THEOLOGY, INSECURITY AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD by U.N DURUJI

“… No time in history had Nigeria waded through troublous moments than now, when it is sunk deep in the mire insecurity which continues to impinge tremendously on its national development efforts. It is indeed very sad to note that insecurity has brazenly defied almost all the containment strategies and approaches put up by the government and well-meaning citizens of Nigeria in the recent times. …”
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Interconnection between Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa by Souleymane Diarra, Andrey V. Girinsky

“…Using an extended panel estimation, the results show that FDI into Africa is indeed driven by globalization. Moreover, it is clear that this positive relationship is due to the economic dimension of globalization. …”
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A Coupled Novel Green Element and Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for Simulation of Fluid Flow in Fractured Reservoir by Linsong Cheng, Xulin Du, Renyi Cao, Zhikai Wang, Junjie Shi

“…Consequently, the modified hybrid model can indeed calculate the pressure and flux distribution of transient flow in multifracture porous media. …”
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The Role of IL-33 in Gut Mucosal Inflammation by Luca Pastorelli, Carlo De Salvo, Maurizio Vecchi, Theresa T. Pizarro

“…Animal models of IBD were subsequently utilized in order to mechanistically determine the precise role of IL-33 in chronic intestinal inflammation, without, however, reaching conclusive evidence demonstrating whether IL-33 is pathogenic or protective. Indeed, data generated from these studies suggest that IL-33 may possess dichotomous functions, enhancing inflammatory responses on one hand and promoting epithelial integrity on the other. …”
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Nuclear Alarmin Cytokines in Inflammation by Lili Jiang, Yijia Shao, Yao Tian, Changsheng Ouyang, Xiaohua Wang

“…These endogenous proteins were named damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) or alarmins. Indeed, alarmins can also play a beneficial role in the tissue repair in certain environments. …”
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Genomic exploration of the journey of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America. by Margaux J M Lefebvre, Fanny Degrugillier, Céline Arnathau, Gustavo A Fontecha, Oscar Noya, Sandrine Houzé, Carlo Severini, Bruno Pradines, Antoine Berry, Jean-François Trape, Fabian E Sáenz, Franck Prugnolle, Michael C Fontaine, Virginie Rougeron

“…Analyses of the genetic structure, diversity, ancestry, coalescent-based inferences, including demographic scenario testing using Approximate Bayesian Computation, have revealed a more complex evolutionary history than previously envisioned. Indeed, our analyses suggest that the current American P. vivax populations predominantly stemmed from a now-extinct European lineage, with the potential contribution also from unsampled populations, most likely of West African origin. …”
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Converging accommodation in the Black Country Dialect by Lyndon Higgs

“…Analysis of the data shows that this accommodation towards BC dialect was partial and occasionally inauthentic, yet it did indeed play a significant role in producing natural, authentic speech samples. …”
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J. B. Priestley, artiste de propagande à la radio : au service de quelles idées ? by Cécile Vallée

“…His obvious attempts at propagating the vision of a New Jerusalem with its socialist innuendoes were judged as going against the war effort and against national unity. Indeed, the fight against capitalism and the creation of a new world order were not exactly part of the government’s agenda. …”
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Fondements des analyses de flux de matières et d’énergie et typologies d’applications pour la gouvernance des territoires et des organisations by Benoit Ribon, Dominique Badariotti, René Kahn

“…MEFA was particularly important for industrial development, but it is now also very useful to tackle ecological issues. Indeed, it allows for describing material dynamics and interactions with the environment at different scales : from micro level for an industrial process or an organisation (company, administration ...) to macro level for a territory (city, region, country ...). …”
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Reaching the Peripheral Regional Growth Centre by Jörgen Gren

“…The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic analysis of the contribution and impact on centre-periphery convergence of the Structural Funds transport infrastructure actions, but also to discuss the possible evolution of the centre-periphery paradigm in the light of recent developments in economic development, cohesion and accessibility in European peripheral areas. Indeed, it seems as if infrastructure investments under the Structural Funds have actually been quite successful in reducing the gap between core and periphery. …”
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Image-Based Face Recognition Techniques Used in Disease Detection Approaches: A Survey by Ghalib Ahmed Salman, Inas Jawad Kadhim, Ahmed Husham Al-Badri

