Promoting quality education through blended learning during and post COVID-19 pandemic by De-Graft Johnson Dei

“…Twenty-five (25) tertiary institutions accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) were randomly selected to participate in this study. …”
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Essence and elements of crimes in the sphere of official activity by S. Ye. Ablamskyi, M. O. Kolesnyk

“…It has been stated that the key elements of crimes in the sphere of official activity are as follows: they are committed within the framework of exercising official powers by persons holding positions at the relevant enterprises, institutions, organisations; crimes related to official activities may involve not only the commission of any actions, but also inaction, which also takes into account the failure and/or improper performance by an official of his/her duties, which entails significant negative consequences for other individuals and/or legal entities, as well as the state and society as a whole; crimes may include a number of different actions, such as bribery, extortion, forgery, abuse of power, etc.; the crime may be committed only by an official who has official authority; crimes in the field of official activity may be committed for different purposes, including obtaining benefits, avoiding responsibility, etc.; special object, actor and subject of the crime.…”
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Detecting tropical freshly-opened swidden fields using a combined algorithm of continuous change detection and support vector machine by Ningsang Jiang, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng

“…Comparisons with the same year results obtained from the CCDC-Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) show that CCD-SVM (94.69%) outperforms CCDC-SMA (87.52%) primarily due to less commission errors. Features inclusion of terrain and fire greatly improves classification accuracy. …”
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Risks to human and animal health from the presence of bromide in food and feed by EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Helle Knutsen, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Claude Lambré, Søren Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Villa, Holger Zorn, Vasileios Bampidis, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Marie‐Christine Chagnon, Bruce Cottrill, Keyvin Darney, Jürgen Gropp, Secundino Lopez Puente, Martin Rose, Marco Vinceti, Maria Bastaki, Petra Gergelová, Luna Greco, Matteo Lorenzo Innocenti, Judit Janossy, Anna Lanzoni, Andrea Terron, Diane Benford

“…Abstract The European Commission mandated EFSA to assess the toxicity of bromide, the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs), and possible transfer from feed into food of animal origin. …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of chromium propionate (KemTRACE™ chromium) for all growing poultry species (KEMIN EUROPA N.V) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Jaume Galobart, Maria Vittoria Vettori, Jordi Ortuño, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call

“…Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of chromium propionate as zootechnical feed additive for all growing poultry species. …”
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Initiation and sustenance of small portion size consumption behavior in rural Appalachia, USA: Application of multi-theory model (MTM) by Ram Lakhan, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Manoj Sharma

“…Six counties of the rural Appalachian region of Kentucky defined as distressed, at risk, and transitional on socio-economic indicators by the Appalachians Research Commission (ARC) were selected for data collection. …”
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Estimating the global health impact of gender-based violence and violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Joht Singh Chandan, Emmanuela Gakidou, Jaidev Kaur Chandan, Nicholas Metheny, Mariam Khalil, Cory N Spencer, María Jose Baeza, Alexandra Debure, Molly Herbert, Teresa Jewell, Rachel Qian Hui Lim, Sonica Minhas

“…The review has been undertaken in conjunction with the Lancet Commission on GBV and the Maltreatment of Young People with the aim of providing new data insights for a report on the global response to violence.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022299831.…”
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Drought characteristics and propagation under anthropogenic impacts: A regional-scale modelling analysis in four Large Basins of China by Haoran Hao, Ningpeng Dong, Mingxiang Yang, Xin Huang, Hejia Wang, Hao Wang

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Overview of styles, content, learning effects and attitudes of students towards digitally enhanced physiotherapy education – a scoping review by Larissa Pagels, Oskar Schindler, Kerstin Luedtke

“…Abstract Background Digital competences are essential for lifelong learning, as highlighted by the European Commission and emphasized in the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027. …”
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Sensitivity of global solar irradiance to transposition models: Assessing risks associated with model discrepancies by Yasser F. Nassar, Hala J. El-Khozondar, Mohamed M. Khaleel, Abdussalam A. Ahmed, Abdulgader H. Alsharif, Monaem Elmnifi, Mark Amoah Nyasapoh

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Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011–2023 by Anders Malthe Bach-Mortensen, Michelle Degli Esposti, Benjamin Goodair

“…We aimed to test whether ownership (for-profit, public and third sector (non-profit)) influences determinants of closure among all care homes in England, 2011–2023.Methods We created a dataset of all care homes from 2011 to 2023 (29 548 care homes and 8346 closures) and Care Quality Commission inspections from 2014 to 2023 (n=65 726). …”
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Sustainability and livestock: a doable combination by Antonella Chiariotti

“… Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present while ensuring future generations can meet their own needs (European Commission). Rapid urbanization, increased purchasing power, and dietary change drive demand for richer diets and animal-origin proteins, leaving more than 868 million undernourished citizens worldwide and 850 million living in developing countries. …”
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The longitudinal association between multiple cardiometabolic diseases, socioeconomic status, and depressive symptoms in China by Dan Guo, Yanshang Wang, Yanan Zhao, Ruoxi Ding, Yanan Luo, Wanwei Dai, Ping He

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Identification and expression analysis of the ZF-HD gene family in castor by XU Xingyuan, HUANG Fenglan, ZHANG Chunlan, ZHU Mengyang, CUI Zhiyu, LIU Peng

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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

“…The author substantiates these insights by drawing upon both published and archival source materials, including the diaries and records maintained by officials within the Soviet Foreign Office, as well as documents emanating from the "Litvinov commission."While the diplomatic theories formulated by Litvinov and Maisky during the years 1943–1945 have been subject to analysis by Russian and international scholars, the majority of extant scholarship has traditionally focused on the content and nuances of their perspectives on specific international "questions." …”
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Higher stability of oat, barley and wheat accessions in their 1000 grain weight is not associated with a smaller grain size by V. I. Polonsky, A. V. Sumina, S. A. Gerasimov, A. A. Kolichenko

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Spicy food intake and overweight/obesity in rural Southwest China: findings from a cross-sectional study by Huali Xiong, Huali Xiong, Peng Zhao, Fengxun Ma, Dayi Tang, Daiqiang Liu

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Grounds and conditions for the application of preventive measures during the pre-trial investigation of corruption criminal offenses by V. V. Romaniuk, R. I. Login

“…The specified scientific search was carried out taking into account the specifics of the mechanism of commission and, accordingly, investigation of the selected category of criminal offenses. …”
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The Consequences of Mining Damage and their Impact on the Natural Environment – a Case Study of Trzebinia by Krzysztof Cygańczuk, Jacek Roguski

“…The land surface movement system belongs to the group of products of the Copernicus program, which involves monitoring the land surface, and its implementation was commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA). …”
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Healthcare Workers’ SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Four Hospital Outbreaks during Delta Variant Prevalence in Sydney, Australia by Danielle Hutchinson, Mohana Kunasekaran, Haley Stone, Xin Chen, Ashley Quigley, Aye Moa, C. Raina MacIntyre

“…Concurrent PPE guidelines, set by the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), restricted the use of respirators. …”
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