Boko Haram’s Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria by Sven Botha

“…It is beyond the scope of this review to place each chapter under the microscope. Instead, the reviewer will highlight some of the most important contributions the book makes to the academic discourse on Boko Haram. …”
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Aggregation pathway complexity in a simple perylene diimide by Hyung Jun Kim, Changhwan Lee, P. James Schuck, Laura J. Kaufman

“…A combined SPI and SSVA approach facilitates the simultaneous generation and in situ characterization of distinct ddPDI assemblies, some of which assemble via seeded growth. Microscopic and spectroscopic imaging unveil the heterogeneity among ddPDI aggregates, each with unique photophysical properties including H-dominant aggregates with a very high degree of molecular alignment and uniformity in intermolecular organization. …”
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The Effect of Alcoholic Extract of Anabasis syriaca Iljin on Biochemical and Histological Parameters in Rats by Suad M. Kloub, Saleem A. Banihani, Omar M. Atrooz, Wael M. Hananeh

“…Blood was collected after overnight fasting, and 24 biochemical parameters were evaluated. The gross and microscopic findings were reported after the collection of specimens from the animals and processed routinely for standard histological procedures. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3O4-Bentonite Nanocomposite Adsorbent for Cr(VI) Removal from Water Solution by Ngusey Adisu, Subramanian Balakrishnan, Haimanot Tibebe

“…These adsorbents were characterized by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. …”
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Protective Effect of Vitamin E on Gastric Mucosal Injury in Rats with Biliary Obstruction by Nuh Zafer Cantürk, Zeynep Cantürk, G Özbilim, C Yenisey

“…Portal hypertension was measured. Macroscopic and microscopic gastric mucosal injury were significantly greater in the control and common bile duct-ligated groups than in the vitamin E-pretreated group (P<0.05). …”
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Determination of metallization degree of pre-reduced chromite with image and rietveld analysis by Leino T., Taskinen P., Eric R.H.

“…First method was image analysis of micrographs obtained by scanning electron microscope where heavier metallic phases appeared as bright white areas which were relatively easy to segment using a thresholding algorithm. …”
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Prediction of the Impact of Bank Failure Risk on Micro-Credit in Iran: An Artificial Intelligence Approach by Reza Taheri Haftasiabi, Yusef Mohammadzadeh, Ameneh Naderi

“…The results showed that the increase in bankruptcy risk of banks has an inverse and significant relationship with the number of microloans. The developed models predicted this relationship with high accuracy and reliability, such that the accuracy of the ANN model was 100% and that of the SVM model was 95%. …”
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Experimental Study on Dynamic Compression Mechanics of Sandstone after Coupled Alkali-Chemical-Dynamic Interaction by Qi Ping, Chen Wang, Qi Gao, Kaifan Shen, Yulin Wu, Shuo Wang, Xiangyang Li

“…For the purpose of analyzing the effect of the alkaline solutions on the mechanical property of sandstone impact compression, the sandstone specimens of coal mine roadway were corroded in NaOH solution with pH 7 (neutral pure water solution) and pH = 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 for 28 d, followed by dynamic compression tests using a separated Hopkinson compression bar test device, and the microstructural changes of the specimens were measured by SEM electron microscope scanning equipment. The studies indicate that the degree of damage to the dynamic properties of a sandstone specimen is tightly correlated with the variation of the pH value of the corrosion solution. …”
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The Application of REV-LBM Double Mesh Local Refinement Algorithm in Porous Media Flow Simulation by Zhongkun Niu, Zhengming Yang, Yutian Luo, Yapu Zhang, Debin Xia, Taiyi Zheng, Xinli Zhao

“…REV-scale LBM (representative elementary volume scale lattice Boltzmann method) provides a possible way for the unified microscopic simulation of transscale seepage combined with pore-scale LBM. …”
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Biosynthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Food Origin Citrobacter freundii in Optimized Conditions by Marwa H. AlKhafaji, Raghdan H. Mohsin, Mokhtar Jawad Kadhim

“…Iron Oxide Nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized using different assays. Atomic force microscope was the principle characterization technique. …”
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Sistrunk Procedure on Malignant Thyroglossal Duct Cyst by Diani Kartini, Sonar S. Panigoro, Agnes S. Harahap

“…Postoperative pathology examination revealed microscopic appearance of the thyroglossal duct cyst with a classic follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. …”
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Hypoglycemic Activity of Aqueous Root Bark Extract Zanthoxylum chalybeum in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats by Moses Solomon Agwaya, Peter California Vuzi, Agnes Masawi Nandutu

“…Blood glucose was measured by glucometer and pancreatic histopathology evaluated microscopically. Results. Initial increase was observed in blood glucose of the rats after oral administration of glucose from time zero. …”
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Characterization of Spirulina-Alginate Beads Formed Using Ionic Gelation by Deepak Rajmohan, Danielle Bellmer

“…The morphology was also studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Results from the texture analysis show that the hardness of the external gelation beads is three times that of the internal gelation beads, and an increase in the alginate percentage in both gelation methods increased the firmness of the beads. …”
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Entanglement microscopy and tomography in many-body systems by Ting-Tung Wang, Menghan Song, Liuke Lyu, William Witczak-Krempa, Zi Yang Meng

“…Here, we employ a protocol, dubbed entanglement microscopy, to reveal the multipartite entanglement encoded in the full reduced density matrix of the microscopic subregion in spin and fermionic many-body systems. …”
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Effect of Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Internal Curing Agent on Carbonation Resistance and Hydration Performance of Cement Concrete by Jieting Xu, Xiao Qin, Zhenying Huang, Yongkang Lin, Ben Li, Zhengzhuan Xie

“…Combined with the scanning electron microscope (SEM) test, the hydration filling effect of internal curing on the microstructure of concrete was analyzed; meanwhile, the influence mechanism of SAP on carbonation resistance was revealed. …”
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Investigation on Mechanical and Microstructure Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Qinyuan Zhang, Wenwen Xu, Yichen Sun, Yongcheng Ji

“…This paper studied the microscopic and mechanical property degradation of axially compressed concrete with different steel fiber content under chemical erosion and freeze-thaw environment. …”
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Malaria Parasitemia and Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Umuahia Metropolis by ANC Amadi, PC Nwankwo

“…Presence of malaria parasites was observed microscopically on the thin and thick blood smear prepared from each sample. …”
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Standard of Crushing Value of Coarse Aggregates for Permeable Asphalt Mixture Based on Contact Stress between Aggregates by Tian Xiaoge, Wang Xiaofei, Yuan Huitong

“…By comparing the load-deformation curves obtained from the actual tests and virtual simulation, the values of the microscopic parameters of the two graded mixtures were obtained through trial calculation and adjustment. …”
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Recognition of Evamy Et Al P-Zones in the Tertiary Sediments of F- Well, Niger Delta by F.A. Lucas, O.E. Ononeme

“…The samples were prepared using standard palynological sample processing technique and analyzed under the microscope. They were about twenty three (23) diagnostic palynomorphs recognized. …”
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Ceramic bricks using pistachio shells as controlled porosity former by Nancy Quaranta, Marta Caligaris, Miguel Unsen, Hugo López, Gisela Pelozo, Adrián Cristóbal

“…Up to this percentage of aggregate, ceramic pieces with very good macroscopic and microscopic characteristics are obtained, with porosity and flexural strength values that meet market requirements for this type of product. …”
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