A RE-EXAMINATION OF INDIGENOUS VALUES AS PANACEA FOR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA by CHIAKOR ALFRED, EUGENE ALIEGBA, RUTH CALEB LUKA

“…This article highlights the architecture of the indigenous values, which infused merit, integrity, accountability and competence and argues its relevance to the current leadership challenges in modern political developments in Nigeria. …”
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Long-Term Exploitation of a Reinforced Concrete Beam on a Ground Base with Corrosion Damage by M. V. Berlinov, M. N. Berlinova

“…An estimated estimate of the long-term operation of a reinforced concrete beam on a ground base is presented, taking into account environmental and dynamic force effects. A method of dynamic calculation of reinforced concrete structures of structures of various types on a ground base operated in an aggressive environment is proposed, internal factors of rheological deformation are also taken into account, taking into account corrosion damage, reflecting their real work under the joint action of the load and the aggressive environment on the basis of the modern phenomenological theory of deformation of the elastic creeping body. …”
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Jairus’s Daughter and the Paralytic in Capernaum by Torsten Löfstedt

“…In the second account, the healing of the paralytic, I argue that imagery reminiscent of a funeral is used that encourages the view that Jesus can save a person in response to the faith of those who care for him. …”
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Translation as secondary communication. The relevance theory perspective of Ernst-August Gutt by K. Smith

“… Ernst-August Gutt started one of the greatest translation debates of the past ten years when he suggested that relevance theory holds the key to providing a unified account of translation. The bulk of the debate has been between practitioners of functional equivalence and advocates of a relevance theoretic approach to translation. …”
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Records Management Practices and Business Sustainability of Small-Scale Business: A Case Study of Kindly Services. by Ainebyoona, Ritah

“…Findings of the study indicate that there were contributions of records management practices towards financial sustainability of small-scale businesses as they include; effective financial management, follow-ups in books of accounts, evaluation of proposed source, easy workload, support of rural livelihoods, easy accountability, and business analysis. 78% of the respondents agreed business analysis was one of the contributions of records management toward the financial sustainability of small-scale businesses. …”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraje, Kaaya, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…This suggests that increases in Loan Provision and Saving Accounts help to increase Sustainability. Results further indicate that of the aspects of Sustainability of MSMEs, Loan Provision has no significant effect ( =0.048, Sig=0.279); Saving Account has a significant effect ( =0.125, Sig=0.001); and Training on Managerial Skills has a significant effect ( =0.309, Sig=0.000). …”
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Notes from Field Work on the Ijemo in Abeokuta by Damilola Osunlakin, Toyin Falola

“…Further study related to the historical study of the city could pick on the limitations of the current research to reconstruct a comprehensive account of the people. …”
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Restoration of Load-Bearing Structures of Buildings after Accidents by O. A. Simakov

“…After an emergency impact, it is necessary to perform a calculation for limit states taking into account all reliability factors, which usually leads to a deficit in the bearing capacity of a significant number of load-bearing structures taking into account the damage to individual structures and the redistribution of forces to others that are not damaged. …”
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A Wet-Stock Management and Leak Detection System for Fuel Tanks by Ayşe Nur Dalman, Murat Oluş Özbek

“…This goal is achieved through obtaining the mathematical models for simple cylindrical tank that convert the measured liquid height to accurate liquid volume by taking into account the tank deformations. The accounted defor-mations in tank parameters are errors in radius, length, probe offset and axial and radial tank tilts, as well as volume change with temperature. …”
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Perceptions and views of key implementers on the implementation of the health-promoting school programme in the City of Tshwane, South Africa by N Mbatha, J Shirinde, C McCrindle

“…With proper guidance, support and accountability measures by government at district and provincial level, implementation of the programme is feasible in the City of Tshwane. …”
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Polypragmasy at treatment of <i>H. pylori</i> infection in patients with concomitant diseases of other organs and systems. How to prevent side effects related to drug interactions? by S. G. Burkov, N. V. Shornikova

“…Authors believe, taking into account available data on drug interactions, that at patients with multiple morbidity pantoprazole is preferable to other antisecretory agents.…”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraj, Kaaya, Lukman, Nafiu

“…This suggests that increases in Loan Provision and Saving Accounts help to increase Sustainability. Results further indicate that of the aspects of Sustainability of MSMEs, Loan Provision has no significant effect (β=0.048, Sig=0.279); Saving Account has a significant effect (β=0.125, Sig=0.001); and Training on Managerial Skills has a significant effect (β=0.309, Sig=0.000). …”
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A Single Bangle Does Not Jingle: The Twinning Imperative of Ubuntu by Nokuthula Hlabangane

“…Characterised as “cultures of cruelty” that, together, have wrought untold suffering across the epochs, Ani’s (1993) notion of Yurugu is deployed to begin to account for the proclivity towards this destruction. …”
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Was I being critical? Vision and action in English language teacher education by Enrique Alejandro Basabe

“…It has mainly fostered the study of teachers’ individual commitments with their social context. A reflective account is offered here based on my praxis when I adopted a critical pedagogy to teach literature in the English language teacher education program at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam) in Argentina. …”
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Blood on the Leaves / Blood on the Roots by Brendan Brown

“…The essay concludes with an amelioration of Schürmann’s epochal genealogy to account for a racialized lacunae present in his Western genealogy of thought. …”
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Community-led monitoring and the role of Ritshidze in improving the quality of primary healthcare in South Africa by K Govender, N Rambau, P Barron, B Setshogelo, K Vallabhjee, M Nyathi, H Schneider, S Xaba, N Mpofu, A Yawa

“… Community-led monitoring (CLM) of health services is a mechanism of community participation and accountability that is increasingly advocated across the globe. …”
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Qualitative assessment of the level of natural content of heavy metal compounds natural content level in the basins of the Malka, Urukh, Cherek, and Chegem rivers by Sergey L. Alita, Fatimat A. Atabiyeva, Elena A. Cherednik, Asiyat S. Otarova

“…Due to the lack of recommendations for establishing permissible loads on a water body, taking into account its natural characteristics, the effectiveness of water protection measures is reduced. …”

THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE OWN PULSATIONS OF A SHAFT COUPLED DIRECTLY TO A DIESEL ENGINE IN CASE OF A GENERATOR SET by Carmen Elisabeta RADU, Edward RĂSCHITOR

“…The paper deals with the determination and comparative analysis of the own pulsations in the case of a generator set consisting of diesel engine and generator, taking into account the possibilities of coupling the flywheels in case of torsional vibrations…”
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A Simulation Method Suited for the Whole French Territory Electromagnetic Waves Exposure by Noé, Nicolas, Sefsouf, Lydia, Dufour, Jean-Benoit, Carré, Samuel, Conil, Emmanuelle, Bounoua, Nabila, Agnani, Jean-Benoit

“…The simulation method relies on a ray-based 2.5D and 3D mixed approach that takes into account computation areas depending on the radiated power pattern of the antennas. …”
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Les trames vertes : discours et/ou matérialité, quelles réalités ? by Laure Cormier, Nathalie Carcaud

“…In some cases, the greenway concept is use as a tool to take into account the ecological aspects of territories, with the creation of ecological corridors between “natural areas”. …”
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