Internal Control Systems and Financial Performance. A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Bernard Kabweine, Mwesigwa

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Performance prediction and optimization of a high-efficiency tessellated diamond fractal MIMO antenna for terahertz 6G communication using machine learning approaches by Kamal Hossain Nahin, Jamal Hossain Nirob, Akil Ahmad Taki, Md Ashraful Haque, Narinderjit Sawaran SinghSingh, Liton Chandra Paul, Reem Ibrahim Alkanhel, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif

“…Leveraging a meta learner-based stacked generalization ensemble strategy, this study integrates classical machine learning techniques with an optimized multi-feature stacked ensemble to predict antenna properties with greater accuracy. …”
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Immunofluorescence for Detection of TOR Kinase Activity In Situ in Photosynthetic Organisms by Ana Lando, María De Marco, Andrea Cumino, Giselle Martínez-Noël

“…Therefore, S6K and RPS6 phosphorylation are generally used as readouts of TOR activity. Protein phosphorylation levels are measured by a western blot (WB) technique using an antibody against one specific phosphosite in cell extracts. …”
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Effects of wire diameter on mechanical and microstructural properties of Inconel 625 fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing by Fakada Dabalo Gurmesa, Hirpa G. Lemu, Wakshum Mekkonen Tucho, Adugna Deressa Akessa

“…Also, the findings indicated that variations in mechanical properties typically microhardness revealed the anisotropic nature, and the results varied with wire diameter. Generally, tensile strength and microhardness tests show that increasing wire diameter decreases their values, while impact strength shows the opposite trend and vice versa. …”
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Relationship between weapon size and six key behavioural and physiological traits in males of the European earwig by Blackwell, Samantha E M, Pasquier, Laura, Dupont, Simon, devers, Severine, Lecureuil, Charlotte, Meunier, Joël

“…In many animals, male weapons are large and extravagant morphological structures that typically enhance fighting ability and reproductive success. It is generally assumed that growing and carrying large weapons is costly, thus only males in the best condition can afford it. …”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“…Conclusion The authors argue that the generally positive impact of exercise on male fertility can be demonstrated on many levels. …”
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Condiciones físico-químicas en aguas costeras del Golfo de Arauco by Marco Salamanca, Luis Bermedo, Cristian Chandía, Aldo Hernández, Eduardo Hernández-Miranda

“…Los metales y compuestos orgánicos dan cuenta de variaciones temporales y entre los estratos de superficie y fondo, sin diferencias espaciales, y concentraciones que no representan un riesgo ambiental. Los patrones generales de distribución son explicados principalmente por aportes continentales y procesos estacionales, sin alteraciones antropogénicas evidentes que estén afectando la calidad de las aguas del GA. …”
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How Do Executives Benefit From Investment Efficiency? Investigating The Use of Accounting Performance-Based Pay: Evidence From Indonesia by Aang Kunaifi, I Made Narsa, Ardianto Ardianto

“…Conclusion: Our findings suggest that Indonesian firms generally incorporate relative investment efficiency when designing executive compensation contracts. …”
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Triple (and quadruple) soft-gluon radiation in QCD hard scattering by Stefano Catani, Dimitri Colferai, Alessandro Torrini

“…We also present some results on the radiation of four soft gluons from two hard partons, and we discuss the colour monster contribution and its relation with the violation (and generalization) of Casimir scaling. We also compute the first correction of 𝒪(1/ N c 2 $$ {N}_c^2 $$ ) to the eikonal formula for multiple soft-gluon radiation with strong energy ordering from two hard gluons.…”
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Advanced glycation end products and risk of mortality in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Mohsen Shaygan Tabar, Maryam Nilghaz, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Zeinab Mokhtari, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

“…Higher mortality risk was generally attributed to higher dietary AGEs in patients with cirrhosis.…”
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Mask Material Filtration Efficiency and Mask Fitting at the Crossroads: Implications during Pandemic Times by Karin Ardon-Dryer, Juliusz Warzywoda, Rumeysa Tekin, Jnev Biros, Sharilyn Almodovar, Brandon L. Weeks, Louisa J. Hope-Weeks, Albert Sacco

