BANDITRY AND GENDER-BASED VOLIENCE IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA by Simon Nankap KUMS, Cornelius Ishaya KWEDE

“…This emerging security challenge has threatened the very fabric of the fragile peace the Nigerian State was enjoying; especially, in the Northwest states of Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina, etc. …”
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Emotional responses of college students to filtered fluorescent lighting in a classroom (v3) by Hon K. Yuen, Anna L. Wood, Jane E. Krentel, Robert A. Oster, Anthony D. Cunningham, Gavin R. Jenkins

“… # Methods This study used an ABAB withdrawal research design in the following manner: in phase A, the baseline condition, classroom lighting was provided by conventional overhead white fluorescent classroom lights; in phase B, the intervention condition, the conventional overhead white fluorescent classroom lights were covered with fabric filters (thin, translucent, creamy-colored plastic sheets) that were attached to the lighting fixture frame with magnetic discs. …”
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A non-electrical pneumatic hybrid oscillator for high-frequency multimodal robotic locomotion by Genliang Chen, Yongzhou Long, Siyue Yao, Shujie Tang, Junjie Luo, Hao Wang, Zhuang Zhang, Hanqing Jiang

“…Here, we present a pneumatic hybrid oscillator that integrates a snap-through buckling beam, fabric chambers, and a switch valve into its hybrid architecture. …”
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The effect of circuit games on manipulative movement for elementary school students aged 9-10 years by Fika Widiana Kuspratiwi, Wawan Sundawan Suherman, Amat Komari

“…This circuit-training program is, post 1) Fabric Volleyball Game, post 2) Football Circuit Game, post 3) Suki Basketball Circuit Game, post 4) Quickie (Who’s Fast?) …”
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CFPChain: Optimalisasi Sistem Seleksi Pendanaan Riset BRIN Menggunakan Pendekatan Berbasis Konsorsium Blockchain by Taufik Iqbal Ramdhani, Ninon Nurul Faiza, Marini Wulandari, Arti Dian Nastiti, Hartanto Kurniawan

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) sebagai platform blockchain karena efisiensi tinggi dan kemampuan keamanannya. …”
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Compliance with face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community observational study in Singapore by Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Ying Wei Tang, Kyaw Zaw Linn, Xiao Wei Huan, Allie Lim, Chu Ying Poon, Danielle Hui Ru Tan, Nur Hafizah Binte Hamed, Sharifah Farhanah Binte Syed Husen, Clara Chong Hui Ong, Monica Chan, Shawn Vasoo, Yee-Sin Leo, Oon-Tek Ng, Kalisvar Marimuthu

“…The factors — male gender, fabric mask usage and crowded indoor venues — were associated with lower mask compliance. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…The articulation between these elements is key to population retention and settlement strategies, ensuring that the balance between identity and modernity does not result in an irreversible loss of the territorial and social fabric. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…The articulation between these elements is key to population retention and settlement strategies, ensuring that the balance between identity and modernity does not result in an irreversible loss of the territorial and social fabric. …”
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Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania) by Madeline Richter, Kilian Pollok, Kujtim Onuzi, Kamil Ustaszewski

“…Harzburgites are more deformed towards the plate interface, forming a mylonitic fabric. There, harzburgites contain accessory Cr-rich spinel and the foliation is dissected by multiple generations of veins containing serpentine and magnetite. …”
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Performance of Sisal Fabre as Natural Geotextile to Reinforce Soil Layers on Unpaved Road. by Kyomugasho, Lilian

“…Natural geotextiles are strong synthetic fabric usually used in civil engineering construction projects such as high way that stabilizes loose soil. …”
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Stretchable plasmonic metasurfaces for deformation monitoring by Li Peiyang, Gao Kaikai, Ma Ruize, Pan Kai, Li Dong, Liu Feng, Li Peng, Gan Xuetao, Zhao Jianlin, Wen Dandan

“…However, most traditional metasurfaces are fabricated on rigid substrates, which fix their functionality after fabrication and limit their applications in dynamic measurement fields. …”
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3D-printed and In-situ prepared hydrogel anti-bacterial wound patch with silver nanoparticle embedded matrix by Hanin Amara, Fahad Alam, Said El Turk, Haider Butt

“…However, for high reach and large-scale utilization, the fabrication process of wearable hydrogel wound patches needs to be low-cost, reliable, and have high throughput. …”
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Evaluation of marginal and internal adaptation of zirconia crowns constructed from traditional and digital impressions by Loura Shawqi Marqus Jumaah, Nabeel Seryoka Hanna Martani

“… Background and objective: Recent advancement in restorative dentistry from impression to fabrication is toward digital workflow. There are very few studies, evaluating the internal and marginal fitness of full anatomic zirconia crowns fabricated with different impression techniques. …”
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Forming ability of the WC-based ceramic metal composites with different Fe-based binders by unique laser beam modulation by H.S. Maurya, K. Juhani, F. Sergejev, R. Kumar, A. Hussain, K.G. Prashanth

“…Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis have been used to study the microstructure and phase formation in the fabricated parts. The maximum microhardness (2048 ± 209 HV1) has been achieved for the fabricated cermets parts with ferritic stainless steel binder with the composition of WC-20 wt% FeCr.…”
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DESIGN ANALYSIS OF A LOW-COST PARABOLIC ANTENNA FOR DEVELOPING NATION by FRANK ONAIFO, ALEXANDER AKPOFURE OKANDEJI, FISAYO IDOWU, OMOWUMMI GRACE OLASUNKANMI, OLAWALE OLALUWOYE, OLAOLU FOLORUNSHO

“… This paper is aimed at designing a locally fabricated fiberglass parabolic antenna as a replacement for a metallic fabricated parabolic antenna. …”
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Study of evolution for 3D structured surface with nano-balls and walls-like features with thickness variation for WO3 thin films made by spray deposition by Mirela Petruta Suchea, Ioan Valentin Tudose, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Marian Popescu, Kyriakos Mouratis, Marina Manica, Stefan Antohe, Stelios Couris, Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Emmanuel Koudoumas

“…These observations prove the reliability of fabrication of coatings with such surface morphology by spray pyrolysis method and open new perspectives for better sensors, electrochromic or photochromic devices, and more.…”
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The Art of Managing Various Ocular Defects in Different Clinical Scenarios: A Case Series by Apurva Verma, Ramya Srinivasan, Kaushal Kishor Agrawal, Bhaskar Agarwal, Diksha Singh

“…A novel technique of fabricating hollow lightweight ocular prostheses having the sustained prolonged release of artificial tears has been described.…”
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Mechanical evaluation of a novel resin infiltrated lithium-disilicate ceramic network versus resin infiltrated feldspathic ceramic network by Mariam Adel, Moustafa Aboushlieb, Nour A. Habib

“…It was concluded that newly fabricated PILN material showed enhanced mechanical properties.…”
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Understanding spiritual experience in Christian spirituality by S. P. Pretorius

“… A spiritual experience for some means a mere fabrication of the mind. For others it is pathological and the consequence of psychiatric disturbances and psychological disorders. …”
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A novel intelligent photonic design method enabled by metamaterials and k-nearest neighbor by Fan Hangming, Pan Junlin, Wang Yongchen, Yuan Zhe, Cheng Mengfan, Yang Qi, Liu Deming, Deng Lei

“…Specifically, 1 × 2, 1 × 3, 1 × 4 power splitters with arbitrary ratios are fabricated and experimentally demonstrated. The application of this method in arbitrary power splitter highlights its appropriateness for the design and optimization within integrated photonics devices.…”
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