Permanences bilatérales dans l’aide au développement en Afrique subsaharienne by Thierry Simon

“…The African continent has just experienced fifty years of aid for development that began shortly after its different countries had obtained their own independence. …”
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An Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of Unconditional EducationalAssistance Program as a Programmatic Electoral Strategy in the Philippines: The Case of Makati City’s Project... by Miguel Enrico Gutierrez Ayson, Esther Marylerma Calvo

“…By using thematic analysis, five themes emerged from the interview data: (1) financial relief, (2) educational security, (3) unique source of local citizen satisfaction, (4) personally dispensed patronage of a benefactor politician, and (5) invaluable benefits and project continuity: influencing vote preference. Beyond the particularistic and contingency-based patronage exchange prevalent in the Philippine local political setting, this study’s findings also offer in-depth explanations for what motivates voters to reciprocate their local political leader with electoral support for its education-based programmatic inducements.…”
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Ramas, familles, réseaux. Les supports sociaux de la diffusion de la santería cubaine (Cuba-Mexique) by Kali Argyriadis

“…Cuban santería is following a global trend towards transnationalisation, like all of the other so-called Afro-American religions, currently found in West Africa, Europe and across the American continent. In order to grasp the full range of our topic, an analysis in terms of networks seems, at first glance, the best option. …”
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Estimacão da qualidade industrial da batata (Solanum tuberosum L.) atraves do uso da isoenzima glutamato oxaloacetato transaminase by M.A. Andreu, A. da S. Pereira

“…To determine the association, 2x2 Chi-square contingency tables were used with correction for continuity. …”
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Biblical discourses and the subjugation of Africa: A Decolonial-Foucauldian perspective by T. Shingange

“…Among their targets were aspects of culture, religion, gender, and sexuality. This trend continues in the contemporary era within different global spaces. …”
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United Nations - African Union Cooperation In Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping and Peacebuildin by L. I. Romadan, V. A. Shagalov

“…In the beginning of the article authors make a review of the level of security on the African continent and stress the sharpest conflict zones. According to researches one of the most turbulent regions on continent in terms of security is the North-East Africa. …”
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Rethinking contending themes in indigenous and Christian religions in contemporary Africa by O.C. Eze, L.I. Ugbudian, T.A. Adihikon, S.O.S. Nnabuchi, J.U. Eke, C.J. Okolo

“…There has been continuity in practice because the two religions’ themes are similar in content, context, and teachings. …”
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Humdrum Tasks of the Salaried Men: Edwin Williams, a London County Council Architect at War by Nick Beech

“…This paper suggests that certain developments in modern architecture can be considered contingent upon practices of the demolition industry as developed by Williams. …”
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Practices and preferences in the use of magnification among endodontists and restorative dentists: A multicentre study. by Azhar Iqbal, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Bilal Arjumand, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Meshal Aber Alonazi, Muhsen Alnasser, Osama Khattak, Jamaluddin Syed, Reham Mohmad Attia, Asma Abubakar Rashed, Sherif El Sayed Sultan

“…About 68.9% were from Indian sub-continent, followed by the British-Isles (16.5%) and the least (14.6%) were from the MENA region. …”
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Modeling the effect of information campaigns on the HIV epidemic in Uganda by Hem Joshi, Suzanne Lenhart, Kendra Albright, Kevin Gipson

“…The increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa over the past twenty-five years continues to erode the continent's health care and overall welfare. …”
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Power System Analysis of Moving from HVAC to HVDC in the Presence of Renewable Energy Resources by Osama Saadeh, Baher Abu Sba, Zakariya Dalala

“…As global energy consumption continues to increase, increased utilization and adaptation of renewable energy resources have tremendously increased over the last decades. …”
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Pressure Transient Behavior of Horizontal Well with Time-Dependent Fracture Conductivity in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Qihong Feng, Tian Xia, Sen Wang, Harpreet Singh

“…Our proposed model accounts for fluid flow in four contiguous regions of the tight formation by using pressure continuity and mass conservation. …”
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The role of CGIAR Germplasm Health Units in averting endemic crop diseases: the example of rice blast in Bangladesh by Yuji Enriquez, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Mohammod Hossain, Lava Kumar

“…Abstract Background One of the less known benefits of the CGIAR is the facilitation of international agricultural research for crop improvement by providing a continuous supply of breeding materials for the development of disease resistant varieties. …”
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GLOBALIZATION, POST-COLONIZING MIGRATION AND NEO-SLAVERY: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AFRICAN STATES by Jonathan C. Madu

“…It articulates these discrepancies using the theoretical framework of dependency theory as analytical tool to understand current cause of global inequality, which has given rise to worst migration problems of 21st century and why the African continent is in a continual state of backwardness and ridden by civil wars, suffering from malnutrition, disease and social conflicts. …”
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Methods and techniques of research motivation and satisfaction of employees by Pešić-Jenačković Dragana

“…Motivation and employee satisfaction are very important precondition for the effectiveness of work and the achievement of set goals for individuals and organizations. Consequently, continuous measurement of employee motivation and satisfaction is essential to improve company's efficiency and improve human resource use. …”
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URBANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND HUMAN SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by Damian Kehinde Adesegha, Adeshina Iyanuoluwa Omotayo

“…Today, urbanization continues to be a major trend worldwide, with more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas. …”
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Improvement of biomass bottom ash properties by carbonation and pulverisation methods for application in cement-based materials by M. Rosales, L. Ahmed, R. Rodríguez, M. Cabrera, F. Agrela, S. Moreno, J. Rosales, J.L. Díaz-López

“…The findings support the technical feasibility of BBA in cementitious materials, contingent on adequate processing. …”
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Algorithm for estimating Cr coating thickness for accident tolerant fuel cladding using a pancake ECT sensor by Jeong Won Park, Daegyun Ko, Hun Jang, Hoyoung Kim, Jaebeom Lee, Wonjae Choi

“…The accident-tolerance of nuclear fuel rods has been a topic of continued interest since the Fukushima disaster. A notable advance in this area involves the development of Cr-coated nuclear fuel rods. …”
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CONTEMPORARY EUROSCEPTICISM AS A CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY by M. O. Shibkova

“…At the outset of the integration project construction the advantage of the Old Continent unification after being destroyed by the Second World War was apparent. …”
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One hundred and fifty years of ethnobotanical studies in North America by Robert Bye, Edelmira Linares

“…A diachronic comparison between the food plants registered in 1871 and those listed in subsequent ethnobotanical studies suggest that 87% of the plants continued to be consumed into the 20th century.…”
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