CHURCH RESPONSE TO SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE by Oyebode Paul Jegede, Abare Yunuwa Kallah

“…The emergence of Boko Haram, banditry, and herdsmen altered the already battered image of the country in the comity of nations as one of the countries to abstain from. …”
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JAPANS’S CHINA STRATEGY by A. A. Kireeva

“…There is a divergence of opinion as to Japan’s strategy towards China in 2000s: while a number of scholars believe that there was a shift to balancing, others conclude that no such trend existed and “hedging” would be a more accurate definition, as it enables a state to protect from risks with regional coalitions. The early 2010s have seen Japan’s China strategy increasingly transforming into balancing and containment influenced by Japan’s growing perception of China’s maritime activities in the East China Sea as a threat to its security. …”
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Real-Life Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI in Prenatal Diagnosis by Manuel Recio Rodríguez, Cristina Andreu-Vázquez, Israel J. Thuissard-Vasallo, Raquel Cano Alonso, Carmina Bermejo López, Ines Tamarit Degenhardt, Pilar Martínez Ten

“…Patients referred to the Radiology Department between 2007 and 2018 for a fetal MRI after detection of an anomaly in the fetal ultrasound, a high-risk pregnancy, or an inconclusive fetal ultrasound (n = 623) were included in the study. …”
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Factors Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis by Yu Zhang, Cheng-Ming Xiao, Yan Zhang, Qiong Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Xue-Feng Li, Ru-Yue Shao, Yi-Meng Gao

“…Results indicated that maternal age≥25 years (OR: 2.466, 95% CI: (2.121, 2.866)), prepregnancy overweight or obese (OR: 2.637, 95% CI: (1.561, 4.453)), family history of diabetes (FHD) (OR: 2.326, 95% CI: (1.904, 2.843)), history of GDM (OR: 21.137, 95% CI: (8.785, 50.858)), macrosomia (OR: 2.539, 95% CI: (1.612, 4.000)), stillbirth (OR: 2.341, 95% CI: (1.435, 3.819)), premature delivery (OR: 3.013, 95% CI: (1.569, 5.787)), and pregestational smoking (OR: 2.322, 95% CI: (1.359, 3.967)) increased the risk of GDM with all P<0.05, whereas history of congenital anomaly and abortion, and HIV status showed no correlation with GDM (P>0.05). …”
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Chelate compounds and their use for correction of trace element deficiencies in livestock (review) by A. G. Koshchaev, N. E. Gorkovenko, A. V. Kosykh, D. V. Antipova

“…Due to the immunostimulatory activity resulting from increase in the content of sialic acids, properdin, ceruloplasmin, gamma globulin protein fraction, the metal chelates (copper, cobalt, iodine) can be used as immune response modulators. …”
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Cerebral hemiatrophy unveiled: An in-depth radiological perspective on the diagnosis and clinical implications of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome by Rakshanda Agrawal, MBBS, Vaishali Dhawan, MBBS, Pratapsingh Parihar, MBBS, Anjali Kumari, MBBS, Komal Mishra, MBBS

“…It typically presents with a constellation of clinical features, including seizures, developmental delays, and hemiparesis, resulting from early brain injury or developmental anomalies. Radiological imaging, particularly Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), plays a pivotal role in diagnosing DDMS by providing detailed visualization of the structural abnormalities and associated compensatory changes. …”
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DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT OF US INVOLVMENT IN THE KOREAN WAR JUNE 25 – JULY 6 1950: CRISIS RESPONSE EXPERIENCE by V. Yungblud, D. Sadakov

“…At the same time, the history of local conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries show that the US can use other rather weak excuses for military interventions.Along with legitimization of intervention, in the early days of the Korean War, American diplomacy worked on localization of the conflict, isolation of the theater of war, formed an UN based international coalition to participate in war, neutralized Washington’s political opponents in the international arena, and coordinated assistance to Republic of Korea. …”
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Multimodal cadmium resistance and its regulatory networking in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CD3 by Soumya Chatterjee, Partha Barman, Chandan Barman, Sukanta Majumdar, Ranadhir Chakraborty

“…Minimum concentration of cadmium or zinc or cobalt salts required for induction of cadmium resistance was determined. …”
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Radiation Belt Daily Average Electron Flux Model (RB‐Daily‐E) From the Seven‐Year Van Allen Probes Mission and Its Application to Interpret GPS On‐Orbit Solar Array Degradation... by Christine Gabrielse, Justin H. Lee, Seth Claudepierre, Don Walker, Paul O’Brien, James Roeder, Yao Lao, Jann Grovogui, Drew L. Turner, Andrei Runov, Alexander Boyd, Joseph Fennell, J. Bernard Blake, Kevin Lopez, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Kunihiro Keika, Nana Higashio, Iku Shinohara, Shun Imajo, Satoshi Kurita, Takefumi Mitani

