ANC’s Limpopo conference a game changer
Insiders say that the Limpopo provincial conference will only produce one outcome, which could mean Stan Mathabatha is destined for a national position
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Insiders say that the Limpopo provincial conference will only produce one outcome, which could mean Stan Mathabatha is destined for a national position
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It is not even a ‘fragile state’, according to the Fund for Peace’s index. Rather it is a ‘resilient state’, ranking 89 out 179 countries
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The Nobel Laureate drew on a centuries-old legend when he put the Fisher King in The Waste Land.
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Glen Lake Community Schools (GLCS) is located on 110 acres in northern Michigan, an area well-known for its natural beauty. Because the existing site lacked competition tennis courts, students had to use courts in other districts – as the “visitor” team. The softball and soccer fields were distant from the locker rooms, making them inconvenient.
by Feng Gu, Chong Wang, Fang Wei, Yuyan Wang, Qing Zhu, Ling Ding, Wenjia Xu, Caixia Zhu, Cankun Cai, Zhikang Qian, Zhenghong Yuan, Erle Robertson, Qiliang Cai
by Yu Sun, Ye Deng, Yonghua Lu, Mingyue Li
Agriculture faces a contradiction between sustainable resource utilization and maintaining market competitiveness. As a major agricultural product, the sustainability and competitiveness of the apple industry have become important topics. This study analyzes the competitiveness of China’s apple industry and the factors affecting it. Using 2004 and 2018 data for eight Chinese provinces, principal component analysis and spatial autocorrelation are... Читать дальше...
by Wojciech Zajkowski, Maksymilian Bielecki, Magdalena Marszał-Wiśniewska
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by Matt D. Hoffmann, Joel D. Barnes, Mark S. Tremblay, Michelle D. Guerrero
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by Brooke G. Rogers, Jun Tao, Alexi Almonte, Emily Toma, Katherine Nagel, Robert Fain, Siena C. Napoleon, Michaela A. Maynard, Matthew Murphy, Indra Neil Sarkar, Philip A. Chan
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by Yosuke Iwatate, Hajime Yokota, Isamu Hoshino, Fumitaka Ishige, Naoki Kuwayama, Makiko Itami, Yasukuni Mori, Satoshi Chiba, Hidehito Arimitsu, Hiroo Yanagibashi, Wataru Takayama, Takashi Uno, Jason Lin, Yuki Nakamura, Yasutoshi Tatsumi, Osamu Shimozato, Hiroki Nagase
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by Lambert Bodewein, Dagmar Dechent, David Graefrath, Thomas Kraus, Tobias Krause, Sarah Driessen
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by Brent Bridgeman, Frederick Cline
Graduate school programs that are considering dropping the GRE as an admissions tool often focus on claims that the test is biased and does not predict valued outcomes. This paper addresses the bias issue and provides evidence related to the prediction of valued outcomes. Two studies are included. The first study used data from chemistry (N = 315) and computer engineering (N = 389) programs from a flagship state university and an Ivy League university to... Читать дальше...
by Lifeng Lin, Haitao Chu
With the growing concerns about research reproducibility and replicability, the assessment of scientific results’ fragility (or robustness) has been of increasing interest. The fragility index was proposed to quantify the robustness of statistical significance of clinical studies with binary outcomes. It is defined as the minimal event status modifications that can alter statistical significance. It helps clinicians evaluate the reliability of the conclusions. Many factors may affect the fragility index... Читать дальше...
by Habtamu Sewunet, Nurilign Abebe, Liknaw Bewket Zeleke, Bewket Yeserah Aynalem, Addisu Alehegn Alemu
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by Zheng Li, Dandan Wang, Ying Zhang, Shuo Wang, Xueqian Wang, Yuxiao Li, Yuerong Gui, Jun Dong, Wei Hou
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by Krishna Kumar, Nandita Saikia, Nadia Diamond-smith
ObjectivesVital statistics generated by the Civil Registration System (CRS) are essential for developing healthcare interventions at all administrative levels. Bihar had one of the lowest levels of mortality registration among India’s states. This study investigates CRS’s performance barriers from the perspective of CRS staff and community members in Bihar.
MethodsWe conducted a primary qualitative survey in the two districts... Читать дальше...
by Huiling Hu, Haiyan Gong, Dongmei Ma, Xue Wu
BackgroundGiven that increasing attention is being given to the burdens on medical systems, researchers have concentrated their attention on nurses’ work engagement, especially in emergency departments.
PurposeTo investigate the current situation of work engagement of nurses in emergency department, and to find out the impact of psychological violence on work engagement and its impact path.
Basic proceduresThe research is a cross-sectional study. Читать дальше...
by Amy Hatton, Benjamin Collins, Benjamin J. Schoville, Jayne Wilkins
Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from southern African archaeological contexts shed light on past traditions of personal ornamentation, and they are also argued to provide a proxy for understanding past social networks. However, OES beads are often understudied and not reported on in detail. In particular, there has been little research on OES bead variation during Marine Isotope Stage 2 (29,000–12,000 years ago) which includes... Читать дальше...
by Thana Lertsuttimetta, Monravee Tumkosit, Peerapat Kaveevorayan, Poonchavist Chantranuwatana, Nonthikorn Theerasuwipakorn, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Sarinya Puwanant
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by Ting Yu, Yingxian Shi, Xinyan Pan, Qiang Feng, Peng Wang, Shuling Song, Lilin Yang, Julun Yang
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by Ksenia Orekhova, Cinzia Centelleghe, Giovanni Di Guardo, Jean-Marie Graïc, Bruno Cozzi, Davide Trez, Ranieri Verin, Sandro Mazzariol
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by Pichaya Booncharoen, Rapphon Sawaddisan, Chitkasaem Suwanrath, Alan Geater
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by Amy Hodges, Reinie Cordier, Annette Joosten, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Yu-Wei Chen
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