Financial accountability mechanisms in local governments in Uganda: a case of Kabale District Local Government by Eton, Marus, Moses, Agaba, Abanis,Turyahebwa, Perpetua, Arinaitwe, Fabian, Mwosi, Bernard, Patrick Ogwel

“…Frequencies and percentages were used to analyze quantitative data, while direct quotes from interviews conducted among key informants formed the basis for qualitative analysis. …”
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A report on the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of three Indonesian forest honeys produced by Apis dorsata by Mahani, Pamungkas Rizki Ferdian, Habil Muhammad Ghibran, Amirah Fathia Herlina, Siti Nurhasanah, Nunung Nurjanah, Rizki Rabeca Elfirta, Avry Pribadi, Raden Lia Rahadian Amalia, I Made Samudra

“…Key physicochemical parameters include moisture, color, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), density, diastase number (DN), hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), pH, total acidity, ash content, protein content, and reducing sugars. …”
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Benford Law and fraudulent financial statements of unlisted enterprises by Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền, Đặng Anh Tuấn

“…To address this issue, a study was conducted to determine whether the net profit data of the unlisted enterprises complied with Benford’s Law and whether firms manipulated data to minimize tax liability. …”
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Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results by Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina

“…To compare the immediate therapeutic effects of the TSD and TSI interventions, we conducted a study on 57 total interventions (i.e., 35 TSI and 22 TSD, respectively) performed during 17 psychotherapy sessions in a sample of 6 patients, evaluating the effects of each intervention (TSD or TSI) based on two parameters: patient’s cooperative attunement and patient’s metacognitive functioning. …”
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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

“…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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Research on a new process of reconstituted landess goose steak by Saisai Zhang, Hanrui Wang, SiYuan Li, Junjie Zhang, Linwu Zhuang, Shengfu Li

“…The primary product currently sold from Anser cygnoides is foie gras, with limited research conducted on the processing of Anser cygnoides meat, which consequently restricts its added value. …”
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Polarization-controlled metasurface for simultaneous holographic display and three-dimensional depth perception by Guo Shuhan, Shao Yifan, Zhan Junjie, Yu Jiaqi, Wang Yubo, Choudhury Pankaj K., Hernandez-Figueroa Hugo E., Ma Yungui

“…For the latter, a projection and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction experiment is conducted to elaborate the potential in retrieving 3D complex spatial information. …”
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Sedum alfredii Hance: A cadmium and zinc hyperaccumulating plant by Mingying Liu, Ying Feng, Miao Wang, Xinglin Sun, Chen Yinfei Qi, Xiaoe Yang, Dayi Zhang

“…Numerous studies have been conducted to uncover the mystery of its hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation using high-throughput sequencing, biochemical and molecular techniques, mainly pointing to the root-microorganism interaction, restrained Cd storage in roots, efficient root-shoot translocation, effective cellular detoxification, and phloem-mediated metal remobilization. …”
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Particle Collection of Electret Media under Different Filtration Pressures by Zhen Liu, Da-Ren Chen, Qinghe Niu, Desmond Asiedu Mensah, Zhongli Ji

“…This study investigated the effect of operational pressure on the filtration performance of electret filter media. Experiments was conducted at the pressures in the range of 0.33–3 atm and using DMA-classified particles ranging in electrical mobility sizes of 10–600 nm. …”
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Simulation analysis of the magnetic and thermal performance of large-capacity medium-frequency transformers and improvement in shielding structure by TIAN Fengqi, DU Zhenbin, WANG Jianmin, SHI Jian

“…To ensure the reliability of these transformers， a 100 MW level， 400 Hz MFT is selected for a simulation analysis of its magnetic and thermal performance. The electrical conductivity of the windings is first adjusted， and finite element software is then used to calculate and analyze the magnetic field distribution， loss density， and temperature field. …”
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Enhanced cloud removal via temporal U-Net and cloud cover evolution simulation by Qingwei Tong, Leiguang Wang, Qinling Dai, Chen Zheng, Fangrong Zhou

“…We embed temporal information from the sequence into the Temporal U-Net to achieve more accurate cloud predictions. We conducted extensive experiments on RICE and T-CLOUD datasets. …”
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LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR QUALITY by Shakhlo T. Ergasheva, Gulmira Sh. Razikova, Mukaddas A. Umarova, Abbas A. Nabixodjayev, Umida A. Salikhodjaeva

