Optimizing ternary hybrid nanofluids using neural networks, gene expression programming, and multi-objective particle swarm optimization: a computational intelligence strategy by Tao Hai, Ali Basem, As’ad Alizadeh, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Husam Rajab, Chemseddine Maatki, Nidhal Becheikh, Lioua Kolsi, Narinderjit Singh Sawaran Singh, H. Maleki

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On Job Training and Employee Productivity in Banking Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Kabale Branch. by Nakero, Sarah

“…Centenary bank should take its time to talk to the employees, and explain how their role affects the banks operations, so that they see the big picture. Areas suggested for further research included; the role of motivation and employee performance in the selected financial Institutions in Uganda and the relationship between the recruitment and deployment of female employee and access to quality financial services.…”
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Working Capital Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Uganda. by Sunday, Arthur, Turyahebwa, Abanis, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…They need to give priority to Cash Management since it was found to have a big influence on SMEs performance. Since cash is a component of working capital, then, SMEs owners need to separate business transactions from their personal transactions so as to have financial discipline which would ensure sustainable working capital thus meeting short term needs SMEs…”
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The Contributions of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Towards Economic Development of Kisoro District: A Case Study of Gisozi Parish. by Munyambabazi, Danny

“…This is due to some unacceptable habits like Kissing, Hugging, and Indecent dressing among others which have had a big impact on local people, especially tour guides who interact directly with tourists from different areas with different cultures. …”
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Employee Motivation and Job Performance in the Public Service of Uganda: The Case of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by Batson, Baguma

“…The study concluded that overall, ODPP is expected to provide an appropriate salary for the employees as promised by the government; the current salary is considered disproportional compared with other institutions in the justice law and order sector; limited career path in the ODPP; ODPP still has to handle appropriation of their rewarding recognition for employees’ performance in the form of financial incentives, a recognition certificate, direct verbal compliments; there is big criticism regarding work-life balance factors. …”
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Bidirectional effect modifications of temperature and PM2.5 on myocardial infarction morbidity and mortality in Beijing, China from 2007 to 2021 by Piaopiao Hu, Qinghui Zeng, Jie Chang, Moning Guo, Feng Lu, Yue Qi, Zhao Yang, Pingping Jia, Qiuju Deng, Jing Liu

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Regulatory T cell-like response to SARS-CoV-2 in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) transduced with human ACE2. by Bradly Burke, Savannah M Rocha, Shijun Zhan, Miles Eckley, Clara Reasoner, Amin Addetia, Juliette Lewis, Anna Fagre, Phillida A Charley, Juergen A Richt, Susan R Weiss, Ronald B Tjalkens, David Veesler, Tawfik Aboellail, Tony Schountz

“…Previous experimental challenges of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) resulted in limited infection restricted to the respiratory tract, whereas insectivorous North American big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) showed no evidence of infection. …”
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Trends in novel antiandrogen receptor signal inhibitor use and medical costs in prostate cancer by Hikari Miura, Hayato Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Okuyama, Noritaka Ishi, Ryuma Tanaka, Takuya Oishi, Fumiya Yoneyama, Tomoko Hamaya, Kyo Togashi, Naoki Fujita, Teppei Okamoto, Chikara Ohyama, Shingo Hatakeyama

“…Abstract Objective We aimed to examine trends in novel antiandrogen receptor signal inhibitor (ARSI) usage and medical costs by collecting real‐world big data included in The National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB) Open Data, covering most of the clinical practices throughout Japan. …”
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North America’s Potential for an Environmentally Sustainable Nickel, Manganese, and Cobalt Battery Value Chain by Gary Vegh, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Karim Zaghib

“…The Detroit Big Three General Motors (GMs), Ford, and Stellantis predict that electric vehicle (EV) sales will comprise 40–50% of the annual vehicle sales by 2030. …”
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Main aspects of occupation policy of labour obligations in Lithuania in the years 1941-1944 by Justinas Braslauskas

