FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SELECTED FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Ayodeji Gbenga Bamidele, Edafe Bawa Dogo

“…The findings of the study revealed that financial support does not exhibit a significant effect on competitive advantage (β = 0.067, R2= 0.028, p > 0.05) fintech firms in Lagos State, Nigeria. Based on the conducted investigation, it is clear that the impact of financial support alone on competitive advantage in fintech enterprises may not be statistically significant. …”
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INFLUENCING FACTORS OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES ADOPTION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Edin Osmanbegović, Zijad Lugavić

“…The survey results, conducted on a sample of 553 citizens’ of Bosnia and Herzegovina, found that determinants social influence, effort expectancy and performance expectancy are statistically most influential determinants of citizens’ adoption of e-government services. …”
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PROFILES AND PREFERENCES OF ON-LINE MILLENIAL SHOPPERS IN BULGARIA by Patricia R. Loubeau, Robert Jantzen, Elitsa Alexander

“…An empirical study was conducted based on a written survey of a sample consisting of 367 high school and university students in Bulgaria. …”
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Usage of magnetic activated carbon as a potential adsorbent for aniline adsorption from wastewater by Seyed Hatef Hashemi, Mansooreh Soleimani

“…A study on Langmuir, Freundlich, and Sips isotherms was conducted, alongside evaluating pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics. …”
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Cost Savings and Reduced Health Care Utilization Associated with Participation in a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program in an Adult Workforce Population by Cynthia Castro Sweet, Carolyn Bradner Jasik, Amy Diebold, Ashley DuPuis, Bryan Jendretzke

“…**Methods:** A longitudinal, observational analysis of health care claims data was conducted on a workforce population who participated in a digital diabetes prevention program. …”
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BIMODAL VOTERS ACCREDITATION SYSTEM (BVAS) MACHINES AND ELECTIONS INTEGRITY IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION IN KOGI STATE by Ahmed Audu YUSUFU, Mahmud Gana IDREES

“…Based on this conclusion, the paper recommends among others that, INEC should live up to its name by being independent and ensure it conducts elections without fear or favour and in accordance with the provisions of the electoral law. …”
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CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF FREEZE DRIED BOVINE CARTILAGE POWDER AND PLATELET RICH PLASMA (PRP) TO MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL (MSCs) by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Anthoni Yusbida

“…Therefore, this study was performed in vitro to test the toxicity effect of scaffold freeze dried bovine cartilage powder and platelets Rich Plasma (PRP). This research was conducted using pure experimental research design in 4 groups of animal stem cells which being added with scaffold freeze dried bovine cartilage scaffold provided with platelet rich plasma. …”
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Applying a quantitative fire risk assessment method in hospital settings: Case study. by Marzieh Beljikangarlou, Ali Ghazvinloo, Alireza Dehdashti, Mohammad Reza MirLavasani

“…Understanding and mitigating fire risks in healthcare settings are crucial for ensuring the safety of individuals, especially during the current pandemic, which has increased the use of oxygen-supply equipment and potentially raised fire hazards. This case study, conducted in two university hospitals in Semnan, Iran, examined fire risk factors in healthcare facilities using a developed fire risk assessment method. …”
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Investigating Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs as Potential Cancer Adjuncts: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapy by Sadaf Alam, Leena Anjum, Muhammad Haneef

“…Methodology: A comprehensive review of clinical, epidemiological, and experimental studies was conducted to assess the roles of NSAIDs including aspirin, meloxicam, celecoxib, sulindac, naproxen, indomethacin, and piroxicam, in cancer treatment. …”
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Cost-Based Modeling for Optimal Energy Management of Smart Buildings with Renewable Energy Resources and Electric Vehicles Using a Scenario-Based Algorithm by Hanlie Cheng

