Stakeholders’ perspectives on lessons learnt from HPV mass vaccination in Nigeria
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Daradara Kubura, Sidney Sampson, Grace Fubara Erekosima
BACKGROUND: To effectively reduce the risk of cervical cancer, Nigeria launched the HPV vaccine introduction using a phased approach; first phase in October 2023 across …
Direct market valuation method to evaluate economic value of provisioning ecosystem services on household income in Zambia’s Bangweulu Wetland
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Greyford Tembo, Kawawa Banda, Misheck Lesa Chundu
Wetlands are known to be one of the most productive and valuable ecosystems that provide important and diverse benefits to people around the world, contributing …
Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Amaranthus genotypes
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Jonathan Siamey, Jacqueline Naalamle Amissah, Peter Amoako Ofori
Amaranth is a climate-resilient indigenous leafy vegetable that has the potential to contribute to global food security. Owing to its high protein, essential amino acid, …
Mechanistic insights into methylene blue biodegradation by Tetradesmus obliquus: a multimodal approach using absorption, fluorescence, and square wave voltammetry
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Merehan A. Talha, Hamdy E. Agwa, Amr Mohamed Beltagi
Abstract Industrial dye wastewater production has surged alongside rapid industrial growth. This study evaluates the biodegradation of methylene blue (MB) by Tetradesmus obliquus, utilizing spectroscopical …
Sustainable production of silver chloride nanoparticles from desert flora for biomedical applications with multifunctional biological activities
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Bothena M.A. Eltayeb, Ezzat H. Elshazly, Hesham A. Aboelmagd
In this work, Euphorbia sanctae-catharinae leaf extract is used for the first time to biosynthesize silver chloride nanoparticles (AgCl-NPs) via a green synthesis approach. The …
Antibacterial efficacy of iron oxide and silver nanoparticles against bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
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Aya A. El-Lakkany, Naglaa M. Balabel, Monira M. Rageh
The security of vegetable plants worldwide is threatened by bacterial wilts, one of the most infectious soil-borne bacterial plant diseases. This is caused by R. …
Impact of climate change on the habitat range of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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Sanad H. Ragab, Michael G. Tyshenko, Marwa Waseem A. Halmy
Danaus plexippus L. (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is well-known and captivating migratory insect that cannot overwinter in temperate climates. Although common throughout North America, monarch …
Advancing trait-based biomonitoring approach for freshwater ecosystems assessment in Africa: current status, challenges, and future directions
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Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Sara El Yaagoubi, Yakubu Manbe Mohammed
Freshwater ecosystems across Africa are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures, including land-use changes, pollution, hydrological alterations, and climate variability. While traditional taxonomic approaches for biomonitoring …
Enhancing sugar beet growth and quality using green-synthesized nanofertilizers: a comparative study of seed priming and foliar spraying
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Marwa M. A. Ghallab, Ahmed M. Abdelfatah, Manal Fawzy
This study evaluated the effects of foliar spraying and seed priming with green-synthesized nanofertilizers (NFs) containing silver (Ag), zinc oxide (ZnO), and an Ag/ZnO composite …
Harnessing beneficial bacteria to remediate antibiotic-polluted agricultural soils: integrating source diversity, bioavailability modulators, and ecological impacts
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Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju, Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout
Antibiotic contamination in agricultural soils, primarily from manure application and wastewater irrigation, has emerged as a critical threat to food security, environmental health, and public …
Short-term impacts of wildfire on vegetation recovery, soil chemical properties and community-level physiological profiling in a savanna ecosystem of Botswana
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Willie Marenga, Mpaphidzi Mapoka, Venecio U. Ultra
Introduction Savanna ecosystems, an important contributor to Botswana’s economy and occupy up to 86 percent of the land mass of Botswana serving as habitat for …
Optimizing corn productivity: Hybrid and intra-row spacing effects on growth, yield, and nutritional quality
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Asmaa Hamoda, Mokhtar Dabbour
Ongoing genetic enhancements in corn hybrids for high plant density tolerance compel agronomists to periodically reassess optimal intra-row spacing. Accordingly, this investigation assessed the growth, …
Eco-friendly spectrofluorimetric and HPLC-fluorescence methods for simultaneous determination of melatonin and zolpidem in pharmaceuticals
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Shrouk M. Abo Elkheir, Jenny Jeehan Nasr, M. I. Walash
Two eco-friendly, facile, rapid, and highly sensitive analytical methodologies were developed for the concurrent estimation of melatonin and zolpidem tartrate in raw materials and dosage …
Toxic leadership and quality of work life: the moderating role of nurses’ agility
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Ahmed Farghaly Tawfik, Ayman Mohamed El‐Ashry, Amal Diab Ghanem Atalla
BACKGROUND: Toxic leadership undermines morale, job satisfaction, and retention among nurses. While previous studies have established its detrimental effects, the moderating role of nurses' agility-a …
Sunlight-driven degradation of acid red 14 using a ZnO-doped carbon-ammonia composite: kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies
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Ahmed E. Alprol, Ahmed Mohamed Bakr, Sameerah I. Al‐Saeedi
To identify the efficacy of a ZnO-doped activated carbon-ammonia (AC-ZnO-NH3) composite on photocatalytic degradation of Acid Red 14 (AR14) dye from aqueous solutions, the compositional …
Coexistence of carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence in clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: a molecular and phenotypic analysis
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Hadir Karam Ahmed, Fatma Molham, Ahmed O. El-Gendy
Abstract Background Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRhvKp) is increasingly recognized as the predominant nosocomial pathogen in healthcare environments. Objective This study aims to investigate the …
Strengthening maternal healthcare in Ghana: utilizing the community-based health planning and services model as a vehicle
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Linus Baatiema
Introduction/aim: This review explores the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) model and its impact on maternal healthcare delivery in Ghana's primary healthcare system. It …
Eco-friendly zinc-chitosan/poly(l-lactic acid)/polyurethane nanocomposites for dye removal and antimicrobial wastewater treatment
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Magda M. Ragab, Amr Mohamed Beltagi, Samia M. Elsigeny
Abstract This research explores the development of sustainable zinc-chitosan/poly(L-lactic acid)/polyurethane (ZnCS/PLA/PU) nanocomposites for the dual-purpose treatment of wastewater by removing Acid Blue 25 dye and …
Optimizing adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system model based Chaotic Harris Hawks algorithm for stock prediction
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Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed, Ahmed Refaie Ali, Walid Dabour
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly prevalent in the financial sector, particularly for predicting stock market movements. Due to the efficient market hypothesis, forecasting stock …
Impact of decoration of spherical silicon nanoparticles on 2D Ni-MOF nanosheets for integrating superior photodegradation of toxic organic pollutants in aqueous solution
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Amin Mohamed Elkony, Hosni A. Gomaa, Ahmed A. Omran
Abstract The contamination of water resources by toxic organic pollutants poses severe environmental and health risks, representing a critical global challenge that demands the development …