Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana by Anthony Aikins, John Mensah, Augustina Amissah

“…The study found that the local governments performed their basic functions but successive Auditor-Generals’ reports contained irregularities which were the result of mismanagement of resources. …”
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Utilization of Curcuma Molases Block to Increase The Performance of Goats that Infected Gastrointestinal Worm at Wonorejo, Wates District, Kediri Regency by Hani Plumeriastuti, Poedji Hastutiek, Lucia Tri Suwanti, Wiwik Misaco Yuniarti, Nusdianto Triakoso, Arimbi Arimbi

“…The result show that all of feces samples were positive contain egg worms of  Haemonchus contortus, Chabertina ovina, Trichuris globulosa, Strongyloides papillosus, Fasciola gigantica, Trichostrongylus spp., Toxocara sp., and Oesohagustomum columbianum even also protozoans  Eimeria sp., and Blastocystis sp. …”
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Streptococcus suis-associated neonatal meningitis and sepsis: characterization, antimicrobial resistance, and public health implications by Giovanna Fusco, Rubina Paradiso, Lorena Cardillo, Maria Antonia Salvia, Saveria Dodaro, Veronica Del Monaco, Gianfranco Scarpelli, Francesca Greco, Antonio Rinaldi, Lorella Barca, Stefania Ambrogio, Antonio Limone, Esterina De Carlo, Giorgia Borriello

“…Next-generation sequencing revealed that the strain was serotype 2 sequence type 1, and contained the ermB and tet(W) genes, which are responsible for resistance to macrolides and tetracycline, along with several pilus-associated genes and 20 virulence factors. …”
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Wearable microfluidic biosensors with haptic feedback for continuous monitoring of hydration biomarkers in workers by Julia C. Spinelli, Brandon J. Suleski, Donald E. Wright, Joseph L. Grow, Gabriel R. Fagans, Maura J. Buckley, Da Som Yang, Kaitao Yang, Steven M. Beil, Jessica C. Wallace, Thomas S. DiZoglio, Jeffrey B. Model, Shirley Love, David E. Macintosh, Alan P. Scarth, Matthew T. Marrapode, Corinna Serviente, Raudel Avila, Barrak K. Alahmad, Michael A. Busa, John A. Wright, Weihua Li, Douglas J. Casa, John A. Rogers, Stephen P. Lee, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Alexander J. Aranyosi

“…Here we present a closed-loop electrochemical/biophysical wearable sensing device and algorithms that directly measure whole-body sweat loss, sweating rate, sodium concentration, and sodium loss with electrode arrays embedded in a microfluidic channel. The device contains two temperature sensors for skin temperature and thermal flux recordings, and an accelerometer for real-time monitoring of activity level. …”
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Application of SeDeM expert systems in preformulation studies of pediatric ibuprofen ODT tablets by Sipos Emese, Oltean Andrea Ramona, Szabó Zoltán-István, Rédai Emőke-Margit, Nagy Gabriella Dónáth

“…Pediatric, ibuprofen containing orodispersible tablets (ODTs) were prepared using the SeDeM expert system methodology. …”
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Finding product sets in some classes of amenable groups by Dimitrios Charamaras, Andreas Mountakis

“…We prove that in any group G from the above classes, any $A\subset G$ with positive upper Banach density contains a shifted product set of the form $\{tb_ib_j\colon i<j\}$ , for some infinite sequence $(b_n)_{n\in \mathbb {N}}$ and some $t\in G$ . …”
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Effects of chromophore interaction in the spectroscopy of ketocyanine dyes with a central pyranone or pyridone fragment by Ludmila A. Shvedova, Alexander S. Tatikolov, Vladimir I. Sklyarenko, Zhanna A. Krasnaya

“…In spite of dramatic differences between the absorption spectra of the ketocyanines containing O- or NMe- bridging fragment, 13C NMR spectra of these dyes are similar. …”
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In Vitro Activity of Geldanamycin Derivatives against Schistosoma japonicum and Brugia malayi by David Wenkert, Bernadette Ramirez, Yuehai Shen, Michael A. Kron

“…Geldanamycin (GA) is a benzoquinone-containing ansamycin that inhibits heat shock protein 90. …”
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Lexical Ambiguity in the Lyrics of the Cigarettes After Sex Album: A Semantic Study by Francis Varian Chin, Hero Gunawan

“…The main focus of this study is to identify the types of words that having lexical ambiguity and explore the meanings of the words contained in these words in the context of the album with a semantic approach. …”
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Effects of Maceral Compositions of Coal on Methane Adsorption Heat by Yingke Liu, Jianhong Kang, Fubao Zhou, Yanming Fan, Haijian Li

