GENDER INFLUENCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES SYSTEM: A STUDY OF BABCOCK UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS by VICTOR A. ADESIYAN, BABAJIDE JACOB, SEIGHA SONIA GESIERE, WOLE-TAIWO OLAYINKA

“…The study was anchored on the social constructivist theory. The study revealed that gender discrimination affects both male and female students, leading to lower self-esteem, uneven performance across disciplines, and influencing study time and career choices. …”
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Why do people use a mobile wallet? The case of fintech companies in Jordan by Ohoud Khasawneh, Rana AlBahsh

“…Utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) as a theoretical foundation, the research integrates various models to assess technology acceptance. …”
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A Study of Network Negative News Based on Behavioral Finance Analysis of Abnormal Fluctuation of Stock Price by Cheng Chung Wu, Ye Yan, Tiantong Yuan, Chih Chiang Huang, Ya Ju Tsai

“…Then, it constructs the negative news to the stock price influence model, from the perspective of the theory of behavioral finance, the relationship between stock market and investor sentiment is systematically analyzed, and the theoretical support for the research of this paper is provided according to the definition of network negative news concept using the event study, abnormal returns test, regression analysis of the sample selected out of the study, observation of negative news before and after the abnormal returns, and excess returns changes. …”
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Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck with Endometriosis: Right-Side Dominance Confirmed by Literature Review and Statistical Analysis by Shunsuke Nagase, Kanako Ogura, Karin Ashizawa, Asumi Sakaguchi, Ryo Wada, Toshiharu Matsumoto

“…We consider that this supports the theory that endometriosis derives from retrograde menstruation of endometrial tissue through fallopian tubes. …”
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Study on the Relationship between Pore Structure and Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Cemented Paste Backfill by Using Air-Entraining Agent by Fengwen Zhao, Jianhua Hu, Dongjie Yang, Ye Kuang, Hongxing Xiao, Minghua Zheng, Xueliang Wang

“…And the fractal dimension has a linear negative correlation with the UCS by fractal theory analysis.…”
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The Multi-Level Governance Dilemma in Mandalika Special Economic Zone: A Bargaining and Cooperation Approach by Roseno Aji Affandi, Salsa Nabila Putri, Tirta Nugraha Mursitama, Yanyan Mochamad Yani, Arry Bainus

“…The integration of these theories is novel and differentiates them from previous research. …”
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The effect of income and smallholder characteristics on cultivation, harvesting, and post-harvest management of natural rubber by . Nurliza

“…The acceptance of sustainable cultivation and management of rubber practices uses smallholder and farm factors as constraints since they do not form a homogenous group, and the theory of planned behavior failed to provide an effective way to explain the behaviors. …”
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Unraveling the environmental Kuznets curve in IGAD countries: interplay between ecological footprint, economic growth, renewable energy, and globalization by Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Hudayfe Osman Daror, Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi

“…This evidence supports the existence of the EKC theory, which posits an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic expansion and ecological footprint. …”
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Environmental impact assessment of Sadr Double - Deck Highways on the context of residential neighborhoods around by ahmad zanganeh, tajedin karami, roghayeh yadolahisaber

“…Moreover, this research is environment based and uses sustainable development in theory. In order to analyze the data, 8 neighborhood around the Sadr bridge (Tajrish, Gheytariyeh, Chizar, Zargandeh, Sadr, Rostam Abas, Ekhtiyarieh and Pasdaran neighborhoods) were chosen as the analyze unit. …”
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Does accountability for reasonableness work? A protocol for a mixed methods study using an audit tool to evaluate the decision-making of clinical commissioning groups in England by Sarah Clark, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Albert Weale

“…Finally, it examines the usefulness of a decision-making audit tool (DMAT) in identifying the process and content criteria that CCGs apply when making decisions.Methods and analysis The adherence of a sample of CCGs to criteria emerging from theories of fair priority setting will be examined using the DMAT developed by PL. …”
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Analyzing crop production: Unraveling the impact of pests and pesticides through a fractional model by Navnit Jha, Akash Yadav, Ritesh Pandey, A.K. Misra

