Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics of Produced Water from Terminals of Some Oil Industry Facilities in Nigeria by CC Obunwo, C Chukwudi

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Spawning biology, breeding, and larval rearing techniques for Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) for aquaculture and recreational use in Bangladesh: The first approach by Paul Shyamal Kumar, Sarker Bhakta Supratim, Sultana Nahid, Pall Jewel Chandra, Perven Tania, Saha Debasish, Majumdar Priyanka Rani

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Validation of In-field Calibration for Low-Cost Sensors Measuring Ambient Particulate Matter in Kolkata, India by Siddharth Nobell, Arnab Majumdar, Shovon Mukherjee, Sukumar Chakraborty, Sanjoy Chatterjee, Soumitra Bose, Anindita Dutta, Sandhya Sethuraman, Daniel M. Westervelt, Shairik Sengupta, Rakhi Basu, V. Faye McNeill

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ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF CORN GRAIN by Vitalii Palamarchuk, Roman Lohosha, Vadim Krychkovskyi

“…The results of studies of the influence of foliar fertilisation with a bacterial preparation based on beneficial symbiotic and associative microorganisms Biomag, microfertilisers "ROSTOK" corn, Ecolist Mono Zinc, carried out in the phase of 5-7 and 10-12 leaves of corn, on the level of pre-harvest grain moisture, the number of rows of grains are presented, number of grains in a row, weight of 1000 grains, starch content in grain, productivity and bioethanol yield in hybrids of early maturing group Kharkiv 195 MV (FAO 190) and DKS 2971 (FAO 200), medium early group DKS 3795 (FAO 250) and DKS 3871 (FAO 2480) and medium maturing group DK 315 (FAO 310) and DK 440 (FAO 350) in agro-ecological conditions of the Forest-Steppe of Right-Bank Ukraine. The research is grounded in an evaluation of the efficacy of optimising the supply of plant nutrients through foliar fertilisation in the formation of grain yield and quality. …”
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The impact of gestational age limits on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence by Fiona de Londras, Amanda Cleeve, Maria I. Rodriguez, Alana Farrell, Magdalena Furgalska, Antonella F. Lavelanet

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Financial Management Practices and Profitability of Small-Scale Business Enterprises in Uganda: A Case Study of Selected Small-Scale Industries in Kabale Municipality. by Nimusiima, Dichus

“…The study recommends that; SME owners should be advised to strengthen and put up policies regarding debtors on how to collect receivables, be able to know when to write off bad debts to minimize losses that accrue as a result of none payment, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Bank of Uganda should provide a favorable platform for SM Es to access financing that can enable them to run their businesses at a reasonable cost of financing and trainings should be organized for SMEs owners to help them understand why they should keep updated books to know their levels of performance on whether they are making profits or losses as well as know how to control costs through looking at the previous data.…”
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Housing Price Forecasting Using AI (LSTM) by Hossein Ziyadi, Erfan Salavati, Mohammad Mahdi Lotfi Heravi

“…ResultsIn this study, using diverse types of official datasets, such as the Central Bank of Iran, we distinguish the influencing variables in the housing market and then we could predict the average housing price in Tehran. …”
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First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors by Celeste McFarlane, Paulson Kasereka Isevulambire, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Ranil Dhammapala, Xiaomeng Jin, V. Faye McNeill, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt

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Nutritional Analysis of Three Commonly Consumed Varieties of Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor L.</i>) in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Z.S. Mohammed, A.H. Mabudi, Y. Murtala, S. Jibrin, S. Sulaiman, J. Salihu

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ASSESSMENT OF THE REGION'S INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS INVESTMENT POTENTIAL IN WARTIME by Ruslan Boiko, Roman Martsenyuk, Arsen Protsykevych

“…At the same time, the following shortcomings and weaknesses remain in the region's investment development: the presence of systemic deficiencies in the region's investment climate; small volumes of investment (per unit of resources) and limited rates of their increase; low investment activity in the real sector of the economy with high added value; low investment in intangible assets in industries that form human and innovative potential; critically low volumes of foreign investment, especially direct investment; limited public, intermunicipal and cross-border investment; underdeveloped system of risk financing of investment in innovation; underdeveloped stock market and small role of bank lending. It is substantiated that effective instruments of regional investment policy in the context of critical instability are: military risk insurance and diversification; use of concession agreements; private and public investments in the defence industry and critical infrastructure industries/sectors (energy, transport and logistics, medicine and pharmaceuticals, natural resources); support for innovative and technological startups in the areas of security, the real economy and infrastructure; stimulation of investments in human resources; support for investments in business projects of demobilised persons, war veterans and other combatants; encouragement of investments in the development of export potential to maintain the country's financial security.…”
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Polygenic prediction of human longevity on the supposition of pervasive pleiotropy by M. Reza Jabalameli, Jhih-Rong Lin, Quanwei Zhang, Zhen Wang, Joydeep Mitra, Nha Nguyen, Tina Gao, Mark Khusidman, Sanish Sathyan, Gil Atzmon, Sofiya Milman, Jan Vijg, Nir Barzilai, Zhengdong D. Zhang

