THE POLITICS OF OIL EXPLORATION AND THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ISSUE OF BAYELSA STATE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AYOOLA BABATUNDE FADOLA

“…Nigeria joined oil producing nations on 3rd august 1956 when oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in the Oloibiri of Bayelsa State and today Nigeria ranked as the leading oil and gas producer in Africa and the 6th largest exporter in the world. …”
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Developing a New Interval Type-2 Hesitant Fuzzy TOPSIS-Based Fuzzy Best-Worst Multicriteria Decision-Making Method for Competitive Pricing in Supply Chain by Farhad Salimian, Maryam Damiri, Mahyar Ramezankhani, Saeed Khakshouri Fariman

“…This study presented a new extended decision-making and FBWM method based on type-2 fuzzy sets TOPSIS for ranking the corporate social responsibility criteria based on competitive supply chain pricing factors. …”
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Diabetes distress among immigrants of south Asian descent living in New York City: baseline results from the DREAM randomized control trial by Farhan Mohsin, Laura Wyatt, Hayley Belli, Shahmir Ali, Deborah Onakomaiya, Supriya Misra, Yousra Yusuf, Shinu Mammen, Jennifer Zanowiak, Sarah Hussain, Haroon Zafar, Sahnah Lim, Nadia Islam, Naheed Ahmed

“…All were born outside of the US; the majority were born in Bangladesh (69.8%) followed by India, Pakistan, and Nepal (24.7%) and Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (5.5%). …”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Environmental Impact of Steelmaking Process by Huimin Liu, Qiqiang Li, Guanguan Li, Ran Ding

“…Through analysis, the hazards are divided into four major categories, which are human health, climate change, ecosystem quality, and resources. …”
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Volatile Organic Metabolites as Potential Biomarkers for Genitourinary Cancers: Review of the Applications and Detection Methods by Kiana L. Holbrook, Wen-Yee Lee

“…Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, and is ranked second in the United States. Early detection is crucial for more effective treatment and a higher chance of survival rates, reducing burdens on individuals and societies. …”
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Analysis of the ecological status of urban parks with emphasis on forest parks using GIS (Case study: Tabriz) by Hassan Mahmoodzadeh, musa vaezi, rahimeh rostami, maedeh bakooyi

“…Evaluating ecological indicators in four major axiological areas and ecological, environmental, cultural-educational and access design. …”
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Preparation of the New Military Units for the Front (the Experience of the Siberian Military District) by A. G. Bayer

“…By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet armed forces were no match in overall power terms to the fully mobilized Wehrmacht, but in terms of the number of major weapons they surpassed it. By the summer of 1941, they totaled 5.7 million people. …”
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Determination of Sulphurdioxide (SO2) Distribution in the Eastern Black Sea Region with Geographical Information System by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Halil Akıncı

“…The Black Sea Coast could be one of the major sources of the air pollution in the study area. …”
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Rafraîchir les observatoires par le son by Cécile Regnault, Patrick Romieu

“…The perception, classification, and ranking of the qualities of these sound environments are born from collective historical experiences and instituted systems of taste just as much as they are born from individual aesthetic experiences. …”
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Evaluation Model of Highway Reconstruction and Expansion Scheme Based on Multiple Attribute Decision Making by Xinhao Pan, Man Xu, Jie Jia, Yifeng Xia, Qian Chen

“…Finally, the MADA evaluation model is utilized to analyze the ranking of optimal scheme selection problem by relative closeness as a decision index. …”
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Democracy and education: Notes over military training in Argentina and Brazil by Ana Penido, Suzeley Kalil Mathias, Eduardo Mei.

“…This article assumes that the countless military interventions and coups, and the decades in which both Argentina and Brazil lived under dictatorships; constitute an obstacle for democracy and reveal the importance of educating soldiers on the importance of military subordination to civilian authorities. Four major findings can be derived from the above assumptions, i) a new educational approach is unavoidable if military autonomy is to be overcome and if military subordination to civilian authorities is to take root; ii) Military education is also crucial in the training of competent military leaders, able to fulfill their duties to the countries they serve; iii) Military autonomy hampers democratic consolidation and international cooperation in defense issues; iv) Reducing the differences between military training and the civilian educational system facilitates operational defense policies and fosters the internalization of democratic values into the ranks. …”
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A fuzzy compromise solution framework for assessing the early effect of COVID-19 on global stock indices by Sanjib Biswas

“…COVID-19 is undoubtedly the major crisis that the world has witnessed in the last many decades. …”
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Biochemical Characterization of Seed Oil of Tunisian Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Accessions with Special Reference to Its Fatty Acid Composition and Oil Content by Taoufik Hosni, Zouhaier Abbes, Leila Abaza, Sana Medimagh, Hamadi Ben Salah, Mohamed Kharrat

“…Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a major oilseed crop, cultivated throughout the world, and the nutritional quality of its edible oil ranks among the best vegetable oils in agricultural product. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Pattern of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Gansu Province and Its Environmental Factors Detection and Analysis by Haili Zhao, Jun Wang, Minghui Wu

“…As one of the major public health security issues, pulmonary tuberculosis had a global death rate of 1.6 million in 2021 alone, ranking 13th in the world, posing a great threat to society and families. …”
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The Potential of Polish Bioeconomy Compared to the European Union Countries by Anna Nowak, Aneta Jarosz-Angowska, Artur Krukowski

“… Bioeconomy has become one of the major directions in the development of the European Union (EU). …”
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A Concept Mapping Study of Physicians’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Management and Control of Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa by Juliet Iwelunmor, Sarah Blackstone, Joyce Gyamfi, Collins Airhihenbuwa, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Bamidele Tayo, Richard Adanu, Gbenga Ogedegbe

“…Hypertension, once a rare problem in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is predicted to be a major cause of death by 2020 with mortality rates as high as 75%. …”
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Transformer Outage Contingency in the Southern Interconnected Grid of Cameroon Based on Dynamic Power Flow Simulation by Chu Donatus Iweh, Wirnkar Basil Nsanyuy, Nde Donatus Nguti, Emmanuel Tanyi

“…The four indices were added to give a combined value, and the outages were ranked in order of severity based on this combined index. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review of the Epidemiology, Health-Related Quality of Life Impact, and Economic Burden of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy by Christina Soeun Kwon, Patrick Daniele, Anna Forsythe, Christopher Ngai

“…Across 8 studies reporting HRQoL, pain and fatigue were the most reported symptoms, and patients consistently ranked kidney function and mortality as the most important treatment outcomes. …”
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Exploring indigenous wisdom: Ethnobotanical documentation and conservation of medicinal plants in Goba District, Southwest Ethiopia by Ginjo Gitima, Ashenafi Gebre, Yericho Berhanu, Tamirat Wato

“…Furthermore, Croton macrostachyus ranked first as the most versatile multipurpose plant. …”
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The Role of Topography in Coastal City Planning Using a Comparison of Two Hierarchical Analysis Methods: AHP and AHP Fuzzy (Case Study: Nour City) by Mostafa taghvaee, Sadroddin motevali, Gholamreza Janbaz Ghobadi

“…In this encounter, if some essential principles and points are not observed, the morphodynamic balance of the environment will be disrupted and major risks will threaten the majority of urban equipment and facilities. …”
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