Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities by Hassan, Abubakar Idris, Baharom, Mohd Nazri, Abdul Mutalib, Rozita

“…These institutions dominate the university system in Nigeria and serve as the main avenue for university education in the country. …”
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Adropin: An endocrine link between the biological clock and cholesterol homeostasis by Sarbani Ghoshal, Joseph R. Stevens, Cyrielle Billon, Clemence Girardet, Sadichha Sitaula, Arthur S. Leon, D.C. Rao, James S. Skinner, Tuomo Rankinen, Claude Bouchard, Marinelle V. Nuñez, Kimber L. Stanhope, Deborah A. Howatt, Alan Daugherty, Jinsong Zhang, Matthew Schuelke, Edward P. Weiss, Alisha R. Coffey, Brian J. Bennett, Praveen Sethupathy, Thomas P. Burris, Peter J. Havel, Andrew A. Butler

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Vitamin D limits inflammation-linked microRNA expression in adipocytes in vitro and in vivo: A new mechanism for the regulation of inflammation by vitamin D by Esma Karkeni, Lauriane Bonnet, Julie Marcotorchino, Franck Tourniaire, Julien Astier, Jianping Ye, Jean-François Landrier

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Association of muscles length and strength with balance and functional status among children with diplegic spastic cerebral palsy by Zavata Afnan, Arshad Nawaz Malik, Saira Jahan, Arshad Ali

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Species pool size and rainfall account for the relationship between biodiversity and biomass production in natural forests of China by Jia‐Jia Liu, Kevin S. Burgess, Xue‐Jun Ge

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COMPRENDERE I TESTI PER LO STUDIO IN ITALIANO L1 E L2: COMPETENZE E BISOGNI DEGLI STUDENTI UNIVERSITARI by Fabiana Rosi

“…Understanding texts for studying in Italian L1 and L2:  competences and needs of university students Due to growing internationalization policies at Italian universities and the belief that enhancing skills in academic communication in Italian is an effective strategy to increase the attractiveness of the national university system, the study investigates the specific language competences and needs of international university students. …”
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Directed communicative modelling as an ESP teaching strategy at tertiary level: Recontextualization and other issues by Milivojević Nataša R., Radojičić Stanka S.

“…The aim of the present study is twofold: to describe and explain a localized and recontextualized version of Directed Communicative Modelling, which is a largely Anglo-Saxon teaching practice, in the Serbian university system and to report on the defined practical outcomes of such an approach for the course where the main learning objectives for the students include (among others) the full capacity for independent professional work in the field of optics and optometry and reading the relevant literature in English as well as conducting academic and professional research. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of research on Alzheimer’s disease and non-coding RNAs: Opportunities and challenges by Xinxing Fei, Shiqi Wang, Shiqi Wang, Jiyang Li, Qiu Zeng, Yaqian Gao, Yue Hu

“…China, Louisiana State University System, and Lukiw WJ were the countries/regions, institutions, and authors with the highest scientific productivity, respectively. …”
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Robust Deep Neural Network-Based Framework for Predicting and Classifying Capsid Protein Based on Biomedical Data by Anees Ur Rahman Khattak, Amin Ullah, Amjad Rehman, Tariq Mahmood, Qamar Wahid Khattak, Sarah Alotaibi, Saeed Ali Omer Bahaj

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Effectiveness of Chest Physical Therapy in Improving Quality of Life and Reducing Patient Hospital Stay in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Waleed Khan, Aatik Arsh, Syed Muhammad Hammad, Syed Arif Shah, Abdul Haq

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Visual recognition for urban traffic data retrieval and analysis in major events using convolutional neural networks by Yalong Pi, Nick Duffield, Amir H. Behzadan, Tim Lomax

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Sleep Disorders among Rotating Shift and Day-Working Nurses in Public and Private Sector Hospitals of Peshawar by Ijaz Arif, Sardar Ali, Asghar Khan, Khuzaif Khan, Hussan Zeb, Matti Ullah

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Analysis of Trends in the Higher Education and Science as the Basis for Strategizing the Scientific and Innovative Activities in Regional Universities by E. A. Pahomova

“…In the Kemerovo region — Kuzbass, the most important trends are the structural transformation of the traditional university system with increased competition among universities; limited demand for research and development, not corresponding to the economic importance of the region; creation of institutional foundations for the development of scientific and innovative activities and the strategic goals of Kuzbass for scientific and technological development, which determine promising areas of research.Conclusions. …”
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PGD: Pineapple Genomics Database by Huimin Xu, Qingyi Yu, Yan Shi, Xiuting Hua, Haibao Tang, Long Yang, Ray Ming, Jisen Zhang

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Rattraper le nouvel Occident : « L’initiative d’excellence » allemande, les études régionales et la re-production des inégalités by Manuela Boatcă

“…However, while earlier steps in this direction only created a wider array of employment options for researchers, the argument of this paper is that the excellence initiative represents what has been called a process of “indirect commercialization” (Reinhard Kreckel) or an instance of “academic capitalism” (Slaughter/Leslie) of/in the Western European university system, which traditionally relied on state financing and state control of university finances. …”
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Statistical Evaluation of the Material-Source Effects on the DSR Rheological Properties of Plant-Mix Extracted Asphalt-Binders by Lubinda F. Walubita, Jose G. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gilberto Martinez-Arguelles, Hossain Tanvir, Luis Fuentes, Seyed Amid Tahami

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Effectiveness of Chest Physical Therapy in Improving Quality of Life and Reducing Patient Hospital Stay in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Waleed Khan, Aatik Arsh, Syed Muhammad Hammad, Syed Arif Shah, Abdul Haq

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L’École de journalisme d’Alger (1964-1990) : les défis d’une formation professionnelle by Chloé Nejma Rondeleux

“…The study of the composition and curriculum of the first course emphasises the choices made in the university programme, and outlines the tendencies of a training already geared more towards the acquisition of general knowledge than an apprenticeship in a trade.Then, in examining the various reforms, introduced at the level of both the university system and the École de journalisme, the article recounts the process of the Arabisation of the sector and its effects. …”
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Analyzing the Impact of Spanish University Funding Policies on the Evolution of Their Performance: A Multi-Criteria Approach by Samira El Gibari, Carmen Perez-Esparrells, Trinidad Gomez, Francisco Ruiz

“…The “intra” regions university performance analysis reveals some institutions with noteworthy behaviors, some with sustained trends throughout the analyzed period and other institutions with more erratic behaviors, within the same regional public university system despite having the identical funding model. …”
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Nursing Student Satisfaction with the Teaching Methodology Followed during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Marta Carolina Ruiz-Grao, Sandra Cebada-Sánchez, Carmen Ortega-Martínez, Antonia Alfaro-Espín, Eduardo Candel-Parra, Francisco García-Alcaraz, Milagros Molina-Alarcón, Victoria Delicado-Useros

“…Background: Halfway through the 2019–2020 academic year, the entire university system was affected by an exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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