THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NIGERIA’S COLONIAL ECONOMY.1892 - 1960 by Okeke Ugochukwu Ahizechukwu

“… ABSTRACT Transport infrastructure had existed in Nigeria before the British effective occupation of what later became Nigeria.The ethnic fragments that made up the country existed politically independent of each other and they engaged in some form of economic relationships with other trading partners outside the country before the British dominated the colonial economy. …”
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ENVOLVER+: a tool for the promotion of positive nursing practice environments by Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Ligia Schacht, Mariana Filipa Mendes Gonçalves, Ana da Conceição Alves Faria, Ana da Conceição Alves Faria, Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro, Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro, João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva, João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva

“…The purpose of this study is to describe the process by which the ‘ENVOLVER+’ board game has been developed and validated.MethodsWe carried out a methodological study from September 2023 to May 2024 in three phases: (1) modified e-Delphi to validate the content to be included in the game; (2) development of the prototype board game; (3) application of the game in four practice contexts.ResultsThe four sessions of the ‘ENVOLVER+’ game lasted an average of 80 min. Each session had twelve participants in four groups. …”
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Mass production of type IIA dS vacua by Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde

“…It can be done, for example, using two non-perturbative exponents in the superpotential for each modulus, as in the KL model [1]. A large set of supersymmetric Minkowski vacua with strongly stabilized moduli is protected by a theorem on stability of these vacua in absence of flat directions [2]. …”
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Organic versus Conventional Agriculture: Comparison of Economic and Environmental Sustainability by Balode Lauma, Pakere Ieva, Luksta Ilze, Blumberga Dagnija

“…The comparison between organic dairy farming and conventional dairy farming based on sustainability indexes provides valuable insight into the strengths and weaknesses of each system. Organic farming systems present stronger environmental sustainability but require substantial financial support. …”
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Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…Currently the Japanese beetle is the most widespread pest of turfgrass and costs the turf and ornamental industry approximately $450 million each year in management alone (Potter and Held 2002). …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SAMPLE SIZE AND SELECTION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IN BANKRUPTCY MODEL ACCURACY by Yusuf Ali Al-Hroot

“…The study sample is divided into three sub-samples counting 6, 10 and 14 companies respectively; each sample is composed of bankrupt companies and the solvent ones during the period from 2000 to 2013. …”
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MAGNESIUM ALLOY AZ31B FORMING LIMIT CURVE USING THE NAKAZIMA TEST by AUGUSTIN JITARU, COSMIN CONSTANTIN GRIGORAȘ, GHEORGHE BRABIE, ANA-MARIA ROȘU, LUCIAN-MARIUS ROȘU

“…The settings of the testing equipment have been selected to allow the material to break at different strains: from uniaxial to biaxial stretches. Each specimen represents specific stress in the strain limit diagram. …”
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Propagation and Production of Atlantic St. Johnswort by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…Flowers occur from June to September, are terminal and axillary, and may be solitary or in small clusters called cymules or dichasia. Each flower is 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter with 5 clear yellow petals (Radford et al. 1983). …”
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Exploring Citizenship Unit II: My Neighborhood by Stacey Ellison

“…To be truly meaningful to the real life needs and interest of your group, your contribution is essential. Each person, neighborhood, and community has individual needs that you can help your group identify. …”
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Resistance of conductive FFF 3D printed compounds based on thermoplastic elastomers under repeated strain by Alexandra Glogowsky, Michael Korger, Sofie Huysman, Maike Rabe

“…The need for detailed investigation of electrical conductivity after each production stage and during use is explained and effects of printing and repeated strain on materials are discussed. …”
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Application of IoT and blockchain technology in the integration of innovation and industrial chains in high-tech manufacturing by Zepei Li, Peng Zheng, Yanjia Tian

“…An ablation study validates the critical role of each component, showing significant performance drops when modules like DQM or blockchain are excluded. …”
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Breastfeeding duration: does parity influence? A longitudinal investigation: the pro-saude study by REBECA N.M. DA SILVA, EDUARDO FAERSTEIN

