EFFECT OF DEBT FINANCING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Adedamola Ayinde BAMGBOYE

“…One of the most important topics in corporate finance is how debt financing affects the financial performance of Nigerian listed deposit money banks. …”
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Factors associated with essential newborn care practices among non-institutional births in urban Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Urban Health Survey 2021 by Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Mst. Fatema Begum, Md Badsha Alam, Md Awal Kabir, Md Nuruzzaman Khan

“…The likelihood of adopting the highest level of ENC practices was higher among mothers with relatively higher education and wealth quintiles and lower among those residing in slum and other urban areas of city corporations compared to non-slum areas. Mothers living in the Khulna and Sylhet divisions had a lower likelihood of adopting the highest level of ENC practices. …”
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THE ALBANIAN FACTOR OF DESTABILIZATION OF THE WESTERN BALKANS: SCENARIO APPROACH by E. G. Ponomareva

“…Substantiation of the probability of the development and implementation of the scenario is given in four key parameters, including political, economic, military and cultural and religious spheres.Among the main actors of the scenario the author singles out the armed forces of Kosovo, Albanian paramilitary formations on the territory of western Macedonia, transnational corporations, private military companies, as well as the United States, Britain, Turkey and the Arab monarchies who support the project politically and financially.The article concludes that there is a need for an objective political assessment of the situation in the region, an analysis of security threats and risks of another round of destabilization of the Western Balkans. …”
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Transformation of body functions in the era of artificial intelligence by T. S. Martynenko, D. A. Starostina

“…There is a dual question of the relationship between the body and artificial intelligence technologies: transformations of the human body in the era of the latest digital technologies, with the acquisition of new qualities and properties by the body; and the acquisition of corporeality by artificial intelligence technologies, including social consequences of the convergence of the body and technologies - both positive (improved quality of life and medical care, expanded opportunities for some social groups, etc.) and negative (dependence on technologies, growth of social inequality, etc.). …”
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A review of internal communication research in South Africa by Lucinda Bella-May Sutton

“…Research articles on internal communication that were written from a corporate communication and public relations perspective that had been published in three peer-reviewed scholarly communication journals in South Africa were systematically reviewed. …”
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An “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism under cascading risk for cross-regional water rights trading by Xuxia Li, Huimin Wang, Gang Liu, Liu Yang, Zhou Fang, Yi Xiao, Xiaoying Lai, Li Gao, Ying Teng

“…Empirical results and practical applications reveal several key findings. (1) A comparative analysis of national governance across different countries indicates that the quasi-market pricing mechanism effectively determines end use water prices in China. (2) Initial corporate and government investments mitigate trading risks and enhance stability. (3) Overlooking ecosystem service value leads to the undervaluation of initial and end use water prices. (4) Practical applications of the proposed mechanism in Inner Mongolia, China, and the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, demonstrate that end use water prices are generally higher in water-scarce regions. …”
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Asociación entre hipoalbuminemia y toxicidad por quimioterapia en pacientes adultos mayores oncológicos by Valeria Prado, Giuliana Ramos, Ricardo Alor, Laura Cervantes, Ericson L. Gutiérrez, Carlos Neyra-Rivera, Fernando M. Runzer-Colmenares, Francisco F. Parodi

“…Resultados: Se encontró asociación entre hipoalbuminemia (HR= 1,03; IC95 %: 1,01-1,04), edad (HR= 1,02; IC95 %: 1,01-1,04), malnutrición (HR= 1,1; IC95 %: 1,05-1,21), diabetes mellitus (HR= 1,05; IC95 %: 1,00-1,12), porcentaje de grasa corporal (HR= 0,97; IC95 %: 0,92 - 0,99) y la toxicidad por quimioterapia. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ESG PRACTICES ON THE RISK PORTFOLIO OF LISTED OIL AND GAS FIRMS IN NIGERIA USING A MULTILAYERED CRITERION by Joseph Olorunfemi Akande

“…This study provides key insights into how ESG engagement in Nigerian oil and gas firms may influence firm stability, resilience, and investor confidence, underscoring the role of signalling theory in linking ESG performance to enhanced corporate valuation. …”
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Economic consequences of the phenomenon of uberization on the example of the services of selected carriers in the transport industry by Nina Stępnicka, Grygorii Monastyrskyi, Beata Sadowska, Robert Walasek, Paulina Wiączek, Grzegorz Zimon

“…Although the name of the trend was not formalized by the Uber corporation, it appeared a few years later to describe certain dependencies that emerged in the economy and that gained importance not only in the field of transportation services, but also in the field of finance, in the labor market, or in relation to the real estate market. …”
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BP « Deepwater Horizon » du Golfe du Mexique à l’Afrique : un tournant pour l’industrie pétrolière ? by Géraud Magrin, Bopp van Dessel

