PARTY POLITICS AND ELECTIONS IN KOGI STATE BETWEEN 1999 AND 2015: A CASE STUDY OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY by ADAVIZE EMMANUEL JATTO, SUBERU OCHI ABDULRAHMAN

“…This paper therefore tries to unravel the history, party politics and democracy in Kogi State especially in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, the nature and history of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of the dominant political parties in the state in the period under review. …”
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BRITISH COLONIAL PUNISHMENTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NATIVE AUTHORITY PRISON AND CRIME CONTROL IN IDAH DISTRICT, 1929-1945 by OLASUNKANMI VICTOR ASAJU, YAHAYA YUSUF

“…The study argues that, beyond the fact that the Native Authority Prison was built to sustain colonial labour, which was a common phenomenon at that time, the Native Authority Prison created a new form of asymmetrical power relations in Idah district, a society which had previously been paternalistic in nature. The paper employs the qualitative research methods alongside the exploration of historical primary sources such as oral interviews and archival data as well as secondary sources which include both published and unpublished literature such as books, journal articles and processed internet materials. …”
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Monitoring of specific activities of long-lived radioactive elements along the Mini- Okoro/Oginigba Creek, Port Harcourt by Gregory O Avwiri, Olanrewaju Lawal, Edith I Nwokeoji

“…Presence and concentrations of radionuclides could be as a result of natural and human activities. This  study examined the associations and differences  among soil, sediment and water specific activities of long-lived radioactive element (LLRE). …”
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Myoclonic status epilepticus with dystonia-like symptoms in patients with dementia: Report of two cases by Rosario V. Rossi, Rosanna Melis, Noemi Murdeu, Sara Lizzos, Maria Luigia Piras, Loretta Racis, Silvia Serusi, Maria Valeria Saddi

“…A time-locked relationship between the frontocentral EEG activity and the EMG myoclonic potentials demonstrated the cortical origin of myoclonus and therefore the epileptic nature of the disorder, whereas the oromandibular and cervical dystonic-like postures suggested the pathogenic involvement of subcortical structures. …”
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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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Dysplasia of stomach epithelium at chronic <i>H. pylori</i>-associated gastritis: is everything quite so simple? by T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychny, S. S. Pirogov, V. V. Sokolov, I. M. Kartavenko, E. R. Nasretdinova, A. A. Paraskevova, O. A. Storonova, O. S. Lyashenko, Ye. Yu. Yur'yeva, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The term «indefinite for dysplasia» is applied to atypical changes which can be characterized as of premalignant or reactive nature. It is provisional conclusion which requires specifying endoscopy with guided biopsy and repeated histological conclusion.Conclusion. …”
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The Potential of Night Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) Flower Extract as a Functional Ingredient in Yogurt Production: The Effects on Fermentation, Rheology, Sensory, and Antiox... by Pal Anil Kumar, Agarwal Aparna, Tripathi Abhishek Dutt, Khosravi-Darani Kianoush, Nandan Alisha, Tripathi Arunima, Hooda Ankita

“…With the growing trend of fortifying yogurt with natural herbs to enhance nutritional and health benefits, this research aimed to optimize herbal yogurt with NJF extract using response surface methodology (RSM). …”
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CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

“…Poor governance and "bad" politics in African countries as the personalized nature of rule, the failure of the state to advance and protect human rights, the tendency of individuals to withdraw from politics, and the extreme centralization of power in the hands of few people are the basis of the crisis of politics. …”
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A glance at the Ethiopian higher education from the developmental state perspective by Ayenachew Assefa Woldegiyorgi

“…Therefore, this study attempts to shed light on the nature of the Ethiopian higher education taking the perspective of the developmental state paradigm. …”
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High trophic similarity between non-native common carp and gibel carp in Turkish freshwaters: Implications for management by Sadi Aksu, Özgür Emiroğlu, Paride Balzani, J. Robert Britton, Esengül Köse, Irmak Kurtul, Sercan Başkurt, Oğuzcan Mol, Emre Çınar, Phillip J. Haubrock, Pinar Oztopcu-Vatan, Ali Serhan Tarkan

