cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Standing Firm in 5G: A Single-Round, Dropout-Resilient Secure Aggregation for Federated Learning
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiwei
name: Behnia, Rouzbeh
name: Karim, Imtiaz
name: Yavuz, Attila A.
name: Bertino, Elisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Federated learning (FL) is well-suited to 5G networks, where many mobile devices generate sensitive edge data. Secure aggregation protocols enhance privacy in FL by ensuring that individual user updates reveal no information about the underlying client data. However, the dynamic and large-scale nature of 5G-marked by high mobility and frequent dropouts-poses significant challenges to the effective adoption of these protocols. Existing protocols often require multi-round communication or rely on fixed infrastructure, limiting their practicality. We propose a lightweight, single-round secure aggregation protocol designed for 5G environments. By leveraging base stations for assisted computation and incorporating precomputation, key-homomorphic pseudorandom functions, and t-out-of-k secret sharing, our protocol ensures efficiency, robustness, and privacy. Experiments show strong security guarantees and significant gains in communication and computation efficiency, making the approach well-suited for real-world 5G FL deployments.
description: Accepted to WiSec 2025
Sibertswold Downs Grave 180
Creators: name: Hamerow, Helena
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2021
Subjects: Archaeology

description: No tumulus; grave about three feet deep; bones almost gone; no appearance of any coffin. Near the neck were one silver and one brass ring[M 6551?], with sliding knots, as often before; six small beads; a silver pin for the hair [M 6539], having two small garnets neatly set in its head, namely, one on each side; and an ivory, or bone, double comb, with two cases of the same to cover its teeth, which are very fine; it was broken to pieces in removing. Lower down, was a pair of iron shears, as before; and many links of a small iron chain. Between the legs, near the feet, was a wooden box, as before; among the remains of which was its brass lock [M 6381]; and a small iron instrument (several of which sort I have met with before, and described in their places), which I now begin to think was a key; another small iron instrument, likewise often described before; another; an iron hasp of the lock [M 6541]; a concha Veneris, or cowry shell [M 6538];[1] and a lump of rotten leather, to which were riveted two little silver hasps [M 6540];[2] also several more links of a small iron chain, and some other small bits of iron. A woman's grave.[1]One was found in a grave at Kingston, No. 142, and another in a grave near Wingham, excavated under the direction of Lord Albert Conyngham; Archæologia, vol. xxx, p. 551.- C.R.S.[2]For a fuller account of such another piece of leather, see Beakesbourn, Nos. 30 and 38. - B.F.
Table S2 - Supplemental material for Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall. Ex Nees, Andrographolide, and Andrographolide Analogues as SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals? A Rapid Review
Creators: name: Lim, Xin Yi
name: Chan, Janice Sue Wen
name: Tan, Terence Yew Chin
name: Teh, Bee Ping
name: Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Abd Razak
name: Saharuddin Mohamad
name: Mohamed, Ami Fazlin Syed
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Table S2, for Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall. Ex Nees, Andrographolide, and Andrographolide Analogues as SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals? A Rapid Review by Xin Yi Lim, Janice Sue Wen Chan, Terence Yew Chin Tan, Bee Ping Teh, Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Abd Razak, Saharuddin Mohamad and Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed in Natural Product Communications
INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ON UZBEKI NATIONAL PUBLIC ART
Creators: name: Tadjiyev, Tulkin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article analyzes the impact of foreign modern music on the Uzbek national pop music. As a result of globalization and technological development, the significant influence of Western music genres and styles on national pop music is studied. The integration of genres such as pop, hip-hop, rap, electronica, dance, rock, R&B and fusion into Uzbek pop music is shown through examples. As a result of these influences, Uzbek national music has modern tones and forms of expression, has become popular among young people and has created an opportunity to be known internationally. The article describes how Uzbek artists have adapted to these processes and their success in creating new musical trends. As a result, it is emphasized that foreign modern music has made a great contribution to the development and modernization of Uzbek pop music.
MEDIA BASED TEACHING METHODS: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Creators: name: Khamidova, Durdona
name: Ubaydullayeva, Nafosat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The study investigates the challenges faced by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in integrating digital media into their classrooms. Official documentation and teacher interviews were used to gather data. The findings revealed that teachers faced challenges such as lack of competence, deficient teaching materials, and inadequate digital skills. Low internet speed and a shortage of devices were examples of infrastructure constraints that exacerbated these problems. Teachers were open to utilizing a variety of technological tools and apps, such as projectors, computers, smartphones, audio speakers, and software such as Google Classroom, PowerPoint, Hot Potatoes, and online dictionaries, in spite of these obstacles. The study offers insights into how to help and improve EFL teachers' efforts to adapt to digital media while highlighting their inventiveness and perseverance.
LOYIHALARGA INNOVATSIYALRNI JALB QILISH JARAYONLARI
Creators: name: Qodirov, Farrux
name: Sevinova, Guloyim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Maqolada loyihalarga innovatsiyalarni jalb qilish jarayonlari tahlil qilinadi. Zamonaviy innovatsion yondashuvlar, ularning loyihalarning samaradorligiga ta’siri va amaliyotda qo‘llanilishi o‘rganiladi. Shuningdek, innovatsion texnologiyalar, investitsiyalar va menejment usullarining loyihalarga integratsiya qilinishi bo‘yicha ilmiy-tahliliy yondashuvlar yoritiladi.
MPEC 2025-F69 : 2025 FH2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 FH2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Additional file 1 of The impact of the three-level collaboration exercise on collaboration and leadership during scenario-based hospital evacuation exercises using flexible surge capacity concept: a mixed method cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Phattharapornjaroen, Phatthranit
name: Carlström, Eric
name: Atiksawedparit, Pongsakorn
name: Holmqvist, Lina Dahlén
name: Pitidhammabhorn, Dhanesh
name: Sittichanbuncha, Yuwares
name: Khorram-Manesh, Amir
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary material 1: The self-evaluation form; Supplementary material 2: The Observational Checklist; Supplementary material 3: The 3LC exercise scenarios
PERFIL PATOLÓGICO DEL CRIMINÓLOGO-CRIMINALISTA  MEXICANO: PROPUESTA PARA UN CAMBIO
Creators: name: Wael Hikal
name: Yessica Nayeli Sumano Sanchez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012

