Yorùbá Theatre Practice and Nollywood by Shola Balogun

“…By extending the performance space beyond the physical confines of the auditorium, Nollywood represents both the current state and future direction of Yorùbá theatre. The demand for relevance and the focus on contemporary audience interests all play a significant part in the shift of Yorùbá theatre from stage to film medium. …”
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Simulation Study on Clustering Approaches for Short-Term Electricity Forecasting by Krzysztof Gajowniczek, Tomasz Ząbkowski

“…This paper presents a comprehensive study of clustering methods for residential electricity demand profiles and further applications focused on the creation of more accurate electricity forecasts for residential customers. …”
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Adoption and Utilization of Business Innovations of Agricultural Research in Uganda: Empirical Analysis. by Barekye, Alex, Tamwesigire, Caleb

“…The findings emerge from research carried out to assess the utilization of business innovations of research in Uganda considering the National Agricultural Research Organization(NARO) as a reference, specifically to find out the association between innovation attributes and their use on-farm, as well as establish the consequence of innovation features and demand (market) about the use of discoveries in farm management. …”
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Design and Prototype of an Automatic Device Which Can Detect a Distribution Transformer that has Gone Off. by Ssebuma, Alex

“…The increasing demand for reliable and uninterrupted power supply necessitates the development of advanced monitoring systems for distribution transformers. …”
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Green synthesis of titanium dioxide photocatalyst using Lactobacillus bulgaricus for processing palm oil mill effluent by L. Agustina, M. Romli, P. Suryadarma, S. Suprihatin

“…Testing the titanium dioxide photocatalyst to treat palm oil mill secondary effluent yielded in elimination efficiency of 16.16-27.27 percent for chemical oxygen demand and 11.05-21.95 percent for biological oxygen demand. …”
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Distribution and dynamics for the ecological assessment of Asan Wetland through periphyton -a water quality indicator by Sazia Tabassum, C. B. Kotnala, A. K. Dobriyal, Mohammed Salman, Richa Bamola

“…Monthly variations in parameters such as water temperature, pH, turbidity, transparency, total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), total hardness, alkalinity, biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and nutrients were collected, identified and assessed using Ms-excel and Past software. …”
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Secretory mitophagy: an extracellular vesicle-mediated adaptive mechanism for cancer cell survival under oxidative stress by Purva V. Gade, Angela Victoria Rojas Rivera, Layla Hasanzadah, Sofie Strompf, Thomas Raymond Philipson, Matthew Gadziala, Atharva Tyagi, Arnav Bandam, Rithvik Gabbireddy, Fatah Kashanchi, Amanda Haymond, Lance A. Liotta, Marissa A. Howard

“…Cancer cells rely on mitophagy under conditions of high oxidative stress or increased energy demand. Oxidative stress can generate a large volume of damaged mitochondria, overwhelming lysosomal removal. …”
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Improving Mental Health and Well-Being Through the Paradym App: Quantitative Study of Real-World Data by Athina Marina Metaxa, Shaun Liverpool, Mia Eisenstadt, John Pollard, Courtney Carlsson

“… BackgroundWith growing evidence suggesting that levels of emotional well-being have been decreasing globally over the past few years, demand for easily accessible, convenient, and affordable well-being and mental health support has increased. …”
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Towards water-conscious green hydrogen and methanol production: A techno-economic review by Henrik Wenzel, Gian Müller, Freia Harzendorf, Thomas Schöb, Felix Kullmann, Jann Michael Weinand, Detlef Stolten

“…Finally, we demonstrate the feasibility of the process chain from a techno-economic perspective and show a potential reduction in external heat demand of the DAC unit of up to 34% when integrated in the process chain. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among healthcare workers in the Ekurhuleni District, South Africa by E Mahlare, E Ramutshila, A Musekiwa, L Kuonza, T Mabuto

“…To understand knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) of healthcare workers responsible for generating demand for HIV PrEP services, or identifying clients eligible for HIV PrEP services in PHCs in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa. …”
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Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia by Alejandra Echeverri, Natasha M. Batista, Stacie Wolny, Guido A. Herrera‐R, Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Allison Bailey, Anaid Cardenas‐Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Andres Felipe Díaz‐Salazar, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Kelley E. Langhans, Bryam E. Mateus‐Aguilar, Dallas Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Andres Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Felipe Zapata, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela

“…By mapping areas of sports fisheries, birdwatching destinations, national park annual visitors and airport arrivals we also estimated spatial demand. We also analysed the difference between biocultural ecotourism supply and demand to assess the realized and untapped potential for biocultural destinations. …”
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Se rapprocher du « réel » ou diversifier les compétences ? Un atelier coopératif de conception architecturale à l’ENSA de Clermont-Ferrand by Rémi Laporte

“…Throughout the last decade, there has been a significant increase in student demand for curricula to better represent the ‘reality’ of current societal practices and issues within the French écoles nationales supérieures d'architecture (ENSA). …”
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Environmental and Social Problems and Countermeasures in Transportation System under Resource Constraints by Qianyuan Li, Shaoying Tian

“…With the rapid development of urban economy and the acceleration of urbanization, the demand for urban traffic is increasing rapidly. The single traffic-oriented planning does not take into account the requirements of traffic development on resources and the impact on the environment. …”
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The Victorian Thumb Bible as Material Object: Charles Tilt’s The Little Picture Testament (1839) by Alyssa J. Currie

“…The presence and influence of religious groups in the publishing industry, paired with publishers’ new-found capacity to cater to middle-class demand for novelty children’s books, created an environment in which thumb Bibles’ popularity soared. …”
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Design of Signal Timing Plan for Urban Signalized Networks including Left Turn Prohibition by Qinrui Tang, Bernhard Friedrich

“…Urban road networks may benefit from left turn prohibition at signalized intersections regarding capacity, for particular traffic demand patterns. The objective of this paper is to propose a method for minimizing the total travel time by prohibiting left turns at intersections. …”
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Research Progress on Oxygen Reduction Catalyst Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells by Cao Beiheng

“…The sustainable development of society gives rise to the increasing energy demand, making environmental pollution a problem that cannot be ignored. …”
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Criteria for feasibility, health and welfare assessment of requirement to use second and subsequent generations of non-human primates or animals from self-sustaining colonies in re... by Thierry Decelle, Lars  Friis Mikkelsen, David Smith, Magda Chlebus

“…A key requirement before a number of criteria can be assessed is the generation of base-line data relating to the supply and future demand of non-human primates and the health and welfare status of current breeding colonies supplying the European market. …”
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Location privacy preserving scheme based on dynamic pseudonym swap zone for Internet of Vehicles by Min Yang, Yong Feng, Xiaodong Fu, Qian Qian

“…For each vehicle, dynamic pseudonym swap zone allows it dynamically to establish a temporary pseudonym swap zone on demand to exchange the pseudonym with another random vehicle in the just formed zone. …”
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A Hybrid Sales Forecasting Scheme by Combining Independent Component Analysis with K-Means Clustering and Support Vector Regression by Chi-Jie Lu, Chi-Chang Chang

“…Sales forecasting plays an important role in operating a business since it can be used to determine the required inventory level to meet consumer demand and avoid the problem of under/overstocking. …”
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