Financial Institutions and Agricultural development in Rwanda. A Case Study of Rwanda Development Bank. by Boniface, Kabahizi

“…On the basis of customers’ perception about RDB lending policy, it has been realized from the study that clients prefer RDB because of its attractive lending policy, it has been realized from the study that clients prefer RDB because of its attractive lending policy including reasonable interest rate and repayment patterns. The reasons behind this are the interest rate for agricultural sector and exportation loans is lower compared to other sectors financed by RDB. …”
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Multiple Respiratory Virus Detection in Acute Respiratory Infection Patients in Mie Prefecture, Japan, 2021–2023 by Yuriko Tomita, Hiyori Okura, Rika Mochizuki, Manami Negoro, Takuya Yano, Yusuke Kobayashi, Ikuyo Takayama, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Shinji Watanabe, Hideki Hasegawa

“…The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the circulation patterns of respiratory viruses worldwide. To better understand viral circulation patterns during the transition from pandemic to endemic phase, we conducted comprehensive respiratory virus surveillance in Mie Prefecture, Japan, during 2021–2023, coinciding with the Delta-to-Omicron transition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). …”
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Integration of chromosome conformation and gene expression networks reveals regulatory mechanisms in triple negative breast cancer by Helena Reyes-Gopar, Helena Reyes-Gopar, Helena Reyes-Gopar, Keila Adonai Pérez-Fuentes, Matthew L. Bendall, Enrique Hernández-Lemus, Enrique Hernández-Lemus

“…IntroductionTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for twelve percent of all breast cancer cases, with a survival rate around ten percent lower than ER+/PR+ positive breast cancers. …”
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Staging of Flood Season for Danjiangkou Reservoir Considering Characteristics of Plum Rain and West China Autumn Rainfall by WANG Xiao-ya, GUO Sheng-lian, WANG Jun, SHI Yi-jun, DONG Fu-qiang, YANG Hai-cong

“…Since its operation, Danjiangkou Reservoir has maintained an annual full storage rate of only 11%. How to improve this rate while ensuring flood safety remains an urgent issue. …”
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The study of functional asymmetry in students and schoolchildren practicing martial arts by Vyacheslav V. Romanenko, Olha O. Podrihalo, Leonid V. Podrigalo, Sergii S. Iermakov, Zhanna V. Sotnikova-Meleshkina, Oksana V. Bobrova

“…The number of pushes in the test, the reaction rate, and the duration of pushes were significantly higher in experienced athletes. …”
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Bacterial Resistance in Ophthalmology – Resistance Profile, Influencing Factors and Prevention Methods. A Review by Matei POPA-CHERECHEANU, Alina POPA-CHERECHEANU, Dan George DELEANU, Mihai Aurelian GHITA

“…It is hoped that future reports show good results without the use of antibiotics will encourage ophthalmologists to limit the use of topical antibiotics, reducing the rate of antimicrobial resistance.…”
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EMOTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Kenul E. Abdurehmanova

“…The research confirms that certain aspects of emotional expression — such as increased vocal intensity for anger and decreased speech rate for sadness — remain relatively consistent across language groups, supporting the universality hypothesis. …”
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Altruism Enhances Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Reduces Sympathetic Activity: A Multimodal EEG‐ECG Study With Implications for Therapeutic Interventions by Junya Orui, Keigo Shiraiwa, Takao Inoue, Masaya Ueda, Keita Ueno, Yasuo Naito, Ryouhei Ishii

“…Parasympathetic activity negatively correlated with temporal‐gamma connectivity (p = 0.002), and heart rate change negatively correlated with temporal‐prefrontal theta connectivity (p = 0.048). …”
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Spatial disparities of population aging in Shenzhen: from China’s Hukou perspective by Qing Luo, Zhuoying Li, Yuanjun Li, Yunhao Yang, Jiaxin Liu, Guangbo Liu, Huayi Wu

“…Although its overall aging rate remains below the international aging society threshold, the city confronts unique challenges as a migrant receiving metropolis without domestic precedents. …”
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Reinforcement Learning-Based Generative Security Framework for Host Intrusion Detection by Yongsik Kim, Su-Youn Hong, Sungjin Park, Huy Kang Kim

