Determining the Essential Characteristics for Effective College Teaching by Christopher Eck, Jeremy Robinson, Ki Cole

“…Higher education institutions continually increase the demands on college instructors. Yet, all too often, many college instructors have had little to no preparation for teaching in higher education. …”
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CD4 expression controls epidermal stem cell balance by Nadine Brandes, Heidi Hahn, Anja Uhmann

“…Finally, using CD4 knockout mice we demonstrate that CD4 expression is essential for maintaining fast-cycling epidermal stem cells during homeostasis and that CD4 loss mitigates the age-related decline in wound repair capacity. Collectively, our data support the conclusion that CD4 expression is required for long-term maintenance of the epidermal stem cell balance.…”
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Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Human Security: A Case Study of Armed Violence in Papua during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stefani Selina Prameswari, Nadia Amani Husna

“…However, a pandemic can trigger resistance due to declining economic conditions, leaving opportunities for opposition movements to open. …”
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The silent menace: Worm bezoar causing acute intestinal obstruction by Shiva Shiva, Sahil Kumar, Pankaj Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Suresh Kumar

“…In contrast to developed nations, where the usual causes of obstruction are adhesions, strictures, and metabolic derangements, infective etiologies, like tuberculosis and parasitic infestations, are more common in developing countries. …”
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URBANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND HUMAN SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by Damian Kehinde Adesegha, Adeshina Iyanuoluwa Omotayo

“… Urbanization refers to the gradual increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas, and the corresponding decline in rural areas. Migration is also global phenomenon that involves a complex and multifaceted process that deals with the movement of individuals or groups from one geographical location to another for various reasons. …”
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Kościół wobec zagrożeń związanych z wykluczeniem przez starość by Jan Dziedzic

“…Ich zadaniem jest wspomaganie środowisk pracy, udzielanie młodym rad, dawanie świadectwa o wartościach humanistycznych, wprowadzanie równowagi w życie społeczne. …”
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Distributional impact assessment of policy changes to old-age pensions, social benefits and taxes in Lithuania (2021–2024) by Jekaterina Navickė, Vitalija Gabnytė-Baranauskė

“…The results obtained indicate a consistent decline in AROP and income inequality in Lithuania between 2021 and 2024, primarily due to adjustments in old-age pensions, rather than changes in direct taxes, social insurance contributions or other social benefits. …”
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Changes in employment technology under the influnence of the new technologies by Vasković Vojkan

“…From the company's point of view finding the adequate candidates is a demanding task. It needs to broadcast vacancies publicly and make them visible to a large number of potential employees. …”
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Making room for alternative African epistemologies in Ethiopian higher education by Meskerem Lechissa Debele

“…The opening and internationalization of new programs mostly responds to the demands of market forces on the one hand and the prospect of employability in the national and global market on the other as perceived by incoming students. …”
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The Good, The Bad and The Legacy of Kwaito by Madimabe G. Mapaya, Thulani G. Zulu

“…Kwaito is more than a music genre; it is a cultural movement reflecting the experiences, aspirations, and challenges of youth in ekasi (South African townships). With the genre’s decline in popularity after 30 years of prosperity, it is crucial to explore, analyse, and document its positive and negative histories, particularly its legacy. …”
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The Lemmas and Inflections of Old English L-Nouns by De Las Pueblas Yanguas Laura Martín, López Ana Elvira Ojanguren

“…A total of 1,149 inflectional forms are classified by type of declension and assigned to 435 lemmas. Most of them are declined according to the as-declension and the a-declension. …”
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Libertas as an Expression of Roman Identity in Cicero and Sallust by Anna Iacoboni

“…Individualism is the cause of the decline of the res publica. Cicero and Sallust place their hopes of moral and political renewal of the res publica in a nobilitas that cannot be inherited and is based on individual virtus. …”
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A SDGs-oriented evaluation of the ecological sustainability of international horticultural exposition sites in Chengdu, China by Biao Huang, Haolin Yang, Kankan Shang, Ruoyu Wang, Yufei Meng, Hongming Peng, Yonghong Hu, Zehui Jiang

“…The anticipated forest loss, along with declines in vegetation coverage, three-dimensional green volume, and vegetation carbon stock will adversely affect the highest sustainability. …”
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Effectiveness of project-based learning in improving science literacy and collaborative skills of Muhammadiyah middle school students by Iin Hindun, N. Nurwidodo, Sri Wahyuni, Nur Fauziah

“… Science literacy abilities and collaborative skills are part of the life skills demands of the 21st century. This research aims to analyze the effectiveness of the PjBL learning model in improving the Science literacy and collaborative skills of students at Muhammadiyah 2 Middle School, Batu City and Muhammadiyah 8 Middle School, Batu City. …”
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Assessment of priorities, quality, and inclusivity of digital therapeutics trials in China by Ziming Wang, Xinxin Xia, Weijia Lu, Yuguo Ye, Jin Xu

“…Mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders represented the leading condition category of focus. Recent declines in median sample size, median duration, and mean number of sites were noted. …”
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Analysis of CO2 storage efficiency and performance of low carbon cement binders containing carbide slag and phosphorus slag by Guang-Min Liu, Rui-Cong Gao, Fang Liu, Wen-Ping Yue, Yi Yang, Yong-Pang Liao, Jia-Xiang Liew

“…Finally, the carbonated specimen shows better high-temperature mechanical properties and volume stability than the normally cured specimen, and the high-temperature strength and specimens volume initially rise and subsequently decline as temperature rises.…”
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A comprehensive review on elucidating the host disease resistance mechanism from the perspective of the interaction between cotton and Verticillium dahliae by Yalin Zhang, Lihong Zhao, Dongpo Li, Ziming Li, Hongjie Feng, Zili Feng, Feng Wei, Jinglong Zhou, Zhiying Ma, Jun Yang, Heqin Zhu

“…Nevertheless, the most cost-effective approach to controlling this disease involves breeding and cultivating resistant cotton varieties, demanding a meticulous analysis of the mechanisms underlying cotton’s resistance to Verticillium wilt and the identification of pivotal genes. …”
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Economic valuation of the thermal inertization of asbestos waste—an Italian case study by Silvia Ferrini, Filippo Pampaloni, Francesco Delogu, Giulia Goffetti, Cecilia Viti, Giancarlo Capitani

“… Asbestos-containing waste presents a multifaceted challenge to governments and society, demanding innovative solutions. This article unveils options to manage asbestos-containing waste and analyze merits and drawbacks of thermal inertization technology, focusing on a newer patent which reduces the treatment time (and costs) and yields a reusable, asbestos-neutral building material. …”
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The incidence of incomplete abortion and the prevalence of abortion-related morbidity in South African public hospitals, 2018 by D N Conco, J Levin, B Komane, K Blanchard, T Bessenaar, N G Nkosi, S Fonn

“…ICA incidence has not changed, but related morbidity is declining. Various factors could explain our findings, but the lack of change in ICA incidence indicates that access to formal abortion care has not improved over the past 20 years. …”
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PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF KIDNAPPING IN SOUTHERN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA by YIKWABS PETER YIKWAB, WAJIM JOHN, ALEGBEJO NOAH KOLAWOLE, AROKOYO JACOB

“…It results to waste of human and material resources, increased social disharmony and fear, decline of agricultural trading and commercial activities -which has consequences on youth employment, poverty eradication and food security. …”
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