Financial Inclusion and Access to Higher Education An Empirical Study of Selected Districts in Eastern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Sammy, Godfrey Poro, Denis, Sekiwu, Fabian, Mwosi, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…The study also establishes that a good number of students fail to meet admission requirements. Since students from low-income families attend high schools of low quality, they have insufficient understanding of some subjects, and thus unable to join higher education. …”
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Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections by Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Valentina Platzgummer, Erica M. Ferrer, Catalina López-Sagástegui, Rocío de Guadalupe Abud Mirabent, América Ávalos Galindo, Fabio Favoretto, Alfredo Giron-Nava, Isabel Mendoza Camacho, Claudia Núñez Sañudo, Marisol Plascencia de La Cruz, Alejandro Robles

“…Therefore, a new framework for marine area-based conservation and ecosystem restoration that reconciles the discrepancies between ecological recovery and socio-economic growth timelines is needed to effectively meet global biodiversity conservation targets. We introduce the concept of ‘Marine Prosperity Areas,’ (MPpA) an area-based conservation tool that prioritizes human prosperity as opposed to passively relying on ecosystem recovery to catalyze social change and economic growth. …”
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Nutritional Composition of Five Varieties of Pap Commonly Consumed in Maroua (Far-North, Cameroon) by Ponka Roger, Bouba Armand Abdou, Fokou Elie, Beaucher Eric, Piot Michel, Leonil Joëlle, Gaucheron Frédéric

“…Consumption of each pap (100 g) by children 1-2 year old would meet 9.86-17.46% and 0.08-19.51% of their daily recommended intake respectively for protein and minerals. …”
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Water security reframed using Water System Justice and Earth system boundaries, foundations, and corridor by Joyeeta Gupta, Joyeeta Gupta, Hilmer J. Bosch, Luc van Vliet

“…Applied quantitatively, this framework provides safe and just quantitative boundaries to water use (climate change and nutrients), and quantifies what is necessary to meet the minimum human rights of people worldwide for water (for WASH, food, energy, infrastructure) and translates this into pressures on the water system using the same units—thereby delineating a corridor of water that can be equitably shared by people. …”
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Study on Occurrence Mechanism of Coal Pillar in L-Shaped Zone during Fully Mechanized Mining Period and Prevention Technology by Zeng-qiang Yang, Hong-mei Wang, De-quan Sun, Xian-jian Ma, Ming-bao Xu, Nai-xin Si

“…The results show that a coal pillar with some confining pressure in the L-shaped zone is established by FLAC3D numerical simulation software, and the numerical simulation results indicate that the change in static load has a greater effect than dynamic load on coal pillar unstable failure; the static load plays a role in storing energy, and dynamic load plays a role in inducing rock burst; the bolt-mesh-cable support and high-pressure water jet unloading combined technology is put forward to prevent rock burst in roadways, and the numerical simulation results show that stress distribution of surrounding rock meets the model of strong-soft-strong (3S) structure, and the moment distribution is reasonable. …”
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Physicochemical Parameters and Bioactive Compounds of Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Honey by Pablo A. Ulloa, Miguel Maia, Amadeu F. Brigas

“…Results showed that the pollen analysis and physicochemical parameters were found within to meet international honey specifications. Significant differences (P<0.05) in results of ash content, EC, HMF, OP and colour when were compared with analogous famous Italian honey (Sardinia island). …”
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Enhancing Road Scene Segmentation With an Optimized DeepLabV3+ by Zhe Ren, Libao Wang, Tianming Song, Yihang Li, Jian Zhang, Fengfeng Zhao

“…Semantic segmentation, as a dense predictive task, is inevitably affected by various external factor, making common road image semantic segmentation models unable to meet dual demands of high accuracy and real-time performance in unstructured road scenarios. …”
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Drowsiness Detection in Drivers Using Facial Feature Analysis by Ebenezer Essel, Fred Lacy, Fatema Albalooshi, Wael Elmedany, Yasser Ismail

“…The adaptive frame threshold algorithm uses a counter to monitor the number of consecutive frames that meet the drowsiness criteria before triggering a warning. …”
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Wheat cultivars grain yield and quality traits variability under conditions of southern Pannonian plain by Timić Jovana, Dražić Tanja, Mirosavljević Milan, Jocković Bojan, Aćin Vladimir, Mikić Sanja, Brbaklić Ljiljana

“…In order to meet milling industry and grain producers' requirements, wheat grain needs to possess good technological quality, and high and stable grain production. …”
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GIS-based assessment of photovoltaic solar potential on building rooftops in equatorial urban areas by Andrés Idrovo-Macancela, Marco Velecela-Zhindón, Antonio Barragán-Escandón, Esteban Zalamea-León, Danilo Mejía-Coronel

