STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SEASONAL TOURISM BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY OF THE OSUNOSOGBO FESTIVAL

Authors: Hauwa M. Adebayo, Olusola S. Folorunso, Adekunle A. Bashiru, Edward E. Akerele, Olufunmilayo O. Lawal ABSTRACT: Seasonality is one of the essential characteristics of service. Tourism being a service industry is usually besets by seasonality in its tourists patronage. This study aims to investigate sareagies for enhancing the sustainability of seasonal tourism businesses via […]

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COPING WITH SETTLER STATUS: THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S REFUGEES IN CAMEROON

Authors: Ernest Dzelamonyuy Ph. D ABSTRACT: The African continent has experienced many conflicts since the 1960s when most of the countries in the continent attained independence from colonial rule that lasted close to seven decades. These conflicts range from ritualized vendettas of tribal societies to the revolutionary guerillas of modern times. The excitement that greeted […]

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The Paradox of Apparent Decline: A Two-Cohort Causal Comparative Analysis of Alternative Learning System (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Examination Outcomes Before and After the Removal of the Conditional Passer Policy

Authors: Cyrus Pontawe Casingal ABSTRACT: In 2025, the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) examination returned with a new category called conditional passer (50 – 59%) with a remediation pathway after the examination was taken, and in 2026, this category was dropped and the standard was changed to pass/fail. The percentage of successful […]

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Systematic review on Options of pelvic reconstruction in musculoskeletal sarcomas

Authors: Dr. Nazir Ahmed, Dr. Muhammad Nirman Shehzad, Dr. SHAHZAD AHMED MENGAL, Dr. Akal Zaib s/o Jahan Zaib, Dr. Faisal Muteeb, Dr. Javed Ahmed Chandio, Dr. Saoud Javed Abstract: Given the large bony defects, complex anatomy and challenging complication rates, pelvic reconstruction after musculoskeletal sarcomas remains a difficult problem in orthopaedic oncology. This systematic review […]

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A Dual-Branch Cross-Attention PhoBERT Architecture with Explainable AI and Active Continual Learning for Vietnamese Fake News Detection

Authors: Vu Thanh Nhan, Luong Truong An ABSTRACT: The exponential proliferation of digital misinformation across Vietnamese online media platforms poses substantial challenges to information integrity, public safety, and institutional trust. Traditional text classification paradigms utilizing Pretrained Language Models (PLMs) conventionally process input by concatenating headlines and body texts into a single monolithic sequence. This design […]

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DIALOGUE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CONFLICT IN UNION–ADMINISTRATION RELATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA

Authors: AKOMA Evaristus Kanayochi, Ph. D ABSTRACT: Institutional conflict between university administrations and staff unions remains a persistent challenge to effective governance and industrial relations in Nigerian public universities, despite the existence of formal mechanisms for dialogue and dispute resolution. Existing scholarship has largely examined strikes, collective bargaining and industrial disputes, with comparatively limited attention […]

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A Five-Layer IoT-Big Data Architecture for Smart Wastewater Monitoring and Treatment: Design, Integration of Machine Learning, and Deployment Feasibility for Vietnam

Authors: Đỗ Gia Bảo, Nguyễn Tài Tiệp ABSTRACT: Industrial and urban wastewater pollution constitutes a critical environmental challenge in Vietnam, where only approximately 12.5% of municipal wastewater currently undergoes adequate treatment before discharge. This paper proposes the Smart Wastewater Monitoring and Treatment (SWMT) framework, a five-layer IoT–Big Data architecture designed to enable real-time, data-driven management […]

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Understanding the Corridors: A Practical NarrativeReview of Percutaneous Pelvic and Acetabular Fixation

Authors: Dr. Muhammad Nirman Shehzad, Dr. Shahzad Ahmed Mengal, Dr. Nazir Ahmed, Dr. Saoud Javed ABSTRACT: Percutaneous fixation has become an increasingly important part of modern pelvic and acetabular trauma surgery. The technique offers the potential for stable fixation with less soft-tissue disruption, lower blood loss, and reduced surgical morbidity compared with extensive open approaches. […]

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ESTIMATING GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION (GWNBR) MODEL AND MAPPING SPATIAL PATTERNS ONANEMIA DATA IN INDONESIA

Authors: Muhammad Nur Aidi, Yesan Tiara Abstract: Geographically Weighted Negative Binomial Regression (GWNBR) is a spatial regression approach designed to account for spatial heterogeneity by incorporating geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) as spatial weights while simultaneously addressing overdispersion in count data. The empirical application in this study utilized data on anemia cases among women of […]

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Evaluation of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Using Cox and Stratified Cox Proportional Hazards Models Before and After Propensity Score Matching

Authors: Muhammad Nur Aidi, Hanung Safrizal Abstract: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) remains a major cause of mortality globally and in Indonesia, with rising prevalence and healthcare burden. This study investigates the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and CHD incidence using a Cox Proportional Hazards model, complemented by Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to address confounding. A […]

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