BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Aliyu Abubakar, Yunusa Nasiru, Umar Abubakar

“…In addition, having more members with professional expertise will improve the decision making of the board and equally shape CSR performance. Board members with equity stake will align the interest of the managers with those of shareholders and likewise, focus more on long-term goals of the firm. …”
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FIRM SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: AN INSIGHT OF QUOTED COMPANIES ON THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE by Oluwaseyi Ayodele Adedipe, Sunday Azeita Okoughenu

“…Hence, this study recommends that managers of Nigerian quoted firms should lower the amount of cash spent on capital intensity, labour intensity and R&D intensity so that the value of profitability will increase; and the same time, dividend pay-out ratio will equally increase. In addition, inventory intensity and share price intensity of the firms should be maintained so as to continue paying good dividend to the shareholders that will lead the firm to achieve the shareholders’ value maximisation objective. …”
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Multiaircraft Optimal 4D Trajectory Planning Using Logical Constraints by Dinesh B. Seenivasan, Alberto Olivares, Ernesto Staffetti

“…In this paper, an embedding approach is employed to transform logical constraints in disjunctive form into inequality and equality constraints which involve only continuous auxiliary variables. …”
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Strategic planning of urban transportation system based on sustainable development dimensions using an integrated SWOT and fuzzy COPRAS approach by S.M. Hatefi

“…The results of SWOT analysis and the matrix of internal and external factors indicate that the internal and external evaluation factors are equal to 2.330 and 3.367, respectively, which means that Shahrekord transportation system holds a conservative situation. …”
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Serum Micronutrient Status of Haart-Naïve, HIV Infected Children in South Western Nigeria: A Case Controlled Study by H. C. Anyabolu, E. A. Adejuyigbe, O. O. Adeodu

“…Seventy age and sex matched HIV negative children were equally enrolled as the controls. Their social class, anthropometry, clinical stage, CD4 counts, serum zinc, selenium, and vitamin C were determined. …”
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New biomarkers for diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome by Farid I. Hassan, Mofeed F. Mohammed, Lamia H. Ali, Alaa A. M. Hussein

“…The study included two matched groups: group (1) involved 40 eligible women sonographically evaluated and biochemically diagnosed with PCOS (cases group). Group (2): equal number of normal women 40 in a ratio of 1 : 1 had been chosen in the (control group). …”
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Infantile and Juvenile Morbidity in Psychiatric Inpatients at Cienfuegos Province by Beatriz Sabina Roméu, Zenaida María Sáez, María Leyani Fuentes García, Niusha Imiya Hernández Muñoz, Daimí Sarmiento García

“…Suicide attempt represented half 50,9 % of all the diagnostic cases. 61,7% of them belonged to the age group 11 to 14 years of age and equal percentage to the age group that included ages 15 – 18, being females 66,6% of these cases . 31,7 % of the preschoolers suffered from hyperkinetic disorders and 34 % of the school children presented with emotional disturbances. …”
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Wae Bobok Tourism Potential: Mapping a Destination in West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara by L. K. Herindiyah Kartika Yuni, I Wayan Kartimin

“…The need for identification and mapping of potential is very essential to be better known by the wider community so that can achieve an equal visit and income. Mapping is carried out with a spatial analysis, which is an approach in geography to analyze and describe the geographical distribution of tourism data. …”
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Pochodzenie rodu Branickich herbu Gryf. Pogląd historyka ustroju i prawa by Tomasz Kruszewski

“…Although Adamus could not find more relevant arguments, which could be used against the ancestral tradition, he still stated that “tradition is not to be trusted equally as a tradition reaching a distant time segment.” …”
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Accurate Determination of Boron Content in Halite by ICP-OES and ICP-MS by Zhang-kuang Peng, Zhi-na Liu

“…The strong acid cation resin (Dowex 50 W×8, 200-400 mesh, USA) and weak-base anion resin (Ion Exchanger II, Germany) were mixed with equal volume, which could remove the foreign ions completely: meanwhile, the relative content of boron in the solution reached above 98%, and the recoveries ranged from 97.8% to 104%. 208.900 nm was chosen as the detection wavelength for ICP-OES, and the detection identification and quantification limits were 0.006 mg·L−1 and 0.02 mg·L−1, respectively. 11B was chosen as the measuring element for ICP-MS, and the detection identification and quantification limits were severally 0.036 mg·L−1 and 0.12 mg·L−1. …”
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Evaluation analysis of the rodanya masbagia program in Magelang city: review of effectiveness and impact by Eny Boedi Orbawati, Tri Asih Wismaningtyas, Fadlurrahman Fadlurrahman, Ari Mukti