“…Installing photovoltaic systems (PVs) on building rooftops is a viable and sustainable alternative to meet the growing demand for electricity in cities. …”
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Impact of Alternative Diets on Athletes: Analyzing Influence on Athletic Performance by Jolanta Mędyk, Michał Rogulski, Yauheniya Patarocha, Aleksandra Ślusarska, Paulina Błasiak, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Patryk Mikołajec, Ruslan Huk, Barbara Bilecka, Jakub Wirkijowski

“…Gaining a deeper insight into how diet affects athletic outcomes is crucial for designing nutritional strategies that meet the unique demands and goals of each athlete. …”
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LW-YOLO11: A Lightweight Arbitrary-Oriented Ship Detection Method Based on Improved YOLO11 by Jianwei Huang, Kangbo Wang, Yue Hou, Jiahe Wang

“…Most of the existing ship detection methods are difficult to use simultaneously to meet the requirements of high accuracy and speed. …”
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TCR Gene Transfer: MAGE-C2/HLA-A2 and MAGE-A3/HLA-DP4 Epitopes as Melanoma-Specific Immune Targets by Trudy Straetemans, Mandy van Brakel, Sabine van Steenbergen, Marieke Broertjes, Joost Drexhage, Joost Hegmans, Bart N. Lambrecht, Cor Lamers, Pierre van Der Bruggen, Pierre G. Coulie, Reno Debets

“…Candidate epitopes that meet these criteria are MAGE-C2336-344/HLA-A2 (MC2/A2) and MAGE-A3243-258/HLA-DP4 (MA3/DP4). …”
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[retracted] Assessment of geochemistry and reprocessing capacity of old copper tailings in Province of Benguet, Philippines by Alexandria Tanciongco, Jessie Samaniego, Cris Reven Gibaga, Rico Neil Quierrez, John Henry Gervasio, Angel Bautista VII, Carlo Arcilla

“…This study highlights a promising opportunity to recycle secondary sources of copper and gold, helping to meet the increasing demand for these metals driven by modern technological advancements.…”
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Model Predictive Control for Automatic Carrier Landing with Time Delay by Kaikai Cui, Wei Han, Yujie Liu, Xinwei Wang, Xichao Su, Jie Liu

“…The control accuracy of AD-MPC is much higher than that of the traditional pole assignment algorithm, and its computational efficiency meets the requirement of real-time online tracking.…”
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Study of Wind Loads and Wind Speed Amplifications on High-Rise Building with Opening by Numerical Simulation and Wind Tunnel Test by Fu-Bin Chen, Xiao-Lu Wang, Yun Zhao, Yuan-Bo Li, Qiu-Sheng Li, Ping Xiang, Yi Li

“…Facade openings have often been used as aerodynamic measures for wind-resistant design of high-rise buildings to meet the requirement of structural safety and comfort. …”
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Detection methods and biological treatment of typical organic compounds in tail water of chemical/pharmaceutical industrial parks by YANG Lei, FU Ruotong, JIN Wenhui, FU Shiying, SHAO Zhen, WANG Xueting, CHEN Chuan*

“…In order to meet the demand for the identification and detection of high-risk environmental pollutants in industrial park tail water, this paper adopted the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method to achieve the rapid qualitative analysis of alkanes, olefins, benzenes, ketones, alcohols, esters, acids, and other organics in the tail water of chemical/ pharmaceutical industrial parks. …”
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Feasibility and challenges of submerged culture of steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss for open ocean aquaculture in the United States by Michael Chambers, Michael Coogan, Michael Doherty, Chris Rillahan, Pal Lader, Willaim H. Howell

“…To meet growing seafood demands, the US aquaculture industry will need to consider farming the open ocean in a responsible manner. …”
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Cyclic testing of a steel-tube-enabled emulative precast column-to-column connection by Ming-Ming Ji, Ming-Ming Ji, Wei Chen, Shi Zeng, Yan Xiong, Xin-Yu Zhao

“…Precast systems are increasingly favored in modern construction to meet the growing demands for faster project delivery, cost control, and enhanced quality assurance. …”
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Cost Recovery for Variable-Speed Pumped Storage Power Plants in the Market Environment by Yonglai Li, Yue Fan, Xianbo Ke, Chao Huo, Ming Zhou, Yuxuan Yang, Jiaxing Wang, Yuhang Xin

“…However, the regulating capacity of traditional fixed-speed pumped storage units is limited and it is difficult to meet the increasing flexibility demands of system regulation. …”
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