Retail payment systems and electronic commerce have converged over the past decade, yet the scholarly literature describing this convergence remains divided between an economics of payments concerned with instruments, rails and market structure, and a commerce literature concerne...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82359
Reforestation success depends heavily on the quality of transplanted seedlings. Seedling quality can be influenced by the nursery containers in which they are grown. The study assessed the effect of three container types (soil block, plastic bag containers and palm leaf basket co...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94451
Glucagon occupies an unusual position in clinical endocrinology. The same 29-amino-acid peptide serves as a provocative agent for pituitary function testing, as an emergency treatment for severe hypoglycaemia, as a continuous infusion in hyperinsulinaemic states of infancy, and,...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2026/v28i9889
Background: Clinical epidemiology and health systems determinants shape HIV care outcomes, yet comparative data on facility types from urban South-South Nigeria remain limited. This study characterised both dimensions for HIV/AIDS care in Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHAL...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i81775
This study examines the impact of Chinese official development assistance (ODA) on the export performance of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) member countries using a structural gravity model. The study uses a balanced panel dataset covering 54 African countries from...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2026/v32i81458
Aims: The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the influence of potassium mobilizing bacteria (KMB) on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and nutrient use efficiency of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Study Design: The experiment was conducted in a Randomised Block Design...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96266
Weed management is entering a transition from uniform field-wide treatment to spatially selective intervention at patch, row and individual-plant scales. This critical narrative review evaluates the technological and agronomic evidence underpinning site-specific weed management,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96267
Aims: This study assessed the effectiveness of soil conservation practices (SCPs) in controlling soil erosion and examined their contribution to sustainable crop production, using the Food Basket Sites (FoBaSi) programme of Ngororero District, Rwanda, as a case study. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96268
Objectives: The high demand for wild plants has led to the overexploitation of several species. This raises the issue of conserving plant species in the face of risks of biodiversity loss and extinction. This study aims to promote the sustainable use of species providing non-timb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96269
Nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) are essential macronutrients that play pivotal roles in regulating crop growth, yield formation, and oil synthesis in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). A field experiment was conducted during the Zaid season of 2025 at the Crop Research Farm, School o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96270
Polyphenol-rich functional foods occupy an uncomfortable position between nutritional promise and sensory rejection. The same structural features that confer antioxidant and cardiometabolic activity also generate bitterness and astringency, and the concentrations required to appr...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4897
Background: Leadership empowerment promotes positive workplace dynamics, employee satisfaction, workforce performance, and quality patient care. However, limited research has examined empowering leadership behaviours across healthcare departments, particularly in Philippine hospi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1398
Background: Paediatric patients with cancer have poor survival rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These children experience severe pain during treatment. Although nurses have a significant responsibility for managing children’s pain, little is known about nurses’...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1399
Aims: This study identified the barriers and challenges to complete childhood immunisation in rural communities of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, and examined their implications for health system strengthening, with attention to facility-level, environmental, access-related and caregiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1400
Lithium-ion battery degradation is influenced by operating temperature, electrical current, depth of discharge (DoD), and charge–discharge cycling. This study presents a computational framework for identifying operating conditions associated with a reduced value of an empirical b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2026/v14i3335