Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a central component of safe and high-quality healthcare. Healthcare-associated infections remain an important public health concern because they contribute to morbidity, mortality, prolonged hospitalisation, antimicrobial resistance and i...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2026/v20i7512
Environmental awareness among employees is increasingly recognised as an important component of organisational sustainability and environmental stewardship. While zoological institutions play significant roles in biodiversity conservation, environmental education and sustainabili...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i8982
Younfa Abdou Mourtala, Illo Souley Mahaman Hamissou, Hamani Noma Abdoul-Latif, Moussa Soulé, Ibrahim Adamou Maman Laouali, Mahamane Adamou, Soumana Douma & Soumana Idrissa·Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry·2026
Vitex doniana Sweet is an important multipurpose tree species used by rural communities in the Dosso Partial Wildlife Reserve, Niger. This study documented local knowledge of its uses and identified the main factors perceived to affect its conservation in the reserve. Ethnobotani...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3519
Aims: The study aims to compare the antibacterial performance of nanochitosan-functionalised polylactic acid (PLA) monofilament suture formulations and to determine whether surface coating provides a more favourable preliminary profile than bulk blending for potential intraoral w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrimps/2026/v15i3401
Temporal asymmetry in the shape of a linearly polarised laser pulse can influence electron acceleration during interaction with underdense plasmas. This study numerically investigates electron acceleration for Gaussian, positive-skew and negative-skew laser pulses using a one-dim...
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Research Article10.9734/ajr2p/2026/v10i3225
Blood group typing has changed more in the past three decades than in the preceding hundred years. What began as an exercise in observing agglutination reactions has become, increasingly, an exercise in reading DNA: a shift from describing antigens as they appear on the red cell...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4391
Background: Management of complicated crown fractures involving multiple mobile coronal fragments is clinically challenging, particularly when conventional fragment reattachment is not feasible. Removing residual fractured segments may further compromise an already weakened tooth...
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Research Article10.9734/ijrrd/2026/v9i2319
Riga–Fede disease is a rare traumatic ulcerative lesion of the oral cavity that predominantly affects neonates and young infants. It most commonly involves the ventral surface of the tongue and is usually associated with natal or neonatal teeth, resulting from repetitive mechanic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i6551
Measuring the kinetic friction coefficient μₖ via the traditional incline-plane method relies on visually judging when a block slides at constant velocity. This judgment is subjective and introduces significant, hard-to-quantify uncertainty. In this study, we replace visual judgm...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i41670
Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by injury to the developing fetal or infant brain and is commonly associated with motor impairment and developmental delay. Antenatal, perinatal and neonatal complications are recognised risk...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i7552
Bamboo has increasingly gained recognition as a strategic non-timber forest product with considerable potential to contribute to sustainable rural development, poverty reduction, environmental conservation, and climate change mitigation. In Kenya, the bamboo sector has experience...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i41671
Weed infestation is one of the major constraints limiting sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) productivity, especially during the early stages of crop growth. A field experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2025 at the Crop Research Centre (CRC-1), ITM University, Gwalior, M...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74339
Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, is an important insect pest of cotton that affects yield and fibre quality. The present study evaluated machine learning techniques for classifying and predicting pink bollworm incidence using weather variables at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. S...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74340
Olumide Ijishakin, Oluwatobi Atiba, Azka Ali, Venkateshwarlu Kamishetty, Tiffany Abbey, Otokini Samuel Frank-Briggs, Maureen Ukamaka Adione, Umejiego Vivien Ngozi, Oluwamayomikun Soremekun, Shwetha Gopal, Isaac Oluwagbemiga Oni, Tagbo Onyemelukwe, Oghenerukevwe Faith Ohwodo, Nahid Ahmed Abdelhadi, Mohamed Badr & Emeka Stanley Obi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2026
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Precision oncology has emerged as a promising approach to tailor cancer treatment based on the molecular profile of individual tumours, enabling mo...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2026/v38i76166
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) is an indigenous African grain legume with recognised nutritional value, drought tolerance and adaptability to low-input production systems. In Burkina Faso, the crop contributes to household food supply, rural livelihoods and die...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74341