“…Differences between parity groups were tested using the chi-square test, while Kruskal-Wallis test and analysis of variance assessed variations in breastfeeding duration, with comparisons visualized using Kaplan-Meier plots. …”
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A method for mining over-limit patterns of low voltage in users based on hierarchical affinity propagation clustering by SHEN Shuhao, ZHONG Qing, XU Zhong, WANG Gang, LI Haifeng, WANG Longjun

“…The features of the over-limit patterns are then drived by calculating the indices for each cluster. Finally, the proposed method is applied to a real dataset, effectively mining four over-limit patterns of low voltage. …”
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Correlation of Body Condition Score and Parity in Dairy Cows that Experienced Repeated Breeding in Sendang, Tulungagung by Pristian Devon Martyas Wahyuningrum, Pudji Srianto, Budiarto, Tita Damayanti Lestari, Herry Agoes Hermadi, Erma Safitri

“…Primary data retrieval is done by interviewing farmers, body condition score of each dairy cow, and direct observation. As for the secondary data obtained by recording the card Artificial Insemination (AI) owned by inseminator. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Dzongkha Handwritten Digit Classification by Yonten Jamtsho, Pema Yangden, Sonam Wangmo, Nima Dema

“…In the study, the 3 layer set of CONV → ReLU → POOL, followed by a fully connected layer, dropout layer, and softmax function were used to train the digit. In the dataset, each class (0-9) contains 1500 images which are split into train, validation, and test sets: 70:20:10. …”
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Effect of Low Dose Aspirin in Low Risk Pregnant Ladies with Abnormal Uterine Artery Doppler Results, and the Evaluation of Maternal and Fetal outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Parzhin Jalal Ali, Chro Najmaddin Fattah

“…The participants were randomly enrolled into two groups; the participants in the first group were given 100 mg of aspirin tablet each but the other group was given nothing. Results: Preeclampsia was significantly (P-value of <0.001) less in the aspirin group as compared to the other group (16% and 40% respectively). …”
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Strawberries: Main Pests and Beneficials in Florida by Silvia I. Rondon, James F. Price, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…The ability to recognize these pests, their damage, and their natural enemies is important in determining the best control methods for each situation. Keep in mind that miticide or insecticide choices are limited if you participate in a biological control program. …”
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Short-term results of ileal pouch anastomosis in early and late terms after urgent surgery for complicated ulcerative colitis by Yu. E. Kitsenko, S. K. Yefetov, I. A. Tulina, P. V. Tsarkov

“…Two peer groups including 26 patients each after multi-stage surgical treatment were analyzed. …”
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A crossover operator for objective functions defined over graph neighborhoods with interdependent and related variables by Jaume Jordan, Javier Palanca, Victor Sanchez-Anguix, Vicente Julian

“…Abstract This article presents a new crossover operator for problems with an underlying graph structure where edges point to prospective interdependence relationships between decision variables and neighborhoods shape the definition of the global objective function via a sum of different expressions, one for each neighborhood. The main goal of this work is to propose a crossover operator that is broadly applicable, adaptable, and effective across a wide range of problem settings characterized by objective functions that are expressed in terms of graph neighbourhoods with interdependent and related variables. …”
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Evolution of aroma compounds in round soy sauce aroma type baijiu during aging and the effect of aging markers on the lasting aroma in finished glass by Shi-Yi Wang, Chen Li, Yu-Jie Li, Guang-Qian Liu, Zhen-Ming Lu, Li-Juan Chai, Hong-Yu Xu, Jin-Song Shi, Song-Tao Wang, Cai-Hong Shen, Xiao-Juan Zhang, Zheng-Hong Xu

“…Soy sauce aroma type Baijiu (SSAB) is a complex blend of seven rounds of raw SSAB, each with distinct aroma profiles that evolve during maturation. …”
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