“…The proposed framework demonstrated a high accuracy rate of 96.5% average when faced with different attacks. …”
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Qualitative changes in clinical records after implementation of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship program: a text mining analysis by Keisuke Sawada, Shuji Kono, Ryo Inose, Yuichi Muraki

“…New strong co-occurrence relationships emerged in the post-ASP period for several laboratory parameters (c-reactive protein, 0.646; estimated glomerular filtration rate, 0.594; and white blood cell count, 0.582). …”
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Computer Based Body Exposure in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: A Study Protocol by Valeska Stonawski, Lena Sasse, Gunther Moll, Oliver Kratz, Stefanie Horndasch

“…During each session, attentional biases regarding one's own body are measured via eye tracking, stress levels are measured via subjective ratings, heart rate variability, as well as salivary cortisol and alpha amylase. …”
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A mixed methods evaluation of an antimicrobial prescribing clinical decision support system app by William J. Waldock, Mark Gilchrist, Hutan Ashrafian, Ara Darzi, Bryony Dean Franklin

“…Among 700 users at a tertiary hospital, 61 completed the survey (7.3% response rate), including 52 prescribers. Additionally, 20 prescribers participated in interviews. …”
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Photovoltaic Panel Efficiency Estimation with Artificial Neural Networks: Samples of Adiyaman, Malatya, and Sanliurfa by Yasin Icel, Mehmet Salih Mamis, Abdulcelil Bugutekin, Mehmet Ismail Gursoy

“…The amount of electric energy produced by photovoltaic panels depends on air temperature, humidity rate, wind velocity, photovoltaic module temperature, and particularly solar radiation. …”
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Mechanisms underlying targeted mitochondrial therapy for programmed cardiac cell death by Fengting Jing, Min Zhao, Hemin Xiong, Xin Zeng, Jun Jiang, Tao Li

“…Globally, the incidence rate and mortality of heart diseases are increasing by years. …”
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Personal characteristics, gardening engagement, and the value of local garden: a social and economic perspective by Miae Jeong, Miae Jeong, Jiwon Park, Haemin Lee, Jooyeong Lee

“…Middle- and low-income groups (incomes below 4 million KRW) had a WTP rate of 68.1%, and garden creation experience raised WTP to 70.5%. …”
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A Review of Nontraditional Biomanipulation by Xia Zhang, Ping Xie, Xiaoping Huang

“…The original idea of biomanipulation (increased zooplankton grazing rate as a tool for controlling nuisance algae) is not the only means of controlling nuisance algae via biotic manipulations. …”
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Cell-type specific repertoire of responses to natural scenes in primate retinal ganglion cells by Alexandra Kling, Nora Brackbill, Colleen Rhoades, Alex Gogliettino, Alexander Sher, Alan Litke, E. J. Chichilnisky

“…Responses to thousands of natural images were used to examine the average firing rate kinetics in each RGC type as well as the repertoire of distinct firing patterns that each type produced. …”
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Study on Satisfaction Evaluation of Ecotourism Through Advanced Network Text Mining by Jia Gao, Leong Mow Gooi, Kim Mee Chong, Xiang Lyu, Jin Zhang

“…The LSTM model was further optimized using GA to improve its performance by fine-tuning hyperparameters such as learning rate and network depth. Key findings indicate that the GA-optimized LSTM model achieved a 15% increase in accuracy, a 20% improvement in precision, and a 25% boost in recall compared to the unoptimized model. …”
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Wordline Input Bias Scheme for Neural Network Implementation in 3D-NAND Flash by Hwiho Hwang, Gyeonghae Kim, Dayeon Yu, Hyungjin Kim

“…The approach leverages the velocity saturation effect in short-channel MOSFETs, which enables a linear increase in drain current with respect to gate voltage in the saturation region. A NAND flash array with a TANOS (TiN/Al₂O₃/Si₃N₄/SiO₂/poly-Si) gate stack was fabricated, and its electrical and reliability characteristics were evaluated. …”
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