“…The research aims to define the latest trends in the development of the labor market in the Republic of Uzbekistan and develop recommendations for adapting HRM to these trends to enhance the quality of products of Uzbek organizations. The research was conducted using regression and trend analysis methods based on international statistics for 2023. …”
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Output current observation and control of grid-connected modular multilevel converter using a simplified super twisting algorithm sliding mode by Imane Alia, Imad Merzouk, Mehamed Mounir Rezaoui, Hegazy Rezk, Abderezak Lashab

“…A MATLAB-based simulation and comparative analysis were conducted, evaluating SSTA-SMLO and SSTA-SMC against a Sliding Mode Observer (SMO) and a conventional proportional-integral (PI) controller. …”
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Real world federated learning with a knowledge distilled transformer for cardiac CT imaging by Malte Tölle, Philipp Garthe, Clemens Scherer, Jan Moritz Seliger, Andreas Leha, Nina Krüger, Stefan Simm, Simon Martin, Sebastian Eble, Halvar Kelm, Moritz Bednorz, Florian André, Peter Bannas, Gerhard Diller, Norbert Frey, Stefan Groß, Anja Hennemuth, Lars Kaderali, Alexander Meyer, Eike Nagel, Stefan Orwat, Moritz Seiffert, Tim Friede, Tim Seidler, Sandy Engelhardt

“…Leveraging these could enhance transformer architectures’ ability in regimes with small and diversely annotated sets. We conduct the largest federated cardiac CT analysis to date (n = 8, 104) in a real-world setting across eight hospitals. …”
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Employment in the modern era through understanding business social networks by Knežević Snežana, Vukolić Dragan, Gajić Tamara, Zrnić Miloš

“…The aim of the research was to determine the extent to which the LinkedIn network has an impact on employment in the Republic of Serbia and to investigate the attitudes of users of this network. The survey was conducted from January to March 2022 on a sample of 244 respondents, users of the LinkedIn network. …”
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Psychological hardiness and its relationship to health awareness Among Kurdish people in Kurdistan Region during the pandemic of Covid-19 by Trifa Murad Mohammed, Hanaw Hasan Mohammedhkan, Delan Jamal Qader

“…Methods: This study followed a cross-sectional design quantitative survey that was conducted online from 1 to 18 April 2020. After two months of lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic in the Kurdistan Region. …”
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The relationship between social support and interpersonal self-efficacy among higher vocational college students: parallel mediation effects of anxiety and loneliness by Chunmei Chen, Yujie Zhu, Yanyan Sun, Mingkun Que

“…Method To explore the effect of social support on the interpersonal self-efficacy of higher vocational college students and the parallel mediating role of anxiety and loneliness in it, a questionnaire survey and empirical analysis was conducted on 4,270 Chinese higher vocational college students by using the Social Support Scale for Adolescents, Interpersonal Communication Self-efficacy Scale for College Student, Self-rating Anxiety Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale. …”
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Prediction of cold region dew volume based on an ECOA-BiTCN-BiLSTM hybrid model by Yi Zhang, Pengtao Liu, Yingying Xu, Meng Zhang

“…Comparative experiments were conducted against the BiTCN model, the BiLSTM model, the original BiTCN-BiLSTM model, and other models optimized with advanced swarm intelligence algorithms. …”
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Big Data Analytics For Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities and Its Effect on International Business Education by Twana Saeed Ali, Tugberk Kaya

“…This paper focuses on the major issues and opportunities as well as big data storage with the aid of academic tools and researches conducted earlier by scholars for big data analysis. …”
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Association between treatment resistance and cognitive function in schizophrenia by Jiaqian Sun, Jie Yin Yee, Yuen Mei See, Charmaine Tang, Shushan Zheng, Boon Tat Ng, Jimmy Lee

“…Methods: This study was conducted at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, and included healthy controls and people with schizophrenia categorised into these groups: antipsychotic-responsive schizophrenia (ARS), clozapine-responsive TRS (TRS-CR) and clozapine-resistant TRS (ultra-treatment-resistant schizophrenia [UTRS]). …”
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