“…Taking place in the national waters of the world’s first oil consumer and affecting one of the more advanced oil major in Corporate Social Responsibility, this accident may turn out to be a land mark for environmental management in the sector. …”
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Comparing myocardial perfusion scan findings in patients with and without Covid-19 by Bahar Moasses-Ghafari, Sahar Choupani, Sajed Jahanbin, Reza Lotfi, Khaled Rahmani

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study of 750 patients requiring myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) who were referred to the nuclear medicine center of Kowsar Hospital, a teaching hospital in Sanandaj, the center of Kurdistan Province in north-western Iran. …”
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CUSTO-BENEFÍCIO DE PROGRAMA DE EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO PARA REDUÇÃO DE PESO EM ADULTOS by Gabriela Kaiser Fullin Castanho, Christiane de Faria C. Ravagnani, Mônica Yara Gabriel Morelli, Roberto Carlos Burini

“…Aferiu-se pesoe estatura para cálculo do Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Considerou-se R$0,79/pessoa/ano o custo da hospitalização relacionada à obesidade e do programa R$1.580,00/mês. …”
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Efeito da recuperação ativa versus passiva em programa de exercícios intervalados de predomínio anaeróbio by Dartel Ferrari de Lima, Maria das Graças Anguera Lima, Rene Anguera Lima

“…Foram utilizados seis corredores amadores do sexo masculino (idade 19,67 ± 1,63 anos, massa corporal de 74,33 ± 5,2 kg e estatura de 1,77 ± 0,71 metros). …”
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Influence of DPYD Genetic Polymorphisms on 5-Fluorouracil Toxicities in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis by Qiang Li, Ying Liu, Hong-Mei Zhang, Yin-Peng Huang, Tian-Yi Wang, Dong-Sheng Li, Hong-Zhi Sun

“…Meta-analyses were conducted with the use of STATA software (Version 12.0, Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA). Seven clinical cohort studies with a total of 946 CRC patients met our inclusion criteria, and NOS scores of each of the included studies were ≥5. …”
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GASTO ENERGÉTICO ESTIMADO DE MULHERES IDOSAS EM AULAS DE GINÁSTICA E DURANTE A CAMINHADA by Fernanda Cruciani, Timóteo Araújo, Sandra Matsudo, Victor Matsudo, Aylton Figueira Junior, Vagner Raso

“…Foram avaliadas 17 mulheres com idade média de 65 ± 5,5, 70,0 ± 10,8 kg de massa corporal, estatura 156,5 ± 6,8 cm e adiposidade 22,1 ± 2,5 mm. …”
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THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF FRANCE IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA by Juraj Ondriaš, Mykola Palinchak, Kateryna Brenzovych

“…This is primarily accomplished through French multinational corporations, which have historical ties to the French government and which exert dominant control over the extraction of the aforementioned mineral resources in the countries under examination. …”
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Gazprom on the European Market: In Search of the Balance between the Principles of Competition and Energy Security by V. I. Salygin, N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…Besides disputes at the corporate level significant differences still remain about the well-known Third energy package, which effectively prohibits Gazprom to own and operate gas pipelines on the territory of the EU, as well as binding it to provide a third party access to gas pipelines. …”
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Security Challenges: Appraisal of Threats to Nigeria’s Sovereignty in the Fourth Republic (1999-2019) by Olanrewaju Rafiu Memud, Solomon A. Ojo

“…In the recent past, insecurity has been the greatest challenge to Nigeria‟s corporate existence as a sovereign state.Ironically, these challenges are not externally propelled rather, they areinternally impelled byinter-ethnic conflict, religious insurrection, electoral violence, banditry, kidnapping, ritualism, pipeline vandalism, separatists‟ agitation, and farmers[1]herders crises among many others.These generate insecurity in the polity to the boiling point of fractured and failed state.The objective of the study, therefore, is to investigate the nexus between internally induced insecurity and failed stateposture experienced in the Nigeria‟s Fourth Republic. …”
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Some Problems of Legal Regulation of Employer’s Labor Legal Personality as a Party to Contract by S. V. Vereitin

“…The norms of the Labor Code of Ukraine and the drafts of the Labor Code of Ukraine in regard to labor legal personality of the corporate employer and the employer being an individual have been researched. …”
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Carbon utilization and storage through rehabilitation of groundwater wells by Vivek V. Patil, Gabriella Basso, Steven Catania, Christopher Catania, Timothy Ostapuk, Robert Vince

“…With almost every major corporation around the world working towards their “net-zero goals”, it is becoming increasingly important to have more technologies that can help reduce carbon footprint. …”
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