GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE by NNANA OKOI OFEM, NSAN KINGSLEY TIKU

“…If girls are offered equal opportunities both academically and, in their careers, they will grow up to enter the workplace assured that their talents and abilities will not be overlooked. …”
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Do “Top” Universities the Best in Everything? How the Status and the Size of Russian Universities Correlate to Student Engagement by N. G. Maloshonok

“…However, it remains unknown to what extent top Russian universities really differ in the quality of the educational process from other universities, and do not simply use their ability to admit the most talented and motivated students. …”
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Spatial Pattern Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Green Use Efficiency of Urban Construction Land in Jilin Province by Huisheng Yu, Ge Song, Tong Li, Yanjun Liu

“…The L-L concentration area is mainly distributed in the eastern region, but the degree of spatial concentration is small, the spatial structure characteristics of the two periods are different, and the spatial heterogeneity is large; (2) the internal factor decomposition shows the impact of pure technical efficiency on the comprehensive efficiency and the restriction ability is stronger than the scale efficiency, that is to say, the factors such as management and technology have a greater impact on the comprehensive efficiency; (3) the relative importance of external factors has always been ranked as socioeconomic factors, urban development factors, and natural science and technology factors. …”
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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies: A guide to interpreting the area under the curve value by Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Gökhan Aksel

“…The AUC value is a summary metric of the ROC curve that reflects the test’s ability to distinguish between diseased and nondiseased individuals. …”
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INFORMATION CULTURE AND INFORMATION SAFETY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN by E. G. Belyakova, E. V. Zagvyazinskaya, A. I. Berezentseva

“…Considering the lack of external filters on the way of harmful information streams, it is actually necessary to develop information culture of schoolchildren, their abilities to sensibly and critically interpret the information on the Internet, and choice of adequate behaviour models surfing the Web. …”
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Electroanalytical Methods as a Tool for Determining the Antioxidant Capacity in Blood Samples by Fernanda Gonçalves de Oliveira, Thiago da Silveira Alvares, Rodrigo de Siqueira Melo

“…These techniques offer notable advantages, such as high sensitivity, simplicity, and the ability to analyze complex biological samples rapidly. …”
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Mechanism of Action of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei HNU502 and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Alleviating Antibiotic Side Effects by CHEN Lin, LI Ao, LI Jiahe, ZHANG Zeng, ZHANG Jiachao

“…Probiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have attracted widespread attention due to their ability to restore the balance of the gut microbiota and alleviate various conditions. …”
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Cerebral organoids: a promising model in cellular technologies by T. A. Shnaider

“…However, significant differences in the brain structure compared to other animals do not allow considering all aspects of the human brain formation, which could play the main role in the development of unique cognitive abilities for human. Four years ago, Lancaster’s group elaborated human pluripotent stem cell-derived three-dimensional cerebral organoid technology, which opened a unique opportunity for researchers to model early stages of human neurogenesis in vitro. …”
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Persistence of Overseeded Cool-Season Grasses in Bermudagrass Turf by Thomas Serensits, Matthew Cutulle, Jeffrey F. Derr

“…When the overseeded grass persists beyond the spring; however, it becomes a weed. The ability of perennial ryegrass, Italian (annual) ryegrass, intermediate ryegrass, and hybrid bluegrass to persist in bermudagrass one year after seeding was determined. …”
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Investigating the trend of changes in the eastern county\'s of Lake Urmia and identification of areas capable of cultivating saline plants using remote sensing and GIS by Rahimeh Rostami, Ali Mohammad Khorshiddust, Mohammadreza Nikjoo, Hassan Mahmudzadeh

“…The ANP Fuzzy method was used to estimate the ability to cultivate rapeseed. Main criteria used in this research are topography, soil and meteorology. …”
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Galectin-3 Inhibitors Suppress Anoikis Resistance and Invasive Capacity in Thyroid Cancer Cells by Jie-Jen Lee, Yi-Chiung Hsu, Ying-Syuan Li, Shih-Ping Cheng

“…Both inhibitors decreased migratory and invasive abilities in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, GB1107 and TD139 treatment attenuated AKT phosphorylation and decreased the expression of β-catenin and MMP2. …”
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Health Status and Social Networks as Predictors of Resilience in Older Adults Residing in Rural and Remote Environments by Christine McKibbin, Aaron Lee, Bernard A. Steinman, Catherine Carrico, Katelynn Bourassa, Andrea Slosser

“…Each of these factors may be important to the ability of adults to remain in rural and remote communities as they age. …”
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A novel topology optimization of coverage-oriented strategy for wireless sensor networks by Shuxin Wang, Hairong You, Yinggao Yue, Li Cao

“…A novel head wolf mutation strategy is proposed, which increases the neighborhood search range of the optimal solution, enhances the uniformity of wolf pack distribution and the ergodicity ability of the wolf pack search, and greatly improves the calculation speed and the accuracy of the wolf pack algorithm. …”
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The impact of green HRM practices on green innovative work behaviour: empirical evidence from the hospitality sector of China and Pakistan by Karamat Khan, Eimad Hafeez Gogia, Zhen Shao, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Assad Ullah

“…This study is grounded in the AMO (ability, motivation, and opportunity) theory and organizational support theory. …”
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Integrated Gaussian Processes for Tracking by Fred Lydeard, Bashar I. Ahmad, Simon Godsill

“…Example results from real radar measurements and synthetic data are presented to demonstrate the ability of the proposed iGP modelling to facilitate more accurate tracking compared to conventional GP.…”
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Spermine Significantly Increases the Transfection Efficiency of Cationic Polymeric Gene Vectors by Yue Lv, Jiaoqin Xue, Pengfei Cui, Lin Qiu

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Non-viral vectors have gained recognition for their ability to enhance the safety of gene delivery processes. …”
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Effect of an inhaled glucocorticoid on reactive oxygen species production by bronchoalveolar lavage cells from smoking COPD patients by Gert T. Verhoeven, Annemarie J.M. Wijkhuijs, Herbert Hooijkaas, Henk C. Hoogsteden, Wim Sluiter

“…Apparently, heavy smoking impaired the ability of alveolar macrophages to produce ROS, which was not further decreased by FP.…”
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A Study on the Relationship between Sense of Disease Uncertainty and Family Strength and Mental Resilience in Guardians of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Jun Yan, Lin Luo

“…Uncertainty in illness of guardians reduces the ability of care and is not conducive to the treatment and recovery of children. …”
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The “Nixon China Shock” in the Mirror of Japanese Domestic Politics by V. V. Nelidov

“…The paper shows the decentralization of the foreign policy making process, expressed in the limited ability of the Prime Minister to determine foreign policy, the presence of considerable internal contradictions in the MoFA of Japan, the factionalism of the ruling party, and the high degree of dependency of the government’s policy course on the public opinion. …”
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A Study to Adapt “Puppet Interview Scales of Competence in and Enjoyment of Science” to Turkish Culture by Berrin Akman, Erhan Alabay, Mefharet Veziroglu Celik, Pinar Aksoy, Selahattin Gelbal

“…These scientific skills and children's orientation towards science such as awareness, attitude, proficiency, inquisitiveness, as well as interest and ability in researching, exploring, problem solving are especially enhanced by effective science education in early childhood. …”
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