CHALLENGES FACING CONTRACTORS IN THE EXECUTION OF PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE by Emmanuel Omopariola, Jacob Olusegun Ilori, Abimbola Olukemi Windapo

“…The findings indicate that difficulties in obtaining financial aid, delayed payment by the client and poor leadership skills of the project manager are topmost challenges facing the contractor in the execution of public building projects. …”
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“The Early Years are Like a Foundation for the Future” Perspectives, Facilitators, and Challenges of Anganwadi Workers in Supporting Early Child Development Interventions in Hydera... by Gitanjali Lall, Reetabrata Roy, Kunduru Sharath Chandrika, Gauri Divan

“…They are aware of factors that can aid as well as hinder child growth and development, but their understanding of play is limited to games played by older children. …”
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Cerebral Arterial Stenosis Detection Based on a Retained Two-Stage Detection Algorithm by Hanqing Liu, Xiaojun Li, Jin Wei, Xiaodong Kang

“…Stroke is one of the fatal diseases worldwide, and its primary mechanism is produced by cerebrovascular stenosis, blockages, or embolisms. Computer-aided diagnosis can assist clinical practitioners in identifying cerebrovascular anomalies, elucidating the precise lesions’ location in the patients, and providing guidance for clinical therapy. …”
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Investigating food allergy awareness and attitudes among teachers in primary schools: current status and opportunities for enhancement by Amal H. Aljohani, Abeer Mutair Alshamani, Afnan Ahmed Aljohani, Aisha Saad Almohammadi, Bushra Saad Alharbi, Deena Faraj Altarjami, Reyouf Samer Alsaedi

“…Only 15.4% of the teachers knew that an epinephrine autoinjector was the first aid measurement to be taken. Additionally, 39.9% of the teachers reported that the school does not have an action plan for dealing with students with food allergies. …”
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Unravelling the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on hemostatic and complement systems: a systems immunology perspective by Didar Murad, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Maryum Nisar

“…Additionally, the regulation of C5b-9 could aid in lysing the virus and/or infected cells. In conclusion, this study explains the regulatory mechanisms of the hemostatic and complement systems and illustrates how the biopathway machinery sustains the balance between activation and inhibition. …”
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Information Technology: Its Literacy, Use, and Impact on Education through Distance Learning: A Cross-sectional Study in Health Sciences Universities in KSA and Pakistan by Abdullah Rabah Alanazi, Abdullah Mohammed Alshalawi, Faisal Abdulaziz Alamri, Arslan Shahid, Syed Sameer Aga, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Shahid Mahmood

“…Conclusion: The majority of students in this study were inclined to have online teaching and evaluation, but only as an aid to conventional systems of curriculum delivery. …”
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BORDER MANAGEMENT, ARMED BANDITRY AND TERRORISM MITIGATION IN NIGERIA by ODE AGI OKO

“… The greatest social, human and economic challenge facing Nigeria today is the menace of both international, national and local terrorism that is adversely aided by strong force of religious extremism, porosity of borderline and cross-border security challenges and crime in its highest wave. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEVICE FOR LIMITING TENSION OF THE WIRE IN A SHORT CIRCUIT by I. I. Sergey, E. G. Panamarenka, Ya. A. Potachits

“…This method was used for modification of the computer program of calculation of electrodynamic stability. With the aid of the computer program it was demonstrated that the installation of the tension damper makes it possible to cut off peaks of the tension of wire in a short circuit at the initial stage of movement of the conductors. …”
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Performance Assessment of GaAs Pocket-Doped Dual-Material Gate-Oxide-Stack DG-TFET at Device and Circuit Level by Km. Sucheta Singh, Satyendra Kumar, Saurabh Chaturvedi, Kapil Dev Tyagi, Vaibhav Bhushan Tyagi

“…Using the Silvaco Technology Computer-Aided Design tool, the comparison covers DC characteristics, analog/RF behavior, and circuit-level assessments. …”
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EFFECTS OF MUNG BEAN FLOUR ON SPONGE CAKE QUALITY by PETYA N. RAEVA, MARIANNA R. BAEVA, DIMITAR R. DIMITROV

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The increasing need for Geographical Information Technology (GIT) tools in Geoconservation and Geotourism by Mark Williams, Melinda McHenry

“…By way of an interview of prominent global geoconservation and geotourism professionals conducted in 2018, we show that approximately 25% of the surveyed workforce use some type of GIT tool to aid in decision support, decision making, or for communication(s) of inventory elements and features of interest. …”
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An Overview on the Role of Relative Humidity in Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Indoor Environments by Ajit Ahlawat, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sumit Kumar Mishra

“…It is also possible that small viral particles may enter into indoor environments from the various emission sources aided by environmental factors such as relative humidity, wind speed, temperature, thus representing a type of an aerosol transmission. …”
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Solution of Extraordinary Differential Equations with Physical Reasoning by Obtaining Modal Reaction Series by Shantanu Das

“…Extra Ordinary Differential equation Systems and its solution, with Physical Principle, of action-reaction and equivalent mathematical decomposition method, are obtained as an aid for Physicists and Engineers to tackle the process dynamics with ease. …”
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Tele-counseling services for COVID-19 patients: Experiences from a state mental health institute in South India by Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Kannappa V. Shetty, K Ashalatha, Urmila Bamney, GM Sachetha

“…It is possible to provide such psychological first aid using information technology.…”
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Explainable correlation-based anomaly detection for Industrial Control Systems by Ermiyas Birihanu, Imre Lendák

“…This enhanced performance aids ICS engineers and decision-makers in identifying the root causes of anomalies. …”
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LEGO, fishbowls, and collaboration by Rebecca Edgerley, Russell Crawford

“…Firstly, the session plan and 9 Domains framework offers colleagues in higher education a tangible evaluative aid for provoking, tracing, and documenting collaborative practices. …”
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Effect of Irrigation Regime and Fertilization on Recovery of Dicamba Injured Soybean by Wesley France, Jason Norsworthy, Trent Roberts, Jeremy Ross, Tom Barber, Edward Gbur

“…While an increase in yield due to neither irrigation nor fertilization was observed, these results may help improve understanding of the effect of low-dose dicamba on soybean and aid producers making management decisions.…”
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Randomized Controlled Study of 3D Print Fingerboard and Traditional Fingerboard on Treatment of Stroke Patients with Finger Spasm by Kai WANG, Yiting SHI, Wen HE, Jing YUAN, Yuan LI, Xiaolin PAN, Cuilian ZHAO

“…Compared with before treatment, the hand grip strength index in the treatment group rose (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01), and the finger muscle tension in two groups decreased and the hand function improved (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).Conclusion:3D print fingerboard has the features of accurate and personalization as rehabilitation aids. Compared with traditional fingerboard, 3D print fingerboard has more conducive to the treatment of stroke patients with finger spasm.…”
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Virtual Mentoring for Medical Physicists: Results of a Global Online Survey by Jacob Van Dyk, Matt Jalink, L. John Schreiner, Robert Jeraj

“…Purpose: Medical physics professional development is limited in parts of the globe and can be aided by virtual mentoring. A global online perception survey was conducted to elucidate the characteristics of the preferred virtual mentoring program. …”
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Reporting and interpreting statistical results in veterinary medicine: Calling for change by Hsin‐Yi Weng, Locksley L. McV. Messam

“…We also describe confidence interval functions and show their utility as visual tools in aiding interpretation of confidence intervals. By providing practical guidance, we show that a change in reporting and interpreting statistical results is feasible and necessary. …”
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