Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) processing generates a peel fraction that dominates the residue stream of juice and arils production, and this residue has been targeted for polyphenol recovery, pectin extraction and conversion into carbonaceous adsorbents. Conversion of the same...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94356
Background: Sierra Leone's mining, manufacturing, and construction sectors are characterised by chronically weak regulatory enforcement, inadequate safety budgets, and superficial community engagement. These governance failures perpetuate severe occupational health, safety, and e...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i91445
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is an important cereal crop for food, feed and malting, and the exploitation of genetic variability is fundamental to developing high-yielding and stress-adapted cultivars. The present investigation was undertaken to assess the magnitude of genetic var...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94357
Background: Kisspeptin integrates reproductive and metabolic signalling, but its relationship with body mass index (BMI) and regular exercise in apparently healthy young women remains unclear. Aims: This study aimed to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI), ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i91446
Aims: Aquaculture expansion in Nigeria has increased the need for effective fish health management. However, limited data exist on farmed catfish health and stakeholder practices in key production zones such as Ikom in Cross River State. The study assessed the health status of fa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2026/v9i3434
This study examined how Art Integrated Learning (AIL) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) may support the transition from early childhood education to primary schooling in Arunachal Pradesh. A qualitative design was used, with semi-structured interviews conducted with 50 primary school...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93291
Critical thinking (CT) has been recognised as a key competency in 21st-century education and has been incorporated into China’s Senior High School English Curriculum Standards. Despite this policy emphasis, previous research has revealed that EFL teachers tend to hold positive be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93292
Background: Rice insect populations fluctuate considerably with season, crop availability and weather conditions. Aims: The present study aimed to characterise month-wise and season-wise insect abundance, quantify the relative abundance of individual insects, and to determine cor...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95648
Background: Medical education is demanding and is associated with substantial psychological stress. Final-year medical students may be particularly vulnerable. Aim: This study examined the pattern of psychiatric morbidity among final-year medical students in a faith-based medical...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51518
Imaging-based screening programmes are constrained by two opposing failures: false-positive results that generate unnecessary recall, anxiety, further imaging and biopsy, and false-negative results that permit disease to progress undetected until the next screening round or until...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2026/v28i9891
Aims: This study aims to examine the influence of Suco Head leadership and apparatus competence on public service effectiveness, with apparatus job satisfaction as a mediating variable in Suco Hatuquessi, Município Liquiçá, Timor-Leste. Study Design: This study employed a quantit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92367
This study presents a stepwise pedagogical framework designed to simplify the learning and application of IUPAC nomenclature for aliphatic organic compounds. Undergraduate learners often find nomenclature challenging because several interdependent rules must be considered simulta...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5471
Financial budget preparation remains vulnerable to errors arising from data extraction and mapping, spreadsheet manipulation, forecast assumptions, version control, judgemental adjustment and weak reconciliation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly proposed as a means of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92368
This study examined the relationships among compulsive social media use, fear of missing out, social media fatigue, anxiety, and depression among college students in Bengaluru. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered across 15 colleges. Of 1,045...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92370
Airbnb has shifted accommodation choice from a relatively standardised service comparison towards a hybrid decision involving a digital platform, an independently managed property, a host relationship and a locally embedded stay. This critical narrative review synthesises evidenc...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2026/v32i91464