A Synopsis of Corruption in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Benjamin Terzungwe Tough, Esther Anenge Gbaden

“…One of such societies battling with the menace of corruption is Nigeria. …”
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The influence of Christianity on Graeco-Roman medicine up to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…After this period Jewish and Christian doctors reintroduced Arabic versions of the works of the Greek masters from the teaching hospitals of Islam to the young European medical schools at Palermo and Montpellier. …”
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The work of return to work. Challenges of returning to work when you have chronic pain: a meta-ethnography by Martin Underwood, Mary Grant, Kate Seers, Robert Froud, Joanne O-Beirne-Elliman

“…The ability to navigate obstacles and negotiate change underpinned mastering return to work despite the pain. Where this ability was not apparent, there could be a downward spiral resulting in not working.Conclusions For people with chronic pain, and for their employers, navigating obstacles to return to work entails balancing the needs of (1) the person with chronic pain, (2) work colleagues and (3) the employing organisation. …”
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Development of mobile augmented reality-based geometry learning games to facilitate spatial reasoning by Arif Sapta Mandala, Lathiful Anwar, Cholis Sa'dijah, Hutkemri Zulnaidi

“…Geometry learning requires a comprehensive understanding of spatial reasoning, but students face difficulty in mastering the skill. As a virtual technology, Augmented Reality (AR) offers a solution to overcome the challenges in spatial reasoning with the potential to represent and manipulate objects and develop spatial images mentally. …”
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Investigating the Influences of Self Esteem on Student’s Academic Performance in English Language: A Case Study of Secondary Schools in Rubanda. by Ahurira, Divotter

“…Among the challenges faced by students with low self-esteem in English language learning, the most common issue identified was a lack of basic communication skills, which hinders students' progress in mastering these skills. The least mentioned challenge was feelings of inferiority among students from disadvantaged backgrounds, which prevented them from actively participating in learning activities. …”
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La segunda mejor opción de un territorio como desafío a la despoblación rural: aplicación al Pirineo Catalán by Ana Vera Martín, Antoni F. Tulla Pujol

“…Los AyUS propuestos para cada una de las seis comarcas del APiA permiten plantear recomendaciones para un territorio viable económica, social y ambientalmente que facilite mantener o incluso mejorar su población. …”
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Impact of human body shape on free convection heat transfer. by Shri H Viswanathan, Ankit Joshi, Lyle Bartels, Kambiz Sadeghi, Jennifer K Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski

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Propuesta de clasificación de los topónimos de las regiones insulares de México by Ariadna Neith Guerrero Gómez

“…Este estudio resalta la riqueza toponímica de las regiones insulares de México, así como la importancia de mantener actualizadas las bases de datos para una gestión precisa y cuidadosa de los nombres geográficos. …”
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MILITARY POWER AND LEADERSHIP: A DISCOURSE ON THE GENERAL BUHARI’S REGIME (1983-1985) by Binta Sidi, Shuaibu O. Moyosore

“…Generally, the critics of the regime are of the view that there is need to examine the fact that in all the battles against indiscipline in the last four decades, the leadership itself has not been disciplined enough to lead by example and therefore, defeated the campaigns even before take-off.It is only a disciplined leadership that can inspire or mobilise a disciplined followership and nurture desirable values in any nation. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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The Role of School Management Committee and Pupils' Performance in Government Primary Schools in RuhiJa Town Council Rubanda District. by Niwagaba, Alex

“…The recommendations included; the school management committee through meetings with members of teaching staff and their head teachers should advise them properly and allow them to execute their duties as expected in order to alleviate levels of understanding to children that lead to excellent academic performance; more research should be carried out to allow the school management committees not to dwell on advising head teachers only on matters of children's performance by suggesting strategies but also the entire stakeholders whose effort can promote academic performance of children in primary schools; need to formulate academic committees advised by the members of school management committee on how to perform through motivational element aiming at doing well academically to promote the names of the school; it is imperative that the schools get in touch with the members of the school management committees who have some formal education to quickly understand the value of education and how plans for developments of certain sectors in school especially academic performance could be made; need to foster supervision that involves cooperation towards pupils 'performance by all stakeholders; appointing an active team that can do supervision to let children advance academically is healthy.…”
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Effects of Corporal Punishments on Pupils Learning of English in Selected Primary Schools in Kyanamira Sub-County Kabale District Western Uganda. by Tumwijukye, Wencesilous

“…The remaining 13% were not sure whether the punishment had any contribution to students’ academic performance and they had suggested the punishment be used only in serious matters concerning students’ misbehavior. In order to ensure academic performance in Kyanamira sub-county schools respondents suggested different ways. …”
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SYNERGY BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND A SECURED NATION: AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP NIGERIA THROUGH POLITICS AND ELECTORAL REMINISCENCE by ABDULKAREEM ONAKOYA

“… Insecurity is another factor battling the political development of Nigeria. It has been observed over the years that no amount of political awareness of the populace, the country will remain underdeveloped politically until this issue is resolved. …”
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA? by Amos Francis Dike

“…The study discovers that while the early missionaries left their converts battling with African traditional mythology. However, some contemporary Christians/pastors have an approach that can best be described as Christopaganism on order to bridge the gap created by western missionary exploit.Hence, while recognizing the existence of generational curses and magic, some Christian bodiesviews Christopaganismboth as a means of contextualizing Christianity and at the same time finding relevance. …”
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Ghost Ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by J. C. Nickerson, C. L. Bloomcamp, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Field populations were confined to South Florida although active colonies had been reported as far north as Gainesville, in Alachua County (Bloomcamp and Bieman, personal communication) and Duval County, (Mattis et al. 2004). But by 1995, if not before, the ghost ant was common in central and southern Florida and had been elevated to major pest status (Klotz et al. 1995). …”
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Advancing the accuracy of tyrosinase inhibitory peptides prediction via a multiview feature fusion strategy by Watshara Shoombuatong, Nalini Schaduangrat, Nutta Homdee, Saeed Ahmed, Pramote Chumnanpuen

“…Based on the independent test, experimental results showed that TIPred-MVFF outperformed several conventional ML classifiers and existing methods in terms of prediction accuracy and robustness, achieving an accuracy of 0.937 and a Matthew’s correlation coefficient of 0.847. This new computational approach is anticipated to aid community-wide efforts in rapidly and cost-effectively discovering novel peptides with strong tyrosinase inhibitory activities.…”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…With the following summarized Sexual and Gender violence issues were locally addressed to LC courts whenever domestic resolving of such matters failed while most LC courts discriminated against women than males despite females reporting more of the SGBV cases. …”
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Spatio-temporal modelling of extreme low birth rates in U.S. counties by Kai Wang, Yingqing Zhang, Long Bai, Ying Chen, Chengxiu Ling

“…The findings show that elderly, highly educated population structure, city-developed situation, average birth weight, and average age of mother have a significant impact on the stressful downward excess of birth rate, particularly in examples of Charlotte, Sarasota, Collier counties in Florida, and Marin, Santa, Cruuz, San Mateo in California. Conversely, the increasing female proportion and GDP per capita can alleviate the declining birth rate pressure. …”
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El desfío de la igualdad de género: perspectivas desde el Trabajo Social en los Servicios de Ayuda a Domicilio by Mireia Roca-Escoda, Ana Lucía Hernández-Cordero

“…Los resultados muestran que el SAD es percibido como un trabajo "de mujeres" y que las personas usuarias suelen preferir a personas cuidadoras mujeres, lo que refuerza los estereotipos de género en el sector y contribuye a mantener las desigualdades en la distribución del trabajo de cuidados. …”
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