MICROFINANCE AND FINANCING OF MICRO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BURUNDI
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Théogène Nsengiyumva
This article aims to identify the determinants of financing microenterprises in Burundi by microfinance institutions. Using the logit model and exploiting data from the loan …
Mining towns and migration: Comparing three South African cases
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Anmar Pretorius, Derick Blaauw
Introduction The South African economy has a long history of mining exploration. The first mining operations were recorded in 1852. Literature has expressed the need …
Effects of Expired and Non-Expired Pendimethalin and Hand Weeding on the Bio- Productivity and Seed Quality of Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)
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Amudalat Lawal, Bolaji Olayinka, Abdulaziz Ayinla
The use of expired herbicides to suppress weeds growth is becoming prevalent among farmers. Hence the need to investigate and compare the effect of expired …
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE CREATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE INSTITUTION HIGHER EDUCATION AS A CONDITION FOR THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS’ SOCIONOMIC PROFESSIONS
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Natalia Basyuk, Olena HORDIIENKO, Olena Dmytruk
The article presents the results of the study of the range of socioeconomic factors for the creation of an educational environment in Ukrainian higher educational …
Adaptation and pre-test of a shortened Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention focused on HIV for young men in rural South Africa
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Andrew Gibbs, Dumsani Gumede, Oluwafemi Adeagbo
Men's engagement in HIV prevention and treatment is suboptimal, including in South Africa. We sought to address this through adapting an evidence-based intervention, Stepping Stones …
Decadal cyclical geological atmospheric emissions for a major marine seep field, offshore Coal Oil Point, Southern California
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Ira Leifer
Abstract The greenhouse gas, methane, budget has significant uncertainty for many sources, including natural geological emissions. A major uncertainty of geological methane emissions, including onshore …
Rs205764 and rs547311 in linc00513 may influence treatment responses in multiple sclerosis patients: A pharmacogenomics Egyptian study
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Nada Sherif Amin, Mostafa K. Abd El‐Aziz, Mohamed Hamed
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by a complex etiology that is reflected in the lack of consistently predictable treatment responses across patients of seemingly …
Expression, purification, and characterisation of the p53 binding domain of Retinoblastoma binding protein 6 (RBBP6)
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Bonnie L. Russell, Monde Ntwasa
RBBP6 is a 250 kDa eukaryotic protein known to be a negative regulator of p53 and essential for embryonic development. Furthermore, RBBP6 is a critical …
A scoping review protocol on integration of mobile-linked POC diagnostics in community-based healthcare: User experience
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Siphesihle Robin Nxele, Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Kabelo Kgarosi
BACKGROUND: Mobile-linked point-of-care diagnostics forms an integral part of diagnostic health services for efficient communication between patients and healthcare professionals despite geographical location and time …
Behavior of Strip Footing/s above Void in Sandy Soil
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Assma Benbouza, Tarek Mansouri, Khelifa Abbèche
This paper presents a numerical study that utilizes finite element analysis under the plain strain condition performed on sand with isolated strip footing and two …
Quantum localization corrections from the Bethe–Salpeter equation
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Afifa Yedjour, Abdelâali Boudjemâa
Knowledge, attitudes, and uptake of mental health services by secondary school students in Gweru, Zimbabwe
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Sibusiso Khombo, Kennedy Khombo, Robert Shalom Stoddart
Introduction: The study sought to investigate and examine knowledge, attitudes, and uptake of mental health services by secondary school students in the Gweru district. Methods: …
Prehospital emergency medical service utilization and associated factors among critically ill COVID-19 patients treated at centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Ararso Baru, Lemlem Beza, Menbeu Sultan
The majority of populations in developing countries are living in areas of no access or limited access to prehospital emergency medical services (EMS). In Addis …
Uptake of community antiretroviral group delivery models for persons living with HIV in Arua district, Uganda: A parallel convergent mixed methods study
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Wani Muzeyi, Semeere Aggrey, Dennis Kalibbala
Community antiretroviral groups (CAGs) is one of the innovative and efficient differentiated service delivery models (DSDM) for reaching persons needing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment …
Caregivers’ health-seeking behaviour for children participating in an integrated school health programme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Gbotemi Bukola Babatunde, Olagoke Akintola
BACKGROUND: Caregivers are active members of the healthcare team, and the uniqueness of their role in caring for a sick child is holistic, as no …
Male involvement enhances the uptake of early infant diagnosis of HIV services in Thyolo, Malawi: A non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental study
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Miriam Window, Alinane Linda Nyondo‐Mipando, Noel Kalanga
BACKGROUND: Poor retention of HIV-exposed infants (HEIs) in the Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) programme remains a significant challenge and impedes progress towards the elimination of …
Multivariate GWAS analysis reveals loci associated with liver functions in continental African populations
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Chisom Soremekun, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Opeyemi Soremekun
BACKGROUND: Liver disease is any condition that causes liver damage and inflammation and may likely affect the function of the liver. Vital biochemical screening tools …
Discrete optimal quadratic AGC based cost functional minimization for interconnected power systems
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M. Esmail, Senthil Krishnamurthy
The increasing complexity and difficulty of the Automatic generation control (AGC) problem has resulted from the increasing scale of interconnected power networks and changing daily …
Promoter methylation might shift the balance of Galectin-3 & 12 expression in de novo adult acute myeloid leukemia patients
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Magda Assem, Rady E. El-Araby, Ahmed A. Al‐Karmalawy
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was reported as the most common type of leukemia among adults. Galectins constitute a family of galactose-binding proteins reported to play …
A heuristic approach to the prediction of a periodic solution for a damping nonlinear oscillator with the non-perturbative technique
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Yusry O. El‐Dib, Nasser S. Elgazery, Haifa A. Alyousef
The present work attracts attention to obtaining a new result of the periodic solution of a damped nonlinear Duffing oscillator and a damped Klein–Gordon equation. …