description: RESUMEN La Criminología-Criminalística es de la profesión que viene a tratar con lo peor de la sociedad después de las enfermedades: la criminalidad, en el caso de la Medicina y afines que atienden los malestares biopsicológicos, éstas son bien recibidas, aceptadas y se exige un alto grado de compromiso, seriedad y objetividad en la labor. Para el caso de los criminólogos-criminalistas, han venido a convertirse en: los más llamativos e inútiles profesionistas en México, la criminalidad no disminuye, no existe liderazgo por parte de estos, abunda el fanatismo e individualismo exagerado. Palabras clave: Psicopatologías, Rebeldía, Agresividad, Personalidad, Perfil estudiantil.
Generalizable Pancreas Segmentation via a Dual Self-Supervised Learning Framework
Creators: name: Li, Jun
name: Zhu, Hongzhang
name: Chen, Tao
name: Qian, Xiaohua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, numerous pancreas segmentation methods have achieved promising performance on local single-source datasets. However, these methods don't adequately account for generalizability issues, and hence typically show limited performance and low stability on test data from other sources. Considering the limited availability of distinct data sources, we seek to improve the generalization performance of a pancreas segmentation model trained with a single-source dataset, i.e., the single source generalization task. In particular, we propose a dual self-supervised learning model that incorporates both global and local anatomical contexts. Our model aims to fully exploit the anatomical features of the intra-pancreatic and extra-pancreatic regions, and hence enhance the characterization of the high-uncertainty regions for more robust generalization. Specifically, we first construct a global-feature contrastive self-supervised learning module that is guided by the pancreatic spatial structure. This module obtains complete and consistent pancreatic features through promoting intra-class cohesion, and also extracts more discriminative features for differentiating between pancreatic and non-pancreatic tissues through maximizing inter-class separation. It mitigates the influence of surrounding tissue on the segmentation outcomes in high-uncertainty regions. Subsequently, a local-image restoration self-supervised learning module is introduced to further enhance the characterization of the high uncertainty regions. In this module, informative anatomical contexts are actually learned to recover randomly corrupted appearance patterns in those regions.
description: accept by IEEE JBHI. Due to the limitation "The abstract field cannot be longer than 1,920 characters", the abstract here is shorter than that in the PDF file
Effect Of Work Life Balance Practices on Employee Performance: A Case of Kenya Ports Authority
Creators: name: Okello, Scholar
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Work-life balance

