage. …”
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Ramp from replica trick by Xuchen Cao, Thomas Faulkner

“…We find there is an underlying resemblance in the two calculations, when we interpret the annular non-crossing permutations as representing a discretized version of the double trumpet. …”
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Strategic coopetition in parking system: A game theory analysis of shared parking platforms by Jian Li, Qian Zhao, Jiafu Su

“…Method: We apply game-theoretic models to analyze the strategic interactions between these two entities under competition and coopetition scenarios. Results: Our analysis reveals that when the inconvenience cost is low, cooperation is likely to occur. …”
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Uncovering a novel SERPING1 pathogenic variant: insights into the aggregation of C1-INH in hereditary angioedema by Lingxi Jiang, Chao Dai, Suyang Duan, Tingting Wang, Chunbao Xie, Luhan Zhang, Zimeng Ye, Xiumei Ma, Yi Shi

“…This study aims to thoroughly investigate the underlying pathological mechanisms of HAE and identify potential biomarkers that could aid in its prediction and prevention. …”
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Multiomics-based assessment of the impact of airflow on diverse plant callus cultures by June-Sik Kim, Muneo Sato, Mikiko Kojima, Muchamad Imam Asrori, Yukiko Uehara-Yamaguchi, Yumiko Takebayashi, Thi Nhung Do, Thi Yen Do, Kieu Oanh Nguyen Thi, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Keiichi Mochida, Shinjiro Ogita, Masami Yokota Hirai

“…Over four weeks, calli were cultured under continuous moisture without airflow or gradually reduced ambient moisture with airflow. …”
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Proposed guidelines to implement flexible-plastic circular economy business models in Colombia by Nicolás Ramiro Orrego-Bustamante, Amalia Alejandra Báez-Niño, Darling Perea-Cabarcas, Henry Adolfo Lambis-Miranda

“…[Objective]: This study aimed to analyze global recycling models for single-use plastics under key parameters: type of pollutant, impacts on sustainability, value generation, stakeholders involved, and level of technology. …”
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Climatological Atlas of Temperature and Salinity for the Northeast Asian Seas by Yong Sun Kim, Soo-Hyun Seok, Jae-Ho Lee, Sung-Dae Kim

“…The ANAS23 could be utilized as a baseline to assess the dynamic state of climatological mean fields and their changes under evolving climates. The fact that uncertainty among atlases is still apparent, particularly in a region of scarce observations, calls for a collaborative international effort to collect qualified hydrographic observations for a better-performing regional atlas, thus improving predictive skills for future climate.…”
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Stomach cancer risk factors: the modern concept by V. M. Khomyakov, A. D. Yermoshina, S. S. Pirogov, A. B. Ryabov

“…Stomach cancer is a multifactorial disease which develops under effect and interaction of external and internal factors. …”
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Biorefinery of sunflower by-products: Optimization of twin-screw extrusion for novel biostimulants by Jing Li, Hoang Khai Trinh, Lucas Tricoulet, Stéphane Ballas, Laurent Labonne, Danny Geelen, Philippe Evon

“…In view of improving the circularity and sustainability of crop production, sunflower by-products were extracted using twin-screw extrusion (TSE) to produce sunflower extract, a plant biostimulant that alleviates plant shoot development under salt stress conditions. The TSE process is a thermo-mechano-chemical pre-treatment method for the separation of liquid fraction from the biofiber. …”
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NIGERIAN AIRFORCE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC, 2019-2023 by EFEFIONG ASUQUO EDET, INAH EMMANUEL MKPE, AKPANKE BETIANG JOSEPH

“…Findings showed that there had been monumental progress during the period under study as government effectively supported the NAF by acquiring more platforms and supervising innovation and advancement in virtually every area of the service. …”
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Arginine methyltransferase PRMT1 promotes ferroptosis through EGR1/GLS2 axis in sepsis-related acute lung injury by Min Li, Longhui Hu, Qiao Ke, Zhao Li, Chujun Ruan, Hanjing Lu, Xiaoran Liu

“…Previous studies indicated that GLS2 plays a key role in promoting ferroptosis. However, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show, there were elevated ferroptosis and increased expression levels of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1), early growth response 1 (EGR1), and glutaminase 2 (GLS2) in both in vitro and in vivo ALI models. …”
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The Role of Islamic Social Capital in Strengthening National Governance by Luqman Mahmud, Ayu Nor Azilah Mohamad

“…This study examines the role of social capital in enhancing public service quality under GPTN and explores the concept of social capital from an Islamic perspective, aiming to foster the development of individuals with integrity. …”
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Willing to wait: Anorexia nervosa symptomatology is associated with higher future orientation and reduced intertemporal discounting by Isabel Schuman, Jingyi Wang, Ian C. Ballard, Regina C. Lapate

“…Collectively, these findings suggest that future-oriented cognition may be a cognitive mechanism underlying altered intertemporal decision making in anorexia nervosa.…”
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Pulsed plasma effect in the form of Debye lengths variation on air-suspended carbon nanoparticles by Mahsa Mokhtari, Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi, Amir Musa Abazari, Meisam Rahmani

“…As the carbon nanoparticles attract pollutants and chemicals like heavy metals and organic contaminants therefore their propagation in the form of Debye length variation under the plasma is investigated.One of the most important pollutants in exhaust gases is carbon nanoparticles, which need to be controlled. …”
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Entropy optimized nanomaterial flow with Soret and Dufour impacts by Tasawar Hayat, Aimen Tahir, Aneeta Razaq, Sohail A. Khan

“…The aspects of random motion, thermophoresis and Soret and Dufour impacts are under consideration. Energy expression comprises thermal radiation, Dufour effect, random motion and thermophoresis. …”
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