“… Facial diseases lead to noticeable changes on the human face, and some of them extend beyond internal effects or organ-based disorders. Indeed, certain types of facial diseases result in visually noticeable abnormalities on the human face. …”
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Sleeping sites choice by a wild group of howler monkeys (Alouatta belzebul) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil by Lucille Martin‑Klimoczko, Helene Meunier, Antonio Moura

“…The present study aims to understand the choice of sleeping trees by these monkeys to facilitate the establishment of an adapted conservation plan. Indeed, data were collected in a fragmented landscape of the Atlantic Forest, following a wild monkey group from dawn to dusk. …”
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Découverte d’une tuile estampillée de la fin du ier s. av. J.-C. à Bibracte (mont Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire) by Florent Delencre, Quentin Verriez, Chiara Martini-Picot

“…This stamped tile bears the most ancient mark found on a building material on the Aeduan territory and testifies of the incorporation of Roman practices at a decisive moment in the history of Gaul. Indeed, this stamp raises the question of the subsequent diffusion of this norm throughout Gaul and it can be compared to contemporary productions in the Italian peninsula. …”
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Les lois linguistiques de la brièveté : conformité chez le lémurien chanteur Indri indri by Daria Valente, Chiara De Gregorio, Livio Favaro, Olivier Friard, Longondraza Miaretsoa, Teresa Raimondi, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Valeria Torti, Anna Zanoli, Cristina Giacoma, Marco Gamba

“…Our results indicate that songs conform to both laws. Indeed, shorter phrases are more likely included in the songs, in conformity to Zipf’s law, and unit length decreases with increasing phrase size, in line with Menzerath-Altmann law. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“…Critically then the risk is that ignoring the political and normative aspects of gating, as I believe Manzi and Smith-Bowers do, may lead to further and deeper socio-spatial segregation that itself excludes the voice of social groups least able to challenge or, indeed, reside in gated developments and the additional security that they appear to offer. …”
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Central Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: Genetic Complexity of a Complex Disease by Marco Marino, Valeria Moriondo, Eleonora Vighi, Elisa Pignatti, Manuela Simoni

“…So far, the mechanisms underlying CHH, both in prepubertal and in adulthood onset forms, remain unknown in most of the cases. Indeed, all detected gene variants may explain a small proportion of the affected patients (43%), indicating that other genes or epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the onset of CHH. …”
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Phosphatidylserine-Targeted Nanotheranostics for Brain Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Potential by Lulu Wang MD, PhD, Amyn A. Habib MD, Akiva Mintz MD, PhD, King C. Li MD, Dawen Zhao MD, PhD

“…The specificity of PS exposure in tumor vasculature but not normal blood vessels may establish it a useful biomarker for cancer molecular imaging. Indeed, utilizing PS-targeting antibodies, multiple imaging probes have been developed and multimodal imaging data have shown their high tumor-selective targeting in various cancers. …”
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Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Chronic Orchiepididymitis in a Military Trainee: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Michael U. Williams, Ashley Burris, Amy Zingalis, David A. Lindholm, Brian K. White

“…However, chronic orchiepididymitis may be secondary to genitourinary tuberculosis (TB), and physicians in countries with a low prevalence of TB might not consider it in their differential diagnosis. Indeed, cognitive errors, such as anchoring or availability bias, may contribute to a delayed diagnosis of genitourinary TB. …”
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Filtering the unfilterable: tuning the mesostructure of precipitating silica gels to improve the filterability of acidic lixiviation slurries by Manfoumbi, Christian, Roger, Kevin, Meireles, Martine

“…Silica precipitation is a ubiquitous but deleterious phenomenon occurring in many hydrometallurgical processes. Indeed, silicon is often released during the dissolution of minerals under acidic leaching conditions. …”
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Reinvigorating South Africa-Sweden Relations: Politics, Economics, And Society by Sven Botha

“…Since then, both South Africa and Sweden, and indeed the world as a whole, have experienced significant political, economic, and social changes. …”
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