CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

“…The introduction of democracy into African society which in time replaced the old African political system, However, even after political independence majority of African society continued with this same western political system which was seem as been more advance in providing equal opportunity, collective responsibility, human rights advancement, state development, etc. …”
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INVESTIGATING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF BIODIESEL DISTRIBUTION IN INDONESIA by Herbert Wibert Victor Hasudungan, Elis Heviati, Sulthon Sjahril Sabaruddin, Sigit Hargiyanto

“… The implementation of biodiesel in Indonesia has been regarded as one of the main strategies to improve country’s energy security equally and equitably. However, as the largest archipelago country in the world, the activity in distributing their biodiesel production bears a key problem. …”
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The cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics by Charles Efferson, Sonja Vogt

“…Specifically, even if female genital cutting and the preferential abortion of females are equally sensitive as research topics, son bias is inherently easier to study than cutting because biological sex determination is a random process with no natural analogue in the case of cutting. …”
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LIQUIDITY AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Celestine Toluwa Oladele, Rihanat I Abdulkadir, Peters Ade Sanni

“…The empirical results showed that among the proxies for liquidity (liquidity ratio, cash reserve ratio, loan to deposit ratio), only cash reserve ratio was significant and consistent on both dimensions of performance. The results equally showed that size has a significant positive relationship on financial performance and negative relationship on operational performance. …”
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AN ENHANCED MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEM BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK by LAWRENCE OMOTOSHO, IBRAHIM OGUNDOYIN, OLAJIDE ADEBAYO, JOSHUA OYENIYI

“…Experimental result shows that at the learning rate of 0.0001, the multimodal system has a performance recognition accuracy (RA) of 98.33% and equal error rate (ERR) of 0.0006%. …”
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Cycle-based formulations in Distance Geometry by Liberti, Leo, Iommazzo, Gabriele, Lavor, Carlile, Maculan, Nelson

“…The distance geometry problem asks to find a realization of a given simple edge-weighted graph in a Euclidean space of given dimension $K$, where the edges are realized as straight segments of lengths equal (or as close as possible) to the edge weights. …”
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Stock investment funds in Brazil: performance and management expertise by Paulo Rogério Faustino Matos, Artur Nave

“…The quadrimestral rebalancing of the portfolios based on these rankings permits inferring that in scenarios characterized as economic booms or recovery of financial markets, the strategies with equal participation in winner funds provides significantly higher average monthly gains, reduction of risk associated with diversification and consequently enhanced performance in relation to market or sector benchmarks. …”
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Traditional Language with a Flair for Innovation: Hans Florian Zimmer’s Compositional Process by Gabriele

“…Zimmer has expressed himself in different styles, making his language one of the greatest examples of musical eclecticism. His efficiency is equally evident in the field of production. Since his arrival in Hollywood in 1989, Zimmer has changed the entire production process that had been standardised since the 1930s. …”
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EXISTENCE OF WIFE BATTERY AMONG TRADERS IN UGEP COMMUNITY OF YAKURR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by NNANA OKOI OFEM

“…Lastly, the findings also have it that societies should begin to re-orientate men and women on the fact that all human beings are equal as the issue of placing more value on the male child than the female child is one of the reasons why this problem still persist in Nigeria. …”
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OPTIMASI LAHAN DENGAN SISTEM TUMPANG SARI JAGUNG MANIS (Zea mays saccharata, Sturt) DAN KANGKUNG SUTRA (Ipomea reptans) DI PEKANBARU by Surtinah Surtinah, Neng Susi, Sri Utami Lestari

“…Land values in the cropping system Equality sweet corn with silk kale is 1.83. Competition index between sweet corn and silk kale is 1.73. …”
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Democratic Practices and Local Government Elections in Nigeria: Demystifying the Emerging Issues by Timothy Onimisi

