The Role of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Promoting Access to Women's Education in Northwestern Nigeria: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) by Shehu Usman Adamu, Bala Kwata Waziri, Adewale Adesina, Babangida Iro

“…L’étude a également examiné les facultés où ces femmes se sont inscrites au cours des 4 dernières années afin de déterminer le rôle de l’enseignement ouvert et à distance dans l’accès des femmes à l’enseignement supérieur. Un total de Vingt-cinq mille trois cent seize femmes inscrites à l’Université Ouverte du Nigéria au cours de la période considérée, le centre d’études de Kaduna ayant le chiffre le plus élevé de 8.791, suivi par Kano avec 4.995 avec Katsina, Dutse, Sokoto, Gusau et Birnin Kebbi totalisant 2554, 1 607, 1 129, 1 000 et 971 respectivement, tandis que les autres petits centres du Nord-Ouest comptaient 4 263. …”
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Knowledge and Lifestyle-Associated Prevalence of Obesity among Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetic Clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumas... by Yaa Obirikorang, Christian Obirikorang, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Acheampong, Nyalako Dzah, Caroline Nkrumah Akosah, Emmanuella Batu Nsenbah

“…Prevalence of obesity is high among diabetic patient and thus increasing effort towards developing and making education programs by focusing on adjusting to lifestyle modifications is required.…”
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Radiative properties and QPOs around charged black hole in Kalb–Ramond gravity by Shokhzod Jumaniyozov, Muhammad Zahid, Mirzabek Alloqulov, Inomjon Ibragimov, Javlon Rayimbaev, Sardor Murodov

“…Finally, we explore the radiative properties of the accretion disk around the charged black hole in KR gravity, such as the total radiation flux, accretion disc temperature, and differential luminosity.…”
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Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the SCHNOS in French by Marie-Renée Atallah, Daniel Milad, Youcef-Hamza Benamer, Mikhail Saltychev, Sam P. Most, Sami P. Moubayed

“…All four SCHNOS-O items were equally “important” in defining the total score. The F-SCHNOS-C total score was defined by mostly four out of six items. …”
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Evaluation of Intestinal Parasite Infection in Low and High Coverage of Graduated Households, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative-Based Crosssectional Study by Desalegn Andargie, Yalewayker Tegegne, Ligabaw Worku

“…A community-based crosssectional study was conducted from February to June, 2019. A total of 478 participants were enrolled in this study by using a multistage sampling technique. …”
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Determinants of subjective well-being among migrant and local elderly in China: a cross-sectional study by Chonghua Wan, Rassamee Sangthong, Liu Yuxi, Thammasin Ingviya

“…It particularly focuses on the extent to which and the ways in which the residential environment of migrant and local elderly influences their SWB.Design A cross-sectional study.Setting Our study was conducted in Dongguan City, China.Participants Two groups of elderly (aged >60 years), including migrants and local residents, were recruited. A total of 470 migrants and 422 local residents participated in this study.Main outcome measures SWB was assessed by the Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness.Results The community-level health facility density had a positive association with SWB (B=0.38, p<0.01), whereas the financial facility density had a negative association (B=−0.42, p<0.01). …”
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Clinical Differences between Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by Guangming Dai, Yajuan Ran, Jiajia Wang, Xingru Chen, Junnan Peng, Xinglong Li, Huojin Deng, Min Xiao, Tao Zhu

“…Thus, this study was aimed at exploring the clinical differences between eosinophilic and noneosinophilic AECOPD. Methods. A total of 643 AECOPD patients were enrolled in this multicenter cross-sectional study. …”
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FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİM İNSANLARINA YÖNELİK GENEL BİLGİ DÜZEYLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ by Yüksel Tufan, Şule Sahın, Davud Sarıtaş

“…Araştırma, nicel araştırma yönteminin bir deseni olan tarama modeline göre tasarlanmıştır. Veri toplamada araştırmacılar tarafından yapılandırılmış olan açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket kullanılmıştır. …”
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TALCOTT PARSONS VE NİKLAS LUHMANN’DA MEŞRUİYET DÜŞÜNCESİ: ÖRGÜTSEL VE İŞLEMSEL MEŞRUİYET - LEGITIMACY CONCEPTIONS OF TALCOTT PARSONS AND NIKLAS LUHMANN: ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCEDUR... by Tuncer Fidan

