EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL INNOVATION ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED NIGERIAN INSURANCE COMPANIES by Oloruntoba Oyedele

“…A purposive sample technique was adopted to select 150 senior managers of the selected 69 insurance companies in Southwest, Nigeria. …”
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Expanding Viral Diversity in Rice Fields by Next-Generation Sequencing by Wang Haoran, Chen Guoqing, Feng Guozhong

“…These analyses greatly expand our understanding of viruses in rice fields and provide valuable insights for developing efficient strategies to manage insect pests and virus-mediated rice diseases.…”
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Trecking the historical concerns for effi ciency and eff ectiveness in the study and practice of Public Administration by BC, Basheka, Dominique, Uwizeyimana

“…Public administration in its dual nature of being rst; a discipline of academic study and second; a eld of practice has indeed trekked a long journey and has had its primary concern being that of how to ensure governments work better in the managing public a airs. Undeniably, the need to promote administrative e ciency and e ectiveness has occupied the minds of classical and contemporary scholars and practitioners in almost an equal measure. …”
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Conflicts and Political Instability in Sudan: A Re-visit Discourse by Efe Ann Ijoyah

“…It was concluded that despite the weaknesses of African Union in managing the conflict, the success story of United Nations in Darfur region cannot be analyzed without taking into cognizes the effort of African Union put in the crisis. …”
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Healthcare Utilization, Costs of Care, and Mortality Among Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy by Hiangkiat Tan, Tao Gu, Er Chen, Rajeshwari Punekar, Perry B. Shieh

“…**Methods:** SMA patients were identified from a large managed care population using administrative claims data from January 2006 to March 2016. …”
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The Proliferation of Yorùbá Religion in the Atlantic during the Nineteenth Century: The Portability of the Orisha by Sheneese Thompson

“… This paper seeks to analyze how Yorùbá religion and culture proliferated so widely throughout the Americas, though Yorùbá peoples comprised so little of the total percent of slaves imported to Trinidad, Brazil, and Cuba. Orisha worship managed to eclipse the religious practices of a more populous and well-established group like the West Central Africans. …”
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The Employee Time Discipline Monitoring System based on Fingerprint Sensor and Website by RIZKI ARDI

“…This simplifies the process of managing tasks outside the office and increases work flexibility. …”
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Understanding adolescent depression in Singapore: a qualitative study by Ngar Yee Poon, Cheryl Bee-Lock Loh

“…Results: The findings suggested that our adolescent participants had initially tried managing depression within their own circle, and that thoughts of suicide and self-harm, as well as anhedonia–avolition symptoms were the most challenging to deal with. …”
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BORDER SECURITY AND TRANSNATIONAL THREATS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA-NIGER BORDER DYNAMICS by MUHAMMAD SHEHU, ABDURASHID DALHA

“…Its primary objective is to manage and regulate the movement of individuals across borders, thereby mitigating the illicit transport of goods and persons. …”
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A Phenomenological Study to Explore the Lived Experience of Patient Living with Mental Illness by S. Veera Jyothi, Rajeshree Lokhande, Chris Thomas

“…Conclusion: The study indicated that mentally ill persons experience many changes in their lives but manage to develop coping skills. Patients had both positive and negative experiences while living with mental illness. …”
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Florida Strawberry Producers’ Experiences with Anthracose and Botrytis Fruit Rot, and Producers’ Use of the Strawberry Advisory System by Tatiana Borisova, Zhengfei Guan, Ekaterina Vorotnikova, Natalia Peres, John VanSickle

“… Florida’s producers use fungicides to manage anthracnose and botrytis fruit rot diseases, which find favorable growth conditions in Florida’s climate and can reduce strawberry yields and profits. …”
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Sustainable 3D printing of bone scaffolds using animal biowaste feedstocks by A. Dukle, M. Ravi Sankar

“…On the other hand, every day, a large amount of biowaste is produced from plant, animal, and microbial sources, which are becoming increasingly difficult to manage. Therefore, there is always a demand for efficient disposal and recycling methods. …”
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Mental health literacy of Greek teachers: Highlighting critical factors for identifying and supporting students in need by Eleftheria Spyropoulou, Christina Athanasiades, Ariadni Stogiannidou, Elias Kourkoutas

“…Awareness of the services and procedures to support students was found to constitute a mediating factor in the relationship between knowledge about students’ mental health problems and comfort in managing them. Given that mental health literacy is an urgent topic for teacher preparation to act proactively and support appropriately students in need, the findings provide a wealth of information for the design of relevant educational programs for teachers. …”
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A multi-dimensional decision framework based on the XGBoost algorithm and the constrained parametric approach by Xinxin Wang, BingBing Zhang, Zeshui Xu, Ming Li, Marinko Skare

“…According to the comparative analysis, the proposed framework is flexible and the result is stable. Managers and policymakers determine the attribute weights by real data and choose the suitable decision method for a certain application. …”
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Combating antibiotic resistance: mechanisms, challenges, and innovative approaches in antibacterial drug development by Aiswarya M. Rajesh, Shraddha Subhash Pawar, Kruthi Doriya, Rambabu Dandela

“…As bacteria adapt to evade current drugs, managing bacterial infections has become increasingly challenging, leading to prolonged illnesses, higher healthcare costs, and increased mortality. …”
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Mottled Water Hyacinth Weevil Neochetina eichhorniae Warner (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Eutychus Kariuki, Carey Minteer

“…The insect was first introduced into the United States from Argentina in 1972, when scientists released the insect in Broward County, Florida, to manage water hyacinth (Perkins 1973). Since then, the insect has been introduced in more than three dozen countries worldwide (Winston et al. 2014). …”
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Stroke Prediction Based on Machine Learning by Zhang Yuhan

“…Data preprocessing encompasses managing missing data, processing categorical variables, and tackling issues related to class imbalance. …”
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Influence of dual stratification on the magnetohydrodynamic flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over an exponentially stretching permeable sheet with viscous dissipation and Joule heating by M. Siva Sankari, M. Eswara Rao, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail, O. D. Makinde, Waris Khan

“…Additionally, this research is applicable in environmental engineering, particularly in managing thermal pollution in water bodies, by aiding in predicting temperature distribution and the mixing behavior of effluents.…”
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The Effect of Institutional Quality on Economic Growth: Evidence from Tripartite Approaches in the Context of War-Torn Countries by Sadik Aden Dirir

“…This research will aid managers, academics, and policymakers in determining the course of actions needed in their areas of specialization or nations of interest to ensure economic growth and put in place an effective institutional framework through enforced supervision. …”
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Florida Strawberry Producers’ Experiences with Anthracose and Botrytis Fruit Rot, and Producers’ Use of the Strawberry Advisory System by Tatiana Borisova, Zhengfei Guan, Ekaterina Vorotnikova, Natalia Peres, John VanSickle

“… Florida’s producers use fungicides to manage anthracnose and botrytis fruit rot diseases, which find favorable growth conditions in Florida’s climate and can reduce strawberry yields and profits. …”
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