The Effects of Prepaid Metering Systems on Customer Satisfaction in Niger State, Nigeria by Ayooluwa Femi Aribisala, Musa Mohammed

“…The data derived were subjected to spearman correlation and multiple regression models. The major findings from the study showed a significant, moderate and positive relationship between the prepaid metering system and customer satisfaction. …”
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MSRD-CNN: Multi-Scale Residual Deep CNN for General-Purpose Image Manipulation Detection by Kapil Rana, Gurinder Singh, Puneet Goyal

“…The authenticity of digital images is a major concern in multimedia forensics due to the availability of advanced photo editing tools/devices. …”
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Illness Perception and Depressive Symptoms among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Clinical Settings in Nepal by Suira Joshi, Raja Ram Dhungana, Usha Kiran Subba

“…This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted among 379 type 2 diabetic patients from three major clinical settings of Kathmandu, Nepal. Results. …”
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COVID-19 CONSPIRACISM IN THE AGE OF POST-TRUTH by Ömer Ersin Kahraman

“…However, although social media facilitates the diffusion of conspiracism, it cannot be taken as the major reason seeing the fact that people have chosen to use social media platforms as their information sources because of their distrust against the mainstream media insomuch as information itself has been commodified in the age of information. …”
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Suffering from Loneliness Indicates Significant Mortality Risk of Older People by Reijo S. Tilvis, Venla Laitala, Pirkko E. Routasalo, Kaisu H. Pitkälä

“…The excess mortality was consistent in all major subgroups. Conclusion. Suffering from loneliness is common and indicates significant mortality risk in old age.…”
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Prioritizing factors affecting Iranian non-oil export using group decision making approach based on hierarchical analysis process by K. F. Mohammadbeigi, S. Daniali, Y. Mohammadbeiki

“…Considering the role of non-oil exports and the over-reliance of Iranian economy on petroleum and petroleum products, it is necessary to conduct a research to determine the factors, which affect non-oil export.Since oil revenues are not considered as a reliable source of revenue for the government due to their volatility, development of non-oil export is one of the major goals of Iranian most important goals. If the goals, set in this area will be achieved, the country’s position will be improved in terms of foreign exchange, curbing the volatility, caused by oil prices and gaining economic and competitive advantages in the global arena. …”
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Energy Management for Energy Harvesting-Based Embedded Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study by Xingyu Miao, Yongqi Ge

“…The results showed that the major research type of the EHES papers is validation research, accounting for 65%, which indicated research is still in the theoretical stage and many researchers focus on how to improve the efficiency of harvesting energy, develop a reasonable energy supply plan, and adapt EHES for real-world requirements. …”
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Stem cell status and prognostic applications of cuproptosis-associated lncRNAs in acute myeloid leukemia by Zhuodong Chai, Zhongyue Yuan, Yifei Chen

“…IntroductionAcute myeloid leukemia (AML), a highly heterogeneous hematological malignancy, remains a major challenge in adult oncology. Stem cell research has highlighted the crucial role of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in regulating cellular differentiation and self-renewal processes, which are pivotal in AML pathogenesis and therapy resistance.MethodsThis study explores the relationship between cuproptosis-related lncRNAs and AML prognosis, providing novel insights into their impact on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.ResultsWe collected clinical information from 214 AML patients in our center and analyzed the association between granulocyte recovery after chemotherapy, cuproptosis, and prognosis. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains by Bahareh Arabzadeh, Zeynab Ahmadi, Reza Ranjbar

“…A total of 100 different types of clinical human samples were collected from a major teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran. Bacterial isolates were identified using standard microbiological tests. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS IN THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURES IN KARU, KEFFI AND NASARAWA IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by A.J Yacim, A.V Bello

“…On the other hand provision of major infrastructures such as roads, culverts among others is practically beyond the scope of private developers in the study areas due to cost implications and even when they strive to provide them through joint efforts, the result had being failures and frustration because of uncooperative attitude of other developers. …”
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The Use of Transition Curves in Airport Runway Rapid Exit Taxiways (RETs) by Donato Ciampa, Maurizio Diomedi, Pietro Vuono, Saverio Olita

“…Such geometric elements are not currently made explicit by standards, and major international government agencies, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Federal Aviation Administration, are limited to providing some layouts consisting of only constant curvature elements, although the aircrafts speed in RETs is variable. …”
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CAPITAL WITHOUT STATEHOOD: EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN STARAYA LADOGA, KASIMOV AND MYSHKIN by I. Y. Okunev, D. V. Basova

“…Interregional differentiation within a state through establishing and maintaining mental boundaries between center and periphery is the mechanism to detect the territories needing the support for preserving the compliance with national norms and, thereafter, maintaining stateness. Two major territorial bases of stateness are traditionally singled out: nation-building and threats to security or, in other words, mental boundaries marking of "Us" community and actualization of "Others". …”
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Vasectomy Regret or Lack Thereof by Danyon J. Anderson, Morgan Lucero, Stephen Vining, Charles Daniel, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…There is no guarantee that fertility will be restored in any case but a major predictive factor for success is the time interval prior to reversal…”
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Meta-analyses of Culex blood-meals indicates strong regional effect on feeding patterns. by Jet S Griep, Eve Grant, Jack Pilgrim, Olena Riabinina, Matthew Baylis, Maya Wardeh, Marcus S C Blagrove

“…These results demonstrate that feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes vary between species but can also vary between geographically distinct populations of the same species, indicating that regional or population-level adaptations are major drivers of host utilization. Ultimately, these findings support the surveillance of vector-borne diseases by specifying which host groups are most likely to be at risk.…”
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Plant stem cells: unity and diversity by I. E. Dodueva, V. E. Tvorogova, M. Azarakhsh, M. A. Lebedeva, L. A. Lutova

“…For each of meristems, specific mechanisms of regulation, which are based on the interaction of plant hormones and the major groups of transcription factors, were identified. …”
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Narrative review of comprehensive management strategies for diabetic retinopathy: interdisciplinary approaches and future perspectives by Zhijie Li, Xiaoting Pei

“…As the number of patients with diabetes continues to increase, DR, as one of its major complications, poses a significant threat to global visual health. …”
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Trust in AI: progress, challenges, and future directions by Saleh Afroogh, Ali Akbari, Emmie Malone, Mohammadali Kargar, Hananeh Alambeigi

“…., ethical, legal, and mixed) trustworthiness metrics, along with some trustworthy measurements. Moreover, we examine major trust-breakers in AI (e.g., autonomy and dignity threats) and trustmakers; and propose some future directions and probable solutions for the transition to a trustworthy AI.…”
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: FRANCE IN SEARCH OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS by N. V. Shmeleva

“…Besides, if earlier the economic needs of the country were put at the center of solving immigration issues, now the government should also proceed from security considerations, since the main negative consequence of the migration policy conducted until recently is the growing threat to the security of citizens. The major challenge the French authorities are facing is maintaining security and social cohesion, with at the same time human rights observed and republican values respected. …”
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Financial performance evaluation of firms in BIST 100 index with ITARA and COBRA methods by Ali Katrancı, Nilsen Kundakcı, Dragan Pamucar

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IN, THROUGH, WITH et l’expression de la causalité en anglais contemporain. Un exemple d’application des concepts de la TOPÉ by Lise Hamelin

“…We will show that IN, THROUGH and WITH can be seen as the traces of two locating operations – identification and differenciation – that proceed differently with each marker regarding the stages of the operation and the orientation of the relationship between the locator and the located entities. The major advantage of invoking Culioli’s concepts is to allow metalinguistic comparison between the markers.…”
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