Green supply chain management: An empirical study in enhancing green economic performance by Chriss Narick Mangoukou Ngouapegne, Elizabeth Chinomona, Welby Vandrys Loury Okoumba

“…Objectives: By examining how GSCM techniques affect green economic performance (GEP) in Gauteng province’s industrial sector, the current study aims to close this gap. Green supply chain management techniques were examined in this study in the areas of green distribution (GD), manufacturing and purchasing. …”
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Measuring child food poverty: understanding the gap to achieving minimum dietary diversity by Sebastian Vollmer, Arnaud Laillou, Nora Albers, Simeon Nanama

“…Available, affordable and culturally accepted food groups are identified that could be prioritised in interventions to close this gap. …”
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transforming Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): by Mugisha, Justin, Francis Adyanga, Akena, Ocan, Johnson

“…The study demonstrates how AI enables SMEs to improve competitiveness, streamline operations, and conform to sustainability objectives by tackling particular issues such as scarce resources, operational inefficiencies, and cyber threats. The study closes knowledge gaps in how SMEs, particularly those with limited resources, might benefit from affordable AI tools and platforms. …”
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Triple-Parameter Optimization of Linezolid 600mg Tablets: Dissolution, HPLC, and UV Spectrophotometric Evaluation by Syed Akif uddin, Lubna Bashir, Shazia Naz, Humera Naz, Hira Akther, Saima Yasin Baig, Faiza Akhtar

“…By using both UV Spectrophotometric and High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) methodologies, the study specifically aims to close the gap in assessing the bioequivalence and quality consistency of various brands. …”
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Social Grants Impact on Household Livelihoods: Empirical Evidence from International Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa by Jonas Nzabamwita, Emmanuel Ndhlovu

“…This article seeks to close this gap by examining the role of social grants in migrants’ livelihoods in Cape Town, South Africa. …”
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An intelligent incentive-based demand response program for exhaustive environment constrained techno-economic analysis of microgrid system by Bishwajit Dey, Gulshan Sharma, Pitshou N. Bokoro, Soham Dutta

“…An incentive-based demand response (IBDR) is introduced in the proposed work to close this gap and promote load curtailment during peak hours. …”
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Vaccination status and hepatitis A immunity in children: insights from a large-scale study in Turkey by Metin Yigit, Furkan Kalayci

“…Conclusion These findings underscore the critical need for targeted interventions to close vaccination gaps, especially among older, unvaccinated children who exhibit lower immunity levels. …”
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The syntactic features and emotional impact of Xitsonga interjections by Respect Mlambo, Madala C. Hlungwani

“…This article aims to close this gap by exploring these aspects. Employing a qualitative approach, the data were collected through corpus-based methods by extracting relevant words, phrases and sentences featuring interjections from published Xitsonga drama texts. …”
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Modification of Teaching/Learning Strategies of University Teaching Staff by O. A. Dyomina, I. A. Tepleneva

“…Having analyzed the results of pilot studies, shortcomings of conventional teaching and statistical information on graduate employment, the authors have stated the fact that neither conventional teaching nor the so-called innovative educational technologies could close the gap between educational aims and results. The acute shortage of up-dated theoretical psychological and peda gogical knowledge as well as the lack of due consideration for reimagining of teaching/learning strategies have been suggested as the deep-rooted causes of this gap. …”
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Scaling up of parenting support to prevent violence against children in Tanzania: insights from policymakers and service providers by Sabine van Tuyll van Serooskereken Rakotomalala, Kija Nyalali, Joyce Wamoyi, Onduru Gervas Onduru, Gerry Mshana, F. Marijn Stok, Mara A. Yerkes, John B. F. De Wit

“…Understanding these barriers and facilitators will allow Tanzanian policymakers and service providers to further close the gap between the policies and the actual implementation of evidence-based parenting support programmes aimed at preventing violence against children.…”
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A genome-wide association study identified SNP markers and candidate genes associated with morphometric fruit quality traits in mangoes by Shamseldeen Eltaher, Jin Li, Barbie Freeman, Sukhwinder Singh, Gul Shad Ali

“…Conclusions To choose the most promising mango accessions for future breeding and for closing genetic gaps among the accessions and increasing genetic diversity, a new selection method is suggested based on phenotypic traits such as high-yielding mango fruit cultivars, number of reference alleles, and genetic distance among the selected genotypes. …”
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Application of alternative <i>de novo</i> motif recognition models for analysis of structural heterogeneity of transcription factor binding sites: a case study of FOXA2 binding sit... by A. V. Tsukanov, V. G. Levitsky, T. I. Merkulova

