An Assessment of Socio-Economic Factors explaining Pupil Dropout in UPE Schools of Nyabihoko Sub- County, Ntungamo District by Abert, Musinguzi

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Development of financial performance of food retailers as an attribute behind the increase of food insecurity in selected Central and Eastern European Countries by Oksana Dubanych, Jan Vavřina, Josef Polák

“…This article traces the research gap in addressing food insecurity by focusing on the role of food retail chains in the former “Eastern Bloc” in light of unprecedented food price inflation and the resulting scale of demand for the services of food banks. …”
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Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses by D. A. Kuznetsov, V. A. Dmitrieva

“…The authors highlight two main approaches in foreign and Russian international political studies to addressing the humanitarian problems of the Global South — an objectal and a subjectal ones. The former is typically associated with the developed countries of the Global North and is rooted in the practices of the colonial era. …”
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Les ports romains atlantiques et intérieurs en France : équipement, architecture, fonction et environnement by Jimmy Mouchard

“…In this regard, the river-maritime site of Rezé (Loire-Atlantique), tackled between 2005 and 2016 as part of a research program, elucidates perfectly the issue of the relationship between a port and a former branch of the Loire River. Today, its spectacular remains invite a re-appraisal of the ensemble of documentation concerning the Roman ports of the Three Gauls, enriched by recent research excavations, as well as by a wave of rescue operations carried out between 2000 and 2010.…”
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Soil–Plant Characterization in Agrosilvopastoral System Established in a Fe-Mn Abandoned Mine After Long-Term Closure by Erika S. Santos, Maria Manuela Abreu, Sabina Rossini-Oliva

“…Although at the landscape scale, no visible differences were observed between the former mining intervention areas and adjacent areas, it is essential to assess the state and environmental risk of the soil–plant system, especially in the herbaceous pastures grazed by domestic animals. …”
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Population travel increases the risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in the highland population of Gardula Zone, South Ethiopia: A longitudinal study. by Muluken Assefa, Fekadu Massebo, Temesgen Ashine, Teklu Wegayehu

“…The current study aimed to assess the incidence of malaria and risk factors among dwellers in two highland villages of the former Dirashe District (now Gardula Zone), South Ethiopia. …”
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The impact of introducing new stops into the agglomeration railway network on changes in transport behaviour in the catchment area by Sabina Puławska-Obiedowska, Aleksandra Ciastoń-Ciulkin, Mariusz Soboń

“…Research has confirmed that the most common rail passengers are former users of other means of public transport. The pattern of giving up cars in favor of the train was also confirmed. …”
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Kan man utbilda Professionellt omdöme? by Eva Schwarz, Carl Cederberg, Petra Lundberg Bouquelon, Maria Pröckl

“…Alla bidrag presenterar också olika former för att arbeta med det professionella omdömet inom högre utbildning och vi har i den här inledning valt att samla några “goda råd” som man kan hittar in bidragen. …”
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Plasma levels of immunosuppressive mediators during cardiopulmonary bypass by E. Borrelli, P. Giomarelli, A. Naldini, E. Luzzi, S. Silvestri, M. Gardinali, V. Bocci

“…In the latter case the increase of C3a and TGF-β1, although more prominent, was not significantl higher than in the former group. Conversely, the proliferation, index of peripheral mononuclear cells had already decreased 30 min after CPB was started and remained depressed throughout the CPB time. …”
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Detecting anomalies in graph networks on digital markets. by Agata Skorupka

“…The article utilized three publicly accessible graph-based datasets: one describing the Twitter social network (TwiBot-20) and two describing Bitcoin cryptocurrency markets (Bitcoin OTC and Bitcoin Alpha). In the former, an anomaly is defined as a bot, as opposed to a human user, whereas in the latter, an anomaly is a user who conducted a fraudulent transaction, which may (but does not have to) imply being a bot. …”
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Genetic diversity of the Aporrectodea caliginosa complex in Russia by S. V. Shekhovtsov, E. V. Golovanova, N. E. Bazarova, Yu. N. Belova, D. I. Berman, E. A. Derzhinsky, M. P. Shashkov, S. E. Peltek

“…The subspecies A. c. caliginosa is represented in Russia by two genetic lineages, 2 and 3, the former being the prevalent (about 73 % of the total sample). …”
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Matters arising: cost-utility and cost-effectiveness analysis of disease-modifying drugs of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: a systematic review by Carlo Lazzaro, Roberto Bergamaschi, Mauro Zaffaroni, Rocco Totaro, Damiano Paolicelli

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Factors involved in the recruitment and retention of voluntary blood donors in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), results from a qualitative study by Susanne Mbaka Ngunza, Isabelle Aujoulat

“…Local studies show low rates of recruitment and retention of voluntary donations, as well as a high attrition rate of former donors. The psychosocial factors involved in deciding to become and remain a voluntary blood donor in sub-Saharan Africa remain poorly understood. …”
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Alliance matrimoniale traditionnelle en pays Éotilé et Baoulé, XVIIE-XIXE siècles : étude comparative by Kouassi Serge KOFFI & Adjé Séverin ANGOUA

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Imperial Questions and Social Identities by Lauren Banko

“…These new statuses for the former Ottoman subjects, the majority of whom were Arab, reflected colonial and imperial norms and they incorporated the changing international terminology of identity issued from the League of Nations and post-World War I treaties. …”
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How journalism experience translates to social entrepreneurship: An intention formation study of the Art Yard at Dadaocheng in Taiwan by Huei-Ching Liu, Chaoyun Liang

“…We thoroughly investigated the founder, a former television reporter, and her social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) to initiate a social enterprise. …”
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Comparison of Satellite-based PM2.5 Estimation from Aerosol Optical Depth and Top-of-atmosphere Reflectance by Heming Bai, Zhi Zheng, Yuanpeng Zhang, He Huang, Li Wang

“…For both reflectance-based and AOD-based approaches, our cross validated results show that random forest algorithm achieves the best performance, with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.75 and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 18.71 µg m−3 for the former and R2 = 0.65 and RMSE = 15.69 µg m−3 for the later. …”
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Assistive/Socially Assistive Robotic Platform for Therapy and Recovery: Patient Perspectives by Matthew White, Mary Vining Radomski, Marsha Finkelstein, Daniel Allan Samuel Nilsson, Lars Ingimar Eugen Oddsson

“…This paper aims to report on feedback given by end users of the robotic platform as well as the practical applications that socially assistive robotics could have in the daily life activities of a patient. A group of 10 former and current patients interacted with the developed robotic platform during a simulated exercise session before taking an experience-based survey. …”
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Smoking-Induced Inhibition of Number and Activity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide in Males Were Reversed by Estradiol in Premenopausal Females by Yijia Shao, Liang Luo, Zi Ren, Jiayi Guo, Xingxing Xiao, Jiana Huang, Haitao Zeng, Hong Zhan

“…Compared with age-matched men with or without smoking, the number and function of circulating EPCs as well as NO level in premenopausal women were obviously higher than that in the former and not affected by smoking. The number and function of circulating EPCs as well as NO level in male smokers were shown to be the most strongly inhibited. …”
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Development and application of an efficient, accurate, and environmentally friendly liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of five Alternaria t... by Huiyuan Lang, Zengwang Guo, Yu Wu, Li Li, Hongmei Liu, Lianzhou Jiang, Songxue Wang, Jin Ye

“…The comparison between dilution method and solid-phase extraction method shows that the former achieves satisfactory results with a simple and convenient sample purification method. …”
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