“…Secondary data were used and content analysis was equally adopted for the work, while democratic participatory theory was employed. …”
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Innovative Transformations of Science-Intensive Industries in the National Economy of Azerbaijan: from Engineering to a Developed ICT Sector by Samira Abasova

“…If the share of manufactured machine-building equipment in the world's imports and exports is now 0.1%, then the share of the turnover of ICT services in the world is equal to 14%. This study examines the role of innovative transformations in science-intensive and high-tech sectors of national economy of Azerbaijan. …”
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Investigating the Causes of Pavement Distresses on Bwankosya Road in Kabale Municipality. by Kigenyi, Luke

“…To achieve this aim, the road section was divided into 5 equal sections of 100m. The various defects were measured and their and their corresponding severity and extent levels recorded. …”
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Gender Inequality and household production in Kanungu District-Uganda. by Ronnah, Owembabazi

“…The study concluded that where under investment in womens education, there is lower there is lower growthrates.It was recommended that there should be creation of gender awareness ( social mobilisation), provision of equal employment opportunities and that more efforts should be put by the government on emphasising education for all.…”
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Possible connections between health equity and primary health care: a scoping review by Ana Júlia Nociti Lopes Fernandes, Luciana Cisoto Ribeiro, Janise Braga Barros Ferreira

“…The concept was mostly used in its negative connotation and in relation to the equality/inequality binomial. The relationship between equity and primary care was developed in the fields of micro-processes, macro-processes, and health results. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of chitosan /corn starch film incorporated with starch nanocrystals /nettle essential oil nanoemulsion for Eleutheronema tetradactylum fillet preservation by Hamed Ahari, Fatemeh Kalateh-Seifari, Shima Yousefi

“…This study aimed to estimate the effects of chitosan/ corn starch (CH/ CS equal 62:38) film in combination with nettle essential oil nanoemulsions (0.41 wt% NEONEs) and starch nanocrystals (6 wt% SNCs) on the microbial and qualitative characteristics of the Eleutheronema tetradactylumfillets during refrigeration storage (4 ± 1 °C). …”
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Management of Nasoalveolar Cyst by Transnasal Endoscopic Marsupialization by Mohnish Grover, Siddharth Nirwan, Rahul Nahar, Samanvaya Soni

“…In our experience, microdebrider assisted endoscopic transnasal marsupialisation is an easier, faster, safer, and equally efficacious technique to treat nasolabial cyst without any recurrence.  …”
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INVESTIGATING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF BIODIESEL DISTRIBUTION IN INDONESIA by Herbert Wibert Victor Hasudungan, Elis Heviati, Sulthon Sjahril Sabaruddin, Sigit Hargiyanto

“… The implementation of biodiesel in Indonesia has been regarded as one of the main strategies to improve country’s energy security equally and equitably. However, as the largest archipelago country in the world, the activity in distributing their biodiesel production bears a key problem. …”
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Evaluation of three novel antigens and costimulatory agents for improvement of M. Tuberculosis specific interferon gamma release assays by Sandra Schwarzlose-Schwarck, Mark Reinwald, Torsten Bauer, Florian Hentschel, Til Kiderlen, Dorinja Zapf, Victor Herbst, Stefan Lüth, David Krieger, Werner Dammermann

“…Results The three novel antigens ACR, Rv1733 and Rv2626 failed to elicit equal or stronger IFN-γ-responses compared to the gold standard antigen formulation with ESAT-6, CFP-10 and TB10.4. …”
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The Role of Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Therapy after the Surgical Treatment of the Pilonodal Sinus by M. F. Cherkasov, K. M. Galashokyan, Yu. M. Startsev, D. M. Cherkasov, A. A. Pomazkov, S. G. Melikova, V. Yu. Katsiyaev, A. A. Matvienko

“…The average rate of wound healing in the main group was significantly higher and equal to 2.15 ± 0.15 cm2/day, compared to the value of 0.76 ±0.18 cm2/day in the control group.Conclusion. …”
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