Making room for alternative African epistemologies in Ethiopian higher education by Meskerem Lechissa Debele

“…While this is necessary to a certain extent, the need to make sure that graduates have a well-balanced regional and international outlook that goes beyond too immediate priorities of market forces should be well kept in mind by higher education program developers and curriculum designers. One issue often raised by Ethiopian scholars and others in relation to the narrow outlook of most Ethiopian higher education graduates is the fact that they are mostly unaware of (or alien to) the lives, aspirations, struggles, dreams, and achievements of people in adjacent African countries and the African diaspora. …”
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Universal slip detection of robotic hand with tactile sensing by Chuangri Zhao, Yang Yu, Zeqi Ye, Ziyang Tian, Yifan Zhang, Ling-Li Zeng

“…Second, according to the principle of deep double descent, we designed a lightweight universal slip detection convolutional network for different grasp types (USDConvNet-DG) to classify grasp states (no-touch, slipping, and stable grasp). …”
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Fear of hypoglycemia in Italian mothers of children with type 1 diabetes: the mediating role of resilience by Paola Cardinali, Elisa Rapetti, Laura Migliorini

“… # Conclusion The findings suggest that resilience is a significant topic to focus on in interventions designed to increase the self-perception of the parental role and reduce fear of hypoglycemia in mothers…”
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A Digital Twin Comprehensive Monitoring System for Ship Equipment by Miao Zhe, Zhao Yong, Su Shaojuan, Song Nanzhe

“…In this study, a comprehensive digital twin monitoring system for ship equipment was designed and implemented, including the system architecture, key technologies, and applications. …”
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Assessment of Strength Properties of Concrete Produced Using Scoria as Coarse Aggregates. by Kasozi, Chrisestom

“…In this research, three concrete mixtures, C25, C30 and C35 were designed with 100% of scoria as coarse aggregates and natural fine aggregates. …”
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Financial Innovations And Financial Inclusion Among Commercial Banks in Uganda by moses Agaba

“…The studies descriptive and cross-sectional research designs combined qualitative and quantitative methods for data collecting and analysis. …”
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Investigating the Causes of Pavement Distresses on Bwankosya Road in Kabale Municipality. by Kigenyi, Luke

“…The above tests and surveys were done to identify the causes of the pavement failures and it was found out that most of the pavement sections were damaged by alligator cracks caused by repetitive heavy loading by the vehicles and also due to poor drainage, inadequate designing and poor quality of the base material.…”
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Use of ICT In Teaching Physics in Secondary Schools. by Ahebwa, Nelson

“…The objective of the project is to transform the way physics is taught in physical classrooms at Mwizi Secondary School to increase student's conceptualization and comprehensive understanding of physics and decrease failure rates in physics particularly in Electromagnetism. The approach is designed to help learners develop the best intuition about and conception models of Electromagnetism materials. …”
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Document Verification System Using Image Processing: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Ojara, Walter

“…The proposed system will be designed to automate the verification process and eliminate human error, thereby enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of the process. …”
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Ekyeyo Mobile Application by Nkuba, Blair, Kansiime, Daniel

“…By implementing the Iterative Model for development, the researchers designed and tested a platform that empowers job seekers to access opportunities and simplifies the hiring process for employers. …”
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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 study used both qualitative and quantitative designs. The study used a sample of eighty (80) respondents. …”
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Perception of the filmed urban space: an analysis of the imaginaries of Madrid constructed through series and social networks by Diego Antonio Barrado-Timon, Carmen Hidalgo-Giralt, Antonio Palacios-García, Héctor Ochoa-Ortiz, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo

“…As regards methodology, an ‘application programming interface’ has been designed which permits the download of a sample of tweets useful for both quantitative and qualitative analysis. …”
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Advancing Multiple Myeloma Immunotherapy: A Review of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell and Bispecific T-Cell Engagers Cell Therapies in Revolutionizing Treatment by Rahul Navab, Pragyat Futela, Verkha Kumari, Jayesh Valecha, Ramansh Bandhu Gupta, Rohit Jain

“…BiTEs, on the other hand, are non-IgG-like bispecific antibodies designed to engage both CD3 and tumor-associated antigens. …”
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Modeling critical dosing strategies for stromal-induced resistance to cancer therapy by Anna K. Kraut, Colleen M. Garvey, Carly Strelez, Shannon M. Mumenthaler, Jasmine Foo

“…Disentangling these phenomena is critical for understanding treatment response and designing effective dosing strategies. We propose a mathematical model for a common tumor-stromal interaction motif where stromal cells secrete factors that promote drug resistance. …”
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A Near-Zero Energy Smart Greenhouse Integrated Into a Microgrid for Sustainable Energy and Microclimate Management by Tuan Minh Tran, Ahmed Ouammi, Louis A-Dessaint

“…This paper presents a novel smart greenhouse integrated into a microgrid (SGIM) designed to optimize energy and microclimate management for sustainable agriculture. …”
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Packed bed optofluidic microreactors with Au decorated TiO2 nanoflowers for visible light photocatalytic water purification by Yujiao Zhu, Pui Hong Yeung, Tsz Wing Lo, Yao Chai, Yat Lam Wong, Ying Chen, Huaming Yang, Weixing Yu, Anatoly V. Zayats, Fengjia Xie, Xuming Zhang

“…Optofluidic microreactors can address these constraints, yet optimizing reactor configurations and photocatalyst designs remains challenging. Here, we present a novel planar packed-bed optofluidic microreactor (PPOM) using titanium dioxide nanoflowers (TNFs) decorated with gold nanoparticles (Au/TNFs) and conduct a pilot study on efficient visible light-driven water purification. …”
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Synthetic augmentation of cancer cell line multi-omic datasets using unsupervised deep learning by Zhaoxiang Cai, Sofia Apolinário, Ana R. Baião, Clare Pacini, Miguel D. Sousa, Susana Vinga, Roger R. Reddel, Phillip J. Robinson, Mathew J. Garnett, Qing Zhong, Emanuel Gonçalves

“…Addressing this, our study introduces an unsupervised deep learning model, MOSA (Multi-Omic Synthetic Augmentation), specifically designed to integrate and augment the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap). …”
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Innovative nanoparticle-based approaches for modulating neutrophil extracellular traps in diseases: from mechanisms to therapeutics by Haisong Li, Can Li, Cong Fu, Yizhuo Wang, Tingting Liang, Haitao Wu, Chenxi Wu, Chang Wang, Tianmeng Sun, Shuhan Liu

“…We discuss how NPs can be designed to either promote or inhibit NET formation and provide a comprehensive analysis of their potential in treating NET-related diseases. …”
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An HPLC-based Assay to Study the Activity of Cyclic Diadenosine Monophosphate (C-di-AMP) Synthase DisA from Mycobacterium smegmatis by Avisek Mahapa, Sudhanshu Gautam, Arti Rathore, Dipankar Chatterji

“…The following protocol is designed to be generic, enabling the study of c-di-AMP synthase activity from other bacterial species. …”
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Rapid maize seed vigor classification using deep learning and hyperspectral imaging techniques by Papis Wongchaisuwat, Pongsan Chakranon, Achitpon Yinpin, Damrongvudhi Onwimol, Kris Wonggasem

“…This study involved acquiring hyperspectral imaging data, preprocessing images, and designing convolutional neural network architectures. …”
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