Polycentric governance: Evaluating the relevance of traditional authorities in good governance in South Africa by Samson Faboye, Trynos Gumbo, Jackson Sebola

“…The study argues that good governance is defined by its ability to meet the needs of the broader populace, not simply select groups. It proposes a formalised polycentric governance framework that elevates traditional authorities as key actors in local government, with a focus on areas such as administrative hierarchy, development planning, land governance, and natural resource management. …”
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IoT Integrated Graphene Derivative-Based Capacitive Sensors with Machine Learning Classification for Precision Soil Moisture Monitoring Process by Ukani Neema Amish, Khera Shelej, Chakole Saurabh S.

“…To address these problems, a novel low-cost, IoT-enabled soil moisture sensing system based on GO and rGO capacitive sensors is presented. Nanomaterials were selected on account of superior electrical conductivity, large surface area, and tunable functional groups that allow for larger sensitivity changes in moisture variations. …”
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Who do you know, or what do you know? Board intellectual capital components for non-profit board role fulfilment by Hanli Mulholland, Gert Human

“…Sixteen registered social services NPOs in South Africa were selected through purposive sampling methods. The NPO was considered from a case-based perspective through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). …”
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ENERGY CONSERVATION AS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SMART SUSTAINABLE WORKSPACES by Maksym Yakubovych, Vasyl Lyashkevych, Roman Shuvar

“…Aiming our goals we have investigated the tasks which were related to models and methodologies for energy consumption management based on accessible technical resources and standards. Thus, we have used a systematic approach to selecting material, methods of inductive and logical analysis, observation and so on. …”
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Pretest probability of coronary artery disease as a factor for optimizing invasive diagnostics in routine clinical practice by M. A. Simonyan, T. Yu. Kalyuta, E. N. Genkal, O. M. Posnenkova, V. I. Gridnev

“…We assessed the number of CAD patients, proportion of men, and distribution of patients depending on angina functional class. In addition, data on PTP calculation, as well as distribution of patients and diagnostic strategy selected depending on its value was analyzed. …”
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Optimization of Reservoir Water Quality Parameters Retrieval and Treatment Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Neural Networks by Alice Nureen Adhiambo Omondi, Yashon Ouma, Simon Njoroge Mburu, Cleophas Mecha Achisa

“… Inland water bodies are critical ecosystems that serve several functions including the provision of freshwater, regulation of climate and hydrological flows, and pollution control. …”
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Combined metabolome and transcriptome to analyze the regulatory network of key enzymes in the synthesis of senkirkine in Emilia sonchifolia by Jinli Yao, Yanqing Qin, Dongping Tu, Yumei Huang, Liuguan Liang, Wenhui Cai, Mingli Huang, Xiaoqi Zhu, Xinling Lao

“…This study provided references for gene functional expression analysis and laid a foundation for decoding the senkirkine biosynthesis pathway. …”
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Tasks scheduling with different structures in cloud manufacturing according to the time and cost of transportation and the task arrival time by Zohre Kiapasha, Ali Salmasnia

“…Therefore, in this study, an optimization model with three objective functions of task completion time, the cost imposed on the cloud manufacturing system, and the quality of the selected services are developed to get closer to the real world; three features are included in it: 1) the possibility of tasks with two structures, series and parallel, 2) different arrival times of tasks in the cloud manufacturing system, and 3) time/cost of logistics between different enterprises.Methodology: First, six examples with different numbers of tasks and subtasks are designed with both sequential and parallel structures. …”
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Folk Medical Practices and Treatments in African Fiction by Akporherhe Friday, Udi Peter Oghenerioborue, Esemedafe Emmanuel

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Impact of carbon emission trading on urban electricity efficiency by SHI Yang, SONG Jia

“…[Methods] This study conducts an empirical analysis based on the policy shock brought about by the launch of China's carbon emission trading pilot program using the difference-in-differences (DID) method and the panel data of Chinese cities from 2008 to 2021. It selects the intensity of urban nighttime lights as a proxy to measure electricity efficiency. …”
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Determination of Pomological and Chemical Properties of Some Rosehip (Rosa spp.) Genotypes Growing Naturally in Kayseri Province by Ayşen Melda ÇOLAK, Fatma ALAN