description: This research examined the effect of work life balance (WLB) practices on performance of employees at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).  Descriptive study targeted 6,474 employees of KPA of which a sample of 116 respondents was adopted. The research utilised structured questionnaire self-administered to respondents.  Inferential   statistics used were Multivariate regression and Pearson correlation. The finding revealed that flexible work arrangements strongly and directly affected employee performance at Kenya Ports Authority (β1 = .119, t= 3.500, p=.000
The Heidelberg For Artta: Application Of Quantum Technology For Single Atom 39Ar Detection
Creators: name: Zhongyi Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Argon Trap Trace Analysis (ArTTA) utilises established techniques from the field of atomic and optical physics for single 39Ar detection. It exploits the shift of the optical resonance frequency due to differences in mass and nuclear spin to detect this rare isotope down to the 10−16 level. Although a single resonant excitation is not sufficient to distinguish between isotopes, many cycles of photon absorption and emission guarantee perfect selectivity. Compared to low-level counting (LLC) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), our method is neither dependent on radioactivity nor affected by isobars. In this talk, we present results of an 39Ar intercomparison study between the LLC laboratories from PNNL and Bern with our Heidelberg ArTTA collaboration. We further present the current status of our apparatus and demonstrate the prospects for measurements on a routine basis with an exemplary oceanographic study. The measurements have been performed with a typical sample size of 2 mL STP argon corresponding to 5 L of ocean water. These applications show the versatile potential of ArTTA.

This presentation was used for the Low-Radioactivity Underground Argon Workshop held at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington on March 19 - 20, 2018.
Effect Of Privatization on Profitability of Commercial State-Owned Companies in Kenya
Creators: name: Onsongo, Fredrick
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Privatization

