Comparative Analysis of Gulen Movement and Muhammadiyah: Their Internationalization Strategies and Integration with Governmental Systems by Audi Izzat Muttaqien, Surwandono Surwandono

“…Meanwhile, despite the dispute and the Gulen movement’s independence, the public has viewed the movement as identical to a representative of the Turkish government with its international role and media use. …”
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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT: A THEMATIC REVIEW by Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen

“…It differs depending on historical contexts and the dynamic political environments of Africa and the rest of the globe.It was also discovered that for sixty years now after independence, the democratic journey has remained tortuous because of the reckless pursuits of power by the political class. …”
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CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

“…The introduction of democracy into African society which in time replaced the old African political system, However, even after political independence majority of African society continued with this same western political system which was seem as been more advance in providing equal opportunity, collective responsibility, human rights advancement, state development, etc. …”
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HISTORICO-LEGAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL CAUSES AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF PEASANTS’ REVOLT AGAINST TAXATION IN IBADAN, WESTERN NIGERIA by Oyesola Animashaun

“… The expectation that the Nigerian elites who were vested with political power at independence in 1960 would improve the lives of the populace appeared to be misplaced, because the nascent Nigerian state bounced from one avoidable social conflict to the other. …”
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Factors influencing sleep disorders in perimenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weisi Zeng, Jialan Xu, Ying Yang, Meiling Lv, Xin Chu

“…BackgroundTo determine the influencing factors of sleep disorders in perimenopausal women by Meta-analysis.MethodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted by PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science(from inception to December 1,2023). Two researchers independently performed literature screening, quality evaluation and data extraction, and Stata16.0 software were used for Meta-analysis.ResultsA total of 12 studies involving 11,928 perimenopausal women with sleep disorders were included. …”
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Restricting Diversity to Promote Democracy: Community Literacies and Playing Across Spaces by Owen Samantha

“…To her it was significant: these pre-verbal children had found a way to independently share aspects of their lives. In 1965 a Nigerian mother commented that volunteering on a care rota in a playgroup in a housing estate in west London gave her the confidence to greet her neighbours when she saw them on the street. …”
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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CONFLICT AS A CHALLENGE TO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by ANTHONY IMEH UMOH, BARINAADAA NWINKOL

“… It is an indubitable fact that African countries has been highly susceptible to inter and intra conflicts after independence. This has made Africa to be christened the hub of conflicts and wars. …”
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ETHNIC POLITICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA by UKWU FELIX EMEKA

“… Since Nigeria gained independence, there has been a persistent demand for an electoral system that would foster a functional democratic process. …”
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Thermal Changes in Guidewires Used During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography During Electrical Conductance: An Ex-Vivo Safety Experiment by Rahul Karna, Nicholas Michael McDonald, Jacob Weiner, Théodon I. Netoff, Stuart K Amateau

“…The risks of pancreaticobiliary tissue damage secondary to electrical conduction along cannulation wires in the vicinity of electrocautery has rarely been independently studied and remains mostly a theoretical issue. …”
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A cooperative control strategy for power quality based on parallel grid-connected converters by LIANG Xiaorui, LUO Yuhang, ZHANG Huaying, TU Chunming, LIU Huicong, ZHENG Yuting

“…To support the PCC voltage, the parallel system can operate in three conditions: normal operation condition, condition of GFL support voltage independently and co-supported operating condition. Through compensation capacity calculation and reactive power allocation, the voltage at the PCC can maintain near the rated voltage. …”
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The Art and Craft of Music Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation in a Remote North Indian Community by Sahitya Rajagopal, Alex Street, Stephen W. Philip

“…The description provides a unique insight into conditions, culture, and lifestyle in this location, and how these two clinicians were able to merge broader arts-based and holistic approaches, on a journey towards client-centered and functional neurologic music therapy exercises to help the client regain more independence. The background to initial work undertaken by the music therapist, which lasted for one year and eleven months, is followed by a summary of five weekly conjoint sessions with the intern, including the evolution of exercises, rationale, and client responses, illustrated with embedded video excerpts. …”
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ENHANCING WORKPLACE SAFETY BEHAVIOUR THROUGH SAFETY CULTURE AMONG BREWERY WORKERS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE by Abimbola A. AKANNI, Choja A. ODUARAN