“…These results suggest that certain naturally growing rosehip genotypes in Kayseri, especially genotype Melikgazi (M), have significant potential as valuable genetic resources for breeding, industrial use, and functional food development. …”
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Forecasting water quality indices using generalized ridge model, regularized weighted kernel ridge model, and optimized multivariate variational mode decomposition by Marjan Kordani, Mohsen Bagheritabar, Iman Ahmadianfar, Arvin Samadi-Koucheksaraee

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Integrated care programmes for sport and work participation, performance of physical activities and quality of life among orthopaedic surgery patients: a systematic review with met... by Maurits W van Tulder, Pieter Coenen, Gino M Kerkhoffs, Gerben Hulsegge, Joost G Daams, Rutger C van Geenen, Judith A Huirne, Johannes R Anema, P Paul Kuijer

“…We aimed to assess the effectiveness of integrated care among orthopaedic surgery patients.Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.Data source Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL (until 17 June 2019).Eligibility for selecting studies We searched for controlled studies on integrated care interventions consisting of active referral to case managers, rehabilitation with participation-based goals and/or e/mHealth, with outcomes of sports and work participation, performance of physical activities and/or QoL. …”
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Morphological Variation of the Fiddler Crab Tubuca paradussumieri (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) Among Provinces in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta and a Classification Key for Genus Tubuca by Anh Ngoc Tran, Vuong Van Ly, Phuc Le Hoang Nguyen, Thuan Thanh Tran, Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Quang Minh Dinh

“…The claw sizes of females were consistent across sites (p>0.05), indicating selective pressures specific to sex. This study highlights T. paradussumieri’s function as a bioindicator for habitat-specific adaptations by offering the first quantitative proof of phenotypic plasticity in the Mekong Delta. …”
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Distributed Frequency Regulation Method for Power Grids Considering the Delayed Response of Virtual Power Plants by Jun Qi, Anning Ying, Bohang Zhang, Dan Zhou, Guoqing Weng

“…This approach constructs a time-delay-compensated DMPC (TDC-DMPC) optimization framework that uses quadratic programming to solve the objective function and generate the optimal FR control sequences for VPP flexible load clusters. …”
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Agroclimatic and agroecotoxicological justification of zonal chemical protection systems against harmful organisms for field crops under conditions of climate change in Ukraine by O. Borzykh, L. Bublyk, V. Chaika, L. Gavrylyuk, I. Kruk, O. Shevchuk, T. Neverovska, O. Bakhmut

“…This led to a disruption in the functioning of agrocenoses, a decrease in tolerance to the pesticide load. …”
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Fluorescent EGTA-derived carbon dots for turn on–off–on detection of Fe3+ and ascorbic acid via hydrothermal synthesis and cellular imaging by Kanwal Iqbal, Anam Iqbal, Wenwu Qin, Muhammad Imran, Zeeshan Ajmal, Imran Khan, Guolong Xing

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Meta Analysis of Clustering Nursing for Stroke Associated Pneumonia by Chunyan HAN, Cun ZHAO, Xinglei WANG, Yali CHANG, Li YAO, Yihong KE, Jinhui TIAN, Xinman DOU

“…If the homogeneity between the studies was good (<italic>P</italic>≥0.1, <italic>I</italic>²≤50%), select the fixed effect model, if there was heterogeneity between these studies (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.1, <italic>I</italic>²&gt;50%), analyze the source of heterogeneity, and if there was no clinical heterogeneity, choose a random effects model.Results:A total of 11 clinical randomized controlled trial literatures were finally included. …”
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Degradation of Tetracycline in Wastewater by Persulfate Activated by Sulfidated Nanometer Zero-valent Iron by Qiuyue YE, Zhengchun HU, Ziyi WANG, Wen XU, Shiyi ZHAO, Xuying DENG, Minghao GUO, Na GUO, Bing LIAO

“…This study employs thiourea as the sulfur source to prepare highly active S–nZVI and constructs an S–nZVI-activated per-disulfide PDS oxidation system to achieve efficient tetracycline degradation. …”
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Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Based on Multi-Modal Domain Adaptation by Binbin Fu, Changsong Shen, Shuzu Liao, Fangxiang Wu, Bo Liao

“…<b>Results:</b> We selected 639 subjects from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and considered two transfer learning settings. …”
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