description: The study sought to establish the impact of privatization on state owned companies’ profitability in Kenya. The study used descriptive design to collect and analysis data collected from a target population of sixteen privatized firms listed at the NSE. The study was a census of all the 16 firms with data getting collected for a period of 10 years, 5 pre- privatization years and 5 post-privatization years. The excel data sheet was exported to STATA software that was used in analysis. The study adopted pooled cross- sectional regression in estimating the coefficients of the explanatory variables. The coefficient of determination of showed that majority of the total variation in profitability was explained by privatization, state ownership, firm size and domestic. Further, the p-value associated with the F-statistic showed that privatization, state ownership, firm size and domestic competition had a significant impact on state owned commercial firms’ profitability. The study also established that privatization, firms’ size and market competitiveness had a significant direct effect on profitability.  The effect of state ownership was significant but inverse. Overall, the F-test had showed that privatization, state ownership, firm size and domestic competition majorly effected profitability of the commercial state-owned companies.
sj-pdf-1-epm-10.1177_00131644211008953 – Supplemental material for A Comparison of Reliability Estimation Based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Exploratory Structural Equation Models
Creators: name: Fu, Yuanshu
name: Wen, Zhonglin
name: Wang, Yang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
Education
Psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-epm-10.1177_00131644211008953 for A Comparison of Reliability Estimation Based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Exploratory Structural Equation Models by Yuanshu Fu, Zhonglin Wen and Yang Wang in Educational and Psychological Measurement
Additional file 1 of Correction: Limosilactobacillus reuteri and caffeoylquinic acid synergistically promote adipose browning and ameliorate obesity-associated disorders
Creators: name: Liu, Yameng
name: Zhong, Xianchun
name: Lin, Suqin
name: Xu, Hualing
name: Liang, Xinyu
name: Wang, Yibin
name: Xu, Jingyi
name: Wang, Kanglong
name: Guo, Xiaozhen
name: Wang, Jiawen
name: Yu, Minjun
name: Li, Cuina
name: Xie, Cen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S8. L. reuteri improves metabolic control in DIO mice treated with CQA. HFD-fed mice were treated twice per week with L. reuteri + CQA (1×108 CFU bacteria, 50 mg/kg CQA) by oral gavage for 5 weeks. Related to Fig. 6. (a) GTT and AUC. (b) Serum HDL-C. (c) Serum LDL-C. (d) Liver weight. (e) Hepatic mRNA expression of lipid synthesis-related genes. (f, g) Representative FL-IR images and BAT temperature. (h) Relative mRNA expression of thermogenic genes in BAT. (i) Representative H&E (upper) and UCP1 (lower) staining of BAT sections, scale bar: 50 μm. n = 8/group. Data are presented as mean ± SD. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; and ***, p < 0.001. ns means not statistically significant.
ReCDAP: Relation-Based Conditional Diffusion with Attention Pooling for Few-Shot Knowledge Graph Completion
Creators: name: Kim, Jeongho
name: Heo, Chanyeong
name: Jung, Jaehee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Knowledge Graphs (KGs), composed of triples in the form of (head, relation, tail) and consisting of entities and relations, play a key role in information retrieval systems such as question answering, entity search, and recommendation. In real-world KGs, although many entities exist, the relations exhibit a long-tail distribution, which can hinder information retrieval performance. Previous few-shot knowledge graph completion studies focused exclusively on the positive triple information that exists in the graph or, when negative triples were incorporated, used them merely as a signal to indicate incorrect triples. To overcome this limitation, we propose Relation-Based Conditional Diffusion with Attention Pooling (ReCDAP). First, negative triples are generated by randomly replacing the tail entity in the support set. By conditionally incorporating positive information in the KG and non-existent negative information into the diffusion process, the model separately estimates the latent distributions for positive and negative relations. Moreover, including an attention pooler enables the model to leverage the differences between positive and negative cases explicitly. Experiments on two widely used datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms existing approaches, achieving state-of-the-art performance. The code is available at https://github.com/hou27/ReCDAP-FKGC.
description: Accepted by SIGIR 2025, 5 pages, 1 figure
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-vet-10.1177_03009858211014174 - Kaplan-Meier Curves, Cox Model, and P-Values Are Not Enough for the Prognostic Evaluation of Tumor Markers: Statistical Suggestions for a More Comprehensive Approach
Creators: name: Boracchi, Patrizia
name: Roccabianca, Paola
name: Avallone, Giancarlo
name: Marano, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-vet-10.1177_03009858211014174 for Kaplan-Meier Curves, Cox Model, and P-Values Are Not Enough for the Prognostic Evaluation of Tumor Markers: Statistical Suggestions for a More Comprehensive Approach by Patrizia Boracchi, Paola Roccabianca, Giancarlo Avallone and Giuseppe Marano in Veterinary Pathology
sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218211015796 – Supplemental material for Cue combination in goal-oriented navigation
Creators: name: Yafei Qi
name: Weimin Mou
name: Xuehui Lei
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218211015796 for Cue combination in goal-oriented navigation by Yafei Qi, Weimin Mou and Xuehui Lei in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Exact closed-form solutions for Lamb's problem (III): The case for buried source and receiver
Creators: name: Feng, Xi
name: Zhang, Haiming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we derive the exact closed-form solution for the displacement in the interior of an elastic half-space due to a buried point force with Heaviside step function time history. It is referred to as the tensor Green's function for the elastic wave equation in a uniform half-space, also a natural generalization of the classical 3-D Lamb's problem, for which previous solutions have been restricted to the cases of either the source or the receiver or both are located on the free surface. Starting from the complex integral solutions of Johnson, we follow the similar procedures presented by Feng and Zhang to obtain the closed-form expressions in terms of elementary functions as well as elliptic integrals. Numerical results obtained from our closed-form expressions agree perfectly with those of Johnson, which validates our explicit formulae conclusively.
Additional file 1 of TNFSF14/LIGHT promotes cardiac fibrosis and atrial fibrillation vulnerability via PI3Kγ/SGK1 pathway-dependent M2 macrophage polarisation
Creators: name: Wu, Yirong
name: Zhan, Siyao
name: Chen, Lian
name: Sun, Mingrui
name: Li, Miaofu
name: Mou, Xuanting
name: Zhang, Zhen
name: Xu, Linhao
name: Xu, Yizhou
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Materials.
Additional file 1 of Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Brazil: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chagas, Thiago Alves
name: dos Reis, Mateus Augusto
name: Leivas, Gabriel
name: Santos, Lucas Porto
name: Gossenheimer, Agnes Nogueira
name: Melo, Gustavo Barreto
name: Malerbi, Fernando Korn
name: Schaan, Beatriz D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Literature search strategy used.
sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465211011161 – Supplemental material for Return to Sport After Surgical Management of Posterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Creators: name: Gouveia, Kyle
name: Kay, Jeffrey
name: Memon, Muzammil
name: Simunovic, Nicole
name: Bedi, Asheesh
name: Ayeni, Olufemi R.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465211011161 for Return to Sport After Surgical Management of Posterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Kyle Gouveia, Jeffrey Kay, Muzammil Memon, Nicole Simunovic, Asheesh Bedi and Olufemi R. Ayeni in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
Exact closed-form solutions for Lamb's problem (II): a moving point load
Creators: name: Feng, Xi
name: Zhang, Haiming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we report on an exact closed-form solution for the displacement in an elastic homogeneous half-space elicited by a downward vertical point source moving with constant velocity over the surface of the medium. The problem considered here is an extension to Lamb's problem. Starting with the integral solutions of Bakker \textit{et al.}, we followed the method developed in Feng and Zhang, which focuses on the displacement triggered by a fixed point source observed on the free surface, to obtain the final solution in terms of elementary algebraic functions as well as elliptic integrals of the first, second and third kind. Our closed-form results agree perfectly with the numerical results of Bakker \textit{et al.}, which confirms the correctness of our formulas. The solution obtained in this article may lay a solid foundation for further consideration of the response of an actual physical moving load, such as a high-speed rail train.
Additional file 2 of Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Brazil: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chagas, Thiago Alves
name: dos Reis, Mateus Augusto
name: Leivas, Gabriel
name: Santos, Lucas Porto
name: Gossenheimer, Agnes Nogueira
name: Melo, Gustavo Barreto
name: Malerbi, Fernando Korn
name: Schaan, Beatriz D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 2. Figure S1. Forest plot representing diabetic retinopathy prevalence rates by duration of diabetes.
Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction in Public Sector in Kenya: A Case Study of Post Bank, Nairobi Head Office, Kenya
Creators: name: Mageto, Nyamweya
name: Mageto, Nyamweya
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Job satisfaction