“…From the mediation analyses, safety culture and work-life balance independently predicted workplace safety behavior while work-life balance had an indirect effect on the association between safety culture and workplace safety behavior. …”
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AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO FACE RECOGNITION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS USING NVIDIA JETSON NANO by Ngoc Giau Pham, Nhien Loc Bui, Quang Hien Tran, Le Thanh Hai Tong, Hong Ngoc Tran

“…The aim is to boost the functional capabilities of IoT devices, allowing them to independently carry out sophisticated data analysis and decision-making tasks to heighten their efficiency and effectiveness. …”
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Are in-medium quark-gluon showers strongly coupled? results in the large-N f limit by Peter Arnold, Omar Elgedawy, Shahin Iqbal

“…During shower development, two consecutive splittings sometimes overlap quantum mechanically, so that they cannot be treated independently. Some of these effects can be absorbed into an effective value of a medium parameter known as q ̂ $$ \hat{q} $$ . …”
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Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in an era of shorter regimens: Insights from rural South Africa by J-D K Lotz, J Porter, H Conradie, T Boyles, B Gaunt, S Dimanda, D Cort

“…Injectables (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 3.00, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.48 - 6.09), bedaquiline (aOR 3.16, 95% CI 1.36 - 7.35), increasing age (aOR 0.97, 95% CI 0.95 - 0.99) and HIV viraemia defined as final HIV-RNA viral load >1 000 copies/mL (aOR 0.16, 95% CI 0.07 - 0.37) were all significantly and independently associated with treatment success. Injectables (aOR 0.22, 95% CI 0.08 - 0.57), bedaquiline (aOR 0.05, 95% CI 0.01 - 0.19), increasing age (aOR 1.09, 95% CI 1.05 - 1.13), extra-pulmonary TB (aOR 8.15, 95% CI 1.62 - 41.03) and HIV viraemia (aOR 9.20, 95% CI 3.22 - 26.24) were all significantly and independently associated with mortality. …”
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Managing anxiety disorders with the neuro-biofeedback method of Brain Boy Universal Professional by Eleftheria Zafeiri, Vasileios Dedes, Kostantinos Tzirogiannis, Agapi Kandylaki, Maria Polikandrioti, Dimitris Panidis, Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos

“…# Background Biofeedback is a non-invasive therapeutic method used independently or as an adjunct alongside other methods…”
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A qualitative assessment of behavioral interview method among anesthesiology residency applicants by Sujatha Ramachandran, Angela Vick, Singh Nair, Sarang Koushik, Ludovica Stilli, Kateryna Slinchenkova, Omar Viswanath, Karina Gritsenko, Naum Shaparin

“… # Results Qualitative analysis of behavioral interview narratives and the narrative part of the semiannual evaluations independently identified the non-cognitive characteristics of adaptability, decisiveness, time management, judgment, and the ability to work in a team. …”
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Decentralized identifiers based IoT data trusted collection by Baitao Zhang, Rui Shi, Xiaolin Li, Mengjiao Zhang

“…TrID employs a distributed architecture to resolve the centralization problem and operates independently of blockchain, significantly enhancing both the security and efficiency of IoT data collection. …”
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POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF THE 2011 AND 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS by IBIRONKE B. DOMINION ADIGUN

“…Searching through history, it has been discovered that there has been no general election in Nigeria since independence in 1960 that has not been characterized by election violence, which has also led to a serious crisis, violence, disputations, and even bloodshed despite the law governing the electoral process in Nigeria. …”
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La certification PEFC : un nouveau standard de gestion durable by Xavier Fauque, Lisa Pinamonti

“…Les engagements pour le développement durable impliquent une pluralité de défis : les mécanismes de contrôle de la procédure de certification doivent garantir sérieux et transparence des démarches ; la responsabilisation croissante des acteurs n’écarte pas l’importance d’un contrôle indépendant ; le nouveau référentiel poursuit ses avancées garantissant au consommateur plus de durabilité des ressources forestières. …”
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