ANALYSIS OF RAINFALL ONSET, CESSATION AND LENGTH OF THE GROWING SEASON AND ITS VARIABILITY EFFECTS ON CROP PRODUCTION IN KARASUWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, YOBE STATE, NIGERIA by MOHAMMED BUKAR NGAMDU, Ahmadu Waibe GONI

“…On 4th August 2011 is the earliest cessation date at Karasuwa Local Government Area that occurred and the late cessation date of rain occur on 28 October 2019 which is the highest within the 30 years of the study. the lowest length of the growing season is determining on 2004 (46 days), 2007 (51 days), 2015 (56days) and other years like 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001,2008, 2009, and 2020 respectively which the length of the growing season is below average and it affect the crop production in the study area. …”
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Determination of Heavy Metals in <i>Hoplobatrachus occipitalis</i> (Crowned Bullfrogs) and Water from Some Reservoirs in Kadawa Irrigation Project Kano, Nigeria by T.S. Kuiwa, C.E. Mbah, D.S. Abolude, N Lawal, MA Aminu

“…Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy was carried out using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) Buck Scientific VGP-210 model (2008). The mean concentration of heavy metals in water samples were 0.11 mg/L, 0.18 mg/L, 0.26 mg/L, and 3.65 mg/L for Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn respectively. …”
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors by Leila Dehghani, Tahereh Tamimi, Mazyar Ganjoor, Parisa Eskandari

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Qual o lugar da branquitude na educação cearense? Percepções discente e docente de ser branca/o nesse lugar by Anderson Oliveira

“…Entretanto, o movimento de pensar o outro personagem das relações raciais – o branco – tem se tornado uma tônica presente nos estudos étnico-raciais, a fim de viabilizá-lo e problematizá-lo nesse debate, campo esse denominado de estudos críticos da branquitude (Ramos, 1995; Cardoso, 2008; Bento, 2002). Nesse sentido, a fim de contribuir com a discussão, o presente artigo tem como objetivo pensar como estudantes brancos de duas escolas públicas de ensino médio do estado do Ceará compreendem sua raça nesse espaço. …”
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Project “National Research University” – Driver of Russian Higher Education by A. V. Berestov, A. I. Guseva, V. M. Kalashnik, V. I. Kaminsky, S. V. Kireev, S. M. Sadchikov

“…The article presents the results of the national research universities (NRU) development programs implementation analysis for the period 2008–2018. The authors have held a comparative analysis of NRU activities with other strategic initiatives in the field of higher education in Russia, in particular, Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100 on Competitiveness Enhancement of the Leading Russian Universities among Global Research and Education Centers; Project «Federal Universities»; support for strategic development programs of state educational institutions of higher education; sustainable relationships support between higher educational institutions and regional enterprises and organizations within the framework of the priority project “Universities as Innovation Drivers”. …”
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Robotically-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Thierry A. Folliguet, Alain Dibie, François Philippe, Fabrice Larrazet, Michel S. Slama, François Laborde

“…From April 2004 to May 2008, fifty-six patients were enrolled in the study. …”
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Crecimiento económico de China durante la crisis financiera mundial by Pedro A. Villezca Becerra

“…La evidencia más contundente proviene de su sobresaliente desempeño económico durante los años 2008 y 2009 en el entorno de la crisis financiera mundial más grave desde la Gran Depresión de los años treinta. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with False Positive HIV Test Results in a Low-Risk Urban Obstetric Population by Tamara T. Chao, Jeanne S. Sheffield, George D. Wendel, M. Qasim Ansari, Donald D. McIntire, Scott W. Roberts

“…A review of pregnant women who delivered at Parkland Hospital between 2005 and 2008 was performed. Patients routinely received serum HIV EIA testing at delivery, with positive results confirmed through immunofluorescent testing. …”
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Application of mastopexy technique using Klein’s solution. A 40 cases experience. by Heriberto Chávez Sánchez, Liliana Espinosa Chang, Dagmaris Losa Pérez

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Public Library Makerspace in Iran: A Qualitative Study on Components and Advantages by Abdolrasool Khosravi, Maryam Ravanipour, Heidar Mokhtari, Maryam Heydari, Reza BasirianJahromi

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Dynamic connectedness and volatility spillover in the Brazilian agricultural market after the Covid-19 pandemic by Daniel Henrique Dario Capitani, Luiz Eduardo Gaio

“… Agricultural commodities price volatilities experienced an increase in the period of 2006 2008 and since then, the shocks from the global crises have been affecting these markets, as the Covid-19 pandemic period. …”
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How speculative culture shapes green innovation performance: A dual regional and institutional lens by Hao Ji, Lingling Suo, Yuanxin Yu

“…Setting: The research uses data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2020, specifically focussing on companies with various ties to Africa. …”
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Regional Groundwater Quality Management through Hydrogeological Modeling in LCC, West Faisalabad, Pakistan by Aamir Shakoor, Zahid Mahmood Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Hafiz Umar Farid, Muhammad Sultan, Muhammad Azmat, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Zafar Hussain

“…MODFLOW and MT3D models were calibrated for the period of 2003–2007 and validated for years 2008–2012 with respect to observed groundwater levels and quality data, respectively. …”
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تحلیل انگاره و نقش آن در فهم تحولات حدیثی؛ بررسی انگارۀ «شؤم المرأة» by علی آهنگ

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The Cajun Renaissance and Cajun English. The Social, the Linguistic, the Imaginary by Olivier Glain

“…However, native-like competence in French almost completely vanished from Louisiana with the younger generations born during the 20th century, and Cajun English (CE) is now a full-fledged variety of English that allows the speaker to mark his/her Cajun identity (Dubois and Horvath 2000, 2008). One of the key questions linked to the Cajun Renaissance is therefore to determine to what extent (Louisiana) French played a part in the emergence of this identity-driven variety. …”
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Antropometria de atletas profissionais de futebol: calculando o percentual de gordura by Paulo Henrique Santos da Fonseca, Kenji Fuke, Danielle Biazzi Leal, João Carlos Bouzas Marins

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Association between Metformin Use and Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Prostate Cancer by Amit D. Raval, Malcolm D. Mattes, Suresh Madhavan, Xiaoyun Pan, Wenhui Wei, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…This study used a population-based observational cohort of elderly men (≥66 years) with preexisting diabetes and incident prostate cancer between 2008 and 2009 (N=2,652). Cancer stage at diagnosis (localized versus advanced) was based on the American Joint Cancer Committee classification. …”
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Usage of meta- Synthesis methodology in analyzing paradigm shifts based on spiritual urbanism approach by Farzaneh madani, Afson Mahdavi, mojtaba rafiyan, Fatemeh Mohammad Niae Qaraee

“…The statistical population of the study consists of 55 ISI and scientific-research articles in the period 2008-2019. In order to collect and data analyze, methods such as systematic review and open coding have been used. …”
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Mağduriyetin Sineması: Yunan Yeni Dalgası Üzerine Bir İnceleme by Dilan Tüysüz

“…Uluslararası eleştirmen ve akademisyenler tarafından Yunan yeni dalgası ya da Yunan tuhaf dalgası olarak adlandırılan akım, 2008 yılında ülkede yaşanan ekonomik kriz sonrasında çekilen ‘tuhaf’ filmleri kapsamaktadır. …”
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Risk Factors for Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Feng Cheng, Yanyan Chen, Lei Zhu, Bin Zhou, Yonghong Xu, Yiran Chen, Liping Wen, Shuzheng Chen

“…Clinical data of 785 PTMC patients who underwent surgical treatment at the Lishui Municipal Central Hospital from September 2008 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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