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IJRDO – Journal of Applied Science (ISSN: 2455-6653) is committed to promoting the global dissemination of scholarly research through a fully open access publishing model. All articles published in the journal are made immediately available online to readers worldwide without any subscription, registration, or access fees. Users are permitted to read, download, and share the published content in accordance with the licensing terms outlined below.
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