ESTIMATING AND FORECASTING SUPPRESSED ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN GHANA UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND SECTOR INEFFICIENCIES

Estimating and forecasting suppressed electricity demand in Ghana under climate change, the informal economy and sector inefficiencies

Suppressed demand arises from inadequate energy access, resulting in unmet basic needs.Therefore, this study investigates the impact of the informal economy, rising temperatures, and electricity transmission losses on suppressed demand in Ghana from 2000 to 2020, using a quantile autoregressive distributed lag (QARDL) approach.The study forecasts s

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Plumage assisted divergence in a vocally complex island endemic: The Dicrurus paradiseus species complex in Sri Lanka

Models of allopatric speciation within an island biogeographic framework suggest that the division of ancestral mainland populations leads to one or more allopatric island species predominantly through natural and sexual selection or genetic drift.Here we studied phenotypic divergence in a phylogenetic framework in the Dicrurus paradiseus allospeci

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A Retrospective Study of 52 Patients With Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus Treated With Radical Surgery

Background: Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus (SCCE) is a rare and extremely fatal disease.We aim to evaluate the efficacy of radical surgery for resectable SCCE and to explore potential prognostic factors.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 52 consecutive SCCE patients who underwent radical surgery from February 1993 to November 2014

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