description: The purpose of the study was to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction in public sector in Kenya at Post Bank Kenya. The study specific objectives included to examine the influence of remuneration, reward system, leadership styles and employee involvement on job satisfaction at Post Bank Kenya. The research employed descriptive survey design to allow for a thorough examination of the research problem. The target population included 234 employees attached to Post bank Kenya, Nairobi head office. The study adopted 40% of the target population as the sample size giving sample size of 94. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select employees. Primary data was collected through questionnaires administered by the researcher through online survey where google forms designed questionnaires was shared with respondents in form of a link in their personal emails. The collected data was analysed using Microsoft Office Excel. The data was analysed using quantitative methods such frequency distribution tables. Data was presented in the form of Pie charts and bar graphs. First, the study established that remuneration had a major influence on job satisfaction at Post Bank Kenya as supported by 78% of the despondences.  Secondly, reward system had a major influence on job satisfaction at Post Bank Kenya as evidenced by 76% of the respondents. Thirdly, leadership styles had a major influence on job satisfaction at Post Bank Kenya as evidenced by 83% of the respondents. Finally, involvement of employees had a major influence on job satisfaction at Post Bank Kenya as supported by 92% of the respondents. The study suggests to top management of Post bank Kenya to improve on remuneration, reward system and adopt transformational and democratic leadership and improve on the level of involvement of employees in terms of empowering, involvement in decision making and allowing employees to set objectives.
sj-pdf-1-jim-10.1177_1045389X211011659 – Supplemental material for A two-stage design optimization framework for multifieldorigami-inspired structures
Creators: name: Zhang, Wei
name: Ahmed, Saad
name: Hong, Jonathan
name: Ounaies, Zoubeida
name: Frecker, Mary
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Engineering not elsewhere classified
Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jim-10.1177_1045389X211011659 for A two-stage design optimization framework for multifieldorigami-inspired structures by Wei Zhang, Saad Ahmed, Jonathan Hong, Zoubeida Ounaies and Mary Frecker in Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
Effect of Growth and Quality of Credit on Loan Loss Provisioning Decisions of listed commercial banks in Kenya
Creators: name: Chege, Lucy
name: Chege, Lucy
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Loan loss reserves

