Can online peer influencers accelerate HIV testing among young adult males living in Nairobi, Kenya? A study protocol
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Arnold Wafula, Evans Amukoye, Kenneth Ngure
Background: Kenya continues to experience persistent gender disparities in HIV testing. Young men remain substantially less likely than young women to test for HIV, despite …
Phase-specific climatic sensitivities of under-five malaria in Ghana using epidemic modelling, NB-GAMs and SHAP explainability
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Emmanuel Mensah Baah, Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Anafo Abdulzeid Yen
Abstract Malaria transmission in Ghana remains perennial and climate-sensitive, yet the long-term transmission phases underlying disease progression and their differential climatic sensitivities are poorly understood. …
Multi-trait assessment of Meloidogyne incognita resistance in developed Cucumis spp. inbred lines: horticultural, physiological, biochemical, and histological insights
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Eman B. El-Remaly, Ahmed A.S.A. El-Eslamboly
This study aimed to develop nematode-resistant inbred lines from Cucumis sativus, C. sativus var. hardwickii, and C. metuliferus, and to elucidate their resistance mechanisms against …
Protocol generalisation for brain tissue microstructure estimation via hypernetwork-controlled geometric deep learning
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Andrea Brigliadori, Leevi Kerkelä, Hui Zhang
Brain tissue microstructure estimation with machine learning provides higher computational efficiency than conventional fitting. However, machine learning still presents important limitations that hamper its clinical …
Chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of the white star apple (Gambeya albida)
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Michael Landi, Sadik Muzemil, Adedapo Olutola Adediji
White star apple (Gambeya albida) is native to the lowland rainforests of Central, East, and West Africa. This species is highly valued for its nutritious …
How Do Shock-Dependent Phillips Curve Dynamics Shape Economic Growth and Exchange Rate Behavior: Evidence from Some African Countries
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Hassan Tawakol Ahmed Fadol
Neutrophils-Nitroblue Tetrazolium staining: A potential novel marker of women infertilely?
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Maryouma Aghil, Abdul Hakim Elnfati, Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed
ABSTRACT Rationale Oxidative stress, resulting from an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant defence mechanisms, disrupts cellular redox homeostasis and …
Growth performance and nutritional, mycochemical and bioactive profiling of Volvariella volvacea cultivated on tropical agricultural wastes
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Olagunju Johnson Adetuwo
Abstract Agricultural wastes such as Gmelina sawdust, cassava peels and oil palm pressed fibre are abundantly generated in tropical Nigeria and constitute environmental nuisance. This …
Atmospheric Tidal Variability and Gravity Wave Forcing During the January 19–21, 2026 Geomagnetic Storm
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Tesfau Hagos Tadesse, Gebregiorgis Abraha Fikade, Yikdem Mengesha Gebrehiwot
Abstract. This study investigates the variability of migrating atmospheric tides and gravity wave forcing in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) during the geomagnetic storm …
Influence of mixed aqueous-alcoholic solvents on the physical properties of zinc oxide thin films deposited by a simple spray technique
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M. Banéto, K.S. Gadedjisso-Tossou, Ognanmi Ako
Abstract The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of aqua-alcoholic solvents on the physical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films prepared …
Evaluation of adaptive capacity and reuse potential of the Ijora Power Station, Lagos: a FLEX 4.0 assessment
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Omoyeni A. Fulani, Adeonipekun A. Adekunmisi
Numerous sustainable solutions have been developed by designers and theorists to rectify the escalating negative effects of conventional brick-and-mortar construction. While this construction paradigm was …
Bayesian Inference with Structured Signal: Static Replica Symmetry Breaking on the Nishimori Line in the Planted Spin Glass
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Andrea Vincenzo Dell'Abate, Louise Budzynski
A common assumption in theoretical models of Bayesian inference is that the signal has i.i.d. components. To study the effect of correlations in the signal …
Digital Transformation and ESG Performance in Sustainable Food Production: The Mediating Role of Green Innovation and Organizational Agility
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Pinnika Syam Yadav, P B Yadav, Preeti Kumari
Aluminum phosphate-modified red clay as a stable nanocomposite catalyst for the selective conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether
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Mohamed N. Goda, Abd El‐Aziz A. Said, Asmaa H. Mohamed
Abstract Aluminum phosphate-modified Egyptian red clay (AlPO 4 /ERC) nanocomposites were developed as low-cost solid acid catalysts for methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether (DME). Structural …
Antibiotic use practices in food systems in Senegal: a cross-sectional survey of pastoral livestock farming in Kaffrine
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Mouhamadou Moustapha Sow, Kadiatou Barry, Arfang Diamanka
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is recognised as a critical One Health challenge globally, threatening human, animal, and environmental health. In Senegal, pastoral livestock systems provide the …
Review of: "On the Gupta-Bleuler and Dirac-Fock Quantization Schemes Revisited"
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Mosbah Difallah
Urban Heat Island Trends of Lagos Communities
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Andrew Igila Abe, Elijah Akinyele Akindunde
SearchMaster: Grounded and Regulated Self-Play for Search Agents
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Wentao Tan, Qiong Cao, Jiaqi Wang
Training LLM-based search agents requires high-quality search data: tasks that demand genuine multi-hop retrieval and trajectories that use search tools effectively. Existing pipelines often depend …
Mapping the Convergence of Information Retrieval and Large Language Models
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Prince Opoku Saaluon
A retrospective analysis of the clinico-epidemiological features and treatment outcomes of renal cell carcinoma at the Clinical Oncology Department at Ain Shams University in Egypt
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Zizit Hamdi Mohammed El-Shahawi, Soheir Sayed Ismail, Lamia Moustafa Ahmed
Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a biologically heterogeneous malignancy with variable clinical behaviour and survival outcomes.Real-world data from low-and middleincome countries remain limited, particularly …