Production and Antibacterial Activity of a Biosurfactant from Schizosaccharomyces pombe Grown on Waste Soybean Oil and Corn Steep Liquor
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Usman Ndabata Abdullahi, Sani Liman, Abah Stephen Paul
Flood-driven water contamination as a preventable public-health infrastructure failure: a perspective on flood-ready water and health systems
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Sylvester Chibueze Izah, Matthew Chidozie Ogwu, Vivian Ibienebakabobo Promise
Flooding is commonly approached as a hydrological disaster, followed by emergency relief, disease surveillance, and environmental clean-up. This approach appears incomplete because floodwater rapidly connects …
A New Parametric Kernel Function Based on an Archimedean Copula Generator with Application to Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods
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Bachir Bounibane, Hamza Bounibane
Epidemiology, characterization, and biocontrol of coffee berry disease in the Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia
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Tarekegn Mengistu Mekuria, Seman Abrar Said, Tamirat Achalu Regassa
Abstract Coffee berry disease is the most damaging fungal disease of coffee in the Gedeo zone, which results in substantial yield losses. The status of …
Antibiotic residues and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from beef at Ruti Rufura Slaughterhouse, southwestern Uganda
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Barbra Tuhamize, Kica Daniel
Background Antimicrobial use in livestock contributes to the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and the persistence of antimicrobial residues in foods of animal origin. The coexistence …
Land Use/Cover Dynamics in the Ruhuhu River Basin, Tanzania (1990–2023): A Multi-temporal Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning Analysis
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Helene Stephene Francis, Sosteness Nakamo, Fadhili Mgumia
This study presents the first multi-decadal analysis of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dynamics in the Ruhuhu River Basin, Tanzania, over a 34-year period …
Editorial: Eradicating polio in Pakistan and other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region: epidemiology, surveillance, and immunization
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Chukwuma Mbaeyi, Nishant Kishore, Tasha Stehling-Ariza
The elimination of poliovirus from nearly all countries is one of the major public health successes of the modern era. At the start of the …
Detection of carbapenem resistance mechanisms in difficult-to-treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Egypt
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Dalia Salem, Manar Zaiton, Ahmed El-Shenawy
Abstract Background The increasing incidence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) poses a significant global health concern, particularly with the emergence of difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR), which …
A narrative review of emerging chemoprotective agents for chemotherapy-induced toxicity: nanoformulated natural products, dual COX-2/TNF-α inhibitors, and Nrf2 modulators
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Chidi Emmanuel Ezerioha, Precious Ojo Uahomo, Precious Akukanwo Chidi-Ezerioha
Background: Chemotherapy-induced toxicity remains a major cause of treatment discontinuation, reduced quality of life, and long-term morbidity in cancer survivors. Established chemoprotective agents (dexrazoxane, mesna, …
Endemicity and environmental reservoirs of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections in Ghanaian rural communities
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Rita Nyaaba Akologo, Isaac Williams, Dennis Adu‐Gyasi
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain major neglected tropical diseases in low- and middle-income countries despite ongoing preventive chemotherapy programmes. This study assessed …
Theory vs. praxis: what [should] mathematics offender-educators know and why it matters?
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Siphelele Mbatha
Several studies indicate that adult offenders’ mathematics performance is dire. Bedeviling scholars has been the question of whether adult offender-educators know andragogical strategies pertinent to …
Observed temperature trends and projected changes under CMIP6 climate scenarios in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region Ethiopia
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Baykedagn Taye Shenkut, Solomon S. Demissie, Solomon Asfaw Beza
Structure-based molecular modeling of a novel S-Remiketamine scaffold and derived arylcyclohexanone analogues: NMDA receptor dynamics, MM-GBSA ranking, and CES1-Oriented structural compatibility
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Ahmed A.A.M.M. Alkhatip, Usama Raza, Ehab Farag
Introduction: Short-acting ketamine-related scaffold design remains an important medicinal-chemistry problem, but computational studies require conservative interpretation until receptor, enzymatic, and pharmacokinetic validation is available. Methods: …
Reducing immunization inequities among zero-dose and under-vaccinated children through catch-up vaccination in Burkina Faso: findings from a mixed-method evaluation of the Big Catch-Up initiative, 2023–2025
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Amidou ZONGO, Hadiatou Diallo, Crepin Hilaire DADJO
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Local Chicken in Burkina Faso
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S. Pindé, R.W. Ouédraogo, A.S.R. Tapsoba
Poultry farming plays a vital role in rural livelihoods and is a primary source of animal protein in Burkina Faso. However, the increasing introduction of …
Whole-genome sequencing reveals divergent and shared selection signatures of heat stress adaptation in indigenous Ethiopian zebu cattle from dry-hot and humid-hot environments
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Endashaw Terefe, Gurja Belay, Abdulfatai Tijjani
African zebu cattle (Bos indicus) exhibit remarkable adaptations to extreme thermal conditions, yet the genomic basis of this resilience remains incompletely characterized. Ethiopia provides a …
From Desk Review to Field Verification and the Tax Audit Modality Revenue Paradox in Southwest Nigeria
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Grace Wale-Ajayi, Gideon Akinleye, Tajudeen Ajayi
This study examines why desk audits can be perceived as operationally useful while showing little independent association with revenue generation, and whether field verification supplies …
Brain metastasis secondary to primary vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma not associated with diethylstilbestrol: a case report and a review of the literature
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Esther Anyimadu Buckson, Obi Emereole, John Richard Ouma
Background: exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Patients with non-DES-related PCCAV are even scarcer and usually have a worse prognosis. PCCAV has been reported to metastasize to …
The community drug distributor passport: a case study of training and recognition in Chad
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Sohaibou Diane, Adoum Mahamat Oumar, Barka Kali
Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs), particularly volunteer community drug distributors (CDDs), play essential roles in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) and neglected tropical disease (NTD) …
Reimagining inclusive mathematics education in Ghana through ethnomathematics
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Bright Asare
This study investigates the integration of ethnomathematics into Ghana's mathematics curriculum as a pathway to achieving inclusive and culturally responsive education. Despite multiple post-independence curriculum …