“…The RB‐Daily‐E Model has applications for when actual fluxes on day‐timescales are required for post‐anomaly investigations, including long‐term radiation environment effects such as solar cell and solar array degradation. …”
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Speciation of heavy metals in coastal water of Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf by A.R. Karbassi, S. Tajziehchi, H. Khoshgalb

“…According to the results, HSC diagrams showed that Cu and Cd were present as free ions. Lead, manganese, cobalt, zinc and nickel were respectively present as PbOH, MnOH, ZnOH, CoOH and NiOH in the Persian Gulf. …”
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Estimate the Concentrations of Some Heavy Metals in Industrial Wastewater in Al-Dora Oil Refinery by Hawraa G. Auied, Saadiyah A. Dhahir, Maitham A. Sultan

“…This study quantifies copper, iron, cadmium, cobalt, lead, and nickel levels in industrial wastewater samples at Al-Dora refinery. …”
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Hydrothermal activity and its influence on hydrocarbon accumulation in deep dolomite reservoirs of the Ediacaran Dengying Formation, Sichuan Basin by Zhanlei Wang, Chan Jiang, Changcheng Yang, Yuqiang Jiang, Yifan Gu

“…Compared with matrix dolomite and seawater-derived fibrous dolomite, saddle dolomite exhibits obvious negative anomalies of Ce elements. The 3rd-stage (225.6–199.0 Ma) hydrothermal event is represented by galena, sphalerite and other Mississipppi Valley-type (MVT) mineral cements in residual space. …”
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Wear Inducing Phase Transformation of Plasma Transfer Arc Coated Tools during Friction Stir Welding with Al Alloy by Kuan-Jen Chen, Fei-Yi Hung, Truan-Sheng Lui, Yong-Ren Shih

“…Under the same experimental parameters, the wear data were compared with the high-speed steel SKH51 (tempering material SKH51-T and annealed material SKH51-A) and tungsten-carbide cobalt (TCC). Results showed the PTA coating was a γ-Co solidification matrix with M7C3 and M23C6 carbides. …”
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Użycie form ראה i מראה oraz ich znaczenie w opisie wizji Ezechiela (Ez 1, 4–28) by Andrzej Jasiński

“…Pierwsza wizja opisuje obecność chwały Jahwe pośród zesłańców w Babilonii. Jej tron umieszczony na sklepieniu podtrzymują istoty żyjące, przemieszczające się na kołach — rydwanie. …”
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Nutrient Management for Soybean Crops by Suman Bagale

“…For soybean crop, altogether fifteen nutrients are needed, which comprises six macronutrients, namely, nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur, which are required relatively in large amounts, and nine micronutrients which include iron, boron, zinc, cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, and chlorine. …”
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Zeitenwende Through the Lens of Olaf Scholz’s Government Strategic Documents by A. P. Sokolov, S. E. Protsenko

“…However, the incorporation of the “Zeitenwende” principles into strategic documents ensures their longevity, making it unlikely that any future government coalition will disregard these foundational shifts in Germany's military and foreign policy.…”
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Inner-heliospheric Signatures of Steadily Declining Solar Magnetic Fields and Their Possible Implications by Harsha Avinash Tanti, Susanta Kumar Bisoi, Abhirup Datta, K. Fujiki

“…We discuss the implications of the long declining trend and other anomalies in solar cycle activity.…”
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Hydrological insights: Comparative analysis of gridded potential evapotranspiration products for hydrological simulations and drought assessment by Mohammed Abdallah, Ke Zhang, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Mukhtar Jibril Abdi, Ayman M. Elameen, Almutaz A.A. Mohammed, Hussam Eldin Elzain

“…Simulated other hydrological components using GLEAM PET show the highest agreement with actual evapotranspiration (AET-GLEAM 3.7a) and terrestrial water storage anomalies (GRACE-TWSA) across all three regions. GLEAM effectively detects temporal drought indices (SSI-9, SSI-12). …”
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Impact of textile sludge on the growth of red amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus) by Badrun Nessa, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Mashura Shammi, Mohammad A. Rahman, Tasrina Rabia Chowdhury, Mubarak Ahmad, Md. Khabir Uddin

“…The plant analyses implied that addition of textile sludge did not increase the content of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), but lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) content crossed the maximum permissible limit set by FAO/WHO. …”
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Inferior Vena Cava Filter and Catheter-based Thrombolysis for Treatment of Massive Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report by Sangram S Mangudkar, Sanket Genuji Shinde, Varun Bhaskar Lingneni, Satbir Kaur Malik, Sai Sirisha Nallani

“…Untreated DVT in the lower extremities can enlarge and result in further complications such as Post Thrombotic Syndrome (PTS) and an elevated risk of pulmonary thromboembolism. …”
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