PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROCUREMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY: ASSESSING THE MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES OF PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA by Betty Oluwafunso OLOJEDE

“…The study conducted a self-study structured questionnaire survey on professionals in PSOs in Africa, particularly Nigeria, who have been directly involved in the delivery of public infrastructure projects via PPP. …”
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The Mechanical Behaviors of Various Dental Implant Materials under Fatigue by Fatma Bayata, Cengiz Yildiz

“…The penetration analysis was also performed, and the calculated penetration of the models onto the bone structure ranged between 0.0037389 mm and 0.013626 mm. …”
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钢管混凝土翼缘-波纹腹板曲梁抗剪性能分析 by 杜栖云, 邵永波, 邓利霞

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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of the Diode Laser (980 nm) and Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Oral Vascular Malformations by Peeyush Shivhare, Naqoosh Haidry, Neha Sah, Ajay Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Ankur Singh, Mohan Raju Penumatcha, Shalini Subramanyam

“…Vascular malformations are structural abnormalities which are formed by progressively enlarging aberrant and ecstatic vessels without endothelial cell proliferation and composed of the type of vessel involved, i.e., capillary, veins, and arteriovenous. …”
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YOLOv8n-CA: Improved YOLOv8n Model for Tomato Fruit Recognition at Different Stages of Ripeness by Xin Gao, Jieyuan Ding, Ruihong Zhang, Xiaobo Xi

“…Additionally, the C2f-FN structure was utilized in both the backbone and neck networks to strengthen the model’s capacity to extract maturity-related features. …”
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Forensic economic examination in the investigation of corruption crimes by L. A. Parfentii

“…On the basis of statistical information, indicators have been calculated and the dynamics and structure of recorded corruption criminal offenses in Ukraine in 2018–2022 have been analyzed. …”
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Study on the dynamic load sharing characteristics of nutation face gear transmission by Wang Li, Yufeng Gao, Jingzi Zhang

“…These findings provide an important basis for the structural and stiffness parameter design of nutating face gear transmissions.…”
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Geospatial analysis of end-stage renal disease among patients attending hemodialysis units in Alexandria, Egypt by Reham A. EL-Hofy, Safia I. Shehata, Azza F. Abou EL-Naga, Mohamed H. Bahnassy, Gihan I. Gewaifel, Nahla A. Gamaleldin

“…Data were collected using predesigned structured interview questionnaire, which included sociodemographic information and the patient’s medical history. …”
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‘Let's work together to pass medical school’: a qualitative study of medical student attitudes to teamwork, competition and collaboration by Helen R. Watson, Paul Millin, James Close, Robert Jeffery, Holly Stephenson, Daniel Zahra

“…Following analysis of in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews, five themes emerged: (a) competition between students; (b) importance of teamwork; (c) what makes effective teamwork; (d) preparing for work in MDTs; and (e) recommendations for teamwork education. …”
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Qualitative exploration of self-assessment in natural science: Grade 6 learners' experiences in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal classrooms by Preya Pillay

“…Employing a qualitative multiple case study design, the research utilised semi-structured interviews and classroom observations with twelve purposively selected Grade 6 learners. …”
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Research on the Challenges and Approaches to Family Inheritance of Ethnic Traditional Sports Culture by Caixia Jiang, Siyong Xia, Hao Qin

“…Based on the results of research on the relationship between the family environment and the inheritance of traditional ethnic sports culture, several experiences and insights have been presented: Strengthen the national cultural identity and establish the correct beliefs of parents; pay attention to the transformation of family capital and optimize the structure of capital distribution; create a supportive behavioral environment in the family to enhance the interaction between parents and children; promote the creation of the physical environment of traditional national sports and the precise implementation of the ground; integrate into classroom teaching and promote the "feeding" inheritance; strengthen social guidance to enhance the awareness of national sports; strengthen the platform construction to enhance the cultural atmosphere of traditional national sports. …”
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Students’ Employability Skills: Development Strategies by R. R. Khuziakhmetov, G. F. Romashkina

“…The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews. The authors focused on 4 employability skills: communication, teamwork, self-management, and self-control. …”
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Solar Wind Speed Prediction via Graph Attention Network by Yanru Sun, Zongxia Xie, Haocheng Wang, Xin Huang, Qinghua Hu

“…First, our framework considers each feature as the node to construct the graph structure and adopts the graph attention module to learn the complex dependencies among features. …”
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A TEI Customization for Writing TEI Customizations by Syd Bauman

“…There are several examples of (1), including the TEI Guidelines, the Music Encoding Initiative, the ISO Feature Structure encoding system, and the W3C Internationalization Tag Set. …”
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CRIMEA AND THE POLITICS OF LEGITIMACY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS by A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Brega

“…The blockade, first by non-state actors, and then by state structures of Ukraine in water supply, access to electricity, restriction of freedom of movement and in other areas, led to the violation of human rights in the Crimea. …”
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弦支穹顶结构研究进展与工程实践 by 陈志华

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Unearthing the determinants of digital innovation adoption in the agricultural sector: The role of food security awareness and agricultural experience by David Aboagye-Darko, Peter Mkhize

“…This study employed a cross-sectional quantitative approach to investigate the phenomenon based on survey data collected from 207 study participants in Ghana's agricultural sector and the partial least square structural equation modeling technique. The study's findings revealed that personal innovativeness significantly affects food security awareness (β = 0.574; p < 0.000), relative advantage (β = 0.699; p < 0.000), compatibility (β = 0.687; p < 0.000), and complexity (β = 0.312; p < 0.000). …”
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波形钢腹板PC组合箱梁动力性能研究综述 by 李宏江

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Ultra-compact quintuple-band terahertz metamaterial biosensor for enhanced blood cancer diagnostics. by Musa N Hamza, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Sunil Lavadiya, Iftikhar Ud Din, Bruno Sanches, Slawomir Koziel, Syeda Iffat Naqvi, Ali Farmani, Md Shabiul Islam

“…This research proposes an innovative terahertz metamaterial-based biosensor for high-efficacy blood cancer detection. The proposed structure is ultra-compact and operates across five bands within the range of 0.6 to 1.2 THz. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Awareness among Diabetic vs. Non-Diabetic Patients about the Association between Diabetes and Oral Health by Jaswinder Kaur, Gurleen Kaur Pruthi, Harsimran Singh Kapoor, Vishwas Narang, Akaljot Kaur, Aakash Gupta

“…Methods and Materials: A three-part structured questionnaire was developed with multiple choice questions and circulated among patients visiting a private dental college. …”
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