Background: Philippine English (PhE) is a dynamic and complex linguistic continuum shaped by diverse regional, social, and linguistic contexts. Existing academic literature on PhE has largely focused on acrolectal and educated varieties, while the basilectal variety spoken by lab...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3343
Drought is a significant abiotic stress that adversely affects rice productivity in Kerala by reducing water potential and disrupting physiological processes. This study was conducted at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara, to evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95651
Background: Public speaking is an essential component of oral communication, requiring learners to demonstrate both vocal and non-verbal delivery skills. During School Year 2020–2021, Modular Distance Learning and weak internet connectivity limited opportunities for some Grade 11...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3344
This paper aims to examine the key challenges that English language teachers face in their day-to-day preparation and selection of instructional media. The study identifies contributing factors that create these challenges as barriers to attaining the goals of communicative langu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93293
Background: Microlearning organises instruction into short, focused learning units that can be accessed flexibly. Its rapid adoption across school, university, professional and patient-education settings has outpaced consensus about its comparative effectiveness, the conditions u...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93294
This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the perceptions of teachers and students in higher education institutions in India. A total of 105 teachers and students from higher education institutions were asked about their perceptions of digital education an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93295
Terraces, contour and graded bunds, check dams and farm ponds form the physical backbone of soil and water conservation in rainfed agricultural landscapes across Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean basin and Latin America. Their design conventions were established when the statistica...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95649
Improving student behaviour and school discipline in primary schools involves direct and indirect stakeholders whose roles and collaboration may shape disciplinary practices. This qualitative case study examined the challenges encountered in improving student behaviour and school...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93296
Examination preparation for the General Certificate of Education in Cameroon relies heavily on static past question booklets that treat every learner identically regardless of what that learner has already mastered. This paper reports the design, implementation, and simulation-ba...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcos/2026/v19i9905
Ibrahim Mohammed, John Rople Gungshik, Samuel Emmanuel Egga, Pam Stephen Jang & Anthonia Eyitayo Eseyin·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
The rapid increase in plastic waste generation poses serious environmental, social, and economic challenges, particularly in developing countries such as Nigeria, where disposal infrastructure is inadequate. This study investigates the design and formulation of hot mix asphalt in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5472
Surgically facilitated acceleration of tooth movement has moved from a specialist adjunct to a widely promoted option in adult orthodontics, yet its periodontal consequences remain contested. Corticotomy-based procedures, including periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajds/2026/v9i1384
This study examines the relationship between exchange-rate movements and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Zambia using annual time-series data for 1990–2024. Guided by Real Options Theory and Dunning’s Eclectic Paradigm, the analysis applies the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2026/v32i91465
Semiochemicals occupy a distinctive position in agricultural entomology because they can convert species- and context-specific chemical communication into tools for surveillance, behavioural manipulation and population suppression. This critical narrative review evaluates the evi...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94467
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of integrated nitrogen management on growth, yield attributes, green cob and forage yields, nutrient uptake, biofertilizer interactions, soil microbial population, and economic returns of hybrid sweet corn during the summer...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94468
Automobile mechanic activities can introduce potentially toxic metals into surrounding soils through the disposal of spent engine oil, metallic scraps, batteries and other vehicle-related wastes. This study assessed heavy metal contamination, ecological risk and potential human-h...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2026/v14i3339