Democratic Practices and Local Government Elections in Nigeria: Demystifying the Emerging Issues by Timothy Onimisi

“…A periodic election, which is the core feature of democracy through which the people at the grassroots freely participate in the process of selection of their leaders and to ensure the legitimacy of the local government council, unfortunately, remains elusive in Nigeria. …”
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Active Power Filter DC Bus Voltage Piecewise Reaching Law Variable Structure Control by Baolian Liu, Zujun Ding, Huanyu Zhao, Defei Jin

“…The DC bus voltage stability control is one key technology to ensure that Active Power Filter (APF) operates stably. …”
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An Efficient Distributed Scheduling Algorithm for Mobility Support in IEEE 802.15.4e DSME-Based Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks by Yun-Sung Lee, Sang-Hwa Chung

“…Moreover, it is very important to ensure the timeliness of the data collected through the sensor nodes. …”
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Safety Management in Sea Reclamation Construction: A Case Study of Sanya Airport, China by Jinchao Ma, Wei Zhong, Xiaoliu Zhu

“…Finally, control measures are adopted to ensure a safe vibration and sinking procedure for the steel cylinders. …”
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Round-Trip Emergency Supply Distribution Model Based on Nonfixed Routes by Yanli Tang, Ying Xiong, Ying Chen

“…In the face of increasing natural or man-made disasters, rapid and effective emergency dispatch and organization are of great significance to ensure the life safety of people and reduce social losses. …”
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Provision of essential resources as a persistence strategy in food webs by Raatz, Michael

“…Such higher-order interactions are important structural components of natural food webs that can increase the stability of communities against perturbations and ensure continued ecosystem functioning. Particularly the flux of rare organic and inorganic compounds that are essential to species in the community can create higher-order interactions. …”
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Internal Control Systems and Financial Performance of NGOS: A Case of Association Of Volunteers In Service International (Avsi) Kabale Branch - Uganda. by Agwate, Doreen

“…Policies and procedures should also exist to ensure that decisions are made with appropriate approvals.…”
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CNN-Based Object Recognition and Tracking System to Assist Visually Impaired People by Fahad Ashiq, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Sadia Zafar, Khalid Masood, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Ik Hyun Lee

“…In this work, a smart and intelligent system is designed for VIPs to assist mobility and ensure their safety. The proposed system provides navigation in real-time using an automated voice. …”
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Experimental Operation of a Prototype 750C Advanced Chloride Molten Salt Bellows Valve by Kenneth Armijo, Aaron Overacker, Ansel Blumenthal, Jeffrey Parish, Michael Nelson, Ivica Radman, Javier Martell

“…This valve stem heat pipe is designed to facilitate natural circulation within the bonnet to ensure robust operation, during both nominal and transient thermal operation. …”
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Minimum elements for reporting a feasibility assessment of algorithms based on routinely collected health data for multi-jurisdiction use: Health Data Research Network Canada recom... by Naomi Hamm, Sharon Bartholomew, Yinshan Zhao, Sandra Peterson, Saeed Al-Azazi, Kimberlyn McGrail, Lisa Lix

“…These guidelines may benefit from additional elements that capture aspects particular to multi-jurisdiction algorithm feasibility studies and ensure their reproducibility. The aim of this paper is to identify the minimum elements for reporting feasibility studies to ensure reproducibility and transparency. …”
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Employee Training and The Adoption of E-Government in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Jinja Local Government by Mugavu, George, Mbabazi, Phelix Businge, Baremwire, Mary Bekoreire, Mucunguzi, Abel

“…These findings thus implied that there was need for officials in the local government to continuously strengthen the training function in the area of information communication technologies (ICTs) in order to ensure the effective adoption of E government in Jinja District local government since training was revealed to have a significant moderate positive relationship with the adoption of E-government in Jinja Local government. …”
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The Influence of Buckling Mode and Buckling Stability Coefficient of Rigid-Frame Bridge during Construction in Cold Region by Jiangjiang Li, Xuanyu Zhang, Xiandong Wang

“…The study aims to further standardize the construction process, improve the construction quality, and ensure the stability of infrastructure construction. …”
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The Role of Psychology Towards Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing in South Africa by Ntombophelo Sithole-Tetani

“…The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as it is known, is a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The third SDG, ‘Good Health and Wellbeing,’ aims to ensure healthy lives, promote well-being for all ages, and halt and reverse global illnesses such as HIV, tuberculosis, and the COVID-19 pandemic, etc. …”
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Transmission Line Condition Monitoring Method Based on Binocular Vision and Edge Computing for Line Changing Robot by Zheng Lu, Jiazhen Duan, Xiaoqiang Chen, Yang Chen

“…In this method, the fuzzy PID control method is adopted to ensure that the wire removal robot can realize high-precision and rapid response control and effectively improve the collection quality of the cable image sample set. …”
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Le contrôle du corps des femmes à travers l’histoire. Essai de mise en perspective de la question de la santé sexuelle et reproductive des femmes dans le monde arabe by Sophie Bessis

“…This control is exercised according to particular modalities in different civilizations but always aims to control female sexuality so as to ensure the reproductive function for the benefit of the group of males. …”
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The influence of notch connection location on the short-term behaviour of timber-concrete composite beams, modelling of TCC beams and research for optimal locations, a numerical st... by Hedmessaoud Zine Laabidine, Boudaoud Zeineddine

“…Timber-concrete composite beams, known as TCC beams, have been widely used in rehabilitation or in new buildings where several types of connections are commonly inserted to ensure partial composite action between the timber joist and the concrete slab. …”
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Budgetary and tax policy at the present stage and its role in forming budgets of different levels by N. Z. Zotikov

“…Budgetary and tax policy is designed to ensure sustainable development of the Russian economy on the basis of modernization, to improve the living standards of the population by reducing social inequality, and to adapt the budget system to modern realities. …”
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Task-Based Optimization of CT Trajectories Using a Learned Defect Visibility Metric by Linda-Sophie Schneider, Anshul Dhingra, Andreas K. Maier

“…In such cases, alternative trajectory designs are required to ensure accurate reconstructions, especially for capturing critical details such as defects or regions of interest. …”
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Using Participatory Crowdsourcing in South Africa to Create a Safer Living Environment by Bhaveer Bhana, Stephen Flowerday, Aharon Satt

“…However, the data collected must be of a certain quality in order to ensure that effective and efficient decisions are made. …”
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A fault tolerant control for iced aircraft based on fixed-time incremental dynamic inversion with FTESO by JIANG Feihong, LIU Xiaoxiong, LIU Zhenbao, LI Yu, CHEN Jiaxin

“…Moreover, the control method can ensure that the aircraft state errors converge to a stable region in a fixed time, and the convergence time does not depend on initial errors. …”
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