“…This study uses six dimensions of policy evaluation, namely effectiveness, efficiency, adequacy, equality, responsiveness, and accuracy. The research method is in the form of a quantitative survey with a sample of beneficiaries and members of the implementing organization. …”
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PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CULMS IN RYE (SECALE CEREALE L.) WITH A BRITTLE STEM by A. A. Konovalov, I. K. Shundrina, E. V. Karpova, V. I. Mamatyuk

“…The normal and fragile culms differed in the content of aromatic lignin monomers and the ratio of various types of chemical bonds.At equal thicknesses, the normal and mutant rye plants differed in the modulus of elasticity and proportional limit. …”
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Potentials of Charcoal Productions from Community Forest in Bangunjiwo Village, Kasihan Sub Regency, Bantul, Yogyakarta by Ris Hadi Purwanto, Nius Abdi Ginting

“…The potential of charcoal production in these community forests was 12.067 ton/ha, equal to Rp  21.117.250,00 /ha which contributing the forest to the regional income.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Barriers and Challenges in Adoption of Electronic Health Record System in Government and Private Hospitals of Islamabad by Ghazala Jawwad, Maleha Asim, Amanat Ali, Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Aiman Farogh Anjum, Abdul Qudoos Arain

“…Conclusion: Government and private hospitals equally face the challenges and barriers tin implementation of EHR system with some barriers and challenges more prevalent in private hospitals and some in government hospitals. …”
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Chloride Diffusivity and Life Prediction of Cracked RC Beams Exposed to Different Wet-Dry Ratios and Exposure Duration by Jieqiong Wu, Bo Diao, Yinghua Ye, Xiaoning Zheng

“…The chloride content on steel bar surface became the largest when crack width was less than 90 microns and wet-dry ratio was 1 : 7, and while crack width was equal to or greater than 90 microns and wet-dry ratio was 1 : 3, it was the largest. …”
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Evaluation of different surface treatments on the bond strength of CAD/CAM PMMA denture teeth to heat-polymerized acrylic denture base by Nour Alhouda Alhomsi, Ammar Almustafa, Hasan Alzoubi

“…The study sample consisted of 100 teeth that were divided equally into five groups: Group 1: denture artificial teeth (control), Group 2: PMMA teeth without surface treatment, Group 3: PMMA teeth with MMA etching, Group 4: PMMA teeth with sandblasting (aluminum oxide particles), and Group 5: PMMA teeth with perpendicular grooves. …”
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Online Education Adaptability for South African Learners with Dyscalculia and Dyslexia using Digital Learning Methods by Winiswa Mavutha, Aradhana Ramnund Mansingh

“… The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 defines equal and inclusive education. Countries of the global south, including South Africa, have several interventions to achieve before making headway on this goal. …”
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A comparative study of mini-monovision, crossed mini-monovision, and emmetropia with enhanced monofocal intraocular lenses by Yoshifumi Fujita, Yuya Nomura, Emi Itami, Tetsuro Oshika

“…Mini-monovision and crossed mini-monovision approaches using enhanced monofocal IOLs are equally effective in enhancing intermediate and near vision without compromising distance vision, leading to reduced spectacle dependence.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Changes Following Delayed Implant Placement in Mandibular Posterior Region with or without i-PRF Activation: A Split Mouth Clini... by Shivam Singh, Yasir S. Khan, Amitabh Srivastava, Vivek Srivastava, Ajita Meenawat, Tanu Sahney

“…The subjects were divided into two equal treatment groups (N = 10): control group, where dental implants were placed without i-PRF activation, and test group, where i-PRF-activated dental implants were placed. …”
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A New Model for Enhancing Efficiency in On-Chip Optical ‎Networks Based on Adaptive Routing Algorithm.‎ by Mohammadreza Hemmati, Sayed Mohammad Ali Zanjani, Elham Yaghoubi

“…The simulation results of message delay in the proposed method show a gradient norm equal to 1.1691E-5 and μ = 1E-8 for epoch=280, demonstrating its capability to reduce delay in the network. …”
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