The existence of organic, inorganic, and microbiological contaminants in water bodies continues to pose a serious threat to public health worldwide. The photocatalytic elimination of these contaminants using copper bismuthate ...

Groups of wild animals can vary considerably in their composition, including in the proportion of group members who are male or female, that is the within-group sex ratio. Variation in within-group sex ratios can arise ...

In this paper, an approach to the semantic segmentation of 3D LiDAR point clouds obtained from natural scenes is introduced. Using a state-of-the-art projection-based semantic segmentation model as the core segmentation network, ...

Sperm production represents a costly reproductive investment by males. High reproductive competition within the female reproductive tract may select for higher sperm counts or quality resulting in selection for larger ...

The aim of this paper is to utilize the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity–mixed data sampling (GARCH-MIDAS) framework to predict the daily volatility of state-level stock returns in the United States ...

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Secondary school language teachers who participated in this study taught using tablets and MS Teams, which has its own associated challenges. In the study reported on here we explored ways in which the 13 digital learning ...

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Africa is growing and flourishing but the region is not a global leader in conflict resolution. The African region still has many challenges to overcome. The region has the potential ...

The synthesis and catalytic application of new half-sandwich Ni(II), Cr(III), and Ru(II) complexes, all stabilised by either symmetric or asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, were investigated. The study entailed ...

This article explores the multifaceted landscape of music literacy education in South African secondary schools through an anagrammatic lens. Music literacy education is symbolised by the anagrams ‘NAOUIEDCT’ and ‘RCSSEOEUR’, ...