description: This study aimed at examining the effect of loan growth and credit quality on loan loss provision of commercial banks in Kenya. The study employed descriptive research survey design. The target population of the study encompassed 11 listed commercial banks in Kenya. All the 11 listed commercial banks in Kenya formed the sample size as the study was a census of listed banks in Kenya. Secondary data was extracted from CBK Annual reports and Audited financial statements of individual listed commercial bank in Kenya. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Inferential analysis involved; correlation analysis to test the relationship between banks’ growth and quality of credit and loan loss provision of commercial banks in Kenya. Simple OLS, REM and FEM models were used to establish the causal effect relationship between independent variables and loan loss provision of listed commercial banks in Kenya. The findings show that quality of loans had a statistically significant effect on loan loss provision. However, the effect of loan growth on loan loss provision was not statistically significant at 5% level of significance. The study recommends to the management of listed commercial banks to take into consideration their quality of loans when setting loan loss provisions to cover any eventual loan losses.
Additional file 4 of Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Brazil: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chagas, Thiago Alves
name: dos Reis, Mateus Augusto
name: Leivas, Gabriel
name: Santos, Lucas Porto
name: Gossenheimer, Agnes Nogueira
name: Melo, Gustavo Barreto
name: Malerbi, Fernando Korn
name: Schaan, Beatriz D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 4. Figure S3. Forest plot representing diabetic retinopathy prevalence rates by study publication year.
title: An Assessment Framework of Communicative Arabic Proficiency CAP in the Light of Diglossia
Creators: name: Alabar, Rahaf
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Assessment, Proficiency, Diglossia, Communication, Arabic

description: The key aim of my research is to explore the meaning of communicative Arabic proficiency CAP consulting the assessment stakeholders in the UKHE context. I then propose an assessment framework that resonates with the communicative needs of the UKHE students and considers the diglossic nature of Arabic language. A qualitative approach was followed to explore the concept of CAP in relation to the Arabic varieties and its potential competences in addition to the testing norm and constructs. For these purposes, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine assessment stakeholders who fall into three categories; assessor teachers, teachers, and learners of Arabic as a foreign language in the UKHE context. The research questions revolve around four main areas; the meaning of CAP, the competences that CAP embodies, the constructs through which learners’ CAP can be measured, and the suitable norm for CAP assessment.  The findings are presented in four sections following the sequence of the research questions; the first section reports aspects like social appropriacy, grammatical accuracy, and cultural and bi-dialectical knowledge as the major attributes of CAP. It also implies conceptualising CAP from a post-method perspective. The second section outlines the socio-linguistic, cultural/intercultural, bi-dialectical and interactional competences as the different components that make up CAP. The third section highlights interaction and culture/inter-culture as the potential different constructs through which learners’ CAP could be measured. The fourth section reports the educated native speaker or a L2 user as potential norms to assess the learners’ CAP. Following an examination of the research findings in the light of the relevant literature, the UKHE context and the learners’ needs, a languacultural assessment framework of CAP is proposed. Its distinctive components are proposing a situated assessment (SA) approach of MSA and the colloquial, an interactional/languacultural construct, and a diglossic competent L2 user (DC2) as a norm of proficiency assessment.
Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Operational Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Kenya
Creators: name: Gaciku, Diane
name: Gaciku, Diane
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Consolidation and merger of corporations

description: The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of M&A on operational efficiency of commercial banks in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study population comprised of 12 commercial banks in Kenya. The census frame comprised of four acquirer banks that have been combined for at least 5 years, that is, banks that combined between 2010 and 2015. The four banks include Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd., Equatorial Commercial Bank Ltd. (merger), Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd., and Sidian Bank Ltd. The data used in the study was quantitative as it included financial ratios and was collected using a data collection form. This secondary data was obtained from the CBK bank supervision annual reports as well as the banks' financial statements and annual reports dating back from 2005 to 2019. The paired t test revealed that there was a statistical difference in means of operating efficiency in the pre-merger and post-merger period. The independent t- test also showed a significant difference in means of operational efficiency in the pre-merger and post-merger period.  The study also revealed that there was a statistical difference in the means of ROA in the pre-merger and post-merger period based on paired t-test. Additionally, independent t-test showed there was a statistical difference in the means of ROA in the pre-merger and post-merger period. Finally, merger and acquisitions, measured by EPS, did not show any statistical difference in the pre and post-merger period based on paired t –test and independent t-test. The study therefore recommends to management of commercial banks in the post-merger period to incorporate appropriate measures to improve their efficiency. For instance, the banks could transform their business models, adapt to new technology, introduce IT systems and maintain the stability of their institutions.
Critical analysis of the dynamics of Israel -Palestinian conflict based on theories of international security.
Creators: name: Sirayon, Hawa
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Arab-Israeli conflict

