Enantioselective Synthesis of Antiepileptic Drug: (-)-Levetiracetam—Synthetic Applications of the Versatile New Chiral N-Sulfinimine by K. Chandra Babu, R. Buchi Reddy, E. Naresh, K. Ram Mohan, G. Madhusudhan, K. Mukkanti

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Effect of Seed Size of Afzelia quanzensis on Germination and Seedling Growth by Kupatsa Mtambalika, Chimuleke Munthali, Dominic Gondwe, Edward Missanjo

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Design, Fabrication, and Swimming Performance of a Free-Swimming Tuna-Mimetic Robot by Sayyed Farideddin Masoomi, Axel Haunholter, Dominic Merz, Stefanie Gutschmidt, XiaoQi Chen, Mathieu Sellier

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Fluorinated 2-Styrylchromones as Antibacterial Agents by Mehbub Momin, Deresh Ramjugernath, Hafizah Chenia, Neil A. Koorbanally

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Towards an Understanding of Conservation-Based Costs, Benefits, and Attitudes of Local People Living Adjacent to Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe by Given Matseketsa, Gladman Chibememe, Never Muboko, Edson Gandiwa, Kudakwashe Takarinda

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Reciprocation with different motions: an in vitro comparative study by Vittorio Franco, Maya Feghali, Rosalie Chakra, Mohammed Hammo, Valentina Vincenzi, Kadriye Ozdayi, Hyeon-Cheol Kim, Massimo Galli, Gabriele Miccoli

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Anti malicious KGC certificateless signature scheme based on blockchain and domestic cryptographic SM9 by Fei TANG, Ning GAN, Xianggui YANG, Jinyang WANG

“…The certificateless cryptosystem can solve the problems of certificate management and key escrow at the same time, but its security model always assumes that Type II adversary (named malicious KGC) will not launch public key replacement attacks.This security assumption has certain limitations in real-world applications.As an efficient identity-based cryptographic scheme, SM9 signature scheme adopts R-ate bilinear pairing which has good security and high computational efficiency.However, it requires KGC to generate and manage keys for users, so it has the problem of key escrow.In view of the above problems, a certificateless signature scheme against malicious KGC was constructed based on blockchain and SM9 signature algorithm.Based on the properties of decentralization and tamper-proof of blockchain, the proposed scheme used the smart contract to record part of the public key corresponding to the user’s secret value on the blockchain.Then, the verifier can revoke the smart contract to query the user’s public key during the signature verification stage.Therefore, the proposed scheme ensured the authenticity of the user’s public key.The user’s private key consisted of the partial private key generated by KGC and a secret randomly chosen by the user.The user required the partial private key generated by KGC to endorse his identity identifier when the user generates the private key for the first time.Subsequently, the private key can be independently updated by changing the secret and the corresponding partial public key.During this process, the identity remains unchanged, which provided a viable solution for key management in decentralized application scenarios.The blockchain relied on the consensus mechanism to ensure the consistency of the distributed data.Based on the traceability of the blockchain, the change log of user’s partial public key was stored in the blockchain, which can trace the source of malicious public key replacement attacks and thereby prevent malicious KGC from launching public key replacement attacks.According to the experimental simulation and security proof results, the total overhead of signature and verification of the proposed scheme is only 7.4ms.Compared with similar certificateless signature schemes, the proposed scheme can effectively resist public key replacement attacks and has higher computational efficiency.…”
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Assessment of Inappropriate Dose Adjustment of Antimicrobials and Other Medicines Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study by Roheena Zafar, Inayat Ur Rehman, Yasar Shah, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming

“…Nonetheless, dosages were more accurately adjusted in the private hospital (52.6%) than in the public hospital (40.5%). …”
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Sedation/Analgesia Administration Practice Varies according to Endoscopy Facility (Hospital- or Office-Based) Setting: Results from a Nationwide Survey in Greece by Georgios Tziatzios, Dimitrios N. Samonakis, Theocharis Tsionis, Spyridon Goulas, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou

