EFFECT OF TRAINING ON CAREER PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS (NSCDC) PERSONNEL IN KADUNA STATE COMMAND by LEKSHUM SUNDAY AMOS

“…The reliability of the instrument was determined by a pilot study using 30 respondents who were not part of the main study, respondents were entered into the statistical packages for the social sciences (SPSS) Version 21. …”
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Cost of Intravenous Analgesia for the Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department is Substantial in the United States by Pamela P. Palmer, Judith A. Walker, Asad E. Patanwala, Carin A. Hagberg, John A. House

“…The mean cost per encounter of IV administration of an initial dose of the three most frequently prescribed opioids were: morphine $145, hydromorphone $146, and fentanyl $147. The main driver of the total costs is the cost of nursing time and equipment cost to set up and maintain an IV infusion ($140 ± 60). …”
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Food security and dietary intake of a cohort of South African students during COVID-19 by Juanita Jonker, Corinna Walsh

“…Dietary intake changed, with mainly a decrease in sugary and salty snacks. Focus group participants indicated an increase in the intake of starchy foods and reverted to binge eating. …”
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BACVC: Bi-adaptive and cross-view consistency for incomplete multi-view subspace clustering by Jiaqiyu Zhan, Yuesheng Zhu, Guibo Luo

“…Incomplete Multi-View Subspace Clustering (IMSC) addresses this challenge but faces two main challenges: (1) neglecting dissimilarities between views and samples, and (2) insufficient handling of cross-view consistency. …”
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Seasonal Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds in Seoul, Korea: Major Sources and Contribution to Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation by Yeonjung Lee, Soo Ran Won, Hye Jung Shin, Dae Gon Kim, Ji Yi Lee

“…The objectives of this research are as follows: (1) understand the characteristics of VOCs in Seoul and the difference between winter and summer compositions, (2) identify the main sources of VOCs in winter and summer, and (3) estimate the contribution of VOCs to the SOA formation potential in Seoul. …”
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A Patient with Uncontrollable Belching: What to Do? by I. V. Maev, Yu. A. Kucheryaviy, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan

“…In this paper, we discuss the clinical significance of belching and present a clinical case with the description of the belching differential diagnosis.Main findings. Belching may be either a physiological or a pathological phenomenon. …”
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Roles of physiotherapists in primary care teams: a scoping review  by Catherine Hudon, Megan Champoux, Amélie Poirier

“…From the 13 included articles, 6 main themes emerged: conduct client assessment for musculoskeletal conditions, participate in health promotion and prevention, promote self-management support, communicate with patients, collaborate with other primary care providers and partners, and provide holistic care.Conclusions The review identified a wide variety of roles, primarily related to the treatment of musculoskeletal patients. …”
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Multi-key fully homomorphic encryption scheme based on NTRU bootstrapping by ZHENG Junhua, JIANG Hongwei, LIU Rong, LI Yixiu, LI Wen, WENG Jian

“…At present, mainstream multi-key fully homomorphic encryption mainly uses bootstrapping technology to achieve multi-key homomorphic computing of LWE (learning with errors) encrypted ciphertexts. …”
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Workplace violence against physicians in Turkey’s emergency departments: a cross-sectional survey by Başak Bayram, Murat Çetin, Neşe Çolak Oray, İsmail Özgür Can

“…Objective We aimed to determine the prevalence of violence directed at emergency department (ED) physicians in Turkey and confirm the factors influencing such violence.Design Cross-sectional survey study.Setting Country of Turkey.Participants Physicians currently practising in EDs in Turkey.Main outcome measures The prevalence of violence directed at physicians and factors that may influence it, such as physicians’ personal characteristics, ED characteristics and physicians’ opinions regarding the causes of and suggested methods of preventing violence.Results A total of 713 physicians participated. …”
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Estimation of the Ultimate Bearing Capacity of the Rocks via Utilization of the AI-Based Frameworks by Bianca Damico, Matteo Conti

“…The hybrid model in this paper combines the K-nearest neighbor with HBA and ESMA. The main objective was to improve the prediction performance of Qu for rock-socketed piles. …”
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Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk by Manami Yamagishi, Naomichi Hatano, Hideaki Obuse

“…Abstract The main aim of the present paper is to define an active particle in a quantum framework as a minimal model of quantum active matter and investigate the differences and similarities of quantum and classical active matter. …”
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TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY. IS URGENT INTERVENTION SUPERIOR TO DELAYED INTERVENTION? A META-ANALYSIS EVALUATION by I Ketut Martiana, Donny Permana, Lukas Widhiyanto

“…Methods: A meta-analysis research which evaluate the effectivity of surgical procedure on cervical trauma/ASCI, with the database procured from PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane. The main parameter is the decompression procedure and the clinical outcome which were categorized. …”
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Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions by Henrietta Weinberg, Florian Müller, Rouwen Cañal-Bruland

“…Following validation, Exp. 2 directly addressed the main aim, namely, to examine how contextual information affects the HDDM parameters drift rate, as the rate of evidence accumulation, and non-decision time, which encompasses perceptual and motor processes. …”
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Regulation of the Employment Status of Seafarers by Boris Jerman

“…The situation of seafarers should not only be improved with appropriate legislation, but also with its implementation. The main purpose of this article is to point out the specifics of the legal regulation of the position of seafarers, which cannot be regulated by the provisions of general labour law, and to analyse the development of such regulation which began to improve the position of seafarers from the middle of the 19th century. …”
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Assessment of retention characteristics of different attachments following new modifications (an in vitro study) by Mahabad Mahmud Saleh, Dhia Aldori

“…A total of forty-two samples were prepared in three main groups. Each group subdivided into two subgroups with fourteen samples; 7 samples for non-modified and 7 for modified attachments. …”
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Coexistence of spiders in floodplain forests as an indicator of ecological stability and landscape sustainability in the inland Danube Delta by Krumpálová Zuzana, Šustek Zbyšek

“…Environmental conditions, i.e. groundwater level, flood regime, vegetation and tree shading, were defined as the main factors. The presence or absence of flooding and the depth of the water table had a significant effect on spider community structure. …”
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Photodegradation of Nitrogen Oxide under Solar Light Using a Facile Synthesis Catalyst by Ernso Fenelon, Sheng-Jie You, Ya-Fen Wang

“…The trapping test showed that the holes (h+) and hydroxyl (•OH−) were the main active factors in the photodegradation process. …”
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Strategic human resources management practices are key to small, medium and micro enterprises effectiveness in South Africa by Jealous Sungwa

“…The simple random probability sampling method employed a saturated sample technique as well as descriptive and path analytic tools. Main findings: The findings revealed that: (1) the results portray strong evidence between organisational capabilities (skills, knowledge) and organisational effectiveness and (2) business skills affect SMMEs’ profitability in South Africa. …”
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Improve Air Quality in the South-East Asian Regions, as Seen by the Remote Sensing Satellites by Abirlal Metya, Panini Dagupta, Santanu Halder, S. Chakraborty, Yogesh K. Tiwari

“…NO2, which has significant emissions from the transport sector, is reduced on an average by 17% over India and 25% over China. SO2, which mainly emits from power plants, shows significant reductions (approx. 17%) especially over the Eastern sector of India. …”
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Soil Respiration in Anthropogenic Disturbed Ecosystems Compared to Deciduous Forests in the Urban Industrial Area by Jawdat Bakr

“… In urban industrial area, mining activity directly affects the dynamic of carbon, and consequently, the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. The main objective of this research is to study the impact of most important abiotic environmental factors on soil respiration in post-coalmine ecosystems. …”
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