description: Numerous perspectives and theories have been put forward to examine, analyse and explain international security problems in general and Israeli- Palestine conflict in particular. The present analysis explored the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via the various theories including Realism theory, Liberalism theory, securitization theory, balance of threat theory, security dilemma theory, deterrence theory and Offense-defence theory. The theories were critically examined in terms of their application to the conceptualization and understanding of the Israeli- Palestine conflict.
sj-pdf-1-gqn-10.1177_23333936211015660 – Supplemental material for Theory-driven, rapid formative research on quality improvement intervention for critical care of patients with COVID-19 in Argentina
Creators: name: Roberti, Javier
name: Jorro, Facundo
name: Rodríguez, Viviana
name: Belizán, María
name: Arias, Pilar
name: Ratto, María Elena
name: Reina, Rosa
name: Natalí Ini
name: Loudet, Cecilia
name: García-Elorrio, Ezequiel
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-gqn-10.1177_23333936211015660 for Theory-driven, rapid formative research on quality improvement intervention for critical care of patients with COVID-19 in Argentina by Javier Roberti, Facundo Jorro, Viviana Rodríguez, María Belizán, Pilar Arias, María Elena Ratto, Rosa Reina, Natalí Ini, Cecilia Loudet and Ezequiel García-Elorrio in Global Qualitative Nursing Research
Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in War torn Societies in Africa in the context of Human Rights: Rights of ex-combatants and Justice for victims
Creators: name: Omaore, Douglas
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human rights

description: The policy paper sought to establish the efficacy of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) in Post-War Societies in Africa in the context of international Humanitarian law especially the Convention on Treatment of Prisoners of War and justice for victims. The policy paper was undertaken through examination of empirical studies evaluating DDR implementation in various contexts including frameworks, challenges and successes. The paper examined policy papers done under the auspices of UN and AU. The process will also involve examining various case studies of DDR implementation in Africa. The paper will then identity policy options for post conflict societies in Africa and ensuring recommendations. The analysis concludes that the process of implementation of DDR process in post conflict societies in Africa have been marred with challenges. The international community including the UN has been either overreaching in in the DDR processes or not involved at all. A good mix of involvement neutral third party is needed to ensure unbiasedness that may compromise human rights in the process especially those of ex-combatants. Special treatment of marginalized groups within the larger ex-combatant’s community has been lacking in most DDR processes. The women, children and war disabled have tended not to receive fair treatment in the whole process thereby compromising their human rights such as right to education for children and right to fair involvement of women in social and political issues in the society as espoused in UNSCR 1325 of (2000).
Sibertswold Downs Grave 24
Creators: name: Hamerow, Helena
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2021
Subjects: Archaeology

description: Middle-sized tumulus; grave two feet and a half deep. The coffin, though very thick, was certainly that of a child, it not being above three feet and a half long; it appeared to have been much burnt. Here were found a brass pin with a flatted head: it is an inch and a half long [M 6450]; a kind of double cylinder [M 6449], if I may so call it, of brass. I can no otherwise explain what I mean than by giving its figure; I take it to have been a kind of whistle,[1] or some such toy, for the child to play with; at the feet were found a pair of brass hinges as of a small box [M 6448]; a piece of iron which seemed to have been a hasp to the box and an iron link much like that described at No, 15; as also the blade of a small knife. The grave of a child.[1]Several of these have already been mentioned. Having been in every instance found with the debris of boxes, it is most probable they were locks, of a simple construction, not unlike some in use at the present day.- C.R.S.
Sibertswold Downs Grave 26
Creators: name: Hamerow, Helena
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2021
Subjects: Archaeology

description: The tumulus was of the middle size; the grave was two feet and a half deep. The bones were almost gone; the coffin did not seem to have passed the fire. Near the neck were twelve small beads, as before; and the blade of a knife. A woman's grave.
sj-pdf-1-rss-10.1177_10434631211015514 – Supplemental material for Efficiency loss and support for income redistribution: Evidence from a laboratory experiment
Creators: name: Tepe, Markus
name: Paetzel, Fabian
name: Lorenz, Jan
name: Lutz, Maximilian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-rss-10.1177_10434631211015514 for Efficiency loss and support for income redistribution: Evidence from a laboratory experiment by Markus Tepe, Fabian Paetzel, Jan Lorenz and Maximilian Lutz in Rationality and Society
sj-docx-1-sms-10.1177_20563051211017482 – Supplemental material for From “Nasa Lies” to “Reptilian Eyes”: Mapping Communication About 10 Conspiracy Theories, Their Communities, and Main Propagators on Twitter
Creators: name: Mahl, Daniela
name: Zeng, Jing
name: Schäfer, Mike S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-sms-10.1177_20563051211017482 for From “Nasa Lies” to “Reptilian Eyes”: Mapping Communication About 10 Conspiracy Theories, Their Communities, and Main Propagators on Twitter by Daniela Mahl, Jing Zeng and Mike S. Schäfer in Social Media + Society
QORAQALPOGISTON IQLIMIDA YETISHTIRILGAN BUGDOY UNINING NOVVOYLIK XOSSALARI
Creators: name: Kosbergenova, B.M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqola hozirgi vaqittagi inson organizimidagi bugunlarni yaqshi rivojlanishidagi ahamiyati katta.Qoraqalpogiston sharoyitida iqlimlashtirilgan bugdoy navlarining oqsilga boyitish,inson organizimiga  kerakli bulgan aminokislotalar bilan boyitish hozirgi kunning dolzarb muommasi bulib hisoblanadi.
Relationship between Counter-Terrorism Strategies and the Principles of Due Process in Kenya (2012-2019)
Creators: name: Khayundi, Prof. Francis
name: Kirima, William
name: Kirima, William
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Terrorism--Prevention

