THE POLITICS OF OIL EXPLORATION AND THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ISSUE OF BAYELSA STATE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AYOOLA BABATUNDE FADOLA

“…Nigeria joined oil producing nations on 3rd august 1956 when oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in the Oloibiri of Bayelsa State and today Nigeria ranked as the leading oil and gas producer in Africa and the 6th largest exporter in the world. The area is generally referred to one of the most important wetland and marine system in the world. …”
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Assessment of a Physicochemical Indexing Method for Evaluation of Tropical River Water Quality by Siong Fong Sim, Szewei Elaine Tai

“…Water quality in terms of pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, turbidity, total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, ammoniacal nitrogen, and fecal coliform count (FCC) was measured from 18 stations in December 2015, January 2016, and March 2016. Generally, the river was characterized with high FCC with the four indices significantly correlated. …”
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Problems of Overcoming Market Failures in the Context of Economic Crisis in the Euro Area by A. Y. Pluiko

“…The goal to achieve economic development without inflation in the euro area generally has been solved successfully by the European Central Bank (ECB). …”
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Evaluation of Machinability and Energy Consumption of CK45 Steel Using Synthetic-Based Nanofluid and Minimum Quantity Lubrication Cutting Fluid by Emine Şap, Üsame Ali Usca, Ünal Değirmenci, Serhat Şap, Mahir Uzun

“…CK45 steel has various industrial uses due to its durability, wear resistance and strength. It is generally used in machinery, automotive industry, hydraulic cylinders, bearings, gears and similar applications. …”
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Primary school students’ argumentation skills: expression of arguments by Vaiva Schoroškienė

“…A qualitative analysis of the spoken and written texts indicates that the fourth grade students can use generalized statements (unelaborated secondary statements), they rely on examples and sources. …”
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: clinical and laboratory criteria of diagnostics and up-to-date treatment by L. Yu. Il’chenko, V. I. Reshetn’yak

“…The aim of review. To generalize literature and authors own data on clinical and laboratory criteria of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) diagnostics and treatment.Original positions. …”
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The Public Transport Crisis in South Africa: Through the Eyes of the Four Revolutions by Mondli Hlatshwayo

“…At the same time, scholarship on transportation has generally ignored the significance of transportation in all the revolutions. …”
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RELEVANCE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS ON FRAUD REDUCTION IN NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS by Kamaluddeen Funsho Adisa IBRAHIM

“…Analysis of secondary data was done using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression technique which further necessitated correction of the problem of autocorrelation via Generalized Least Square regression. Bootstrapping estimation procedure was also carried out to confirm the regression results from the tested hypothesis. …”
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Notion of Complex Spherical Fuzzy Graph with Application by Muhammad Shoaib, Waqas Mahmood, Weded Albalawi, Faria Ahmad Shami

“…A complex spherical fuzzy set (CSFS) is a generalization of a spherical fuzzy set (CFS). CSFS handles vagueness more explicitly, and its range is expanded from the real subset to the complex with unit disc. …”
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Simplified Analytical Method for Predicting the Lateral Ground Displacements due to Shield Tunnelling by Lianwei Sun, Zhong-chao Li, Rong-zhu Liang

“…However, current methods to estimate the shield tunnelling-induced ground displacements generally use the methods based on the face unsupported tunnelling (e.g., New Austrian tunnelling and open shield excavation), which cannot predict the lateral ground movement due to shield tunnelling. …”
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The Foundations of Probability with Black Swans by Graciela Chichilnisky

“…We extend the foundation of probability in samples with rare events that are potentially catastrophic, called black swans, such as natural hazards, market crashes, catastrophic climate change, and species extinction. Such events are generally treated as ‘‘outliers’’ and disregarded. …”
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The Fruit Recognition and Evaluation Method Based on Multi-Model Collaboration by Mingzheng Huang, Dejin Chen, Dewang Feng

“…The improved YOLOv8 model improves the P, R, mAP50, and MAP50-95 indicators by 2.4%, 2.1%, 1%, and 1.3%, respectively, compared with the baseline model on only one generalized “fruit” label dataset. The classification model Swin Transformer used in this study has a classification accuracy of 92.6% on a dataset of 27 fruit categories, and the feature matching network based on cosine similarity can calibrate the classification results with low confidence. …”
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PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATES: TRADITION AND INNOVATIONS by E. I. Muratova, N. V. Molotkova

“…Recommendations on the organization of postgraduate pedagogical training are given and the experience of its organization at Tambov State Technical University is generalized.…”
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Total Ankle Replacement for Treatment of End-Stage Osteoarthritis in Elderly Patients by Beat Hintermann, Markus Knupp, Lukas Zwicky, Alexej Barg

“…For elderly patient, these changes may be more critical than generally believed. Additionally, the long duration of healing and rehabilitation process needed for ankle arthrodesis may be problematic in the elderly. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES AND SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES (2010 - 2019) OF THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NON-PERFORMING LOAN by Ercan Özen, Ajshe Komoni, Fisnik Morina, Simon Grıma, İbish Mazreku

“…To carry out this study, panel data and quantitative econometric models have been applied, specifically Linear Regression, Random Effect, Fixed Effect, Huasman - Taylor Regression and Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE Model) on secondary data from official reports of the World Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, during the period from 2010 to 2019. …”
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The Hybrid KICA-GDA-LSSVM Method Research on Rolling Bearing Fault Feature Extraction and Classification by Jiyong Li, Shunming Li, Xiaohong Chen, Lili Wang

“…As feature extraction and classification based on vibration signals are important in condition monitoring technique, and superfluous features may degrade the classification performance, it is needed to extract independent features, so LSSVM (least square support vector machine) based on hybrid KICA-GDA (kernel independent component analysis-generalized discriminate analysis) is presented in this study. …”
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Evaluation of the Floor Acceleration Amplification Demand of Instrumented Buildings by Baofeng Huang, Wensheng Lu

“…The obtained FAAs at the roof were generally larger than those in other levels. The percentile distributions of the roof acceleration amplification (RAA) were computed. …”
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E-Commerce Logistics Path Optimization Based on a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm by Dong Yang, Peijian Wu

“…Taking into account the new target requirements constantly proposed in the modern logistics environment, the vehicle path problem under the generalized objective function is studied, and the multidimensional impact maximization problem in this type of problem is proposed and modeled. …”
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A Modified Model for Deflection Calculation of Reinforced Concrete Beam with Deformed GFRP Rebar by Minkwan Ju, Hongseob Oh, Junhyun Lim, Jongsung Sim

“…It was confirmed that the empirical modification based on Branson’s equation was valid for predicting the effective moment of inertia of R/C beams with GFRP bar in this study. To evaluate the generality of the proposed model, a comparative study using previous test results from the literature and the results from this study was carried out. …”
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Meteorological drought assessment using SPI and RDI indices in the Ourika Basin, Morocco by Khrabcha Abdelali, Oumou Abdellah, Essahlaoui Ali, Essahlaoui Narjisse, Kassou Amina, Mouzoun Ouafae, Alitane Abdennabi, El Hafyani Mohammed, Iharzi Chaimae, Van Rompaey Anton

“…This indicates that the Ourika basin has generally experienced periods of moderate and severe meteorological and hydrological droughts, with a noticeable trend towards increasing drought conditions.…”
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