Design and Fabrication of a High Performance Microfluidic Chip for Blood Plasma Separation: Modelling and Prediction of System Behaviour via CFD Method by Hossein Amini, Amin Sokhansanj, Mohammad Akrami, Ismaeil Haririan

“…Correlation between plasma separation results obtained from software and experimental data showed a coefficient of determination equal to 0.9732. This simple, rapid, stable, and reliable microchip can be considered as a promising candidate for providing plasma in point-of-care diagnostics.…”
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Career development programs and employee retention: Insights from the Ministry of Works in Tanzania by Hindu Augossy, Richard Msacky, Chacha Magasi

“…The study was guided by equity theory, which was founded on the assumption that employees tend to remain with their organisation when they are perceived to be treated equally. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was used to assess the variable’s reliability. …”
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Upholding United Nations Global Legitimacy in Human Rights Protection and Humanitarian Assistance within the European Union: A Legal Overview of the EU-UN Natural Partnership by Nives Mazur Kumrić

“…Promoting respect for human rights and providing humanitarian assistance exemplify one of the core shared values and objectives of the EU-UN agenda, deeply rooted in the premise that universal values of peace, equal rights, freedom, and human dignity may be effectively defended through efficient multilateralism only. …”
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Performance of women-owned businesses that patent by Chahreddine Abbes, Amélie Lafrance-Cooke, Danny Leung

“…This study compares the performance of businesses owned by women (majority or equal ownership) that patent with that of majority men-owned businesses and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be assigned. …”
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A Novel Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm Based on Internal-Feedback Strategy for Image Template Matching by Bai Li, Li-Gang Gong, Ya Li

“…This purpose is achieved through discarding the conventional roulette selection procedure in the ABC algorithm so as to provide each employed bee an equal chance to be followed by the onlooker bees in the local search phase. …”
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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF LAGOS STATE EXPERIENCE by AHMED OLAWALE MOLIKI, PETER ADENIYI Oluwatobi

“…The study discovered that several composite factors such as politics of sentiment and entitlement (Emilokan - it is my turn - mantra), excessive monetised politics, religiosity, ethnicised politics and power shift syndrome, among others, promoted the political violence witnessed during the general elections in Lagos State. Equally, the study revealed that political violence witnessed in Lagos State during the 2023 general elections further wrecked havoc on the already cracked and disunity relationship among the ethnic groupings residing in Lagos State as the elections breed sentiment, disunity, distrust and threatens friendliness, tolerance, economic activities and democracy in the state. …”
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Two Approaches to Constructing Certified Dominating Sets in Social Networks by Joanna Raczek, Mateusz Miotk

“…To compare the two methods, we first studied the computational complexity of the decision problem of whether, for a given graph, the domination number, which is the minimum size of a dominating set, is equal to the certified domination number, that is, the minimum size of a certified dominating set. …”
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Extracting the symmetries of nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems by Aleksandr N. Mikheev, Viktoria Noel, Ido Siovitz, Helmut Strobel, Markus K. Oberthaler, Jürgen Berges

“…Our approach is based on exact relations between correlation functions involving different numbers of spatial points, which can be viewed as nonequilibrium versions of (equal-time) Ward identities encoding the symmetries of the system. …”
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Time series analysis of radiant heat using 75 hours VIIRS satellite day and night band nightfire data by Jyoti U. Devkota

“…Cubic Spline Interpolation and merging has been done to create a time series data occurring at equal minute time interval. The time series data is decomposed to study the effect of various components. …”
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Three-Dimensional Virtual Model for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN): Development of Study Protocol for Evaluation of the Learning Curve to Optimize the Precision and Accu... by Traverso P, Mantica G, Giasotto V, Terrone C