“…In this study, several generally available respirators and mask designs were fit tested, and their materials were evaluated for filtration efficiency using 250 nm polystyrene latex particles. …”
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Complex cure kinetics of self-healing copolyester vitrimers via isothermal thermogravimetric analysis by Louis O. Vaught, Jacob L. Meyer, Omar El Arwadi, Tanaya Mandal, Ahmad Amiri, Mohammad Naraghi, Andreas A. Polycarpou

“…By fitting observed mass loss to a nondimensional phenomenological model with generalized terms and introducing additional nonphysical terms to account both known and suspected non-cure behaviors, changes in cure kinetics were evaluated across a wide range of temperatures (210°C–380 °C). …”
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Sequence-variable attention temporal convolutional network for volcanic lithology identification based on well logs by Hanlin Feng, Zitong Zhang, Chunlei Zhang, Chengcheng Zhong, Qiaoyu Ma

“…It provides more reliable prediction results and exhibits good stability and generalization, offering a new avenue to volcanic lithology identification.…”
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Image Quality Assessment Based on Multi-Scale Representation and Shifting Transformer by Geng Fu, Ziyu Wang, Cuijuan Zhang, Zerong Qi, Mingzheng Hu, Shujun Fu, Yunfeng Zhang

“…The outstanding performance demonstrates that Swin-MIQ possesses robust learning and generalization capabilities across all referenced distorted databases.…”
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Preference learning based deep reinforcement learning for flexible job shop scheduling problem by Xinning Liu, Li Han, Ling Kang, Jiannan Liu, Huadong Miao

“…Given the complexity and diversity of FJSP, improving the generalization and quality of scheduling methods has become a hot topic of interest in both industry and academia. …”
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Climate variability, population growth, and globalization impacting food security in Pakistan by Sohail Abbas, Ahtisham Haider, Shazia Kousar, Heli Lu, Siqi Lu, Fang Liu, Huan Li, Changhong Miao, Wanfu Feng, Muhammad Irfan Ahamad, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain

“…A two-layer principal component analysis was utilized to develop the food security index. Multivariate Generalized Auto-Regressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity was used to assess the impact of globalization, population growth, and climate variability on food security. …”
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Growth response of Douglas fir to the first early and delayed thinning by Dušek David, Novák Jiří

“…The data were analysed using Bayesian hierarchical modelling, and generalized hierarchical models were employed. DF promising trees responded to early thinning with significant acceleration of radial growth, leading to improvements in height-to-diameter ratio (HDR) and crown ratio (CR) parameters. …”
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A comprehensive scoping review and meta-analysis of upper limb strength asymmetry by Ryan C. A. Foley, Danny H. Callaghan, Garrick N. Forman, Jeffrey D. Graham, Michael W. R. Holmes, Nicholas J. La Delfa

“…Primarily derived from handgrip data, it is unclear if a generalized asymmetry exists across the upper limb. …”
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Formation and Evolution Mechanisms of Severe Haze Pollution in the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China by Xianyu Yang, Yaqiong Lu, Xinsheng Zhu, Jianjun He, Qi Jiang, Kai Wu, Haolin Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Shigong Wang

“…The process analysis results indicated that primary emissions and aerosol processes were the major sources of PM2.5 in these urban regions, whereas vertical transport and dry deposition generally acted as sinks of PM2.5. In the presence of southwesterly synoptic winds, the aerosols emitted from the southern SCB were transported to Chengdu and the surrounding areas through horizontal transport and accounted for 66% of the PM2.5 concentration in Chengdu during Stage III. …”
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Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…In relation to academic misconduct, students generally perceived invigilated exams to restrain such practices; however, the perceived effect was not statistically significant when compared with alternative assessments (. …”
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