DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS AND OPPOSITION PARTY IN NIGERIA: AN INSIGHT by IDREES MAHMUD GANA, OGAJI TIJANI ADAMU

“…Though political opposition is essential to the functioning of self-governing institutions and societies, the role of opposition parties in developing democracies like Nigeria has gotten little attention. …”
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Strategic coopetition in parking system: A game theory analysis of shared parking platforms by Jian Li, Qian Zhao, Jiafu Su

“…Results: Our analysis reveals that when the inconvenience cost is low, cooperation is likely to occur. Shared parking platforms can incentivize public parking lots to participate by offering financial subsidy. …”
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The New Normal? by O. A. Donskikh

“…More serious and requiring new technologies is the problem of changing the nature of communication, which requires quite different efforts of both teachers and students if compare with the usual ones. Working on the platforms that are intended to radically change the educational environment under the slogans of ensuring an individual educational trajectory, in fact leads to the opposite. …”
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Weaving oral health provider perspectives to guide future dental therapy advocacy and implementation efforts by Amanda J. Llaneza, Amanda J. Llaneza, Kara A. Stone, Julie Seward

“…Among the respondents, 25% identified as dentists, 23% identified as dental hygienists, 46% identified as dental therapists, 6% identified as other oral health workforce members (i.e., dental assistant and/or Tribal oral health coordinator). …”
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Inverse Design of Centrifugal Compressor Stages Using a Meanline Approach by Yuri Biba, Peter Menegay

“…The object-oriented nature of the code is highlighted as a platform which easily provides for maintainability and future extensions.…”
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Stability Analysis of a Weathered-Basalt Soil Slope Using the Double Strength Reduction Method by Xiaoliang Liu, Xin Chen, Mei Su, Shilin Zhang, Dengfeng Lu

“…Once the critical stress state of the slope was exceeded, the plastic sliding block slipped at high speed over a long distance along the rock-soil layer interface, and along the way, it scraped out and carried away the original loose topsoil and gravel blocks, which finally piled up in the form of a debris flow. …”
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Distribution Characteristics and Coupling Relationship Between Soil Erosion and Hydrologic and Sediment Connectivity in Changchong River Basin by LI Jianing, ZHANG Hongli, TIAN Changyuan, ZHANG Yi, ZHA Tonggang

“…[Results] (1) The average soil erosion modulus in the Changchong River Basin was 380 t/(hm2·a), and the soil erosion intensity was mainly slight erosion, which gradually intensified from north to south. (2) The high hydrological and sediment connectivity is mainly distributed in cultivated land, and the opposite is true in forest and grassland land. The higher value is mainly located in the low-lying flat area with low slope and easy water accumulation, while the lower value is mainly in the steep mountainous area. (3) Topographic factors and land use types significantly affected soil erosion and hydrological and sediment connectivity (p<0.01). …”
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Military Unmanned Systems: Current State, Prospects for Limitation and Control by M. G. Yevtodyeva, S. K. Oznobishchev

“…It is therefore equally difficult to expect expansion and strengthening of effective export control of the unmanned systems. On the contrary, opposite trends are likely to prevail, including, among all, artificial adjustment of the unmanned systems to the categories of export products with relaxed requirements. …”
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Dépôts et pratiques symboliques dans l’établissement aristocratique gaulois de Varennes-sur-Seine, la Justice (Seine-et-Marne) by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Fabien Pilon

“…This precious metal ornament, which belongs to a rare type, sometimes discovered in pairs linked by a chain, is likely related to the privilege of the site’s occupants. …”
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