“…Paolo Traverso,1,2,* Guglielmo Mantica,1,2,* Veronica Giasotto,2 Carlo Terrone1,2 1Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, Genova, Italy; 2IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Guglielmo Mantica, Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi 20, Genova, 16132, Italy, Tel +39010555964, Email guglielmo.mantica@gmail.comAbstract: 3D models have been introduced as tools to improve surgeon’s precision during Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN). …”
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Does the Site of Anterior Tracheal Puncture Affect the Success Rate of Retrograde Intubation? A Prospective, Manikin-Based Study by Eric A. Harris, Kristopher L. Arheart, Kenneth E. Fischler

“…The technique is a practical option in the “cannot intubate / can ventilate” scenario. However, it is equally useful as an elective technique in awake patients with anticipated difficult airways. …”
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Impact of irrelevant speech and non-speech sounds on serial recall of verbal and spatial items in children and adults by Larissa Leist, Thomas Lachmann, Maria Klatte

“…In the verbal task, both age groups were equally affected by background sounds, with speech impairing recall more than environmental sounds. …”
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Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Laterite Treated with Iron Ore Tailings by Umar Sa’eed Yusuf, Matawal Danladi Slim, Elinwa Augustine Uchechukwu

“…From an economic point of view, it has been found from the results of this study that soil specimens treated with up to 20% IOT and compacted at the British Standard Light (BSL) compactive effort met the maximum regulatory hydraulic conductivity of less than or equal to 1 × 10−9 m/s for hydraulic barrier system.…”
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Gender Dynamics in Online Religious Leadership in Nigeria: Investigating How Digital Platforms Shape Communication, Authority, and Influence by Bukola L. Oloba, Anne M. Blankenship

“…This research contributes to understanding how digital platforms impact gendered access to religious authority, revealing the ongoing struggle for gender equality within Christian leadership in Nigeria.…”
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Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair by Liao Z, Bao Q, Saijilahu, Chimedtseren C, Tumurbaatar K, Saijilafu

“…Zhenglie Liao,1,* Qianyi Bao,1,* Saijilahu,2 Chimedragchaa Chimedtseren,3 Khaliunaa Tumurbaatar,3 Saijilafu1 1Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Tongliao Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Traditional Medicine and Technology of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Saijilafu, Email saijlf@hzcu.edu.cnAbstract: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very destructive disease of the central nervous system that often causes irreversible nerve damage. …”
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Revealing the decision-making practices in automated external defibrillator deployment: insights from Shanghai, China by Chaowei Wu, Yeling Wu, Lu Qiao

“…Abstract In recent years, the government has promoted the increased deployment of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places with dense crowds, which is of great significance for ensuring that residents enjoy equal health rights. However, it is still unclear what factors decision-makers take into account when formulating deployment plans and whether these factors are related to local characteristics such as population distribution and socioeconomic conditions. …”
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South Africa: A Growing Embrace of Feminist Foreign Policy? by Jo-Ansie van Wyk

“…A more nuanced foreign policy focus on improving the status of women and gender equality emerged partly due to international developments regarding women, peace, and security. …”
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Evaluation of the hypocholesterolemic efficacy of lyophilized nerium oleander distillate by Harun Kizilay, Ahmet Levent Bas, Nuray Yazihan

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Three equal groups of 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats were formed. …”
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Effects of Adding Livestock and Poultry Manure to Field Strips of Straw on Soil Organic Carbon Components by Xinyu Zhao, Jiapeng Ji, Jinggui Wu

“…This study set up a total of four treatments under the condition of following the equal carbon principle: (1) corn straw (T1); (2) corn straw + chicken manure (T2); (3) corn straw + cow dung (T3); (4) corn straw + decomposition agent (T4). …”
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Synchronous Remote Rendering for VR by Viktor Kelkkanen, Markus Fiedler, David Lindero

“…In a LAN without extra latency setting, i.e., with latency equal to locally rendered VR, 0.009% stalls were observed while using a wired Ethernet connection and 0.058% stalls when using 5 GHz wireless IEEE 802.11 ac.…”
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