“…However, application of these models was usually limited only to comparing their recognition accuracies with that of PWMs, while none of the analyses of the co-prediction and relative positioning of hits of different models in peaks has yet been performed. To close this gap, we propose the pipeline called MultiDeNA. …”
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Addressing cancer care inequities in sub-Saharan Africa: current challenges and proposed solutions by Olabode Omotoso, John Oluwafemi Teibo, Festus Adebayo Atiba, Tolulope Oladimeji, Oluwatomiwa Kehinde Paimo, Farid S. Ataya, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Athanasios Alexiou

“…Methodology Using available literature, we provide an overview of the current state of cancer care in Africa and recommendations to close the gap. Results We highlight several factors that contribute to cancer care inequity in Africa, including inadequate funding for cancer research, poor cancer education or awareness, inadequate screening or diagnostic facilities, lack of a well-organized and effective cancer registry system and access to care, shortage of specialized medical staff, high costs for screening, vaccination, and treatment, lack of technical capacity, poor vaccination response, and/or late presentation of patients for cancer screening. …”
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Perennial disaster patterns in Central Europe since 2000 and implications for hospital preparedness planning – a cross-sectional analysis by Maik von der Forst, Maximilian Dietrich, Felix C. F. Schmitt, Erik Popp, Markus Ries

“…An overlap of hospital admissions due to seasonal effects and catastrophic events, mainly triggered by disasters of natural cause in vulnerable periods may lead to a partial collapse of the health care system. To close knowledge gaps, future comprehensive data collection is vital for informed decision-making. …”
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ARMTRAJ: a set of multipurpose trajectory datasets augmenting the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility measurements by I. Silber, J. M. Comstock, M. R. Kieburtz, L. M. Russell

“…Here, we describe ARMTRAJ (<span class="uri">https://doi.org/10.5439/2309851</span>, Silber, 2024a; <span class="uri">https://doi.org/10.5439/2309849</span>, Silber, 2024b; <span class="uri">https://doi.org/10.5439/2309850</span>, Silber, 2024c; <span class="uri">https://doi.org/10.5439/2309848</span>, Silber, 2024d), a set of multipurpose trajectory datasets that helps close this gap in ARM deployments. Each dataset targets a different aspect of atmospheric research, including the analysis of surface, planetary boundary layer, distinct liquid-bearing cloud layers, and (primary) cloud decks. …”
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A Digital Tool (Technology-Assisted Problem Management Plus) for Lay Health Workers to Address Common Mental Health Disorders: Co-production and Usability Study in Pakistan by Maham Saleem, Shamsa Zafar, Thomas Klein, Markus Koesters, Adnan Bashir, Daniela C Fuhr, Siham Sikander, Hajo Zeeb

“…While digital technologies to foster mental health care have the potential to close treatment gaps and address the issues of quality control, their development requires context-specific, interdisciplinary, and participatory approaches to enhance impact and acceptance. …”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on Girl Child Education in Buhunga Sub-County Uganda. by Twikirize, Edwig

“…Education is a global concern that closes the gap between social classes for safer communities. …”
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Women's experiences and acceptability of self-administered, home delivered, intravaginal 5-Fluorouracil cream for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya by Konyin Adewumi, Aparna Ghosh Kachoria, Everlyn Adoyo, Mercy Rop, Mercy Rop, Antony Owaya, Jennifer H. Tang, Jennifer H. Tang, Lisa Rahangdale, Lisa Rahangdale, Lisa Rahangdale, Chemtai Mungo, Chemtai Mungo, Chemtai Mungo

“…Scalable solutions like self-administered topical therapies can help close this gap. In a recent Phase I trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05362955), we demonstrated safety and adherence to self-administered intravaginal 5% 5-Fluorouracil (5FU) cream as an adjuvant therapy for cervical precancer among women living with HIV (WLWH) in rural Kenya. …”
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Standardised packaging, minimum excise tax, and RYO focussed tax rise implications for UK tobacco pricing. by Rosemary Hiscock, Nicole H Augustin, J Robert Branston, Anna B Gilmore

“…RYO price increases did not close the gap to FM pricing levels despite RYO focussed tax increases. …”
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