“…We assessed the predictive performance of our model for distinguishing the enrichment of exceptional longevity among long-lived individuals in two replication cohorts (the Scripps Wellderly cohort and the Medical Genome Reference Bank (MRGB)) and showed that the median lifespan in the highest decile of our composite prognostic index is up to 4.8 years longer. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Order Flow Imbalance and Information Asymmetry on Treasury Bill Price Changes by Ali Namaki, Aysa Kazemi bavil

“…Considering the price impact of orders and the significance of the secondary market for Islamic treasury bills as a pivotal tool in the central bank's monetary policy and government financing, this study aims to investigate the price effects of order flow on the price fluctuations of Islamic treasury bills in the market. …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Mitooma People's SACCO in Mitooma Town Council Mitooma District. by Mugarura, Adison

“…From the study findings on challenges faced by loan officers in monitoring loans in SACCOs, respondents revealed that poor transport infrastructure to the rural places, clients who provide wrong information to the bank, multiple borrowing by the clients in different borrowing institutions, social factors showing a weak influence on loan default, lack of liquidity monitoring system, inadequate managerial competencies and political interference and huge microfinance losses are caused by outright loan default were some of the challenges faced by loan officers in monitoring loans in SACCOs.…”
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Bergapten alleviates senescence of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis by YE Yuanlan, LIU Kaiwen, PAN Yiming

“…Methods‍　‍The functional targets of bergapten and the related targets of OA disease were obtained by searching Super-Pred， Swiss Target Prediction， Drug Bank. The obtained targets were intersected with Venny2.1.0, protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis was performed using the STRING database, and molecular docking was conducted by AutoDock Vina. …”
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HCFC-141b (CH3CCl2F) Emission Estimates for 2000–2050 in Eastern China by Dayu Zhang, Jing Wu, Zehua Liu, Tong Wang, Yueling Zhang, Dongmei Hu, Lin Peng

“…The results show that the HCFC-141b emissions in eastern China increased from 0.4 Gg yr−1 in 2000 to 7.1 Gg yr−1 in 2019, and there was a bank of 253.6 Gg in PU foam products in 2019, which may have an impact on the future HCFC-141b emissions. …”
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Hematobiochemical changes of lead Poisoning and amelioration with Coconut (<i>Cocos nucifera</i> L.) Water in wistar albino rats by Enagbonma Ben Jesuorsemwen, Iyorah Imeda Ebikere, Iyorah Imeda Ebikere, Igiehon Nicholas Ozede, Aimuanmwosa Frank Eghomwanre

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A Model for Organizational Preparedness of SMEs During COVID-19 Pandemic in Kigezi Sub-region in South Western Uganda. by Tamwesigire, Caleb, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…The study identifies the factors that were significant with organizational preparednessand the management of business during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kigezi sub-region in South Western Uganda as firm size, firm financial condition, risk perception, government subsidy, help received from NGOs and the loan received from the bank/SACCO; while other factors: firm year of existence, source of initial capital, and gender of owners/managers were found to be insignificant. …”
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Cord Direct Antiglobulin Test for Predicting the Need for Phototherapy in Neonates with ABO Incompatibility: A Prospective Cohort Study by Ranjith Balan, Sakthipriya Balaji, Arun Kumar, Subash Sundar, Shrinidhi Krishnan, Ashok Chandrasekaran

“…In cases of ABO incompatibility (523 neonates), DAT was performed using both the manual tube method and the automated semiagglutination gel method in the blood bank. Serum bilirubin levels, complete blood counts with peripheral smear analysis and reticulocyte counts were performed on day 3 or earlier, as clinically indicated. …”
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Response of Soil Respiration to Snowfall in a Kubuqi Salix Plantation Forest of During Freeze-thaw Period by WANG Jixuan, LAN Xiaozhen, PEI Zhiyong, ZHANG Junyao, WANG Xinping, LI Ying, WANG Haichao, SUN Xiaotian, SUN Kai

“…[Methods] Soil respiration rates of salix plantations that were untouched and unlevelled stubble (ww), untouched and levelled stubble (wp), untouched and unlevelled stubble (zw), and levelled and levelled stubble (zp) were measured in the snow-free treatment by using the Li-6800 soil-carbon-water flux measurement chamber in the Salix Forest Germplasm Resource Bank of the Dalate Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, and the atmospheric temperature, soil temperature and humidity were measured simultaneously. …”
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Designing a Model for Credit Risk Assessment of Customers for Guarantees Issued by the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran via Artificial Neural Network Model by Farshid Ahmadi Sartakhti, Kambiz Hojabr Kiani, Seyed Shamsoddin Hoseini, Abbas Memarnejad

“…Subsequently, six key variables were employed in the ultimate neural network model, encompassing the credit recipient's province, the guarantee beneficiary (creditor bank), personnel count, current ratio, real interest rate, and economic growth rate. …”
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