“…For failure to fulfill labour obligations, the local inhabitants faced the threat of imprisonment and big pecuniary penalties. Thus, the Nazi occupation authority was in breach of Article 52 of the 1907 Hague Convention, under which it is prohibited during the war to involve the inhabitants of the occupied territory in taking part in such work and of such proportion, which is directed against their own country. 5. …”
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A self-configuration framework for balancing services in the fog of things by Edson Mota, Jurandir Barbosa, Gustavo B. Figueiredo, Maycon Peixoto, Cássio Prazeres

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Evaluating the potential of Nature-based solutions to mitigate land use and climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Gefersa and Legedadi watersheds in Ethiopia by Yared Bayissa, Raghavan Srinivasan, Johannes Hunink, Douglas Nyolei, Semu Moges, David de Andrade Costa, Dereje Tadesse, Assefa Melesse, Seifu Tilahun

“…Study region: Surface water supply source of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, relies primarily on the small reservoirs in Gefersa and Legedadi water supply systems located upstream of Little and Big Akaki rivers. Thus, Gefersa and Legedadi are the study watersheds of this research. …”
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Enhancing Remote Sensing Semantic Segmentation Accuracy and Efficiency Through Transformer and Knowledge Distillation by Kang Zheng, Yu Chen, Jingrong Wang, Zhifei Liu, Shuai Bao, Jiao Zhan, Nan Shen

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<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm{D}^{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>T: Deep Denoising Dictionary Tensor for Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection by Qiangqiang Shen, Zonglin Liu, Hanzhang Wang, Yanhui Xu, Yongyong Chen, Yongsheng Liang

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Rice genotypes (Oryza sativa) respond to varying planting dates and environmental conditions by 1Asif Ali Kaleri, 1Danish Manzoor,1Rabia Laghari,2Muzamil Awan, 3Bina Khanzada, 4Hafsa Munir, 2Saba Solangi, 2Tameer Hyder Shah.5Ameer Jan, 6Laiba Ashfaq, 2Ghulam Sajjad Kaleri Kaleri

“… An essential food crop with a big role in the global economy is rice (Oryza sativa L.). …”
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FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA: MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The key directions of national policies for food security include measures to promote big agro-based industries financed by both private and public sector; increase agricultural productivity; enhance agricultural R&amp;D; managing food security risks and vulnerabilities.  …”
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Security systems’ status with the use of technical means of video recording and video surveillance: international experience, perspectives for implementation in the activities of t... by V. A. Korshenko, V. V. Chumak, M. V. Mordvyntsev, D. V. Pashniev

“…Search for criminals becomes more difficult in modern conditions of continuous growth of the population of big urban centers and more and more frequent use of the latest achievements of science and technology by criminals for the realization of their purposes and for counteraction to law enforcement agencies. …”
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In silico design of an epitope-based vaccine ensemble for fasliolopsiasis by Ruchishree Konhar, Ruchishree Konhar, Kanhu Charan Das, Kanhu Charan Das, Aiboklang Nongrum, Rohan Raj Samal, Shailesh Kumar Sarangi, Devendra Kumar Biswal, Devendra Kumar Biswal

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Computing ecosystem risk hotspots: A mediterranean case study by Gianpaolo Coro, Laura Pavirani, Anton Ellenbroek

“…Traditional approaches evaluate single stressors, whereas complex models assess cumulative impacts of frequently interacting stressors and offer better accuracy at the expense of low cross-area re-applicability and long implementation times.We introduce a versatile, re-useable, and semi-automated workflow designed for big data-driven ecosystem risk assessment, utilising spatiotemporal data from open repositories. …”
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Scalar Field Kantowski–Sachs Solutions in Teleparallel <i>F</i>(<i>T</i>) Gravity by Alexandre Landry

“…Some new <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> solution classes may be relevant for future cosmological applications, especially concerning dark matter, dark energy quintessence, phantom energy leading to the Big Rip event, and quintom models of physical processes.…”
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