description: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the counter-terrorism strategies correlation to the principles of due process and crime control in criminal justice. The study adopted a constitutionalism theoretical framework, liberal democracy theoretical foundation and the due process model of criminal justice to explain the phenomenon. The study site was Eastleigh North and Eastleigh South wards of Kamukunji Constituency, Nairobi County. This research adopted qualitative analytical approach. The target population for the study was segmented into three major groups. The first category included counter terrorism experts, police officers, officers from Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), officers from Amnesty International, officers from the Law Society of Kenya and officers from Kenya National Human Rights Commission. The second category of the population included the residents of Eastleigh North and Eastleigh South wards of Kamukunji Constituency, Nairobi County. The third category of the population was specifically residents of Eastleigh North and Eastleigh South of Nairobi County who had either been directly accused of being a terror suspect or witnessed a relative, a friend, or a person close to them accused of being a terror suspect. The study adopted purposive sampling, simple random sampling and snowball sampling. The research used key informant interview, questionnaires and In-depth interview to collect data. The study was based on descriptive statistics and qualitative methods of data analysis. The study also revealed that the criminal justice system in Kenya focused more on the speed of concluding terrorism-related criminal cases than on the due process of determining whether a person is guilty or not guilty of terrorism. The study also established that sometimes the criminal justice system in Kenya does not protect the rights of the terror suspects.
Impact of Post-Election Violence of 2007/08 on Women in Kenya
Creators: name: Ndirangu, Joy
name: Njoroge, Simon
name: Njoroge, Prof. Martin
name: Njoroge, Prof. Martin
name: Rono, Prof. Ruthie
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Kenya. Commission of Inquiry into Post Election Violence

description: The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of post-election violence (PEV) of 2007/08 on women in Kenya. The study was underpinned by the liberal feminist theory. The study adopted mixed reach methodologies including qualitative and quantitative approaches. The target population comprised women living in Kibra Sub County, women groups involved in peacebuilding, area ward administrators, local chiefs and individual women who were victims or had first-hand experience of PEV of 2007/08. The study adopted stratified random sampling to select individual women living in Kibra Sub County to participate in the study. The study also adopted purposive sampling to select women groups involved in peacebuilding, area ward administrators, and local administrative chiefs. Snowball sampling was adopted to identify women who were victims or had first-hand experience of PEV in 2007/08. The study used questionnaires, Key Informants Interview and Case narratives to collect needed information. In analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, content analysis and simple descriptive analysis were done respectively. The effects of PEV of 2007/08 on Women included lost sources of livelihood, killings, creation of more female household heads, lost properties, displacement and sexual assault.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-orm-10.1177_10944281211011529 - A Test-Retest Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of Judgments Via the Policy-Capturing Technique
Creators: name: Zhu, Ze
name: Tomassetti, Alan J.
name: Reeshad S. Dalal
name: Schrader, Shannon W.
name: Loo, Kevin
name: Sabat, Isaac E.
name: Balca Alaybek
name: Zhou, You
name: Jones, Chelsea
name: Fyffe, Shea
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-orm-10.1177_10944281211011529 for A Test-Retest Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of Judgments Via the Policy-Capturing Technique by Ze Zhu, Alan J. Tomassetti, Reeshad S. Dalal, Shannon W. Schrader, Kevin Loo, Isaac E. Sabat, Balca Alaybek, You Zhou, Chelsea Jones and Shea Fyffe in Organizational Research Methods