April 2023
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Abstract Plain language summary This study examines how national competitiveness, measured as productivity per worker, is fostered within an economy using a sample of 90 developed and developing economies. We build upon Porter’s popular Diamond Model, but extend it by adding the quality of public governance and extent of multinational enterprise penetration as two additional…
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Abstract Cloud computing services such as file storage and big data analytics offer cost-effective, secure, flexible, and sustainable services to their users. Despite their benefits, the adoption of many cloud services is still limited, and many organizations are hesitant to adopt cloud technologies for several reasons. Researchers have used innovation adoption theories to explore the factors…
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Boxing legend Mike Tyson is well aware that NBA players will no longer get tested for marijuana and is giving them some pointers on which cannabis strain to smoke when they want to stay active. Tyson, 56, spoke with TMZ Sports on Wednesday to promote his weed company called Tyson 2.0, claiming his product is better than most. “I would prefer [NBA players]…
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Karim Benzema‘s future is not being discussed now. It was not the same three weeks ago. The Frenchman’s return to normality has brought Real Madrid back to enjoying their football. He was the missing piece for Carlo Ancelotti and his team to breathe easy. And they will continue to do so together for another season. The doubts about the…
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Stepping into the boxing ring in a bid to secure lucrative paydays has become a common move for UFC fighters of late. For example, Conor McGregor faced Floyd Mayweather in a clash that earned both parties a colossal one-off pay packet. Yet, one UFC legend has snubbed the opportunity to fight Mayweather, one of boxing’s most infamous names. Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre revealed in…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western security services of having helped Kyiv stage “terror attacks” in Russia, after giving an icy welcome to the new US and EU ambassadors, amid heavy fighting in Bakhmut. His Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, made a rare foreign visit to Warsaw. In Moscow, Putin told a meeting…
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A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the United States, and new research suggests that shootings are becoming more lethal, CNN reported. “Most victims of fatal firearm injuries die at the scene of the shooting, before they can be treated in a health care setting. But that has become increasingly common…
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China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday blasted the announcement of four new military bases by the Philippines for the United States, urging regional countries not to act as Washington’s pawns so as to avoid harming themselves. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily news conference after the Philippines identified the locations of…
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Several countries in the Middle East denounced on Friday the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon, urging all parties to de-escalate to avoid more bloodshed. The Israeli army struck southern Lebanon and Gaza Strip late Thursday night after it accused the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the Gaza ruler, of being behind the 34…
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In its East Asia and the Pacific Economic Update for April 2023, titled “Reviving Growth,” the World Bank forecast that the projected slowdown in growth in advanced economies may be largely offset by signs of revival in China’s economy. This was reflected in the fact that heads of state and chief executives of global corporations…
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China provided the joint experts team for tracing the origin of COVID-19 with all data and materials available at that time and did not hide any cases, samples, test and analysis results, said Shen Hongbing, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at a news conference on Saturday. Since the outbreak of…
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Introduction Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been recognized as an essential tool in enhancing healthcare quality, accessibility and delivery. As a result, both public and private healthcare organizations are investing increasing amounts into the development of healthcare information technology (HIT) [1]. Nevertheless, a number of high-profile failures reveal the problems that arise when end-users…
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Abstract Background The evolving, adoption and high failure nature of health information technology (HIT)/IS/T systems requires effective readiness assessment to avert increasing failures while increasing system benefits. However, literature on HIT readiness assessment is myriad and fragmented. This review bares the contours of the available literature concluding in a set of manageable and usable recommendations for policymakers, researchers, individuals and organizations…
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Abstract Geographic information systems (GIS) and the associated geospatial analytics have been proved to be comprehensive and highly effective tools. They have been widely applied in linguistic research since the 1990s with fruitful research outcomes. These include data management, storage, and analysis, spatial and temporal analysis, and mapping and visualization of linguistic data. Even with…
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Good evening! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described Obidients as some of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions he ever encountered in any political arena. Obidients is a term describing supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who contested the February 25 presidential election. The elder statesman…
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Bankers Believe Conversational AI Will Be a Game-Changer, Eventually. The level of acceptance and use of conversational AI is likely to continue growing over the next several years as the capabilities and deployment across multiple applications in every industry continues. While there has been unprecedented coverage of ChatGPT in the past several months, financial institutions…
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