Symposium on the role of religious leaders in peacemaking and social change in Africa: Zambia's case by F.D. Sakala

“…It was a humiliating defeat in that UNIP only got about 25 per cent of the popular vote. They managed to win only 20 seats out of the 150 parliamentary seats. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Different Amounts of Cow Manure, Chemical (Nitrogen), and Biological Fertilizers on Some Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Thyme (Thymus vulgari... by Havva Mahnoudi asl, Mahmoud Mokhtari, Reza Sadrabadi Haghighi, مهدی الهی ترشیزی

“…(showed the highest stem height (37. 38 cm), the yield of fresher plants (42. 78 grams per plant) and the highest the percentage of essential oil was 0. 73% in combined NPK treatment (Sharaf Zadeh, 2011). …”
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Several New Aspects of the Foraging Behavior of Osmia cornifrons in an Apple Orchard by Shogo Matsumoto, Tsutomu Maejima

“…It was confirmed that, in terms of the number of foraging flowers per day, visiting flowers during low temperatures, strong wind, and reduced sunshine in an apple orchard, O. cornifrons were superior to honeybees. …”
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Clostridium difficile suppresses colonic vasoactive intestinal peptide associated with altered motility by A. Nassif, W. E. Longo, R. Sexe, M. Stratton, J. Standeven, A. M. Vernava, D. L. Kaminski

“…This was associated with an increased number of contractions per minute and an average force of each colonic contraction. …”
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EEG Suppression Associated with Apneic Episodes in a Neonate by Evonne Low, Eugene M. Dempsey, C. Anthony Ryan, Janet M. Rennie, Geraldine B. Boylan

“…The average baseline heart rate was 168 beats per minute (bpm) and the baseline oxygen saturation level was in the mid-nineties. …”
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Computing Simple Roots by an Optimal Sixteenth-Order Class by F. Soleymani, S. Shateyi, H. Salmani

“…The class is built by considering any of the optimal three-step derivative-involved methods in the first three steps of a four-step cycle in which the first derivative of the function at the fourth step is estimated by a combination of already known values. Per iteration, each method of the class reaches the efficiency index , by carrying out four evaluations of the function and one evaluation of the first derivative. …”
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Future yield growth in Africa mitigates agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by Saloni Shah, Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Linus Blomqvist

“…If Africa more than doubled yields from 2025 levels to meet future food demand while avoiding cropland expansion, an estimated 2.0 gigatons of carbon-dioxide equivalent per year in emissions could be avoided, equivalent to nearly 81% of all Africa’s emissions from agriculture, forestry, and land use in 2021.…”
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Meningococcal B Vaccination (4CMenB) in Infants and Toddlers by Susanna Esposito, Claudia Tagliabue, Samantha Bosis

“…One of the leading causes of death in the world, N. meningitidis can be responsible for nearly 1,000 new infections per 100,000 subjects during an epidemic period. …”
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Liquid Chromatographic Method for Determination of Nisoldipine from Pharmaceutical Samples by Amit Gupta, Ram S. Gaud, S. Ganga

“…Linearity was established over a range of 400-2400 ng per zone. Both peak area ratio and peak height ratio showed acceptable correlation coefficient i.e. more than 0.99. …”
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Sex Differences in Energy Metabolism Need to Be Considered with Lifestyle Modifications in Humans by Betty N. Wu, Anthony J. O'Sullivan

“…However, women consume fewer kilojoules per kilogram lean mass and burn fat more preferentially during exercise compared with men. …”
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Characterization of the Population of Ovarian Preantral Follicles in Juvenile Six-Banded Armadillos Infected or Not by <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i> by Gabriela L. Lima, Andreza V. Brasil, Andreia M. Silva, João Marcelo A. de P. Antunes, Pierre Comizzoli, Alexandre R. Silva

“…The mean ovarian follicular population was 15,567.2 preantral follicles per ovarian pair. For most females, follicular population was mainly composed of primordial follicles. …”
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Vegetation structure and composition in the semi-arid Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape by P. Gandiwa, J. Finch, T. Hill

“…Stratified random sampling based on major soil types was used and nine plant variables were measured in 137(20x30) m2 sampling plots; these being genera, species and family names; basal circumference; plant height; depth and diameter of tree canopy; number of stems per plant; plant life status; number of trees and shrubs; and number of saplings. …”
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Quick Overview of Extension Programs to Educate Homeowners about Environmentally-Friendly Landscape Practices in Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee by Tatiana Borisova, Katie Giacalone, Ruth Anne Hanahan, Esen Momol

“…Nationwide, landscape irrigation accounts for more than 7 billion gallons of water per day. But up to 50 percent of this water is wasted due to overwatering, poor irrigation system design, evaporation, or other factors. …”
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Immigrant integration in ITI/SUD strategies: The case of Athens, Greece by Nikos Karadimitriou, Thomas Maloutas

“…They focus on innovation, economic growth and social cohesion but rarely mention immigrants and refugees per se. The paper argues that this approach, followed by all four Strategies, is a rather generic feature of the country’s governance modalities, in an ongoing process of Europeanization. …”
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A Multi-Objective Approach to Portfolio Optimization Problem Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Genetic Algorithm by Mohammad Moshrefi, Javad Behnamian

“…This study analyzes the portfolio optimization model, by considering the financial management and investment science in order to evaluate risks and return in regard with restrictions such as buyers’ assets for purchasing per share. Accordingly, a novel model is designed as linear programming in order to optimize the investment portfolio, considering the expected rate of return, the minimum risk, and the buyer’s assets. …”
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Optimization Framework and Parameter Determination for Proximity-Based Device Discovery in D2D Communication Systems by Minjoong Rim, Seungyeob Chae, Chung G. Kang

“…In the proposed procedure, it is important to first optimize the discovery rate, which is defined as the number of discoverable devices per unit time. Once the discovery rate is maximized, the discovery period can be determined accordingly based on the device density and the target discovery range. …”
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A 32 μm² MOS-Based Remote Sensing Temperature Sensor with 1.29 °C Inaccuracy for Thermal Management by Ruohan Yang, Kwabena Oppong Banahene, Bryce Gadogbe, Randall Geiger, Degang Chen

“…The sensor’s area is 32 µm² per unit, enabling dense integration around thermal hotspots. …”
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SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE POPULATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF ITS MODERNIZATION: THEORETICAL ASPECTS by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova, R. H. Khamadeeva

“…Important innovations are in the legal requirements for the organization of social services, the parameters for assessing citizens in need, and the determination of per capita indicators for financing social services. …”
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Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome in a Young Girl from Northern Tanzania by Jay Lodhia, David Msuya, Abdallah Msemo, Huda Akrabi, Patrick Amsi, Deborah Mchaile, Kondo Chilonga

“…A 13-year-old girl with a history of mass protrusion per anus associated with bloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy showed multiple polyps in her large bowel. …”
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Comparative Viral Metagenomics of Environmental Samples from Korea by Min-Soo Kim, Tae Woong Whon, Jin-Woo Bae

“…Understanding the viral ecology of a variety of sample types throughout the biosphere is important per se, but it also has potential applications in clinical and diagnostic virology. …”
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