“…Here, we assessed the growth types, body conditions and trophic interactions via bulk carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of common and gibel carp in both natural and artificial water bodies in Turkey. The results indicated that common and gibel carp express similar growth types and body conditions in all waters and have similar trophic ecologies. …”
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An efficient asymmetric removal lemma and its limitations by Lior Gishboliner, Asaf Shapira, Yuval Wigderson

“…Given our first result, it is natural to ask if all triangle-free tripartite graphs are $K_3$ -abundant. …”
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A lethal disease of the European bison – posthitis is conditionally determined by its genomics by Sazia Kunvar, Sylwia Czarnomska, Cino Pertoldi, Astrid V. Stronen, Iwona Ruczyńska, Małgorzata Tokarska

“…However, none of the SNPs found in the study was significantly associated with posthitis occurrence after Bonferroni correction. The conditional nature of posthitis and ‘false negative’ sampling represent major difficulties in investigating this disease, and we recommend a complex genomic and environmental factors association assay that could eventually explain the puzzling etiology of posthitis and help mitigate this threat to the European bison.…”
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DM-YOLO: improved YOLOv9 model for tomato leaf disease detection by Abudukelimu Abulizi, Junxiang Ye, Halidanmu Abudukelimu, Wenqiang Guo

“…In natural environments, tomato leaf disease detection faces many challenges, such as variations in light conditions, overlapping disease symptoms, tiny size of lesion areas, and occlusion between leaves. …”
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Incorporation of anthocyanin into zein nanofibrous films by electrospinning: Structural characterization, functional properties, and ammonia color-responsiveness by Jun Wang, Wenpeng Zhao, Dongli Qin, Hongyan Shan, Xiaoman Zhu, Lilan Chen, Ying Liu, Songnan Li

“…Green electrospinning for the production of freshness-indicating labels, employing entirely natural biopolymers and pigments, holds significance in the development of intelligent food packaging. …”
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Low-temperature biodegradation of freshwater dissolved organic matter during winter-to-spring transition by Corentin Bouvet, Pascale B. Beauregard, Céline Guéguen

“…Using advanced optical and molecular characteristics techniques, we demonstrated significant DOM bioalteration at low temperatures (4°C), which are naturally associated with early spring in cold temperate lakes and wetlands. …”
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PREVENTING VIOLENCE CRIMES (KIDNAPPING, ARMED ROBBERY, BRIGANDAGE OR COMMUNITY MASSACRE) WITH DRONES: AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO VEHICULAR PATROLS IN NIGERIA by GABRIEL SALIFU, DANIEL OLASUNKANMI OLADAPO

“…Parents have self-imposed and natural duty to train up their children without treating it as a second class duty, that there is a link between effective parenting, morality and national development. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN KADUNA STATE SINCE 1999 by SABO Anche Ugah, Sunday Vincent Akwashiki, Aminu Davidson Bowo

“…The study helps in the understanding of the State and its dichotomous nature, what governance and security are, and whatconstitutes security challenges in Kaduna State. …”
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Clinical case of co-infection: Dengue fever and respiratory mycoplasmosis in a child by D.V. Preobrazhenskaia, E.V. Melekhina, Zh.B. Ponezheva

“…In the Russian Federation, there is a much smaller proportion of children among those infected due to the imported nature of the infection.We described a clinical case of imported dengue fever in an adolescent girl in Moscow after a 5-day vacation. …”
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MAIN FACTORS OF INFLUENCE ON GEOECOSYSTEMS OF WATER BASINS AND RISKS OF THEIR DESTRUCTION by V.O. Iemelianov, P.O. Kiriakov, O.M. Rybak, O.O. Paryshev, L.V. Stupina

“…The main Ukraine's main problems are directly related to the disruption of important geoecological functions of the components of the natural environment − lithosphere, atmospheric air, water and soil environment, flora and fauna. …”
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) nanomechanical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics to support environmental investigations in groundwater by Massimiliano Galluzzi, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, Viviana Re, Valter Castelvetro, Shifeng Guo, Stefano Viaroli

“…MNP particles from groundwater samples result in aggregates with a roughness of one to two orders of magnitude higher than the plastic particles aged in the laboratory, suggesting a higher adsorption capacity towards pollutants or other natural compounds. The application of the proposed method can facilitate the characterization of micro-and nanoplastics in groundwater, a resource characterized by large uncertainties in hydrodynamics and pollutant transport.…”
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