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Samuel Asante Gyamerah, Victor Owusu, Stephen Oppong Kwakye • Scientific African
(2024)
The impacts of climate variability indicators on crop yields have attracted global attention over the years. This is particularly so because of the growing concern about the effect of climate change on sustainable food production, especiall...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02314
Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabi, Emmanuel Degraft-Johnson Owusu-Ansah, Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, Nana Yaw Asiedu • Water-Energy Nexus
(2021)
Nearly 6494 boreholes with iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) concentrations above permissible limits of 0.3 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L respectively in Ghana have been abandoned because of ineffective water treatment solutions. Activated carbon prepared f...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wen.2021.02.001
Jennifer Belt Antwi, Nana Kena Frempong • Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences
(2026)
Background: The classic Wells–Riley model (CWRM) is a well-established framework for estimating airborne infection risk in shared indoor environments. This study extends the framework to simultaneously incorporate fecal–oral transmission, a...
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DOI: 10.1080/29937574.2026.2714847
Yan Dora Zhang, Amber N. Hurson, Haoyu Zhang, Parichoy Pal Choudhury et al. • Nature Communications
(2020)
In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16483-3
Eric Nyarko, Irene A. Kretchy, Grace Lovia Allotey-Babington, Adwoa Oforiwaa Kwakye et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases
(2026)
Abstract Background Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to undermine HIV treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Objective This study aimed to quantify ART treatment adherence among people living with...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13836-z
I Nyoman Widana, Ni Luh Putu Suciptawati, Sulma Sulma • Barekeng
(2024)
Program Education plays a vital role in improving human resources. But on the other hand, education costs are not cheap. For this reason, people need to prepare education funds from an early age. One way is to take part in an education insu...
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DOI: 10.30598/barekengvol18iss4pp2555-2562
Samuel Kipsang Kaptum, Jane Aduda Akinyi, Philip Ngare, Amos Kipkorir Langat • Scientific African
(2025)
Herd behaviour in socio-economic systems is characterised by asynchronous, stochastic decision-making that traditional models capture imperfectly. Discrete-time DTMCs impose fixed-tick synchrony and require binning, which distorts event tim...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e03042
Tristan Curteis, Augustine Wigle, Christopher J. Michaels, Adriani Nikolakopoulou • BMC Medical Research Methodology
(2025)
Abstract Background In network meta-analysis (NMA), the magnitude of difference between treatment effects is typically ignored in the calculation of ranking metrics, such as probability best and surface under the cumulative ranking curve (S...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12874-025-02499-0
Frank Kofi Owusu, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Nana Kena Frempong, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu et al. • Heliyon
(2023)
In this extant paper, a multivariate time series model using the seemingly unrelated times series equation (SUTSE) framework is proposed to forecast the peak and short-term electricity demand using time series data from February 2, 2014, to...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18821
George Ukam, Charles Adams, Atinuke Adebanji, Williams Ackaah • Cogent Engineering
(2024)
The nature of paratransit services makes for increased uncertainty in trip time, leading to reported unreliability and dissatisfaction by the users. While providing travel information has proved helpful in formal bus services and has been r...
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DOI: 10.1080/23311916.2024.2386383
Japheth Musingila Mwongela, Caroline Kanyiri, Virginia Kitetu • Journal of Applied Mathematics
(2026)
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic bacterial disease that continues to pose a major public health challenge, particularly in developing countries where it causes substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic losses. A key problem in co...
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DOI: 10.1155/jama/5513951
Peter Olusakin Oladoye, Timothy Oladiran Ajiboye, Wycliffe Chisutia Wanyonyi, Elizabeth Oyinkansola Omotola et al. • Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment
(2023)
The extensive usage of malachite green (MG) dyes in the fish and dye industries cause serious water pollution, leading to catastrophic effects on living organisms and the environment. In addressing the challenges of health risks related to ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scenv.2023.100033
Ji Yeon Seo, Eun Hyo Jin, Goh Eun Chung, Young Sun Kim et al. • Scientific Reports
(2023)
Abstract Obesity is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. However, the effect of body weight change on colorectal cancer is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between difference in body mass index and the risk of col...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36111-6
Olga Vishnyakova, Joosung Min, Stephen Leach, Xiaowei Song et al. • Communications Medicine
(2026)
Abstract Background Chronological age does not capture individual health or resilience. Advances in metabolomics have enabled development of molecular aging biomarkers that capture deviations between biological and chronological age, highli...
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DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01375-2
László Sipos, Kolos Csaba Ágoston, Péter Biró, Sándor Bozóki et al. • Current Research in Food Science
(2025)
Consumer sensory testing is the basis for determining directions of product development in the food industry. However, while compliance assessment by trained and expert assessors is well developed, few information is available on testing co...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2025.100982
Hengtai Wang, Aminu Ma’aruf Nass, Zhiwei Zou • Advances in Mathematical Physics
(2021)
In this article, we discussed the Lie symmetry analysis of C1m,a,b fractional and integer order differential equations. The symmetry algebra of both differential equations is obtained and utilized to find the similarity reductions, invarian...
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/9113423
Susan A. Kirkland, Lauren E. Griffith, Urun Erbas Oz, Mary Thompson et al. • BMC Public Health
(2023)
Abstract Background Older adults have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and related preventative measures undertaken during the pandemic. Given clear evidence of the relationship between loneliness and health outcomes, it is impe...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4
Audrey Béliveau, Devon J. Boyne, Justin Slater, Darren Brenner et al. • BMC Medical Research Methodology
(2019)
Abstract Background Several reviews have noted shortcomings regarding the quality and reporting of network meta-analyses (NMAs). We suspect that this issue may be partially attributable to limitations in current NMA software which do not re...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0829-2
Nana Poku Appiagyei Nantwi, Anani Lotsi, Godwin Debrah • Scientific African
(2022)
We study the financial impact of longevity risk on defined benefit (DB) pension plan liabilities using the 2010 Ghana population census, and the Lee-Carter model. We compare the usual Lee-Carter model to an extended version. While we observ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01241
Bashir Mikail Usman, Satirenjit Kaur Johl, Parvez Alam Khan • Discover Sustainability
(2025)
Abstract This study examines the adoption of green governance systems in Nigeria's energy sector to attain carbon neutrality, following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 13. The study conducted conducts a comprehensive narrative re...
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DOI: 10.1007/s43621-025-01064-5