“…Bu çalışmadaParsons ve Luhmann’ın sosyal sistem ve meşruiyet kavramlaştırmalarıtartışılarak bu kavramların tarihi-sosyolojik yaklaşım içindeki gelişim süreci betimlenmiştir.Parsons toplumun işlevsel sorunlarla mücadele şekillerine dayalı olarak sosyalsistem kavramlaştırması yaparken, Luhmann artan çevresel karmaşıklık karşısındasosyal sistemlerin karmaşıklık azaltıcı etkilerine ve otopoyiyetik değişme mekanizmalarınavurgu yapmaktadır. …”
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Road Pavement Information Modeling through Maintenance Scenario Evaluation by C. Oreto, S. A. Biancardo, N. Viscione, R. Veropalumbo, F. Russo

“…The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient BIM tool to help in road maintenance operations through the management of data arising from laboratory testing of road pavement bituminous materials required for the quality control of mixtures. …”
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Study on a Moisture Ratio Curve Model for Refractance Window Drying Based on a D-Optimal Mixture Design by Jingyu He, Weidong Song, Jianqiang Li, Tianhang Ding, Jian Guan, Jinji Wu, Jiaoling Wang

“…Here, an experiment on tomato pulp drying was carried out to study the drying characteristics of RW drying based on a D-optimal mixture design. …”
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Debris management after earthquake incidence in ancient City of Ray by L. Askarizadeh, A.R. Karbassi, M.B. Ghalibaf, J. Nouri

“…In this study, the past earthquake incidence in Ray was reviewed using hazards united states tool as a geographic information system-based natural hazard analysis tool. hazards united states tool was chosen to estimate the damage on structural and non-structural elements during various earthquake scenarios with magnitudes of 4.5, 6 and 7.5 on the Richter scale in Ray City. …”
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Factores psicosociales de riesgo asociados a conductas problemáticas en jóvenes infractores y no infractores by Ana María Sanabria, Ana Fernanda Uribe Rodríguez

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A Client-Centric Evaluation System to Evaluate Guest’s Satisfaction on Airbnb Using Machine Learning and NLP by Mohamed Chiny, Omar Bencharef, Moulay Youssef Hadi, Younes Chihab

“…Although many studies have been carried out in this direction, there are still gaps to be filled, particularly with regard to the apprehension of customers taking into account their category. In this study, we took a machine learning-based approach to examine 100,000 customer reviews left on the Airbnb platform to identify different dimensions that shape customer satisfaction according to each category studied (individuals, couples, and families). …”
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Osteosíntesis de radio y ulna con placa bloqueada en oso hormiguero gigante (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) by Sarah Manuela Stuart Gomez, Kelvin Pinto Acero, Gaston Roberto Gómez Castro

“…El presente reporte trata el caso de un Oso hormiguero gigante en el municipio de Yopal, Colombia, el cual ingresa al servicio veterinario por lesión en miembro torácico causado por accidente automovilístico. El tratamiento instaurado fue quirúrgico tras diagnosticar fractura de la diáfisis radio-ulnar. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofibril Films from Wood Fibre and Their Thermoplastic Polycarbonate Composites by S. Panthapulakkal, M. Sain

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF FINANCING AND STIMULATION OF RESEARCH WORK OF UNIVERSITIES by Yuri V. Mezdrikov, Olga V. Belova

“…Today, one of the main goals of development of the system of higher education is making universities more globally competitive based on a rating assessment of their activities. …”
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Marine ecological information prediction by using adjacent location spatiotemporal deep learning model with ensemble learning techniques by Yue-Shan Chang, Shu-Ting Huang, Basanta Haobijam, Satheesh Abimannan, Takayuki Kushida

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Evaluación de la contaminación urbana por emisiones sonoras registradas con sonómetro y nodos sensores by Julia Martínez Gavilanes, Omar Delgado Inga, Ismael Vanegas Galindo, Darío Espinoza Saquicela, Francisco Salgado Castillo

“…El presente estudio tuvo dos componentes, el primero abarcó la evaluación del comportamiento sonoro en el área urbana de Cuenca-2019, en donde se realizaron monitoreos en 31 puntos distribuidos en la ciudad en función del tráfico promedio diario, uso del suelo y dinámicas de la población; se tomó como referencia la norma ambiental nacional TULSMA (Texto unificado de legislación secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente). …”
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Cibo e rifugiati nella città capitolina, tra pratiche di emergenza e tentativi di agentività by Donatella Schmidt, Giovanna Palutan

“…In this perspective, we suggest that both case-studies might find in the concept of agency a tool capable of making visible dynamics that would otherwise remain unspoken.…”
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