“…The proposed method is implemented on a household energy hub including controllable and uncontrollable loads, combined heat and power unit (CHP), grid-connected hybrid electric vehicles (EVs), heating loads and solar system. Studies were conducted in different conditions to compare the proposed method with the existing methods of optimal operation of household energy hubs and the simultaneous optimization of planning and operation problems with an emphasis on the solar system to highlight the benefits of the proposed method. …”
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15 Years of Moss Biomonitoring for Air Quality Assessment in Albania by Pranvera Lazo, Sonila Shehu Kane, Flora Qarri, Shaniko Allajbeu, Lirim Bekteshi

“…To evaluate the spatiotemporal trend and related processes of hazardous chemicals in the air, the concentrations data of elements from moss surveys conducted in 2010, 2015, and 2021 was statistically analyzed using multivariate analysis, descriptive statistics, data transformation, and geographical mapping. …”
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WGCNA and integrative network analysis identify CHRNA5 and CTLA4 as potential therapeutic targets against angiosarcoma by Trishla Bhatnagar, Madiha Haider, Mohd Yasir Khan, Mohammad Zahid Ashraf

“…The Maximal Clique Centrality algorithm was applied to gene modules, and unclustered network analysis was conducted on differentially expressed genes to identify true hub genes. …”
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ADAPTATION OF DELONE AND MCLEAN MODEL FOR ERP SYSTEM QUALITY EVALUATION by Vesna Pavković, Dražena Gašpar, Mario Jadrić

“…The quality of ERP systems is measured by comparing answers to questions that serve to determine the degree of quality of each dimension of ERP system quality. The research was conducted on 335 medium and large companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for which it has been confirmed in the pilot research to have an ERP system that they have used for more than two years. …”
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Medical and social domains of ageing research in Singapore (2008–2018): a scoping review by Chen Hee Tam, Elaine Qiao Ying Ho, Sumali Subhashini Hewage, Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon Huat Koh

“…As ageing issues are complex, with biology intersecting with psychology and sociology, we call for greater interdisciplinary collaboration, the conduct of more interventional studies, as well as more research in understudied and emerging areas.…”
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CONSULTANCY SERVICES MARKET FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN CROATIA by Anamarija Delić, Mirela Alpeza

“…The empirical evidence in this paper is provided through secondary research and primary research – a survey conducted among 303 MSME owners and 60 providers of consultancy services for MSMEs. …”
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Study of Clinical Correlates and Symptomatology with Level of Functioning in Patients with Schizophrenia by Hemashri Chaturvedi, Bharat Shah, Bindoo Jadhav

“…Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the psychiatry outpatient department of a teaching hospital. …”
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Self-administration of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone with an Electronic Device: Clinical, Economic and Management Benefits of Objective Adherence Monitoring by Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Maria Del Sol Granados Alonso, Carmen Bouza, José Luis Poveda Andrés, José María Amate

“…**Patients and Methods:** A literature review was conducted in PubMed up to 31JUL2013, including the following search terms: “growth hormone deficiency”, “human-recombinant growth hormone” and “treatment adherence”. …”
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Presence of Heavy Metals in over the Counter Teeth Whitening Products– An Evaluative Study by Chitra Ravi, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Manickam Ponnaiah, Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sowmiya Murugavel, Jimson Samson

“…Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study of teeth whitening products available Over the Counter (OTC) in pharmacies in Chennai and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu was conducted during the period from December 2019 to February 2020. …”
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Dimensions of superiority: How deep reinforcement learning excels in urban drainage system real-time control by Zhenyu Huang, Yiming Wang, Xin Dong

“…To validate our framework, we conducted a case study on an urban drainage system in Suzhou, China, analyzing 31 historical rainfall events. …”
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Unilocular adipocyte and lipid tracer for immunofluorescent images by Elizabeth K. Johnston, Tal Dassau, Nickia A. Muraskin, Rosalyn D. Abbott

“…With there being heterogeneity in different researcher’s analytical approach when conducted manually, the MATLAB script, PixCell, was developed to reduce the subjectivity and time involved in adipocyte size analysis. …”
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