“…Only 35.2% of the private offices have a separate recovery room, compared to 80.4% and 58.7% of the private hospital- and public hospital-based facilities, respectively, while the nursing personnel monitored patients’ recovery in most of the cases. …”
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Exploring the landscape of entrepreneurship in Pakistan: a comparative analysis of perceptions, challenges, and the need for psychoeducational interventions in the academic sector by Khurram Mehboob, Muhammad Ali, Noor Hassan, Zeeshan Mehboob, Muhammad Faisal Mushtaq, Rana Hamad Ullah, Muhammad Zahid Akhtar, Muhammad Akram Tariq, Khalida Parveen, Riffat Mehboob

“…The proportion of participants willing to apply for funding for entrepreneurial support was 68%, predominantly among private sector participants (75% vs. 61%). Access to training programs was reported by 62%, but private universities provided 35% more institutional support. …”
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Bibliometric Study of the National Scientific Production of All Peruvian Schools of Dentistry in Scopus by Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Josmel Pacheco-Mendoza, Ana Diaz-Soriano, Fernando Perez-Vargas, Arnaldo Munive-Degregori, Silvia Luza

“…In general, it was found that, of the 30 Faculties of Dentistry in Peru, only 10 in the public and private universities have a scholarly output greater than 5 to belong to the top 10. …”
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A Moving Mesh Method for Singularly Perturbed Problems by Stephen T. Sikwila, Stanford Shateyi

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BUSINESS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: THE LINK WITH SUSTAINABLE LOCAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN TANZANIA? by DIEDERIK DE BOER, MEINE PIETER VAN DIJK, LAURA TARIMO Researcher, Round Table Africa, Maastrich

“…This paper investigates whether BusinessCommunity Partnerships (BCP) can facilitate local private sector development in Africa. This study offers a new approach to such partnerships by looking at them from a local private sector development perspective using value chain analysis. …”
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« No guys with attitude ». Sociabilité et hiérarchie sexuelle dans une sex party gaie de New York by Etienne Meunier

“…Queer theorists have expressed a concern that the “privatization” of group sex would lead to more division and exclusion in gay sexual cultures. …”
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Systemic Risk Assessment: Aggregated and Disaggregated Analysis on Selected Indian Banks by Mohammed Arshad Khan, Preeti Roy, Saif Siddiqui, Abdullah A. Alakkas

“…Based on market capitalization, three public sector banks and three from the private sector were taken. Data are taken from the year 2007 to 2020. …”
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Teachers’ perceptions of their self-regulated learning practices in elementary school classrooms by Stephanie Greenquist-Marlett, Linda Bol, Courtney Hill

“…, and (3) How do teachers differ in their use of SRL depending on school type (public vs. private)? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 primary in-service teachers, sampled equally from one public and one private school, to explore their SRL practices. …”
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Operational Evaluation of a Throughabout to Give Priority to Public Transport at Standard Roundabouts by Sajjad Zakeri, Abdoul-Ahad Choupani

“…The current study aims to evaluate the effects of throughabouts on private and public transports and to compare the design with standard roundabouts and conventional intersections. …”
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Strategic Plan 2016/2017 – 2019/2020 by Kabale University

“…Kabale University Strategic Plan 2016/2017 – 2019/2020 sets out to build on the achievements registered by the University over the last 14 years under its private status. The University changed from private to public status after one year of implementing the Second National Development Plan 2015/2016 – 2019/2020(NDP II). …”
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AMERICAN TELEVANGELICAL FRAMES: RELIGIOSITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND COMMODIFICATION by Nopita Trihastutie

“… A secular state, like United States of America, guarantees the private right of individual to express their religious ideas in public. …”
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Growth and Productivity Assessment of Short-Duration Rice (Oryza sativa L. and Upland NERICA) Genotypes in Semiarid North-Central Namibia by Simon K. Awala, Kudakwashe Hove, Vistorina Shivute, Johanna S. Valombola, Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo, Yoshihiro Hirooka, Osmund D. Mwandemele, Morio Iijima

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