“…Furthermore, it is revealed that the adsorption heat of both vitrinite and inertinite concentrates is primarily correlated to the content of oxygen-containing functional groups and aliphatic hydrocarbons.…”
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Emission Inventory for PFOS in China: Review of Past Methodologies and Suggestions by Theodore Chao Lim, Bin Wang, Jun Huang, Shubo Deng, Gang Yu

“…The suggested framework combines unknowns for PFOS-containing product penetration into the Chinese market with product lifecycle assumptions, centralizing these diverse sources into municipal sewage treatment plants. …”
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NADP-Dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis Roots Contributes in the Mechanism of Defence against the Nitro-Oxidative Stress Induced by Salinity by Marina Leterrier, Juan B. Barroso, Raquel Valderrama, José M. Palma, Francisco J. Corpas

“…NADPH regeneration appears to be essential in the mechanism of plant defence against oxidative stress. Plants contain several NADPH-generating dehydrogenases including isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP-ICDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH), and malic enzyme (ME). …”
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Current efforts in regional climate planning: A dataset from Italian NUTS2 regionsMendeley Data by Luigi Santopietro, Filomena Pietrapertosa, Angela Pilogallo, Monica Salvia

“…It was developed as part a wider research work published by the authors [2].The dataset collects information on the efforts the regions are making to tackle the climate crisis. In particular, it contains a collection of regional climate plans (RCPs) and a catalogue of their contents analysed with regard to objectives, planned actions and monitoring and evaluation indicators.To complete the regional framework, the dataset also provides an overview of the socio-economic data for the Italian regions, derived from EUROSTAT (as of 2023), and the climate indicators from the Italian CIRO (Climate Indicators for Italian Regions) database, updated to 2021. …”
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Lubrication State Recognition Based on Energy Characteristics of Friction Vibration with EEMD and SVM by Hai-jie Yu, Hai-jun Wei, Jing-ming Li, Da‐ping Zhou, Li‐dui Wei, Hong Liu

“…The first six IMF components containing the main friction information were retained to calculate the energy ratio and construct the feature vector. …”
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Hemoglobins Likely Function as Peroxidase in Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa Hemocytes by Sufang Wang, Xiaopei Yu, Zhihua Lin, Shunqin Zhang, Liangyi Xue, Qinggang Xue, Yongbo Bao

“…The blood clam T. granosa is one of the few invertebrates that have hemoglobin-containing red hemocytes. In the present research, the peroxidase activity of T. granosa hemoglobins (Tg-Hbs) was characterized and the associated mechanism of action was deciphered via structural comparison with other known peroxidases. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Clay-Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites by Kusmono, M. W. Wildan, Z. A. Mohd Ishak

“…It could be concluded that the best properties in mechanical, wear resistance, and water resistance were obtained for the epoxy nanocomposites containing 3 wt% of clay.…”
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Decolorization of mixture of dyes: A critical review by V. K. Gupta, S. Khamparia, I. Tyagi, D. Jaspal, A. Malviya

“…Several treatment methods have been employed to embark upon the problem of dye removal but degradation becomes further more difficult for effluents containing dye matrix.  The review study has been an attempt to present the different diversified attempts used for decolorisation of a mixture of dyes.…”
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DETERMINATION OF ACETIC AND PROPANOIC ACIDS CONCENTRATION IN NIGERIAN KEROSENE by ISAAC KAYODE ADEGUN, OLUWATOSIN ADEDAMOLA ADESOYE, ADIO-YUSUF SELIA IYAGBA, DAVID ADEBOLA ADETORO

“…The results gotten from the extraction of the kerosene samples also showed that sample A, sample D, and sample E did not contain acetic acid while sample B and sample C had traces of acetic acid, with sample C having traces of propanoic acid. …”
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Acorn Oil: Chemistry and Functionality by Mehdi Taib, Lahboub Bouyazza, Badiaa Lyoussi

“…Acorns are a rich source of tocopherols, with γ-tocopherol being the most abundant. It also contains various bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and sterols (mainly β-sitosterol). …”
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Classification of polyphenol oxidases shows ancient gene duplication leading to two distinct enzyme types by Ida K.S. Meitil, Caio de O.G. Silva, Anders Gorm Pedersen, Jane W. Agger

“…We also find that most ascomycetes contain high numbers of the PPO type 1 that includes the o-methoxy phenolases, which may indicate a role in the lignin conversion strategy of these fungi.…”
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