“…The feasibility of every possible nonnegative equilibrium and its stability characteristics are explored utilizing the stability theory of fractional differential equations. Our model analysis reveals that in a continuous spray approach, the roles of pesticide abatement rate and pesticide uptake rate can be interchanged. …”
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Study on Seismic Coefficient Calculation Method of Slope Seismic Stability Analysis by Pai Lifang, Wu Honggang, Yang Tao, Zhong Feifei

“…Based on the rigid-body limit equilibrium theory, the instantaneous additional seismic forces of each block and the time-history landslide stability coefficient were calculated. …”
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SYNTHESIS METHODS OF ALGEBRAIC NORMAL FORM OF MANY-VALUED LOGIC FUNCTIONS by A. V. Sokolov, O. N. Zhdanov, O. A. Ayvazian

“…The rapid development of methods of error-correcting coding, cryptography, and signal synthesis theory based on the principles of many-valued logic determines the need for a more detailed study of the forms of representation of functions of many-valued logic. …”
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Social determinants of vulnerability to ill-health: Evidences from Mendi Town, Western Ethiopia by Amanti Baru, Padmanabhan Murugan

“…Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capitals, the study identified and employed economic, social and cultural capitals acting as structurally distributed resources that determine the health outcomes of people in Ethiopia. …”
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Span-of-control’s role at the intersection of transactional leadership and employee commitment by Tabea R. Mabasa, Chukuakadibia E. Eresia-eke

“…Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to leadership theory by identifying how span of control influences the relationship between leadership behaviour and employee commitment in South African SOEs.…”
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On a New Epidemic Model with Asymptomatic and Dead-Infective Subpopulations with Feedback Controls Useful for Ebola Disease by M. De la Sen, A. Ibeas, S. Alonso-Quesada, R. Nistal

“…The global stability is formally discussed by using tools of qualitative theory of differential equations by using Gauss-Stokes and Bendixson theorems so that neither Lyapunov equation candidates nor the explicit solutions are used. …”
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Failure Mechanism of the Qianjiangping Slope in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China by Zhenhua Zhang, Mingming Qian, Song Wei, Juxiang Chen

“…In order to clarify the influence degrees of each of three conditions (reservoir impoundment, rainfall, and combined effect of reservoir impoundment and rainfall) on the failure of the Qianjiangping slope and reveal the failure mechanism of the slope, underground water tables and stresses in the slope were calculated under the three conditions, respectively, based on fluid-solid coupling theory using the Abaqus software in this paper; then, the failure approach index (FAI) was adopted to analyze the failure characteristics of the slope under each of the three conditions. …”
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A Simple Cable Radiated Emission Evaluation Method for Table-Top Setups According to CISPR 11 and CISPR 32 by Xinglong Wu, Alessandro Grande, Xiaokang Liu, Flavia Grassi, Giordano Spadacini, Sergio A. Pignari, Fabio Vallarino, Luca Ghezzi

“…By noting the fact that table-top test setup usually involves long interconnecting cable bundle that radiates significantly, the work proposes a fast and simple pre-compliance radiated emission evaluation method based on cascaded Hertzian dipoles and its radiation theory. Several factors in the CISPR 11/32 test setups are integrated into this evaluation method to mimic a real test procedure. …”
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A hydropower plant scheduling model considering the stochastic correlation between runoff and electricity prices by WU Ying, WANG Juefei, LI Junjie, WANG Kun, SHEN Yan, WU Yingjun

“…First， using the conditional value at risk （CVaR） theory， marginal distribution functions are utilized to characterize the risks of runoff uncertainty and electricity price volatility （EPV）， enabling accurate risk assessment for market-operated hydropower plants. …”
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Dynamics of phase separation from holography by Maximilian Attems, Yago Bea, Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, David Mateos, Miguel Zilhão

“…Abstract We use holography to develop a physical picture of the real-time evolution of the spinodal instability of a four-dimensional, strongly-coupled gauge theory with a first-order, thermal phase transition. …”
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